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Unofficial SteamVR Driver for PSVR 2 to Release Soon as Sony Plans its Own PC VR Support

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One of the many caveats of using iVRy for PSVR 2 is the requirement of a DP-AUX emulator hardware, which is set to be initially offered exclusively to subscribers to the project’s Patreon. “AMD’s DSC strategy is technically sub-optimal,” the iVRy developer says in a post on X. ” That’s not all.

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Google Axes Hundreds of AR Hardware Jobs amidst Qualcomm, Samsung Partnership

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This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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Samsung’s VR Strategy with Tom Harding, Director of Immersive Products

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Kim said that the Gear VR is “fully mobile, quickly attaches via a cell phone, and affordable” while the Odyssey offers a “premium experience coming from the positional tracking of the headset and the controllers, and the computing power of the PC.” LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Support Voices of VR.

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Microsoft Reveals Motion Controllers for Mixed Reality Headsets Coming This Holiday

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Today Microsoft has unveiled their Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers. The controllers fill in a major gap in Microsoft’s strategy to become the “most complete platform across the broadest range of mixed reality devices and experiences.” Photo courtesy Microsoft via CNET.

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How Google’s Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus’ Mobile Strategy

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Within the industry though, the announcements represent somewhat of a repositioning of industry players, one that puts Oculus’ mobile strategy in a rough spot. As we know, hardware is worthless without content. SEE ALSO Gear VR Controller Review. The collaboration proved fruitful. Continued on Page 2: It Gets Worse ».

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One of VR’s Most Sucessful Studios is Building Two Brand New Games

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Back in the Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 days (circa 2014), the studio was already thinking about how to design games for VR motion controllers, despite no headsets on the market shipping with motion controllers until 2016. “Part of our growth strategy [after Pistol Whip ] was to split our team into two distinct lanes.

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Report: Leaked Email Reveals Facebook XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to accelerate its arrival’

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What on Earth is a social networking company doing buying a VR hardware startup, and for that much money? Owning both the platform and the key apps means deep control over an ecosystem, and Zuckerberg wants that power in Facebook’s hands rather than its competitors.

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