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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Did Disney Take the Next “Step” of VR Input?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Disney Research, a group the firm uses to develop innovative emerging technologies, highlighted the device in a YouTube video this weekend. Since 2022, Disney worked on various XR initiatives to help build start-ups and to assist with the firm’s own R&D into Disney-branded XR entertainment services.

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Classic Game Moon Patrol Reimagined As An AR Experience

VRScout

Legendary video game hardware manufacturer Intellivision is making a grand return this year with the Intellivision Amico, a brand new console that promises to combine the nostalgia of late-70s gaming with modern technology. One of the foundational Intellivision principles is group play.

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Elton John Announces Final Tour With VR Video

VRScout

The stream could be viewed in both standard 2D format and in VR through the use of a Google Cardboard headset. Cardboard users could immerse themselves more completely in the festivities as part of Google’s new VR180 format. The VR180 initiative includes Google created VR cameras , apps and contests to keep the creativity going.

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Former PlayStation VP, Google, And Activision Staffers Join CastAR

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Peter Dille, Former Senior Vice President of Marketing and PlayStation Network at Sony Computer Entertainment (now Sony Interactive Entertainment); Mel M. Heydari, Lead Recruiter for Technical Operations at Google; and Arnie Sen Senior Director of Hardware at Activision, have all joined the augmented reality company.

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Former PlayStation VP, Google, And Activision Staffers Join.

AllThingsVR

Former PlayStation VP, Google, And Activision Staffers Join CastAR CastAR’s consumer release might seem a ways off, but the company today announced yet more key hires that will help it get there. Dille joins the company as Chief Marketing Officer, and arrives after a stint at mobile advertising technology group, Tapjoy.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year.