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Sony Patent Reveals VR Controller Design Seemingly Inspired by Valve Index

Road to VR

Sony Interactive Entertainment recently published a patent for a VR motion controller that look suspiciously similar to Valve’s Index controllers, aka ‘Knuckles. Image courtesy Sony Interactive Entertainment, WIPO. Image courtesy Sony Interactive Entertainment, WIPO. Here’s to hoping.

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Virtual Reality Trends that will Dominate 2023

ARVR

One of the biggest obstacles in the way of VR growth is its dependency on hardware. However, web engineers are trying to accommodate VR in mobile apps by making use of the advanced hardware of smart devices. VR Induced Software Systems The hardware is currently ruling the VR market, both in terms of usage and revenue.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.27): Discover XR Cyber Monday Deals, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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PlayStation VR Has A Frustrating Camera Distance Problem

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. Sony previously confirmed that the PS VR “play area” comes up just short of a full 10 feet.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.11): Quest 3 may be 2x better than Quest 2, HTC teases a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In this document, Meta’s VP of Metaverse Vishal Shah reported that Horizon Worlds has problems with bugs and a lack of polish , and for this reason, it is not even used much by Meta employees themselves. Sony prepares to have 2M PSVR 2 devices at launch. More info (AR Insider survey) More info (VR gaming hardware).

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US video game sales have record quarter as consumers stay at home

TechCrunch VR

That, in turn, helped drive Switch sales, in spite of Nintendo’s well-documented supply issues. Microsoft and Sony will no doubt make up gains at the end of the year with their next-gen consoles. As already noted by the firm, Animal Crossing: New Horizons had its own record-setting first quarter.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.01): Quest 2 price raise, PSVR 2 passthrough, Pico 4 leaks, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It also shows that at the moment the idea of subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the software sold in the store is not working, so probably the Quest ecosystem is less healthy than we initially thought. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Upload VR). Other news.

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