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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies. Vision VR/AR Summit Asia will take place in Beijing, China at the NUO Hotel on December 14th and 15th. Best VR Experience.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At WCVRI, China shows its strategic interest for VR. And while China always moves chaotically, I think that the push of the government is helping its VR companies. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China. This new money, that has been given by Sony and other investors, has been explicitly gathered to build the blocks of the future Metaverse.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 25, 2016

The reality of augmented and virtual reality venture capital Chatting with VC and corporate friends in Sand Hill Road, Hollywood, London, China, Japan and South Korea, a taxonomy emerged for AR/VR investors: Yes: Dedicated AR/VR funds (mainly angel, seed and Series A). It’s why they exist, and their portfolios are mostly AR/VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today is my last day in China. I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. Qualcomm seems a very predictable choice, but Google is less.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. On the software side, HTC has just launched in China Vive Sync , a solution for remote meetings in VR that may help a lot the Chinese people that are forced to work from home. Image by Microsoft).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. And a big company like Google could also afford to sell it at the same price as the Quest 2, hoping for a future domination of the VR ecosystem. It is cool, but pretty old now (Image by Sony).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. It seems that Sony is hoping for a Q4 release in time for the holidays, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that delays will bring the release to Q1 2023. The Metaverse hype is growing strong also in China.

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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

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. More info (Use Google Translate). Brazilian startup Mespper has just expanded its ecosystem that runs across Brazil and China. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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ARPost

AUGUST 10, 2022

It aims to strengthen initiatives to make the US more competitive with tech giant China. Google, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly created XRA. The landmark bill will fund US semiconductor manufacture and research. The law encompasses over $52 billion in subsidies.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

So when they’re talking to Chinese company Shin, which is one of the largest creator of a theme park in China. So they– sunshine actually invested in them, and also they had a big agreement for the contents of distribution in China. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Partnership with Microsoft. Highlights of the partnership between Meta and Microsoft. Meta and Microsoft worked together to integrate Quest Pro into the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft 365 is coming to Quest Pro! Meta partners with Microsoft (Road To VR). Partnership with Microsoft and Accenture.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2019

It’s a crazy period for me: I’m going to depart soon for China to showcase our game at the WCVRI in Nanchang and so I’m crazy busy finalizing the demo for the exhibition and at the same time arranging the talks that I’m having there and at the View Conference soon after. ARCore is the 8th most downloaded app on Google Play.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Just for Context the worlds current population is 7 Billion, India & China's Collective population is 2.7 4- Kshitij Marwah. Ceo-Founder Tesseract/#Jio Glass. 7- Alvin Graylin.

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