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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

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And both the journalists of Road To VR and Upload VR agree on the fact tha t it doesn’t represent an improvement for VR gaming yet. The PS5 is a big step forward for console gaming , and being paired with a next-gen controller like the DualSense, that provides realistic haptic sensations, it can give its players countless hours of fun.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO. A hot spot for development, London has birthed a new VR-focused game studio – but not just any game studio. Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

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But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico. The Quest software is tailored at consumers, and for instance, when you open it, the first things that you see is a list of games. Again, these features are not overly interesting for consumers but are fundamental for companies.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

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More info (Apple and Valve partnering) More info (Road To VR’s skeptical editorial on the news). Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. News worth a mention. Great times ahead for augmented reality!

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.10.27): Quest sales are not taking off, Minecraft Earth launches in Early Access and much more!

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Other relevant news. Image by Microsoft). The time has come and finally Minecraft Earth , one of the most awaited AR games of the year, is being released in Early Access. The game, previously in closed beta, is now starting rolling out worldwide. The two lucky countries are New Zealand and Iceland.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games. In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). image courtesy VR First.

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