Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

Intended for its own swath of Varjo-branded headsets, the new display configuration promises “unprecedented resolution of VR and AR content limited only by the perception of the human eye itself.” ” According to a hands-on by Tech Crunch , the headset packs a pair of high-resolution Sony MicroOLED displays measuring 0.7

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. Combined with hand and eye tracking technology spatial audio can also assist users in navigating a space more effectively, collecting information and learning as they go.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

At a time when modern VR was finding its feet, Sony championed the potential of console-based virtual reality with PlayStation VR on PS4, housing an impressive library of exclusive games like WipeOut: Omega Collection , Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Blood & Truth. Sony remains the only console manufacturer committed to VR at this level.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Other industry leaders ready to support standardisation for cross-platform XR applications are hardware firms like Xreal, OPPO, and Pico.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 8, 2024

Goertek XReal Lenovo Iristick Vuzix Magic Leap XYZReality Longan Vision Rokid ThirdEye Google Toshiba Epson RealWear Microsoft Lumus TCL RayNeo Goertek Offering a variety of extended reality products for virtual and augmented experiences, Goertek has a range of smart glasses included in its portfolio.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve. There’s a speech at AWE held by Microsoft and HP on 28th , so this may be a good moment for the launch. Image by Microsoft). Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

Options like the AR All-in-one glasses provide access to 6DoF tracking, RGB cameras and proximity sensors, and an open acoustic design for audio. Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. Microsoft has said it will be continuing it’s MR strategy going forward.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Oculus wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. The bombshell comes directly from Jason Rubin, that interviewed from Kotaku, has clearly said that he wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. Microsoft has showcased a great holographic translating technology. (Image by Capcom). PSVR 2 will be cool but don’t overhype it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This, combined with cutting-edge hand and eye tracking, combine real-time 3D (RT3D) content with a person’s field of view (FoV). This includes Varjo’s XR-2, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, Pico Interactive’s Pico 4 Enterprise, and Meta Platform’s Quest Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction Following my first article earlier this year, Pimax’s Crystal has pleasantly surprised me with a series of software updates that activated new hardware features , whilst bringing quality-of-life improvements to headset connection and tracking. Happy anniversary , Pimax!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

Goertek NReal Lenovo Iristick Vuzix Magic Leap XYZReality Longan Vision Rokid ThirdEye Google Toshiba Epson RealWear Microsoft Lumus TCL RayNeo Goertek Offering a variety of extended reality products for virtual and augmented experiences, Goertek has a range of smart glasses included in its portfolio.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Options like the AR All-in-one glasses provide access to 6DoF tracking, RGB cameras and proximity sensors, and an open acoustic design for audio. Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. Lenovo Lenovo creates a range of peripherals and hardware solutions for businesses and consumers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Unlink VR hardware (Image by Unlink VR). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership. Qualcomm and Microsoft have announced a partnership to push together the next-generation lightweight AR glasses. Click to read the thread on Twitter… it is worth it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The headset didn’t come with many surprises and these have been the specifications : Resolution (per-eye) : 2064 x 2208 Display Type : LCD Refresh Rate: 120Hz Lens type: Pancake Processor : Snapdragon XR2 Gen2 RAM : 8GB Battery Life : 2–3 hours Field of View : 110° horizontal, 96° vertical IPD Adjust : hardware-based.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. Let me quote the article: “We were giving away the hardware but making money on the data,” he said. Microsoft Maquette gets discontinued.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It is also a defensive, move that makes it avoid the loss of its partners, as it has happened with Insomniac Studio that has just been acquired by Sony. If you like to see teardown of hardware products, then you will love this teardown of the Index Controllers that my friend Rob Cole has found on Reddt! I really hope so….

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. PSVR 2 may have inside-out tracking. In 2018, this was mindblowing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Companies such as Meta, holoride , Improbable , Steam, Sony, and many others have begun tapping their serious gaming technologies to achieve this. Using their forward-facing cameras, hand and eye tracking, and 3-6 degrees of flight (DoF), the world’s most popular headsets have employed motion-capturing tools to boost user immersion.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? They are going to come from unexpected places and they are going to be software not hardware. 2) Costs need to be reduced dramatically.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

It was first widely shipped in PlayStation VR, and Sony still uses it for PSVR 2. Microsoft chose this approach for HoloLens 2, which Quest Pro actually bears a striking resemblance to. I tried purposely setting my IPD wrong while eye tracking was activated and the guide often doesn’t appear.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google. The month closes with Microsoft finally awakening, announcing it will ship the $3,000 self-contained HoloLens augmented reality developer kit to developers at the end of March. December 2015. March 2016. November 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

I totally want them to care more about our privacy, and I’m all in with Avi Bar-Zeev in having better management of eye tracking data on the Quest Pro. Meta has done great hardware like Quest 2 and has done a lot (truly A LOT) to accelerate the consumer adoption of XR. I hated the forced Facebook login for Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

edge detection); Eye-tracking sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer); A battery system ; A 5Ghz radio communication antenna to make the lens communicate with an external unit; An ARM0 processor , that acts as a “traffic cop” for the data. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta has not explained why it was removed: some people suspect it was because it could have been used “to see through some clothes”, but I don’t know if the truth is actually some software/hardware incompatibility. There is also an eye-relief dial, so you can put the lenses very close to your eyes, for added field of view.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

I’m not surprised at all: I’m more surprised actually that Facebook entered the hardware business than I am for Facebook doing ads in AR and VR. When there will be eye-tracking on the Quest 2 Pro, for instance, I bet that viewing and hovering may regard also what you are looking at with your eyes.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term. Bytedance can’t compete out off the bat with Facebook, but it has deep pockets too and also may have the support (and the money) of the Chinese government, so it is a company to keep an eye on.

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