Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tactical Haptics’ newly developed haptic controller prototype uses mechanical sockets that allow them to be mated in different configurations on-the-fly, in order to match a particular virtual interaction more closely than standard VR motion controllers. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics. Image courtesy Tactical Haptics.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

said Jake Zim, SVP, virtual reality, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “ The new hardware features of PlayStation®VR2 enabled the team at XR Games to take ‘Zombieland: Headshot Fever’ to the next level of immersive entertainment. said Jake Zim, SVP, virtual reality, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Using Immersive Technology to Create Entertainment The immersive technology landscape provides developers and content creators in the entertainment space with new tools for developing story lines, delivering content, and making scenes more impactful. What is Immersive Filmmaking?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

The attraction, which currently offers a Terminator Salvation VR experience for up to four players, is the now the face of the theater’s effort to expand its entertainment offerings beyond films. Like other VR attractions, Spaces offers up VR hardware and content that’s either impractical or unavailable to users at home.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The PlayStation VR2 (PS VR2) builds upon its predecessor with features such as headset-based haptic feedback, eye-tracking technology, new-and-improved PS VR2 Sense Controllers, and 3D audio. There are also headset-based haptics, a unique addition compared to other VR headsets. Perp Games) Fantavision 202X (Cosmo Machia, Inc.)

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

United States import records from late 2021 onward show that Sony Interactive Entertainment has shipped thousands of boxes containing developer kits from Asia to the US. Platform holders like Sony typically distribute dev kits to a handful of select studios months before launch so they can properly target the new hardware.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2023

From cutting-edge hardware to new, groundbreaking technology and software solutions, this year had it all. Just like with the metaverse last year, AI became a new hot topic, but in terms of hardware, the spotlight was clearly on AR. The Renaissance of Haptics It was hard to ignore the sheer volume of haptic-related products at AWE.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2021

We’re always looking for new ways to provide our players with the very best entertainment the free-roam VR industry has to offer, and our new Far Cry® VR: Dive into Insanity experience is exceptional,” said Tim Ruse, CEO of Zero Latency VR, in an official statement. Image Credit: Zero Latency. Image Credit: Zero Latency.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As demand for VR in the entertainment and media landscape continues to increase, these cameras will grow more popular in the years ahead. Haptic Gloves and Suits Though the hype around haptic technologies has dwindled in recent years, innovators are beginning to recognize the benefits of full haptic feedback.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? Using a combination of hardware and software, VR solutions replace our real-world view with a computer-generated alternative. Some solutions even use accessories to deepen the immersion, such as haptic feedback systems and spatial audio.

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Quest will remain only as the hardware brand for Meta's first-party headsets. A line of headsets for "productivity, learning, and entertainment" from Lenovo. A headset "fully focused on immersive entertainment like watching movies and videos with the highest resolution OLED screens." Will this be true for XR too?

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2022

A VR motion sim designed for gaming, multimedia entertainment, and workplace productivity. SitWalk is a new VR motion simulator from VR hardware and software company Mr. Art Digital Technology that allows you to move naturally throughout the virtual world from a seated position. “ “ SitWalk changes that.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2022

Past winners have included hardware such as the Meta Quest 2 headset, social media influencers like Thrillseeker , and VR experiences including ILMxLAB’s Secrets of the Empire and Wolves in the Walls from Fable Studio. VR Location-Based Entertainment of the Year. VR Hardware of the Year. Credit: AIXR. VR Social Impact Award.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This means a user can enjoy every frequency range they can hear (acoustic audio) and feel (haptic and tactile audio, also known as physical audio),” said Castro and Salomaki. The ResonX system is a combination of hardware and software. Crafting New Experiences With the ResonX System.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

We don’t know for sure if it’s the result of growing interest in haptics, the right moves at the right time, or a combination of both but AxonVR has pulled in the largest funding round for haptic feedback thus far. VR has the means to trick our eyes and ears, but haptics will open the door to our sense of touch.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2024

As John Carmack pointed out earlier this week, Quest headsets are priced without the intention of making a hardware profit, because Meta can make this back with its cut of content sales on the platform. Other headset makers won't have this additional revenue stream, so will have to make their profit on the hardware itself.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 29, 2018

