XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 29, 2023

Nvidia Sony Qualcomm Niantic Meta PICO Pimax HTC VIVE Nreal Nvidia Investing in everything from AR and VR streaming solutions, to cloud platforms for the modern metaverse, Nvidia has a range of options to offer gaming developers. Here are just some of the top vendors in XR focusing in the gaming landscape.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Regarding the current VR market, Eric Lempel from Sony Interactive Entertainment, has stated that Sony remains committed to virtual reality products, but he also added: “ I think there was a higher expectation generally for what VR would do to gaming”. Last week, people said January.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 23, 2022

Chinese augmented reality (AR) company Nreal debuted its Air smart glasses in the UK with partner EE, following a multi-million dollar global expansion drive for its products, led by Alibaba Holdings. which includes Air Casting and MR (mixed reality) Space that enables users to enjoy exclusive 3D environments.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It is 6DOF and lets you enjoy both virtual reality and passthrough augmented reality. More info (Valve Index availability) More info (Facebook and Sony pulling out from GDC). Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. At this point, I wonder if GDC may be canceled as the MWC.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Experiments around MR and natural interactions We are in the middle of a paradigm shift: before the focus was on VR, while now is on MR. Before the focus was on controllers-driven interactions, while now natural interactions (like hand tracking) are getting always more important.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

So many developers could find themselves with the conundrum of what to offer and to which device : if the Quest 3 Lite will sell a lot of units, maybe developers will prefer to develop content that is compatible with hand tracking, shifting the current attention to games to something else.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” All these four awards are decided at the conference. Best Art or Film.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. Their goal is to transform how users interact with XR solutions and applications.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

And of course, they are going to appeal this decision… More info PSVR 2 to be sold in retail stores Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that “soon”, PSVR 2 will be sold in dedicated retail store locations. Augmented Reality together with artificial intelligence is going to get crazy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. How has eye and hand-tracking tracking technology advanced in 2022 and 2023?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Ultraleap hand tracking. Custom made eye tracking. Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Hideaki Nishino and asked him many questions about PlayStation 5 and PSVR 2. This shows the commitment that Sony has toward VR; The lineup for PSVR 2 is not complete. Wireless PC VR Streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sony makes some of the coolest VR accessories of any company out there. Their wand-style hand-tracking controllers “Playstation Move” and gun-adapting “aim controller” make game play more natural and more immersive, while the PlayStation Camera aims to reinvent the ways in which we experience movement in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Since I’m not totally convinced that just a few LEDs in that position may alone offer realiable tracking, I would also speculate that maybe either data from the depth sensor or some hand-tracking data is involved in the sensor fusion to arrive at the final controller pose. But that’s just a speculation of mine.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Although, the device could provide a hardware benchmark with its hand-tracking, display resolution of 4096 x 5464 pixels, high-dynamic range (HDR), and wide colour gamut (WCG) outputs. Moreover, Apple works with major industry suppliers such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Sony for the Vision Pro market debut.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

In total, I counted something like 32 games, which is ok to start with, but then Sony should be fast in collecting more content to not make the PSVR2 players get bored fast for the lack of playable games. But still, the fact that all the PSVR 1 content won’t be available for the new headset gives Sony a good challenge on the content side.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

In all seriousness though, this is a post meant to inspire thoughtful, informed discussion about virtual and augmented reality. Thanks to an early emphasis on room-scale VR and hand tracked controllers, the Vive has become the best selling PC-powered VR system on the market today, according to third party estimates.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? The console is now available for purchase at the most popular online and offline retailers.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

Hand tracking and head tracking. Six degrees of tracking with spatial anchors and depth mesh. The glasses feature Micro OLED panels, created by Sony, with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels per eye. The hand-tracking capabilities seem to need a little refinement. 52-degree field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On the technical side, Dennys Kuhnert (the developer behind Hand Physics lab), compared on video the performance of hand tracking on Vision Pro and Quest 3, and showed how at this moment, the Quest 3 is much better at that task. Long story short, Sony will make PSVR 2 users play PCVR games.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

The ring should have a double purpose: on one end, it should act as a health sensor, able to track heart data like a smartwatch; on the other end, it should act as a controller to be used in conjunction with XR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

While this decision was very smart on the business side because the major headset manufacturers were already building their hands tracking solutions (e.g. Image by Sony). Sony has confirmed once more than PlayStation 5 will work with the same hardware of the PSVR. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PlayStation VR 2 has been launched This has been the week of PSVR2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has started shipping the headset , and many people in the community started sharing pictures of them using this new device.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

London-based augmented reality company Zappar has announced a $3.75M Series A funding round, led by investment house Hargreave Hale and participation from trade investors You & Mr. Jones and iDreamSky from China. PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. …and more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Mozilla has also released Firefox Reality for HoloLens , and it features hands tracking in WebXR experiences. It’s all very cool. Magic Leap raises other $350M.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Developers can gain access to its deep AR, perception, hand-tracking, 3D reconstruction, and other technologies. We’re now bringing that directly to developers, who can download the software development kit (SDK) for Unity or Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

Hands-tracking is also supported. From a first hands-on someone was able to have with the device, seems that the prototype is solid, but the battery life is a bit short (30 minutes). The 1200 nits of the display also make sure the visuals are very bright.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. Facebook has showcased how thanks to the use of hand-tracking gloves, it has been able to let people touch-type in VR. The PS Camera of the PlayStation 4 is fundamental to let you play with your PSVR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

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. Furthermore, it has the advantage that it can work with Quest’s hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Road To VR reported about Manus VR’s new Quantum Metagloves with very precise hand tracking for enterprise use (cost: $9000). Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. From the show floor, I have heard nothing mind-blowing, either.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

More info (OpenXR coming to most headsets) More info (OpenXR for hands tracking and eye tracking) More info (Oculus now accepting OpenXR applications) More info (Minecraft now implementing OpenXR). But I want to be positive about this… go OpenXR! . Other relevant news. Image by Oculus). LG may be working on AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality. The studio will so become part of the Sony Worldwide Studios. Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. News worth a mention. Become a Patron!

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2024

China-based XR company Xreal (previously Nreal) announced its newest pair of glasses at CES 2024, marking the company’s return to augmented reality right as Apple is prepping its $3,500 Vision Pro for its upcoming launch. Read more about what separates AR and smartglasses here. mm, Width: 48 mm, Height: 161.5

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). It is now official: Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed on Instagram that the PlayStation VR 2 headset is going to launch in “early 2023”. If this is confirmed, it means that in 2 weeks, there will be people that will actually try the new headset by Sony. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It is the home country of Sony, so PlayStation VR and Meta itself have clearly expressed its interest in penetrating the market. Vive Focus 3 , instead, has just released a new version of the runtime that dramatically improves hands tracking , making it able to track properly also hands that are moving very fast.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

The first one is called NXTWear S, and is a pair of glasses to watch media content on a big screen in “augmented reality” in front of you. The second product is dubbed RayNeo X2, and is a pair of real augmented reality glasses. If NXTWear S is like Nreal Air, this device is more like Nreal Light.

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