XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Following its debut, Igloo Vision began rolling the product out to end users, including Microsoft, Nike, and AtkinsRéalis. Additionally, the firm incorporated a Lenovo ThinkSmart Teams Room device, Crystal Vox Loqui 1 Speaker, a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling mic, and a Sony digital camera. All together, creating a multi-use product.

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APRIL 6, 2017

Microsoft’s Project Scorpio, an upgraded version of its Xbox One console, is coming to market later this year, but we still don’t know much about it. Microsoft is positioning its new beast to push 4K gaming (a 4K UHD Blu-ray optical drive is included) but, as we all know, the system is also going to host VR experiences.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2016

E3 2016 kicks off this week; it’s the first E3 since the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and the last before the launch of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. Also hot off the release of their first consumer-headset, the HTC Vive , HTC and Valve aren’t likely to be sharing anything new on the hardware end at E3.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

At Bethesda’s E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Another Bethesda title, Doom VXR however, is coming to Sony’s VR headset and you can read all about it here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2017

Microsoft’s E3 2017 presentation concentrated on the new Xbox One X console, but made no mention of VR. Actually the teams share a lot of learning—we’ve had the Sony team up, they’ve seen what we’re doing with HoloLens, we talk to the Valve guys all the time. I love what we’re all try to go to.

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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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Applications like Zoom and Microsoft Teams grew massively following the demand for video conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various headsets and smart glasses from firms such as Meta, HTC VIVE, and Nreal allow users of all kinds to access immersive applications to suit their needs.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Redefining the Future of Location-Based Entertainment With HTC VIVE Focus 3 and The Park Playground “Virtual reality is often perceived as being limited to the world of gaming. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Appearing on the Oculus Forums , the preview release is available for testing now , just don’t expect to be running an HTC Vive or Valve Index on Oculus Home anytime soon. At present only Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality headsets support OpenXR. The current OpenXR 1.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For the British firm, creating their shared spaces has led to an increasingly more sophisticated portfolio of projects, ranging from presentation suites, retrofitted immersive rooms, and CAVE-type XR solutions. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft product lineup surprised everyone today, but the biggest surprise was planned for VR fans. Not only are these devices cheaper than the Oculus Rift and Vive, but Microsoft says they’re better too. Following that, presentation continued with several features using Microsoft HoloLens. Stay tuned.

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MAY 5, 2017

Currently, the PC Gamer Show is sponsored by Bohemia Interactive, Microsoft, Tripwire, Republic of Gamers, Cygames, and Nexon with Intel serving as the Presenting Partner. Read our article here to see what Sony will have in store for the PSVR at E3. Last year’s major Partnerr was AMD.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? This week, a rumor spread among XR communities: next-gen PSVR will be announced at a press conference to be held by Sony on February, 5th. And again… is it possible that this headset can accommodate both forms of tracking ?

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

It’s been about nine months since the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive officially launched the age of consumer-ready virtual reality and there’s no denying we’ve had some great times immersed in our personal holodecks. They helped create the HTC Vive, establish roomscale tracking technology, motion controllers, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. More info (GDC roundup 1) More info (GDC roundup 2) More info (GDC roundup 3) More info (Moss to be published on many platforms) More info (Manus Quantum Metagloves) More info (Sony showcasing PSVR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. In Europe, they are still not so present how they should be. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. Jay noted: They are having a hard time with several restructurings. Additional money had to come in, and so on and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. I can’t imagine what company can steal Facebook’s thunder. The rise of enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

So while the technology is amazing, it’s important we also tune our expectations: this is a vision of the future, not of the present of XR. More info News worth a mention Information leaks on Vive’s inside-out Tracker There is a new leak about the inside-out tracked Vive Tracker that HTC teased a few months ago.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

It is also a defensive, move that makes it avoid the loss of its partners, as it has happened with Insomniac Studio that has just been acquired by Sony. During the presentation of HoloLens 2, Microsoft called on stage Trimble to present its safety solution to use the latest Microsoft AR headset safely in industrial environments.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

VR Development 2000- Present. . Not only was Oculus VR company purchased by Facebook, but Sony announced their VR headset for the PS4 under the name ‘Project Morpheus’. In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released. In 2017, Sony bundled PS4 consoles with PSVR headsets in order to attract more users.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Not that that’s a problem for Sony, with a tidy 50 million units sold in just over three years on the market. But all the shrewdness Sony has displayed in the past few years makes the risk of PlayStation VR all the more baffling. Sony had its work cut out if it was going to get the ball rolling, and E3 was only a few months away.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review) More info (HTC Vive Pro 2 review?—?cached

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Following the revelations from the Microsoft and Bethesda presentations , this is a second roundup of news from E3 2017, currently taking place in Los Angeles. E3 technically starts today, but here’s what happened yesterday, with announcements from Intel, Ubisoft and Sony. An early access beta weekend starts June 23rd.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2019

Nvidia has GeForce Now, Sony has PlayStation Now, and both Google & Microsoft have their own future cloud gaming projects in the work too. Two days earlier I got a chance to visit HTC’s booth where they were showing a similar setup streaming Superhot VR (2017) to a Vive Focus Plus over a mock-up 5G network.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Sony’s PSVR has a retractable display enclosure which at least lets you peek out the bottom easily, but pointing your eyes downward at that angle gets uncomfortable after little more than a few seconds, and tilting your head (along with the heavy headset) up at an awkward angle to look at someone in the eye to talk them is no fun at all.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

” She continued, stating, “Our members are anticipating the solutions XR presents in not only a consumer setting but in tangible industries like education, healthcare, and manufacturing. We share our new members’ excitement about the limitless possibilities of XR technology”.

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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. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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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. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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Steki Amusement

OCTOBER 22, 2021

At present, the egg chair is the main product form, and multiple VR equipment has been combined, such as treadmills, heavy machine guns, racing cars, simulators, etc. Under the leadership of companies such as Samsung, Sony, HTC, IDC, by the end of 2016, the total number of VR hardware will reach 9.6 VR theme park form.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

This idea is used in mainline Quests, Pico headsets, Valve Index, HP Reverbs, Oculus Go, and the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. It was first widely shipped in PlayStation VR, and Sony still uses it for PSVR 2. Microsoft chose this approach for HoloLens 2, which Quest Pro actually bears a striking resemblance to.

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MAY 3, 2017

Vive (HTC). The HTC subsidiary is still finalizing its show plan and has told us it will update us with final details soon. PlayStation VR (Sony). Of the VR companies coming to E3 Sony has by far the most experience with this type of show. What we know: Microsoft’s primary E3 weapon is its Xbox brand.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

Image by HTC). Finally, HTC is ready to give us all the info on the Vive Cosmos. The Cosmos can be what brings HTC to be successful again among developers and enthusiasts , after all the recent headsets that were always enterprise-oriented. Microsoft is working on addressing privacy concerns of the AR Cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Do you remember when everyone was mocking HTC for its super-high prices and people were praising Meta for its cheap costs? Breakout groups : We’ve introduced the ability for teams to shift from a big group presentation into smaller discussions in the same room for more active brainstorming. Partnership with Microsoft.

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