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JUNE 14, 2016

I watched all of the press conferences from Sony, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Microsoft, EA, and Oculus’ appearance at the PC Gaming Show in order to capture audio highlights of all of the VR news that was presented. Here’s the archive of Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2020

E3 2020, the major games industry conference, has been cancelled over Coronavirus concerns. The cancellation is the latest in a string of disruptions to conferences that are important touchstones for the VR industry. E3 has long been among a handful of key conferences for the VR industry.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

CES 2017 is officially “begins” tomorrow but the behemoth conference is already revving up in Las Vegas. The pre-show press conferences have already begun and that means the big virtual reality news is already breaking. We will be more likely to hear from them at this year’s GDC or E3 conferences instead.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

I can say that this week we had no disruptive news about XR hardware or software , and most news that I’ve read on the most popular VR magazines have been about content, mostly games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. The studio will so become part of the Sony Worldwide Studios.

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APRIL 18, 2019

The right conferred by a patent grant is “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or importing the invention into the US. Image Credit: Sony. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Easily the biggest surprise for PlayStation VR (PSVR) fans at Sony’s E3 conference today was the reveal of Skyrim VR, and we won’t have to wait too long to play it. Elsewhere’ Bethesda-owned id Software is bringing Doom VFR to PSVR later this year too. It’s a good time to own a headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. Sony announces new games for PSVR. Top news of the week.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Each will likely come under examination in a few weeks’ time at the Game Developers Conference, so let’s set the record straight on each approach right now. As wonderful a headset as PSVR is, Sony’s approach to VR is probably the most incidental, not that that’s necessarily a bad thing.

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MAY 7, 2017

There will be plenty of fresh faces at E3 this year but, as usual, most eyes will be locked on one of the show’s most battle-hardened veterans: Sony. Sony’s press conference has been one of, if not the, biggest events at E3 for the past several years.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The 2017 edition of the event officially takes place from June 13th – 15th, with three days of press conferences preceding it. It’s here that titans like Sony, Microsoft and others do their best to wow us with new announcements on both the software and hardware front. David – Content Is King.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2018

Indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism announced ahead of the Sony conference that their VR rhythm game is on its way to PlayStation VR later this year. The game sold over 100,000 copies in its first month of availability on PC VR devices, and is set to launch on Sony’s platform with a new song, and potentially more content.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

The events that took place online, which were seen by many more people than would have participated in person, suffered from the same lack of presence and commitment that derails all virtual conferences. Sony unveils a new virtual concert experience at CES. ThirdEye Launches AR/MR Software Digital Ecosystem for Enterprise.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Despite big releases in the likes of Resident Evil 7 [ Review: 9/10 ] and Dirt Rally VR , it’s been an undeniably quiet start to the year for PlayStation VR (PSVR), but Sony is promising that won’t last long. Sony also confirmed that 100 titles have released on PSVR as of February 19th.

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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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MARCH 23, 2017

It’s not a practice you’d expect to see utilized with something as big as the PlayStation brand, but Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) seems to be an exception to the rule. Sony says that PSVR’s success, nearing — if not by now surpassing — one million units sold , surprises even them.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough. Sony recently unveiled plans to debut its PlayStation VR (PSVR) 2 in early 2023. This comes after statements from the company that the device would release in January.

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MAY 23, 2017

Project Morpheus prototype | Photo courtesy Sony. SEE ALSO On the Hunt for VR's Killer App with Sony's Head of PlayStation Magic Lab, Richard Marks. during last week’s I/O 2017 conference, which was heavily focused on machine learning. I just put it on and I can make my world anything I want right now”, he says.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

NVIDIA Instant NeRF NVIDIA debuted Instant NeRF in April 2022, and the software creates digital twins based on 2D images of real-world objects, people, and entire environments. Unreal Engine’s user-friendly NeRF software allows users to create high-quality digital twins with their phone cameras using a sister application.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

