VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Virtual and artificial reality technologies are changing the world. The rise of patent applications for VR/AR technologies signals the number of emerging opportunities for developers, coders, investors, and stakeholders in the 3D and 4D technology markets. Microsoft HoloLens 2 patent. Patent for wireless PSVR technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

If developers are not interested, and Sony is not willing to invest in exclusive great content for its immersive console, PSVR 2 is going to have a very troubled (and probably short) life. And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2020

While players and critics alike have universally praised the game, pushing it to become one of Steam’s best rated games ever , plenty of folks not interested in VR have levied common fallacious arguments about why VR is a dead-end technology. Consider this article your official rebuttal to these tired arguments.

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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 ). The reason for this love for passthrough mixed reality is not the technology per se, but because it is a stepping stone toward AR glasses, the technology that will substitute smartphones.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! 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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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

JULY 21, 2019

Since this article was going to foster a new wave of “VR is dead” articles from mainstream media, one of the other cofounders of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, has answered sharing some of the secret numbers of virtual reality headsets’ sales. Oculus wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. Image by Capcom). Will it be successful?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Header Image by Sony). Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community!

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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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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

And I would find it an understandable choice: Vive has always been incredibly successful among companies and it would have a sense for it to thrive in the B2B niche until it becomes strong enough to exit and try to compete with much bigger companies like Facebook, Microsoft, or Valve. Demeo is the VR game of the moment.

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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. The technology can be so powerful, but it must be used the right way. Facebook acquires Scape Technologies. Sony closes its game studio in Manchester. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 9, 2017

Microsoft – Sunday, June 11th, 2pm PDT/5pm EDT/10pm BST. Microsoft may not be talking about Project Scorpio’s VR capabilities, but this is still a console that will one day support the tech. Ubisoft likes to support new technologies, and it’s already released some of VR’s best games yet.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? 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. More info (Announcement by Unity Technologies) More info (Comment by Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

I’m still not sure what will be the format for that series of articles, but for sure I’ll tell you everything about it! Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. Of course, Microsoft has talked about the m**averse in its presentation, and in this case, about an enterprise “m**averse”.

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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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics. David Heaney has also published a very interesting article on how the Quest 2 is more powerful than a Quest 1 and how it compares to a VR-ready PC.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Going forward, we can expect to see it becoming an enabler of even more technologies, including virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), the metaverse , cloud gaming, and even quantum computing. Here’s a rundown of some of the trends that I believe will have the most impact. Multi-cloud is an increasingly popular strategy.

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

First Intel – Nvidia deal happened in 2000, when Intel gave the best offer to Microsoft and won the deal for the first Xbox console. More recently, AMD spun off its engineering teams under the Radeon Technologies Group, which is lead by Raja Koduri. Acquiring Imagination Technologies. The NVIDIA – Intel Deal.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

I hope that this way, even if you lost the announcements from CES, you can catch up with all the most important ones by just reading a single article. This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. Now let’s dig into the best news!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

We’ve put together this article to run down what we think are the biggest things to keep an eye out for coming out of VRDC and GDC this year. What to Expect from Sony. The long and short of it is that you shouldn’t expect much from Sony at GDC this year. What to Expect from Microsoft. What to Expect from Epic.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

At a time when modern VR was finding its feet, Sony championed the potential of console-based virtual reality with PlayStation VR on PS4, housing an impressive library of exclusive games like WipeOut: Omega Collection , Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Blood & Truth. Sony remains the only console manufacturer committed to VR at this level.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Everybody in the world of consumer and entertainment technology has their eyes set on Las Vegas, where CES 2023 is set to open its doors in early January. Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Considering the release date (and the technology that will be available in 2021), the price tag, and the sensors, this looks like a smartglass. A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

We all know that XR will be the next big technological platform. The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. Image by Sony). Come and live the future of music performances! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

With this operation, Facebook secures another amazing development studio (after Beat Games), making sure that it will be able to provide high-quality games for its headsets in the future, and protecting itself from hostile acquisitions of other companies (like Sony acquiring Insomniac). Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

More info (Report by Bloomberg) More info (UploadVR’s article on the news). Various months ago, Jason Rubin told the press that he was investigating an exchange of exclusive titles with Sony : his purpose was the one of bringing some of the best PSVR titles, like Resident Evil 7, to the Oculus Store. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These days have been hectic: I have met very interesting people (you will read about that in some upcoming articles), and I’m super happy about it. But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true. Today is my last day in China. headsets in the next year. I guess this will lead to more development of XR, too.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It’s the money his company is spending to become the leader in the next technological platform , and if he succeeds, it’s actually money very well spent. Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. It makes totally sense.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Notice that only programs built with Varjo SDK will be able to exploit the special two-displays technology. More info (Article on Road To VR) More info (Article on Upload VR). Sony creates an AR headset for LBVR. More info (Road To VR article) More info (Upload VR article) More info (Karl Guttag’s article).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

This week, the content has been really the king of VR Let me guide you through the most interesting articles. Facebook details its Insight technology. In an interesting post on its blog, Facebook has detailed its Insight technology , the solution that performs the inside-out-tracking on the Oculus Quest. Image by Oculus).

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

During the recent XO19 event Stevivor spoke with Spencer about VR on Xbox, where he said that the public doesn’t associate Xbox and its brand with VR technology. In response, one of VR’s most vocal supporters at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Shuhei Yoshida made a subtle dig on Twitter. ?´-`?.?oO?we

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Many of the articles emerging from this are purporting the death of the Metaverse. One of the most salient articles catching the attention of the XR community is the pedantic Business Insider article , “RIP Metaverse, We Hardly Knew Ye.”

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