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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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Most people don’t know augmented reality was first created and tested in the late 1960s: by a Harvard professor, with a wired head-mounted display. But the technology didn’t crack the mainstream in entertainment the way many tech observers had predicted. Onboarding in those capacities lagged behind.

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Acer and Starbreeze Announce First Shipment of StarVR Head-Mounted Displays

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Acer and Starbreeze AB today announced at a global press conference in Berlin that they have started to ship StarVR® Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) to IMAX Corporation in preparation for the highly anticipated opening of the IMAX VR® Center in Los Angeles, expected later this year, and others in the near future.

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Full Sail University to Create Virtual Production Studio

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The earliest VR experiences predate head-mounted displays and instead used projectors to turn a room into a virtual environment without the aid of a head-mounted display. After all, a headset isn’t strictly required for viewing or even entering some immersive environments.

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Sony Teases Prototype VR Headset With Stunning 8K Visuals

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“This is a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) that projects a high-definition 3D space and achieves a high-resolution of 4K with one eye and 8K with both eyes,” stated the company in an official release.

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Sony Plans XR2+ Gen 2 Headset For 'Spatial Content Creation' In 2024

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The new device features 4K OLED microdisplays and is on the way from Sony Corporation rather than Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony plans to collaborate with developers of a variety of 3D production software, including in the entertainment and industrial design fields," the company's announcement explains. Updates to come.

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PlayStation Teases Non-VR ‘Spectator Mode’ In New Patent

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According to the patent, “A computer implemented method for processing operations for integrating audience participation content into VR (virtual reality) content, presented by a head mounted display (HMD) of an HMD user is provided.

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Sony Unveils Mixed Reality Headset at CES-2024

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Sony Corporation announced development of an immersive spatial content creation system, which includes an XR head-mounted display equipped with high-quality 4K OLED Microdisplays*2 and video see-through function, and a pair of controllers optimized for intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing.

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