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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 1: Cave, zSpace, Brogent hands-on

The Ghost Howls

Two weeks ago, I had a fantastic trip to Taiwan together with my Chinese assistant Miss S. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? We all participants of the VR Visionaries tour in Taiwan (Image by Digiblock). When I tell people that I have been in Taiwan, the first questions that I get are “How is Taiwan?”

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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. Learn more: [link] #VIVEMARS #SIGGRAPH2022 #trackedonmars #virtualproduction pic.twitter.com/uNTI9bH6hs. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022.

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How Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are Investing in VR

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Instead of building and investing in headsets like Facebook of the US, Sony of Japan and HTC of Taiwan, the Chinese trio are becoming middlemen: creating platforms and content for when a dominant headset emerges. It used Google Cardboard, which can be distributed at close to nothing. Alibaba debuted its VR mall, called Buy+, last year.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. Some news on VR content from this week: Drifter Entertainment has just announced “The Lies Beneath” , a survival horror VR game for Rift and Quest. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games. The details of the deal are unknown.

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VR Simulation Puts You On The Frontline Of The Hong Kong Protests

VRScout

For the past five months, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong demonstrators have taken to the streets in protest of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill introduced by the Hong Kong government which would allow local law enforcement to extradite criminals wanted in territories outside Hong Kong, including mainland China as well as Taiwan.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. For the kind of entertainment applications Magic Leap is pursuing, a light-field allows for a more realistic rendering of virtual content. Near-eye Optics Basics. Now imagine two of those 90° prisms set side by side.

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IAAPA Update from Location-Based VR Expert, Bob Cooney

XR for Business Podcast

Let’s talk about what you saw, and what are the trends coming in out-of-home entertainment. They merged it with a D-Box motion base and they created a VR ride for family entertainment centers, arcades, and theme parks. We find the broadest market for VR is casual impulsive entertainment. You were there.