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Sony’s Upcoming MR Headset Could Point the Way for Controllers on Vision Pro

Road to VR

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset with a bit of an identity crisis. At least not in the near future.

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8th Wall’s New WebAR Tool Moves Us Closer To The Metaverse

VRScout

Spatialized UI – Automatic translation of 2D web UI elements onto a spatial control panel when an experience is accessed on a VR or AR headset. Interaction Mapping – Universal mapping of gestures to handle input across devices including controllers and hand tracking. Existing developers can simply log in and begin building.

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Sony Establishes Virtual Production Collaboration Centre

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The emerging XR tools allow studios to realistically project a real-world location without needing to travel or transport resources to the site – saving time, money, and CO2 emissions massively. Moreover, VP tools can project a completely digital environment, such as a sci-fi planet ready for actors to see.

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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!

The Ghost Howls

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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Sony Unveils Mixed Reality Headset at CES-2024

XROM

Sony Corporation announced development of an immersive spatial content creation system, which includes an XR head-mounted display equipped with high-quality 4K OLED Microdisplays*2 and video see-through function, and a pair of controllers optimized for intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing.

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Sony Releases ‘Passengers: Awakening’ VR Experience

VRScout

With a multi-tool in hand, you must solve a series of puzzles while teleporting yourself around the many luxury rooms of the spaceship, finally ending up on a spacewalk outside the ship’s hull. With simple puzzles that require a Rift Touch or Vive controller as your virtual tool, you can quickly breeze through the experience.

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Sony’s PSVR 2 to Offer VR Passthrough, Streaming Updates

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This Tuesday, Sony, the firm behind the Playstation line-up of console gaming devices, announced new details for its upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR 2) headset. In an official blog post , Sony introduced several new features to improve the PSVR 2 user experience. New User Experience. What to Expect from PSVR 2. ”

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