Upload VR

APRIL 13, 2023

First Contact says the game uses Sony’s eye-tracking to tell whether your eyes are closed, so if you’re careful you can keep yourself from being temporarily blinded by the searing light beam of a bright flashlight cutting across a dark room. I last played Zero Hour with Jagneaux on the original PSVR when he was UploadVR’s Games Editor.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

As reported by VRFocus, Sony has released two new patents that may indicate next-generation motion controllers. The first of these patents show off a controller with an analog stick (as opposed to a touchpad common on other VR controllers or the buttons on the PS Move wands), and a number of face-mounted buttons.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Series A was lead by European venture capital fund EQT Ventures Fund, followed by Lifeline Ventures Fund III, The Venture Reality Fund, private investor John Lindfors, Foobar Technologies, Presence Capital Fund I, Bragiel Bros I, and Sisu Game Ventures. Varjo’s prototype hiding inside of an Oculus Rift, image courtesy Ubergizmo.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. I hate doing this. HTC and Valve ask folks to do it for the Vive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

” While the company did not disclose further information about the head-mounted display (HMD) or specs, many speculate it will be a mid-range, affordable headset that could compete with rival firms. Additional competitors in the VR market include Sony’s PSVR 2 and Meta’s acclaimed Quest 2 headsets.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 10, 2016

PlayStation VR Has A Frustrating Camera Distance Problem Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These devices incorporate spatial audio for collaborative tools, simulations, and gaming to deliver key sound and feedback for users. The device’s spatial audio capabilities use its head-mounted display (HMD) to build a ‘People Map’ of a child’s surroundings.

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EON Reality

MAY 22, 2019

Currently, the AVR market in Japan is taking a turn from gaming giants (like SONY for hardware and GREE for software) to move towards education and enterprise markets. Many enterprise users need a mobile solution, something light-weight, and portable, which is why head mounted displays (HMDs) and mobile AVR are booming.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) began its State of Play broadcast series back in March, with some editions lasting for 20 minutes while the shortest was only 10. SIE doesn’t seem concerned with these advancements, pushing sales through via Black Friday deals which saw several PlayStation VR titles enter the UK games charts.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 5, 2017

The startup is building what it calls a “new type of portable hardware device that might be considered a hybrid between a powerful smartphone and a gaming console.” DRi is an independent developer that creates games and experiences on virtual reality platforms. It was founded by Dave Ranyard, the former head of Sony London Studio.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

From zero gravity chambers to organic gaming consoles, Hollywood has been dreaming up some of the biggest and best ways to implement virtual reality for decades. To qualify the list, these movies had to be using technology with the goal of inducing presence, whether that be in a game world, dreamscape, or recording of reality.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

As always, the game revolves around the minimum hardware specifications. Familiar old Windows apps and new apps, games and media suited for AR and VR are expected. This way, Microsoft will one-up the competitors from Sony, who only support their own PlayStation VR platform. In meantime.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Extended reality in visual solutions is making the headlines.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

One person recommended headset X because they found it fitted them well , whilst headset Y was a poor fit that they found painful to use during longer gaming sessions. Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). …only the names have been changed to protect the innocent headsets.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. In addition, Google has launched a number of VR games on the Google Play store, such as the Titans of Space and Deep Space Battle. It is not just a headset, but a content portal, with stories, games and experiences.

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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. Pimax Crystal, as a high-end gaming VR headset, is currently not compatible with Tobii Ocumen.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As a side note, I’m so glad we collectively stuck with calling it head-mounted displays, and not something like “VR Helmet”, “VR Glasses”, or any of the other many attempts to call it something else. The games behemoth themselves saw the potential of VR and its use in games, and decided to join the fun.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And then when I had to start earning a living, I built upon… I had been a reviewer in my spare time, of the early microcomputer video games. I’ve been also writing some consumer games mags. We’ve got Playdium and we’ve got the Rec Room, and you go there and you play some racing games, right? Kevin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And then when I had to start earning a living, I built upon… I had been a reviewer in my spare time, of the early microcomputer video games. I’ve been also writing some consumer games mags. We’ve got Playdium and we’ve got the Rec Room, and you go there and you play some racing games, right? Kevin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I had been a reviewer in my spare time, of the early microcomputer video games. I've been also writing some consumer games mags. We've got Playdium and we've got the Rec Room, and you go there and you play some racing games, right? As they say, nothing is new; it's just the wrappers that change. So we have a couple of them here.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. WHAT’S DRIVING VR ADOPTION.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. Ozo’s output is one single cable going into either your storage or a head-mounted display.

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