ARVR

OCTOBER 3, 2020

It has been a year since ESPN’s President Jimmy Pitaro announced in an interview with the Wall Street Journal: “We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality [VR] and augmented reality [AR] space for a long time now… we do not believe that AR and VR is a fad. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2017

Here are the latest PlayStation VR games Sony teased at E3. However, as far as virtual reality is concerned, the expo has actually been fairly generous in terms of new games and experiences. So far E3 2017 has been a turbulent experience to say the least. That is so long as you own a PSVR. Final Fantasy XV: Monster of the Deep.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 23, 2017

Many people in the virtual reality (VR) industry believe that inside-out tracking is the future of consumer-grade HMDs. We’ve seen prototypes from Oculus with Santa Cruz and Intel’s Project Alloy-powered devices and now Sony is dipping their toes into the inside-out tracking race. with inside-out tracking?

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

One of the bigger announcements from Sony’s E3 briefing last night was the announcement of Skyrim VR only for PlayStation VR. So, learning that Bethesda was working on an official virtual reality release at yesterday’s Sony E3 briefing was likely music to many VR enthusiast’s ears.

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Last year, the AIS announced the VR Society, a division dedicated to virtual reality, at their VR on the Lot event at Paramount Studios. It started with a preview of nominated VR experiences and ended with a lengthy awards ceremony where virtual reality and 360° video played a major role. Century Award: Google Earth VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll Me wearing the Oculus Quest. PlayStation VR selling more than 5 million units until now has proven that console players like virtual reality. Too many people still don’t understand the potential of virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Two days ago I was reading an interesting editorial about PSVR 2 by Scott Hayden, and my mind started wandering about the current moment of virtual reality, the stasis we live in, and our expectations for the upcoming headset. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dispelling Common VR Myths and Misconceptions Despite the relatively widespread acceptance and use of virtual reality technology, there are still some myths and misconceptions that surround it. Unfortunately, such beliefs stem from a misunderstanding of the technology and how it works.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). And now here you are the best XR news of the week to keep you informed…. Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

I put inside it a lot of free information about the lessons we have learned organizing a huge musical VR event, and I’m sure it can be useful for you. Another amazing research project showcased by Oculus this week can enable high-resolution displays for the next generation of Oculus Quest. Sony Dreams adds PSVR support.

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Immersive Authority

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Virtual Reality is the next big thing in gaming. As soon as Oculus Rift launched its Kickstarter campaign, every gamer was anxious to get his/her hands on one. Virtual Reality will bring gaming to a whole new level and developers are already on deck to make some exciting new games.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony may release its much-awaited next-gen PSVR headset (which I informally call PSVR 2) during Holidays 2022. This is very interesting: it means that Sony is leaving another year to Facebook to gain market shares with the Quest.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

Virtual reality means that the entire experience is digitally rendered. The method that we’ve chosen for this article has to do with how the headsets handle information. Though we will also be looking at one VIVE headset, Oculus rules the road when it comes to standalone VR headsets. Oculus Quest. Standalone.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As more headsets, software, and companies enter the virtual reality industry, more collaborations between different entities will take place. Growth and efficiency can be increased when different creative and research teams start to share information, and that understanding may be the root of this new development.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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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. Image by The Information). Top news of the week. But features tell only a part of the story. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

BTW, I’ve managed to found some time here and there to write this newsletter, because I’m happy to inform you of the community, especially my Patrons that always cheer for me (have you considered supporting me on Patreon as well?). Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

I don’t feel alone because I have so many virtual friends and colleagues with which I speak every day, and VR helps me to travel wherever I want. Image by Sony). These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. I would like to try it first, or at least hear the informed opinion of a competent journalist like Ben Lang of Road To VR. Oculus Quest is sold out, and Coronavirus may make the situation even worse.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Sony Interactive Entertainment, the only company revealing the numbers of its sold devices, has publicly announced that it has already sold more than 10M Playstation 5 consoles worldwide. So he said that if you want to attach to it an Oculus Quest, technically you can.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Furthermore, Meta has struck several joint ventures with companies like Lenovo, Samsung, and Xiaomi for the company’s Oculus Rift S, Gear VR, and Oculus Go, respectively. According to The Information, Apple plans to secure deals with SeeYA and Best on Earth (BOE) to supply the designs.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 24, 2017

During the 2017 edition of CES in Las Vegas, we’re starting to see an appearance of new Virtual Reality applications, as businesses see VR as a new medium. Many technologies are vying to be the next big thing, and Virtual Reality is one of the new mediums that can deliver that message. The Socially Virtual World.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 29, 2017

Virtual reality may be one of the newest arenas for these types of competitions, but it already has gladiators ready to do battle. There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. Oculus/Apple .

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Does Palmer want Oculus back? I tweeted the news saying that “Palmer Luckey is not doing that bad without Oculus…” and Palmer Luckey himself answered to me commenting “Without Oculus for now, anyway”. More info (Anduril getting $1.48B of investments) More info (Palmer Luckey commenting about Oculus). Image by Valve).

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

We will be working with our partners to finalize the details and will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks.” Before the postponement, a litany of companies stepped back from GDC 2020 such as Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Sony, Electronic Arts, Facebook, and Kojima Productions.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society have returned yet again for their annual honoring of this years biggest influencers in categories including creative filmmaking, television and virtual reality.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

As more and more developers start to engage in creating content for the virtual reality gaming industry, delays are an inevitability. For this reason, we have to delay the release of Giant Cop on the Oculus Rift + Touch by a few months.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Extended reality, in the form of AR, VR, and MR, has shown significant potential for this landscape. We’ve already begun to see galleries and museums creating their own augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, designed to educate and enlighten people anywhere.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. 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.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. The company is clearly preparing for the launch, and it is sharing always more information week after week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2021

I had the great pleasure to interview SVP of VR at Sony Pictures Jake Zim on his experience with developing, producing, and launching VR games inspired by Sony Pictures’ movies Spider-Man , Jumanji , Groundhog Day , and most recently, Zombieland. I oversee our virtual reality business. which is the movie studio.

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