Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2017

With history and data points, one can extend trend lines to gain a sense for where something is headed,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights. “We This year’s report will feature historical data on headset shipments and global forecasts through 2026. 2017 will be another foundational year for the entire VR industry. “The

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Considering the average consumer’s desire for entertainment, it makes sense that some expect gaming to be the spark and it looks like the PlayStation VR (PSVR) is leading that charge in Japan as reported on eMarketer. Recently back in late February, Sony also confirmed it was nearing 1M headsets sold already. Time will tell.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Recently a Sony patent appeared indicating plans for upgrades to PlayStation VR, adding features like inside-out tracking and wireless capabilities. Spotted by the masters of patent hunting Lets Go Digital , this particular AR patent comes from the Japan Patent Office (JPO), published on 11 July 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. In Japan, the number is around 80K. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. I think they handled all this situation in the best way possible.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It was confirmed back in April that Sony’s upcoming next-gen console would include support for the current-gen PSVR. SEE ALSO Sony Announces 4.2 ” To demonstrate, Sony’s Japan Studio put together a few short demos—the same team behind The Playroom VR (2016) and Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Well, if I have to express an opinion, that is in common with other members of the VR communities, it is not that I don’t trust that Facebook won’t protect my data against hackers, it is that I’m sure that Facebook itself will collect a lot of personal data about me so that it can offer targeted advertisement. It will do this because….

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2019

Games on disc three include: ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (JAPAN Studio). ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (JAPAN Studio). Raw Data (Survios). Like the previous two demo discs, the third installment is free of charge. You can check out the PlayStation Store listing here. Battlezone (Rebellion). Headmaster (Frame Interactive). Gnog (KO_OP).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Image by Sony). Sony unveils affordable Mocopi tracking system. Sony has just announced a new affordable tracking system. The data of all the sensors merged together can be used to reconstruct the pose of the user thanks to the wonders of machine learning. Header image by Sony). Other relevant news. Alan Smithson.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

Research about this rapid decline was conducted and issued by iiMedia Research, a third-party data collector and analyst of technological digital platforms. HTC, Oculus, Sony, Samsung, and Google—all of which offer higher quality headsets with the reliability of market-testing, customer support, and general accountability.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

” Very few major manufacturers have released sales data on their VR headsets, with Sony being the exception when they said that PSVR had already sold over 2 million units back in December 2017. Amazon does provide a good watermark for how any given product is faring, but it’s not everything, HTC says.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Learn about the m**averse in Japan. Mogura VR , one of the most important magazines about VR in Japan, has organized an event hosting a few important Japanese VR professionals to discuss the m**averse in Japan. Japan is a country always devoted to innovation, and at the forefront in some technological fields like robotics.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

Developers have also included support for the FreeD protocol , which provides camera positional data for XR providers, in a bid to expand the availability of solutions to users. The new solution allows extended reality (XR) studios to create virtual production content while cutting costs and boosting ease of use.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Sony has just clarified that VR “games with unlocked framerates or dynamic resolution up to 4K may see higher fidelity” on PS5 , and some games like Blood&Truth and Firewall Zero Hour have been patched to introduce this feature, but it is not enough for the PSVR community. Nreal launches Nreal Light in Japan. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info Japanese companies create the “Japan Metaverse Economic Zone” Around 10 major Japanese companies (including Mitsubishi and Fujitsu) partnered to create the “Japan Metaverse Economic Zone” , an infrastructure for the open metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With the Ultimate Tracker, HTC Vive has developed a way to bring a new immersive world to so many people” VRChat has long been a supporter of HTC VIVE and Sony-based solutions and remains a major platform for spatial communications and VR social environments. Now you can play #VR FBT games anywhere in your house!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Company is also currently in conversations to open additional pilot centres in Japan, the Middle East and Western Europe. ” The center currently features content from ILMxLAB, Sony, Lionsgate, Starbreeze, Survios, and Ubisoft. That’s the data IMAX needs to decide whether its experiment is a success.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

In IATA’s 2017 Global Passenger Survey, 85% of those surveyed indicated they would be willing to give up more personal data in exchange for faster process checks and more personalized service at the airport. This made for a new way of visualizing and analyzing the airport’s complex operational data (aircraft movement, retail analytics, etc.)

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Sony creates an AR headset for LBVR. Sony is offering a Ghostbuster AR experience in Ginza, Japan, and for this it has manufactured an AR headset. To have more details we have to wait for the reviews of people that will actually go to Japan to try this experience…. New Rumors on Half Life VR. PSVR Halloween sale.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. It is possible to read very interesting data on AR/VR from the latest SuperData report on Gaming. But some of them are really intriguing. Superdata analyzes the market of VR games.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s a brief summary of the data leak (via stealthyfrog ). AA Trilogy + DGS1-2 box set for Japan only. Sony paid $5 million USD for RE7 VR/timed DLC/demo exclusivity. Resident Evil 4 // Credit: Capcom. Great Ace Attorney and Great Ace Attorney 2 localization for the west, announcement in April and release in July.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

First of all, we have some more info on the micro OLED displays: Sony started selling them in Japan, so we have some more specs: they have 4K resolution, 90Hz framerate, a high luminance, and the capability of reproducing a very wide color range. This seems a great result to me.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Available on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, the game was built primarily for traditional displays, but on PS4 only, the game has a VR mode which allows it to be played from start to finish on Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. That number gives us some additional insight into the full scope of the data. million, assuming MSRP.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Location is at the heart of the AR Cloud.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Right now they have about five or six locations, three in US and one in Japan line to buy.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Right now they have about five or six locations, three in US and one in Japan line to buy.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Right now they have about five or six locations, three in US and one in Japan line to buy.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Ceo & Founder of Bigscreen one of the biggest VR platforms in the world, with millions of users on popular VR headsets.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The price of Oculus Touch, the hand controllers for the Rift, has been revealed via a GAME store display in the UK – and the intuitive data input devices will cost you about $200 in the U.S. SONY PARTNERS WITH CONTENT STUDIO REALITY ONE. A PRETTY PENNY FOR THE OCULUS HAND CONTROLLERS. WHEN YOUR BRAINWAVES CHOOSE WHO YOU DATE.

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