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Razer Acquires THX To “play a leadership role” in VR Audio

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Here’s an acquisition we’d have never seen coming; gaming peripheral maker and OSVR leader Razer has this week acquired THX. Razer has acquired the “majority” of the company’s assets, a press release states , though no financial details have been revealed. It may also mean big things for VR audio.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

It is a tradition of this blog to have a long roundup of the best XR news from CES every year. But still, this is a pretty unique piece of hardware. SHARP is looking for tier-1 hardware manufacturers to sell them the components with which to build the devices. Could I make an exception for this year? Of course not.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.27): Vive inside-out Tracker announced, Pico’s launch in the US delayed, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It seems to me a great piece of hardware. More info (Oculus Publishing revealed) More info (Meta announces Oculus Publishing) More info (Meta talks Quest Store revenues) Razer reveals the price of its Quest accessories Razer’s Quest 2 headstrap and facepad are now available for sale, priced at $70 each.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. This week there have been some interesting announcements of products: Razer and Qualcomm have announced Razer Snapdragon G3x, the devkit of a handheld console designed to run both Android apps and stream games from consoles and PC. reducing our field of view).

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 3: Vive Pro Eye hands on, meeting with iStaging, Lyra VR and Women in XR!

The Ghost Howls

I have still to write the review here on my blog (eh, I have a backlog of at least 10 articles! :O), It was a headset made by Razer, completely opensource, from hardware to software. Me at the time of my startup Immotionar, implementing full body VR with Razer OSVR. It was fully hackable. Impressive, isn’t it?

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The headset didn’t come with many surprises and these have been the specifications : Resolution (per-eye) : 2064 x 2208 Display Type : LCD Refresh Rate: 120Hz Lens type: Pancake Processor : Snapdragon XR2 Gen2 RAM : 8GB Battery Life : 2–3 hours Field of View : 110° horizontal, 96° vertical IPD Adjust : hardware-based.

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