The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I think that for a small startup that is shipping its first product, it may make a lot of sense: for a company of that size, it is better to handle a smaller group of high-paying customers than doing the opposite. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.”

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs. The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. The Innovative VR Company of the Year is this year going to Emblematic Group.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 10, 2023

Researchers at SIGGRAPH , from Meta to international student groups, flaunted their latest attempts to make VR and AR more convincing. The Tokyo Institute of Technology team created an ingenious — and hilariously fiddly — method of simulating the feeling of touching or holding an object with your fingertips.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

PlayStation VR launched just last month, and now Sony has shared which games players have downloaded the most so far. Sony has added a new PSVR section to their monthly ‘ PlayStation Store Top Downloads ‘ posts, revealing the top 10 most downloaded games for the company’s new headset so far: 1. Job Simulator ($30).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. Additionally, the room incorporates a Lenovo ThinkSmart Teams Room device, Crystal Vox Loqui 1 Speakers, a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling mic, and a Sony digital camera.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). 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. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Based in London, the creative has previously collaborated on massive projects with major entertainment firms such as BBC, Sony Pictures, and NBCUniversal. He is also the Chief Creative Officer for Masterpiece Studio, Head of Story for Opis Group, and Lunar-X’s showrunner. I can’t wait to get back in and try out more ideas”.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. At the XR Access Symposium, Hyman moderated a breakout session focused on public policy.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Made from high-res satellite imagery, aerial photography, and Street View data, Google Earth VR is surprisingly meditative when alone and fun when with a group. These digital twins can provide remote repair support, and are also packed with data to run thousands of simultaneous simulations to predict things like breakdowns.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Even major entertainment awards ceremonies and groups are beginning to recognise the impact of immersive solutions on the landscape. VR movie apps like Plex VR and Bigscreen support consumers in bringing movies and shows developed with immersive tech into their homes.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Movement within virtual environments is a hard problem, and while VirZOOM addresses some of the challenges of VR locomotion, people who are sensitive to simulator sickness will likely still have issues with some of the games developed by VirZOOM. He says: So now our current anxiety is all about VR sickness.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But it wasn’t until Sony announced PSVR that things started to change. Project Morpheus or Sony PSVR. The story seems to revolve around A group of eight childhood friends, who get stuck in “Chronos World”, an empty, deserted Shibuya where time has frozen. There is also a strong case for haptics and robotics research.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. It so seems that Sony told him about PSVR 2, but now, after Jim Ryan told him that probably PSVR won’t come to light in 2021, these plans have probably changed. Yes, but I can’t speak to them.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

The group will be managing the fund provided by SideQuest, which planned for the program as part of the company's Series A investment. New VR studio and label Creature promises to help developers with a $1 million Indie VR Fund provided by SideQuest.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

Fantastic Contraption’s developers are part of an exclusive group of VR creators who have successfully generated in excess of $1 million. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

When I have people play, I like to get a group together, turn up the external sound and keep the headphones off the player so we can all share the game space. The game was first shown at Indiecade East in early 2015, and then we started on the PS VR version after pitching Sony at GDC 2015, around April. 25: Job Simulator.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 21, 2016

. — Driveclub VR continues along the same path as its older, non-VR brother, simply dubbed Driveclub , in that it aims to combine the mechanics and content of dedicated racing simulation games such as Project Cars , with the accessible and fun gameplay of more arcade-like experiences, such as Need for Speed.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

the XR Haptics working group I chair with Chris made incredible strides in only 6 months. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. Example for end-user focus : Sony is using 2 classes of haptics actuators in their dual sense controller. And it works!

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

The sample group consisted out of “Fifty eligible subjects aged 9 to 12 participated in the experiment, including 26 males and 24 females.” The groups were changing on daily basis, after which the data was collected and finalized. Study Results.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. Image from Khronos Group).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In a future update, Meta will use the tracking cameras to track the full body of the user and provide a decent estimation of the pose of the torso, the elbows, and the arms, and a simulated pose for the legs. There is a lot of hype around this technology, and many research groups are studying its applications, also for XR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Another important consideration for simulator motion platform users is that motion compensation works really well on the lighthouse SteamVR tracking system, allowing for precise tracking without strange drifting or other motion-platform-related tracking errors creeping in. Super impressive stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Sony reveals finger tracking technology for controllers. In a research paper released by Sony and presented at CHI2020 it is possible to see the work that Sony is doing in finger tracking inside VR controllers. More info (Hot and cold simulation) More info (Moving weight simulation). Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Using the term LBVR has a danger of being confused with the Location-Based VR market that is a general term for training, and simulation , the definition of entertainment shows this specific focus. Note: for clarity, the description of this sector is Location-Based Entertainment VR (LBE VR).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

There was a simulation of the stadium filled with water, with many special effects of lights and sparkles, while the true singers and dancers were (theoretically) performing live. It was cool, even if the simulation wasn’t super-smooth at times and looked a bit fake. Discover the story behind the PlayStation Aim Controller.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

You could do some sick simulations and distortions of the real world. In front of you will be two 8K Sony chips, I hear. A group of microphones that a computer can “focus” on things. Think of what you would do if you had a virtualized Macintosh on every inch. Go even further. What are array microphones?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

While it’s still stuck with Windows VR (and the worst-in-class controllers that come standard with such headsets), Reverb leads in pixel density, making it a compelling choice for simulator enthusiasts who tend to value resolution above other specs. Stormland’s Innovative Open World and Developer Acquisition by Sony.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Developer(s) : Mojang, Microsoft Studios , Sony Computer Entertainment. Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-Ality. Publisher(s) : Sony Interactive Entertainment. Publisher(s) : Sony Interactive Entertainment. It’s a walking simulator as a pizza delivery person. Publisher(s) : Mojang. Developer(s)? : ?Ready

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Jobe is run through a variety of advanced VR simulations and begins to see astounding results. Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Virtuosity (1995). Strange Days (1995).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Sony Playstation. Sony was the only VR big player present at the show. Sony has also unveiled the name of the new PlayStation. This is the exclusive footage of the graphic designer designing PS5’s logo: Jokes apart, compliments to Sony for this great result. Image from Road To VR). A fu**ing genius.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. Eye tracking technology detects where a user is looking and simulates that in a virtual space, which developers can leverage for UI, avatar interactions, or gameplay loops.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. Eye tracking technology detects where a user is looking and simulates that in a virtual space, which developers can leverage for UI, avatar interactions, or gameplay loops.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 26, 2017

I was hoping the entire game would be playable inside of Sony’s headset when it releases, but alas, that’s not the case. “Fairly early on in development we had a number of focus groups that tried the game with the VR headset on,” explained Kono.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And what’s happened is connectivity, digital entertainment and interactivity have become understandable, controllable and repeatable to the point — courtesy of the consumer game, mobile phones, courtesy of digital entertainment and simulation and training — and all of this technology has now switched together., Kevin: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And what’s happened is connectivity, digital entertainment and interactivity have become understandable, controllable and repeatable to the point — courtesy of the consumer game, mobile phones, courtesy of digital entertainment and simulation and training — and all of this technology has now switched together., Kevin: Yeah.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

harnesses simulated physics to create a surprisingly endearing journey full of teamwork, betrayal, and costume changes. Credit: Supermassive Games / Sony Entertainment. Credit: Supermassive Games / Sony Entertainment. Building a world together with a partner or a friend group over time can become a deeply intimate experience.

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