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Spatial Beats: Apple, Sony & Fresh AR Funding

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Sony showcases upcoming VR titles for Playstation VR. Mursion (a foreshortened form of Immersion) is used as an immersive VR training and development tool. See his books here. The post Spatial Beats: Apple, Sony & Fresh AR Funding appeared first on AR Insider. What could go wrong? More from AR Insider….

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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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.

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Goosebumps’ Slappy The Ventriloquist Dummy Brought To Life Using AR

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Stine’s Goosebumps series has been scaring the bejesus out of kids ever since they published their very first book, ‘ Welcome to Dead House ,’ back in in 1992. With AR expecting to have 1 billion users by 2020 , the technology is quickly becoming a go-to tool for marketing merchandise to entertainment.

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Sony Pictures Plans to Use Nokia’s OZO to Make VR Content

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Sony Pictures has struck a deal with Nokia to create 3D 360 content using Nokia OZO , the company’s professional-quality 360 degree camera platform. Sony has said they’ll be using OZO to create both special 360 content and to livestream their own events.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.17): Big tech companies’ battle for talents, PSVR 2 still not confirmed for 2022, and more!

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Image by Sony). While we were all considering a 2022 release as a given, when asked directly about the matter, Sony declined to answer. A report by Bloomberg reveals that while PS4 should have been discontinued in 2021 , Sony has just ordered the manufacturing of a million new units so that to guarantee a smoother transition to PS5.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.04): Meta and LG confirm their partnerships, Meta to unveil some AR glasses at Connect, and more!

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More info (Wedding with the Vision Pro) Sony announces many layoffs Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced that the company is laying off 900 PlayStation employees. This is going to create more awareness around virtual reality.

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The Hottest Trends in Spatial Audio for 2022

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Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. A spatial audio strategy can also be a fantastic tool for building instinctual skills and muscle memory in the training world. However, true immersion relies on more than just visual content.

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