The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

This hilarious tweet thread by Nima Zeighami shows you all the worst uses that have been of the M-word on the Las Vegas showroom. PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The gloves can be so thin because they feature no tracking technology, and they rely on the hand tracking system of the headset (e.g.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 4, 2017

CES 2017 is officially “begins” tomorrow but the behemoth conference is already revving up in Las Vegas. We know for a fact that HTC will not be discussing a new version of the Vive itself, but keep an eye out for a collection of new partners that are creating brand new compatible hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The company behind the eponymous web3 social VR world has released some teaser images of its upcoming device, inviting everyone to come and see it at the upcoming tech exhibition in Las Vegas. Ultraleap hand tracking. Custom made eye tracking. Actually, Sony has not revealed all the launch titles, yet.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Its sentence mimics a statement from PlayStation about the upcoming PSVR2, so it seems that now Facebook sees Sony as the only credible competitor. The company is working on hardware and software solutions that revolve around this use case. Quest 2 hands tracking gets 60Hz update. Let’s see how it will go….

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

CES 2023 occurred between January 5 – 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES 2023: Fresh AR/VR Hardware. Amongst the many hardware announcements, Metaverse platform provider Somnium Space introduced a tailor-made MR headset. Hand tracking. Eye tracking. SteamVR and OpenXR support.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

And subscribe to my newsletter to not miss my upcoming CES roundup, which will contain all the news I’ve read about XR from Las Vegas! My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together. An eye-tracking accessory built for Vive should work with Rift as well, and so on. All hardware and software should be able to work also with products of other vendors. But I want to be positive about this… go OpenXR!

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