VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2022

Sony’s next VR device is shaping up to be a game-changer. According to a report by Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), the PlayStation 2 will feature a display density of 800 PPI (pixels per inch) per eye. Image Credit: Sony. ″ 1920 x 1080 with 386 PPI in the PSVR for both eyes.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 24, 2023

A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman provides more details on Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset, including information on the core interaction mechanism. Quest 2 allows users to control the user interface with hand tracking, but doesn’t include eye tracking technology.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Sony’s next console VR headset features an “orb” design heavily inspired by the PS5. After months of teasing, Sony has officially unveiled the design of its latest VR headset, the PlayStation VR2. Since then the company has released new information about the official specs. Image Credit: Sony.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2021

Eye-tracking capable of foveated rendering. Inside-out tracking. This, along with the following information, was supposedly released yesterday at a virtual summit for prospective game developers. Next-gen PSVR controllers | Image courtesy Sony. IPD adjustment dial. USB-C tether to PS5. Head-mounted haptics.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

XR Games and Sony Pictures VR (SPVR) announced that a new, completely revamped version of the hit VR arcade light gun style shooter Zombieland: Headshot Fever will arrive as a PlayStation®VR2 launch title. said Jake Zim, SVP, virtual reality, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “ I couldn’t be prouder of what the team has accomplished.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2021

However, according to the latest report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo , who has over 10 years of experience reporting on Apple, information recently gathered from supply chains now indicates a possible Q2 2022 release for the highly-anticipated mixed reality hardware. Concept art of Apple MR Glasses / Image Credit: The Information.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

More info (Quest 3 coming in 2023) More info (New layoffs planned at Meta) Other relevant news (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) New information on PSVR 2 is unveiled Sony Interactive Entertainment is keeping growing the hype for the upcoming launch of the PSVR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. I’m pretty sure that Sony is waiting the next few months to make some moves, there’s still the Black Friday and the Christmas Holiday that have to happen, but at the moment I do not see this device as disruptive to our ecosystem.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

PSVR 2 is 7% lighter than the original PSVR, despite utilizing new headset technology like haptic feedback and eye-tracking. With just over two weeks until PSVR 2 launches, Sony released a new FAQ today that seeks to address any outstanding questions about the upcoming VR headset.

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Upload VR

JUNE 13, 2023

"We've taken full advantage of the hardware, utilizing eye tracking, haptics in both the controllers and headset, trigger resistance," he confirms, outlining Ultra's core mechanics. You can avoid the effects of a flashbang by closing your eyes before it explodes. UploadVR Ian Hamilton

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple wants to reduce the price of the display by a 50% factor and is also trying to have other suppliers of displays beyond Sony (e.g. Tiny emitters emit sound waves towards the eyes, and some receptors read how the waves bounce back. Depending on how the returning waves are, the system is able to detect where the eyes are looking at.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2021

A new report from UploadVR teases some pretty impressive specs for Sony’s upcoming PlayStation VR 2 headset. Foveated rendering would be powered by built-in eye-tracking technology, which could have a significant impact on social VR experiences by allowing for more natural interactions between players.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Ultraleap hand tracking. Custom made eye tracking. According to a report by The Information, Meta is looking to ship them with an accessory that may help as input device. Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Hideaki Nishino and asked him many questions about PlayStation 5 and PSVR 2.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Image Credit: Sony. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017. The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounted display.”.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta has even improved the accuracy of eye tracking on Quest Pro , and some people are speculating that it may be to battle the eye-tracking capabilities of the Vision Pro. According to the creators of Hubris, Sony is working on solving the issue , but he said nothing about when this update will be released.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. Top news of the week. Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Yes, it’s 200 weeks (around 4 years) that I try to inform the community every week about the best AR/VR news, at first just by e-mail, and then also on a special column on my website. Dubbed Pico Neo 3 Pro, the headset is going to cost $699, and its Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye variant, featuring eye-tracking by Tobii, is going to cost $899.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony reveals the design of the PSVR 2. Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. Image by The Information). Header image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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Upload VR

MAY 22, 2023

Just last summer The Information published a report citing “four people who have worked on the project” as saying the AR/VR team “almost never” mentions games in internal presentations and isn’t developing a tracked controller. The Information and Gurman have previously reported the product will be priced around $3000.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Rumors earlier this year suggested Sony, the company responsible for making Apple’s OLED displays, can only produce up to 200,000 displays per quarter. We know the product will contain 12 cameras, six microphones, and five hand, eye, and voice tracking sensors. Plus, new patent information is emerging all the time.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. This week, it has decided to give us some information about the runtime of the headset, in particular about some quality-of-life features.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

The method that we’ve chosen for this article has to do with how the headsets handle information. Due largely to the next-level software, including eye-tracking, the Plus eclipsed its colleague and VIVE discontinued the standard Focus. How about human-eye resolution, 20-20 eye tracking, and a heart-stopping refresh rate?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Pico 4 Pro should feature next-gen functionalities like RGB passthrough, eye tracking, face tracking, and automatic IPD adjustment. It’s not clear anyway what will be its resolution, FOV, and especially content and price, and this information is crucial to understand how Pico 4 can really compete with Meta’s headsets.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The integrated Tobii eye-tracking operating at 120hz made a noticeable difference to headset setup and optical comfort, as well as lowering the rendering workload in games compatible with dynamic foveated rendering. The eye-tracking system is provided by Tobii, who is the market leader in eye-tracking technology.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sony has officially unveiled the price and release date for its PlayStation VR2 headset. The PS VR2 version introduces a number of improvements, including 4K rendering at 90 frames-per-second, real-time shadows, and more realistic player avatars powered by eye-tracking. Feature Image Credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

I put inside it a lot of free information about the lessons we have learned organizing a huge musical VR event, and I’m sure it can be useful for you. In its latest improvement, the eyes of the avatars have been made more realistic thanks to the integration of eye-tracking data. Sony Dreams adds PSVR support.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2022

Sony this week confirmed the official launch window of its highly-anticipated PS VR 2 headset via social media. That said, the company has shared a list of specs for the device, revealing a handful of exciting features like eye-tracking, passthrough view, and headset haptics. Credit: Sony. Credit: iFixit. – Approx.

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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). Conversely, at the enterprise level, AR has evolved drastically, including: Delivering real-time guidance and information to professionals for better productivity. Defining XR.

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VRScout

JUNE 16, 2021

The follow-up to Sony’s 2016 console VR headset will feature Samsung Display OLED panels. Yesterday afternoon, Bloomberg released a report regarding Tokyo-based LCD specialist Japan Display Inc, in the process revealing potential information regarding the highly-anticipated follow-up to Sony’s PlayStation VR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. And it is not stopping here: OpenXR has just added new extensions for hands and eye tracking , and a company like UltraLeap has just released a beta implementation for its hands’ tracker. But I want to be positive about this… go OpenXR! .

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). I know that according to Peter Griffin (and The Trashmen), “Bird” is the word, but actually “Patreon” is a better word if you want to sustain my hard work in informing the community ! Header Image by Sony). Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community! Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. Road To VR reported about Manus VR’s new Quantum Metagloves with very precise hand tracking for enterprise use (cost: $9000). Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information. Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest! It’s more than 3 years that I invest my Sundays to inform the XR community with these roundups!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2. More information on Pico 4 Pro is for sure to come at AWE EU on October 20-21.

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