The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

I can say that this week we had no disruptive news about XR hardware or software , and most news that I’ve read on the most popular VR magazines have been about content, mostly games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

The recent in-game Fortnite concert by Travis Scott, tied to a digital only revenue stream for music labels and artists as live concerts and festivals are put on hold for 2020, is turning the music industry’s eye towards the potential of virtual concerts. Why the music industry cares. Why the music industry cares.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

The Metaverse Standards Forum reached a major operational milestone after becoming an independent non-profit industry consortium, it announced on Monday. Neil Trevett, President, Khronos Group , explained that interoperability was essential to the Metaverse scaling to its full potential “beyond siloed games, experiences, and worlds.”

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Virtual reality is transforming industries and has so much to offer in terms of exposing people to new experiences they otherwise wouldn’t be able to enjoy. Furthermore, developments in the VR industry are improving existing technology. Thus, in the future, VR users are less likely to encounter such issues.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. He also said that other OEMs are going to launch headsets with AVP-matching hardware for $1500 this year. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

XR brings real-world and virtual elements together like never before, to create interactive experiences which enlighten and inspire. The gaming industry is perhaps one of the most significant spaces empowering the shift to mainstream XR technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As XRSI’s Marco Magnano told me : if even we in the industry can’t agree on a meaning on the term, it’s impossible we are able to communicate it properly to the average consumer. Networking libraries, VR hardware, AR glasses, common standards… nothing is ready to build the metaverse in the short term.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App —a single, platform-defining piece of software that compels buyers—has not yet arrived. Dr. Richard Marks.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

It also shows that at the moment the idea of subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the software sold in the store is not working, so probably the Quest ecosystem is less healthy than we initially thought. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Upload VR).

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

The massive multi-user art exhibit includes everything from 2D photographs to 3D objects and virtual worlds. Best Collaboration Tool Sony Electronics Head of XR Business Development Thaisa Yamamura was “honored to present” the Auggie Award for Best Collaboration Tool. He also gave a “shoutout to our startups.”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Coronavirus is impacting the whole XR industry. The damn coronavirus Covit19 is ruining the life of millions of Chinese people, and together with this, it is also impacting various industries, XR included. New SteamVR devkit aims at making custom hardware easier. Other relevant news. Image by MWC). News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These professionals use new devices to merge the physical and virtual worlds with creative, engaging immersive content. Following the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, XR saw a tremendous acceleration in adoption and new solutions across industry verticals. According to Precedence Research, the global XR market reached $35.14

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the report, there is internal confusion at Microsoft about how to work in the XR sector : some are favorable to building hardware, while others (including the CEO Nadella) are more interested in building platforms and services (like Azure, or Microsoft Mesh). Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

This was the final big surprise of the event: Sony Pictures and Meta, in partnership with nDreams, will bring the famous franchise to virtual reality. The price should be aggressive, exactly like the one of the Pico Neo 3 Link , with Bytedance subsidizing the hardware costs with its ads business on TikTok/Douyin.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s the 50th SIGGRAPH, so a disproportionate amount of the event was dedicated to retrospectives and such like, though the expo hall was full of the latest VFX, virtual production, and motion capture hardware and software. For many, the answer lies not in the virtual world with better sound or graphics, but in the physical one.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

Virtual Reality headsets are for instance already used in many industrial sectors: I’ve heard that now all automotive companies use VR in some way in their production processes. The digital world helps us in overcoming many of the physical limitations of the real world, and we are already enjoying all of this.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this one, there have been many news about VR titles, some of which are distributed by relevant companies in our industry, and others made by indies. It is an RPG set in an unforgiving world, and the trailer is pretty cool; Vertigo 2, one of the most awaited sequels of the VR industry, is set to arrive on March 30th, 2023.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The IMAX VR Experience features a unique combination of premium technology and world-class content that lets users see, feel, move and play in new worlds in a powerfully immersive and realistic way, much like IMAX® theatres offer moviegoers a differentiated and best-in-class film experience. Tickets will cost between $7 and $10.

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

In this article, we’ll give you a brief history of eSports, explain the challenges facing the growth of the industry and look at some predictions for the future, including esports in the Metaverse. The XR stage in Shanghai featured numerous LED screens and used augmented reality to create a 360- degree virtual world.

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

In this article, we’ll give you a brief history of eSports, explain the challenges facing the growth of the industry and look at some predictions for the future, including esports in the Metaverse. The XR stage in Shanghai featured numerous LED screens and used augmented reality to create a 360- degree virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

Valve has updated the way it detects the VR hardware connected to a PC, and so it is now able to offer a more reliable picture of the PC VR landscape in its usual monthly hardware survey. Virtual Festival. More info (Apple partners with Dent Reality) More info (Apple potentially acquires NextVR). There are around 1.3M

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Valve’s SteamVR Tracking could have a huge impact on the mixed reality industry this year and next. Sony is going to try to put PS VR’s in 53 million homes this year too and the price of PCs capable of running nausea-free room-scale VR will undoubtedly continue to drop. Royalty Free Tracking.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Basically every VR experience will allow the user to feel as though they are in this simulated world and look around it, while more advanced systems allow for movement and interaction. Sony Playstation VR. This page contains setup instructions, safety tips, and hardware guidelines. Google Cardboard. from Google. from Amazon.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

From mid-2012 to early 2014, Oculus seemed like the only real player in the industry. People instantly rallied around past comments in which the company inferred the cost would be much lower than $599, the same price that infamously put Sony in hot water with its PlayStation 3 launch over a decade ago. The Battle Begins.

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VRWorld

MARCH 21, 2017

Well, according to research from Deloitte, VR is now a “ billion dollar niche “ Reviewing the state of the market and making predictions on its potential progress back in 2016, the accounting and professional services firm calculated that hardware sales of $700 million would be bolstered by $300 million in content sales.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Just for Context the worlds current population is 7 Billion, India & China's Collective population is 2.7 9- Eddie Avil.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”. Finally, what kinds of Transactions will happen in the AR Cloud?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

I guess it will be the final price and the available titles that will define what hardware will win the race. Regarding the compatibility of older PS4 titles (including VR ones), Sony has clarified that most of titles will be compatible, but some of them won’t work on Day 1. Amazing demo, have a look at it! Some XR fun.

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