The 14-room facility features vibrating floors, haptic peripherals, and artificial wind. Location-based VR made serious headway in Malaysia this month as immersive entertainment specialists VAR Live launched what is now the largest VR-based theme park in the entire country.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 11, 2023

The model builds upon the VR functionalities of past Meta hardware by introducing mixed reality (MR) passthrough features. While older, the firm released the Meta Quest 2 in October 2020, the sophomore product is very popular, still topping Steam’s list of VR hardware.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sony designed the title alongside long-time partners Guerrilla Games and the PlayStation subsidiary Firesprite to create a highly sophisticated VR experience showcasing the hardware’s potential. The experience utilises the PSVR2’s eye-tracking, spatial audio, and haptic feedback systems to create a fully immersive experience.

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VRScout

APRIL 12, 2020

billion industry that includes arcades, cinema, and theme parks; with multiple global developers pushing VR software and hardware tech into new directions, however, the market could expand beyond this prediction. It means that people are turning to VR to stay entertained and connected. That translates into a $1.48

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. VEX Arena (front) and VEX Adventure (back) Both setups used haptic vests but otherwise, the hardware differed significantly. From a hardware perspective, Moviemex3D used a Pico Neo 3 headset streaming from a PCVR computer.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Probably the biggest of them has been Qualcomm announcing the public release of Snapdragon Spaces SDK and its related hardware DK. Eh, the adventurous life of the XR blogger… As you may imagine, I’m quite tired, so this newsletter will feature less commentary of mine. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. HTC says there will be more locations yet to come.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Ultrahaptics went on to raise $23 million, begin to interest car companies , and later absorb the much-hyped Leap Motion, which, it turns out, was a match made in heaven, by uniting both hand tracking and mid-air haptics. So Ultraleap is already working with DS Automobiles and Hosiden on new mid-air haptics experiences.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Entertainment: Many of the initial innovations in VR began with entertainment and the video game sector. Currently, the VR market is expected to grow from $6.3

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 4, 2019

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2022

.” We’ve seen our fair share of bizarre multi-sensory technology in the past, from a haptic feedback device that utilizes ultrasonic transducers to simulate the feeling of spiders crawling on your face to a location-based experience that lets you smell the inside of a tree.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally announced that PSVR 2 will be launched on February 22nd, 2023 for $549. The recent partnership with Meta around mixed reality s eems a sign that the company is not pursuing new hardware projects internally. Top news of the week. Learn more.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The VOID, the critically acclaimed immersive entertainment company, today announced it has appointed Cliff Plumer as chief executive officer. Original and Beloved Storylines – Enter unexplored worlds filled with immersive and entertaining adventures.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 4, 2019

His company is now on a mission to bring those peer-to-peer visual and tactile connections to the platform they’re building with BaDoinkVR – a virtual reality adult entertainment production company that offers paid subscription services that showcase both 180 and 360-degree immersive videos featuring motion tracking and binaural audio.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Overall, augmented reality brings robust capabilities to solutions across multiple modalities — visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. One of the major spatial computing trends we’ll see in the years ahead revolves around developing more advanced hardware. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2023

The powerful underlying engine and editor system within the Unity ecosystem have supported endless companies in designing stunning games, apps, and entertainment experiences for multiple digital platforms. While Unity is best known for its contributions to the gaming landscape, it’s far from just a tool for those invested in VR entertainment.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2021

See Also: Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence. The report focused on enterprise applications and companies rather than gaming and entertainment. standard , and that their coming “ Reality Cloud ” will be hardware cross-compatible. There may be another level to “immersion” as well.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Emblematic is involved in using MR, AR, and VR tech to create immersive experiences for education and entertainment.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2024

Horizon OS: Not Exactly Open, But Certainly Prolific Meanwhile, Meta has also made it clear it’s going to continue producing Quest to showcase its hardware and software advancements, and likely use it as an anchor to the more specialized Horizon OS devices Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions in the near future.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

Last Friday, Sony Interactive Entertainment, the hardware vendor behind the famous PlayStation gaming console brand, announced a technology partnership with eye-tracking provider Tobii for the Japanese firm’s sophomore virtual reality (VR) gaming headset. Sony Filles Hand-Tracking Technology.

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