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The Ghost Howls
JULY 13, 2020
Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 24, 2023
More info News worth a mention (Image by Sony) Sony shows the behind-the-scenes of PSVR 2 In a recent blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment has shown the internal evolution of PSVR 2, from the initial experimentations to the final release. The podcast is quite long to read, but it has been worth my time.
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom.
The Ghost Howls
APRIL 13, 2020
This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. PSVR2 will surely have its dedicated controllers, but since Sony is trying to guarantee retro-compatibility of games (especially gems like AstroBot), this headset should also be able to work with the DualSens controller.
The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 25, 2022
I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!
VRScout
OCTOBER 21, 2018
It’s drawing from a philosophically introspective yarn, exploring the what-ifs of humanity giving society over to intelligent machines. Scraper: A Novel About Punk, is a great book about a young rocker in the early 80s and his band. I wanted a well-known sci-fi author to help with the book. No relation at all.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
APRIL 29, 2017
Like I said: this is something that had been on my mind, but it was something I tried to push aside while I finished up my new book (the one about VR). Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine. 6:10 PM @websterandrews2: guess I won’t be buying an oculus rift. note: all times PST].
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