From there, the software combines the 2D images to create a 3D digital twin of the object, and then RawNeRF uses AI algorithms to predict the asset’s lighting. NVIDIA debuted Instant NeRF in April, and the software creates digital twins based on 2D images of real-world objects, people, and entire environments.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App —a single, platform-defining piece of software that compels buyers—has not yet arrived. Sony’s Richard Marks weighs in on where we might come to find it. Today we hear from Richard Marks, Senior Research Engineer on R&D at Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. This year, I’m just watching the conference from home The conference has been interesting, and it has been the usual mix of technology and politics.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

AR|VR|MR 2024, apart from other emerging technology, shows its focus display and waveguide solutions – the hardware and software that powers immersive visualisation on MR headsets, AR smart glasses, and more. What sets SPIE?AR|VR|MR Zinn Labs Debuts AI-ready Eye-Tracking System at SPIE.AR|VR|MR

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MARCH 11, 2020

” Like other global events such as the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and the Facebook Developer Conference (F8), the ESA is looking into digitising the event in some way: “We are also exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020.”

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JUNE 21, 2022

Last Tuesday, China Daily interviewed the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). ” In May, Apple filed a trademark for Reality OS designed for peripherals, software, and wearable computer hardware. Tim also complimented technology innovation led by Chinese application developers.

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MARCH 16, 2020

For example, our September estimates for 333,000 cumulative Oculus Quests sales were based on disclosures at the OC6 conference that $20 million in games had been sold for the device. As mentioned, the above calculations assume flat sales (hardware and software) for Rift and Go. That would reduce the $217 million attributed to Quest.

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MAY 22, 2023

The report published this weekend is a rundown of the key Apple executives behind the hardware, software, content and marketing of the headset expected to be branded Apple Reality Pro. In March, Apple announced its yearly WWDC conference will take place June 5-9, with a “special in-person experience at Apple Park on June 5.″

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2016

The world premiere of Mule will also see the unveiling of a new custom-designed installation piece tied to the film’s plot and is promised to be a bigger and more terrifying than the famous Catatonic wheelchairs we have seen quite often when scouting the VR circuit of conferences.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Its sentence mimics a statement from PlayStation about the upcoming PSVR2, so it seems that now Facebook sees Sony as the only credible competitor. The company is working on hardware and software solutions that revolve around this use case. the model of a prototype). I hope that thanks to vaccines, this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

We are also all waiting for news on a Quest 2 Pro… I wonder if Facebook will ever launch two devices during the same conference… it looks like a suicide move, so probably one will be announced (Quest 2 Pro) and the other launched (AR glasses). Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Facebook announces 128 GB Quest 2 with silicone cover.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Voke calls its main product TrueVR, which is a proprietary stereoscopic camera and software that can deliver content across various devices– not just virtual reality headsets. EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO. FACEBOOK’S UPCOMING DEVELOPER CONFERENCE WILL HIGHLIGHT SOCIAL AND WEBVR.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Additionally, specialised software and devices help sound engineers to capture and reproduce spatial audio with precision and clarity. ” Apple launched the feature on Apple Music in June 2021 as part of its Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) and announced its partnership with Dolby Atmos later in the month.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony Interactive Entertainment has l et many famous journalists and influencers (like Mike Virtual Reality Oasis) try the new headset in dedicated sessions where they could play four upcoming games: Horizon Call of the Mountain, Resident Evil Village, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners?

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JUNE 11, 2017

During Microsoft’s official E3 press conference the company announced the upcoming Xbox One X is releasing November, 7th. The question has always been and will continue to be until proven otherwise what Microsoft is doing to instill confidence in its consumers and fans with quality software releases. Hello Xbox Scorpio.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 14, 2023

The Los Angeles-based firm boasts a team of veteran technologists from SONY, Apple, Disney, Marvel Studios, and others. Mirrorscape also plans to demo it at conferences in the future. Developers can also download its software developer kit (SDK) for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

After gathering inspiration at the 2016 SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference, I went home and stitched together a panoramic video overlayed with Snapchat’s facial tracking filters. This meant they needed to be re-encoded to match each other before importing them into a stitching software.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

The shutdown of its main XR hardware project makes us all think that Google will try to do in XR what it is already doing with smartphones: become the software platform that many hardware OEMs use. The report claims that it could be resurrected if needed because some teams working on it have not been disbanded.

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