XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 28, 2022

This Tuesday, Sony, the firm behind the Playstation line-up of console gaming devices, announced new details for its upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR 2) headset. In an official blog post , Sony introduced several new features to improve the PSVR 2 user experience. Four tracking cameras. Four tracking cameras.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Following anticipation from fans, Sony announced on Wednesday the release window, price, and new features of its PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR2) device. Details at PlayStation Blog: [link] pic.twitter.com/e97fVvHvZx. Sony is pricing the PSVR2 at $549.99 PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 2, 2022. . New Titles.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles. Ming-Chi Kuo also notes that lens manufacturer Genius is supplying the sophomore device with six optical modules not found on the original headset, including eye-tracking functions. (3/5). units shipments in 2H22. More on PlayStation VR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple wants to reduce the price of the display by a 50% factor and is also trying to have other suppliers of displays beyond Sony (e.g. Tiny emitters emit sound waves towards the eyes, and some receptors read how the waves bounce back. Depending on how the returning waves are, the system is able to detect where the eyes are looking at.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Combat's described as a mix of "barfight melee and shoot-em-up gunplay," using intention targeting and eye tracking to grab items you can use as weapons. Revealed during February's State of Play presentation, PlayStation Blog confirms it now comes with a flatscreen FPS mode.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

More info (Quest 3 coming in 2023) More info (New layoffs planned at Meta) Other relevant news (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) New information on PSVR 2 is unveiled Sony Interactive Entertainment is keeping growing the hype for the upcoming launch of the PSVR 2. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Resolution Games’ tabletop dungeon crawler Demeo is rolling its way onto PSVR 2 next year, with cross-platform play and eye tracking support. Sony announced Demeo’s PSVR 2 release during today’s State of Play presentation, alongside the Enhanced Edition of Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2021

But 5 years ago, at Ferragosto, I had another plan: I wanted to start a blog of mine. Following the piece of advice of marketing expert Tommaso di Bartolo, and encouraged by my friends and colleagues Gianni Rosa Gallina and Massimiliano Ariani , I started this blog to talk about the work I was doing at my startup Immotionar.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Ultraleap hand tracking. Custom made eye tracking. Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of Meta, has shared a post on the company blog to underline the efforts made in XR by the company, and to hint about what will happen in the future. This shows the commitment that Sony has toward VR; The lineup for PSVR 2 is not complete.

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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. More info (PSVR 2 unveiled) More info (Official blog post on PSVR 2 headset). This week I won’t ask you to donate for my blog. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta has even improved the accuracy of eye tracking on Quest Pro , and some people are speculating that it may be to battle the eye-tracking capabilities of the Vision Pro. According to the creators of Hubris, Sony is working on solving the issue , but he said nothing about when this update will be released.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. First of all, its eye-tracking technology will be provided by Tobii , one of the market leaders in the field. More info (Tobii will provide eye tracking to PSVR 2) More info (PSVR 2 cable is detachable) More info (First PSVR 2 picture in the wild?—?Road

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

More info (Official blog post) More info (Explanation on Upload VR) More info (Very good explanation on Road To VR) More info (Jeri Ellsworth saying this technology will arrive “soon-ish”). More info (Facebook AI supersampling algorithm) More info (Official announcement on Facebook Blog). Sony Dreams adds PSVR support.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

During today’s State of Play presentation, Sony revealed Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge is coming to PSVR 2 in 2023. On the PlayStation blog , ILMxLAB says that the game has been r ebuilt for “to take advantage of many of the enhancements the hardware has to offer.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

There is no face or eye tracking. More info (PSVR 2 sales — Road To VR) More info (PSVR 2 sales — Upload VR) Sony announces many new pieces of content at its Gaming Showcase A few days ago, Sony held its Gaming Showcase event, where it announced some cool pieces of content arriving for PSVR 2. There is IPD adjustment.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Pro should feature next-gen functionalities like RGB passthrough, eye tracking, face tracking, and automatic IPD adjustment. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). says the blog post with the partnership announcement. Other relevant news. PSVR 2 is great according to reviews, but….

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. Disclaimer: DeoVR is one of the Patrons of this blog). Road To VR) More info (The FTC blocks Meta’s acquisition of Within?—?Upload

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. It’s a new year, and I need your support more than ever to keep this blog running. But some of them are really intriguing. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2020

An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. And it is not stopping here: OpenXR has just added new extensions for hands and eye tracking , and a company like UltraLeap has just released a beta implementation for its hands’ tracker. But I want to be positive about this… go OpenXR! .

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). Please, use THE WORD and support my blog by clicking the button here below! Header Image by Sony). I don’t feel alone because I have so many virtual friends and colleagues with which I speak every day, and VR helps me to travel wherever I want. Top news of the week. PS5 is a great console, but not for VR yet.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). If it is the latter case, we will probably see some PSVR gem like Blood and Truth, Astrobot or RE7 coming to the Oculus Store!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alongside Sony’s big reveal of the long-awaited price and release date for PSVR 2 today, the company also dropped some new info on 11 games coming to the headset in 2023. You’ll find expanded descriptions of the games over on the PSVR blog. Newly Announced Games. Crossfire: Sierra Squad.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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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. Other relevant news.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. 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.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

As it is a tradition of this blog , I’ve prepared a big roundup of the best news in XR from this year’s CES! PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The first one is from Panasonic : the windshield features an eye-tracking system, and can so detect where are the eyes of the driver.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. 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.

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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. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

For sure this is the case of Rob Farquarson-Cole , that you surely know because he comments a lot on this and other VR blogs under the nickname “R FC” He’s not only a VR enthusiast but a professional Industrial Designer that works on “Exploration of Immersive Computing” at Proof Research and Development in London, UK.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a tradition of this blog to have a long roundup of the best XR news from CES every year. It is also the most interesting because it introduces features like eye tracking, hand tracking, and especially a 2280×2280 per-eye resolution display that makes it compelling for professional use. Of course not.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. It may also feature eye tracking, that can be very important for some training applications.

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