Tech Trends VR

MARCH 31, 2019

If anybody can do it, it’s probably Sony. Ever since the Playstation was first launched – if, like myself, you’re old enough to remember it, you may pause a moment here to consider your own age and mortality – Sony has been in the business of reinventing gaming. Click To Tweet. The same seems to be the case with VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony reveals the design of the PSVR 2. Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. An analysis of the job postings of Meta shows that the company is trying to add cellular data to its headsets. Top news of the week.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Recently a Sony patent appeared indicating plans for upgrades to PlayStation VR, adding features like inside-out tracking and wireless capabilities. Most notably are the three pairs of cameras (2 x Left, 2 x Right, 2 x Centre) designed to record 3D imagery to provide accurate depth data of the environment to users.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Image Credit: Sony. Utility Patents protect any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, the composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements to existing objects. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017. Image Credit: Sony/USPTO.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold. This shows that Sony is pretty bullish about its device, and it is confident that it will be appreciated by a good share of its base market. This may have two different explanations.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. Sony’s 5 million in-market headsets drove $110 million in 2019 software ($22 ARPU).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Image by Sony). Sony unveils affordable Mocopi tracking system. Sony has just announced a new affordable tracking system. The data of all the sensors merged together can be used to reconstruct the pose of the user thanks to the wonders of machine learning. Some articles on the metaverse. Header image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

But before, please read (and share around) my latest article which is about a crazy experiment I did with mixed reality and generative AI… I’m sure you will love it! But it has been good anyway and it shows the commitment by Sony to constantly investing to have high-quality games for its PSVR 2 headset, which is very good.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Guest Article by Tipatat Chennavasin. It’s difficult to get real data on the VR consumer market. It’s difficult to get real data on the VR consumer market. People tend to focus on headsets sales, which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers. for developers.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Some people also suspected that by abandoning the Facebook login, it will be less easy also to subsidize the price of the headset with the data, but honestly, I don’t think that there won’t be data harvesting on Meta accounts. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

More info Hands-on sessions with Sony MR headset I have found two articles about journalists who have been able to go hands-on with the just-announced mixed reality headset by Sony dedicated to enterprise usage. In any case, the launch of this device is expected for Q3 2024.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It was confirmed back in April that Sony’s upcoming next-gen console would include support for the current-gen PSVR. SEE ALSO Sony Announces 4.2 ” To demonstrate, Sony’s Japan Studio put together a few short demos—the same team behind The Playroom VR (2016) and Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018).

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VRScout

JANUARY 20, 2019

For Churruca, AR experiences includes chroma keyed effects and data-driven 3D graphics which can interact with – in this case – players on the field; in the process creating a fun AR layer of information for you and your friends during the Super Bowl. Image Credit: CBS Sports.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2021

With the advent of more lifelike computer-generated characters, “deepfake” videos and lifelike synthetic voices, AI will customize narratives that can be “painted with data” to reflect what we’re more likely to enjoy. This article represents a chapter of Hackl and Buzzell’s Book, reprinted here with permission.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

David Heaney has written a good article on Upload VR where he tries to hypothesize what could this group of people work on, but in the end, he has no idea as well of what can be the most probable outcome. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. And honestly speaking, I think they have no idea as well. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

The amount of the deal has not been disclosed, but Chinese magazine VRTuoLuo reports that it has been 5B RMB (a bit less $800M), while another Chinese portal reported the sum of 9B RMB, but then removed this detail from its article later on. I just hope its vision will be a good one and not the usual one of ads and data harvesting….

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2017

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Research firm ICO Partners ‘ Thomas Bidaux this week published a new report analyzing the media coverage of Sony’s new device as it launched on October 13th, comparing it to that of its two rivals, the PC-based Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Splitting those articles up on a language basis also reveals interesting results.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

Digital Trends recently published a report entitled ‘VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it’ It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article’s thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some of the article’s claims, saying it’s “not the whole story.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. As for the review, since I’m crunching these weeks, probably I will just write a quick hands-on article and delay a more detailed review for next month. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. A lot of data that will be very useful to Facebook to create its Live Maps functionality. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester. Do you want to discover them with me? Image by Lynx).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Here below I have selected some news articles that talk about some cool offerings that you can exploit these days. The visuals would be provided by two 4K OLED microdisplays from Sony. Almost all VR companies are proposing some interesting discounts, with most of them lasting even some days after today.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony Interactive Entertainment has l et many famous journalists and influencers (like Mike Virtual Reality Oasis) try the new headset in dedicated sessions where they could play four upcoming games: Horizon Call of the Mountain, Resident Evil Village, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 6, 2017

It was also the most downloaded PS VR game in all of 2016 on Sony’s online PSN Store. However, it’s unclear if it’s the most popular PS VR game overall, because this data doesn’t factor in physical game sales of boxed titles such as RIGS and Battlezone — Job Simulator does not have a boxed version.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Last month’s data show even a slight growth of connected headsets. More info (PC VR market analsys by Road To VR) More info (PC VR market analsys by Upload VR) More info (My article about PCVR vs Quest). Image by Sony). It is not clear, and we hope that Sony will clarify his.(Theoretically Other relevant news.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today, haptics aka tactile feedback is used in games, user interfaces, online shopping, tele-touch, data visualization, art appreciation, and an aid for the blind. Like what you’ll find embedded in an Apple iPhone, Sony Playstation or Quest 2 controller. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Photo via www.sunnic.com.tw ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info Quest reported to have sold 20 M units When I talked about the report by Alex Heath on Meta, I haven’t mentioned one very important thing that is written in that article: Meta has said in an internal presentation that the Quest line has sold around 20 M units up to now. And it also released the code as fully open source.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). Contextual AI is on the rise Couldn’t I write a tech article in 2024 without mentioning AI? The PC community is very strong and dedicated, while the standalone one is more casual.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. More info (GDC roundup 1) More info (GDC roundup 2) More info (GDC roundup 3) More info (Moss to be published on many platforms) More info (Manus Quantum Metagloves) More info (Sony showcasing PSVR).

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AR Insider

JULY 7, 2020

It includes some of its data and takeaways. This could be the case in dynamic AR activations like within a store aisle, or reading an online article, or even longer sessions like a multiplayer AR pick-up game in the park. This has attracted Sony Pictures, Miller Lite, and Porsche as clients.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Sony has just clarified that VR “games with unlocked framerates or dynamic resolution up to 4K may see higher fidelity” on PS5 , and some games like Blood&Truth and Firewall Zero Hour have been patched to introduce this feature, but it is not enough for the PSVR community. Yes, but I can’t speak to them. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

This week, a rumor spread among XR communities: next-gen PSVR will be announced at a press conference to be held by Sony on February, 5th. The reason is that Sony has already announced that it will launch PSVR 2 only after the PS5 , to not confuse its buyers by selling too many things together. PSVR 2 could be revealed next month.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. The Sony-owned Hawk-Eye system, currently used in tennis, cricket, badminton, soccer, and more, is able to recreate a ball’s trajectory with extreme accuracy (no more than a 5 mm margin of error!) What can Vuzix Smart glasses mean for the current Android Developers? © Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd 6.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Instead, cloud service providers make it available "as-a-service," running on their own servers and data centers. On top of this, the growing pile of legislation around how businesses can store and use personal data means that the risk of fines or (even worse) losing the trust of their customers is a real problem.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

The first time I heard about Cognixions, the AR headset with EEG sensors to help people with disabilities, I was pretty skeptical, but after the in-depth article by TechCrunch that I have read this week, I now think it is an interesting device. Cognixions is a new XR headset to help people with disabilities. News from partners (and friends).

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