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. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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Peter Graham

APRIL 15, 2020

On New Years Eve 2019 VRFocus published its Most Anticipated VR Games Coming In 2020 and those on that list which have arrived including Half-Life: Alyx , The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and Paper Beast haven’t disappointed. ” For further updates on Pixel Ripped 1995, keep reading VRFocus.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

29-Year-Old Gamer Leaves Sony Behind to Bring Eye-Tracking to Virtual Reality Kojima, 29, is convinced the technology will become commonplace in VR devices. That also explains why others are getting into the game, from Eyefluence, backed by LeapPad founder Jim Marggraff, to Eye Tribe, which makes a desktop eye-tracker for $200.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

Facebook’s Q4 non-advertising revenue — where Oculus revenues are categorized — were $885 million. As noted, the company specified during its earnings call that Oculus sales were a major growth driver. We’ve separately estimated average software spend per user to be $125 (3-7 games). That yields $336.96

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

With great pleasure, I announce to you that we have updated our game HitMotion: Reloaded (the first mixed reality fitness game ) on Viveport, and now we have far better bonuses management, apart from having fixed lots of bugs. Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. million units sold in its first three months.

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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 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. And is also clear that he’s hinting at the fact that they are going in that direction, in building a battery-powered device to play VR games.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is able to offer this thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset (and its related reference design), that has been conceived with these features in mind. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. The good news for Valve don’t end here. All-In-One VR.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

You can buy headsets at a discounted price, or accessories, or even lots of games on Steam, Viveport, and Oculus Store! It is building the reference design of AR glasses and has a valid SDK for building outdoor AR experiences. The visuals would be provided by two 4K OLED microdisplays from Sony.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

At Oculus Connect 5 in 2018, the company’s annual XR developer conference, Zuckerberg explained that he believed that 10 million VR users was an important milestone for the company to reach in order to make a sustainable ecosystem for VR developers. Image courtesy Oculus. So we need 10 million people on [one] platform.

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2019

While E3 2019 may officially be in the books, it appears as though Sony is only just getting started. There isn’t enough time to properly convey to you my love for this game. Originally released on SteamVR and Oculus this past April, Vacation Simulator arrives on PlayStation VR tomorrow ( June 18th ). LUNA from Funomena.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2022

Honestly speaking, I wasn’t expecting interesting news from this CES in AR and VR, while actually we just had one: Sony has revealed almost all the specifications of the upcoming PlayStation VR 2 headset and its controllers! And this great games will shine on a display featuring OLED bright colors and HDR. Headset specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

One of the most awaited VR games of the moment, Iron Man VR, has been released as a PSVR exclusive developed by Camouflaj. The reviews of the game are overall positive : first of all it is cool to embody Tony Stark and its alter-ego superhero Iron Man. Oculus Quest v18 adds colored Guardian and voice commands. milliseconds!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. So, here’s a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor maps to ease your itinerary planning. Carnival Games VR. Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which was considered the biggest acquisition in gaming history. The reason, was unexpectedly, cloud gaming. More info Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been blocked I called for it, and it happened.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Qualcomm releases XR2 5G reference design. Qualcomm has finally released the reference design for AR/VR headsets based on the XR2 chipset (a special version of the Snapdragon 865 for XR headsets), and it will pave the way for the standalone headsets of the future. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Project Morpheus prototype | Photo courtesy Sony. SEE ALSO On the Hunt for VR's Killer App with Sony's Head of PlayStation Magic Lab, Richard Marks. He points towards Resident Evil 7 (2017) , whose VR mode is currently exclusive to PSVR, as a good example of a game that works on both screen and headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Upload VR Showcase has been full of announcements about VR games. Upload did it again: on December, 2nd, the big XR magazine has streamed a big showcase of many news about VR games. This one has been richer than the previous one, and we had both news on existing games and announcements of new upcoming titles. Image by HTC).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Every owner of a VR headset needs a good, quick, easy to pick-up-and-play party game. And that’s exactly what Carnival Games VR on PlayStation VR and HTC Vive is designed to do. When you clicked on this review, you likely had an opinion formed in your head about this game even if you hadn’t played it yet.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In two days there will be the Facebook Connect, an Apple event and a Sony event about PS5! If you remember well, this platform is based on a modified version of the Snapdragon 865 (3 generations after the 835 of the Oculus Quest) and supports features like eye tracking, high-quality passthrough AR, and 5G. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Or will it become a partner and will help mobile GPUs in Snapdragon reference designs in growing even faster? Image by Sony). Is it possible that NVIDIA will start a new business in Mobile GPUs?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Mark Zuckerberg has been incredibly smart in entering this field before all the others, so now he already has a strong headset with a great content catalog around gaming.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. Image by Oculus).

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2017

After dodging questions for the first few days following the presentation, Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, gave his thoughts on the games industry, the Xbox One X reveal, and Microsoft’s position in the VR space in a refreshingly candid interview with Giant Bomb’s Jeff Gerstmann last night. I love what we’re all try to go to.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But there is even more: Niantic showed its reference design of AR glasses based on Snapdragon AR2, envisioning for them use cases all based on socializing outdoor with other users. Sony is finally accepting preorders for the PSVR 2 headset. There should be one or two more games in the pipeline, and Manhunt VR should be one of them.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2021

where Oculus revenues are categorized?—?were As noted, the company specified during its earnings call that Oculus sales were a major growth driver. If we look at Facebook’s non-advertising revenues pre-Oculus, it was a slow-growth quarterly revenue stream of about $250 million. If we estimate the non-Oculus portion today?—?consisting

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Road to VR

JULY 16, 2016

A clear response to Sony’s forthcoming high profile launch of its own PlayStation VR system in October this year. In this way, they say they’re bringing an end to the traditional console hardware cycle – one which forces its players to ditch their gaming libraries before being forced to move on up to the latest hardware.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The VR(Virtual reality) Center is a full functioning virtual reality arcade with all the major platforms including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Sony PlayStation VR. We have VR egg-shaped pods which includes roller coasters, adventure rides, first person shooters, and multiplayer games… It’s time to Open a VR Theme Park Now.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 12, 2017

“This show right here was about consoles, it was about great games, that’s what’s important to us,” Spencer said. “But we are believers in mixed reality, and mixed reality on the PC is something we’re focused on and building first-party games.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

What’s the latest on Oculus’ standalone headset(s)? Facebook and Oculus are insistent that 2017 is all about content; we won’t see any new hardware released in the remaining five months of the year. We’re fully expecting an update on standalone VR at Oculus Connect 4 in October, then.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Notwithstanding the small size, the glasses are meant for SteamVR gaming, and in particular for people that spend so much time in SteamVR that need a comfortable and lightweight headset. If you remember well, these are very lightweight glasses with a pretty unique steampunk design that are hyping the community since a few years ago.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A new leak hints at a VR port of Capcom’s legendary 3rd-person shooter horror game. This includes an official VR port of Capcom’s 2005 hit survival horror game Resident Evil 4. This incident has not affected connections for playing the company’s games online or access to its various websites.”

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2021

The Upload VR Showcase returns with new information on 18 killer VR games. Yesterday, Upload hosted its third annual E3 VR Showcase as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming event, revealing a generous amount of new information for 18 VR games on Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, and SteamVR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). But at CES, a new game for it has been announced: Horizon Call Of The Mountain, a game from the exclusive Horizon IP that has been built for the ground-up to showcase the innovative features of the PSVR 2 headset and controllers. Further references.

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