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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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll 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. Me wearing the Oculus Quest. The reasons?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

According to a report by The Information, Meta is looking to ship them with an accessory that may help as input device. One device the company is testing is shaped like a phone and could be used to “send commands to the glasses or to access more computing power for them”, according to The Information. Some news on content.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In trying to highlight the best minds in both entertainment and technology, On The Lot gathered keynote speakers who could share insight about the VR/AR landscape from a variety of vantage points: Robert Stromberg , Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Founder of the Virtual Reality Company. Jerry Zucker , Director/Writer/Producer.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Good luck with your new job, Mathew!

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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?). NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will be natively supported for HDRP in Unity 2021.2.

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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. Section 508 would only apply to XR experiences produced by the federal government.

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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 specific information please check out the website. What can the attendees expect from it? Is it possible to follow it remotely from overseas?

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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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The image above, clearly an homage to the legendary Unity Cube , demonstrates the position and orientation of optical sensors across different surfaces of the object… this would ensure that sensors are always available as the object is turned or moved. ORANGE: SteamVR light house information. Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.”

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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). Header Image by Sony). Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community! Top news of the week. PS5 is a great console, but not for VR yet.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

According to the report, analyzing the orders made to the lens manufacturer, the two new headsets by Sony and Facebook should be released in 2022. Do you remember that leaked email when Zuck told that he wanted to control all the technological stack Facebook works on and he wanted to acquire Unity? News from partners (and friends).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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. Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

OpenXR has arrived at the first version of the standard, and now it has been implemented by all the major vendors : Microsoft has implemented it for HoloLens and WMR; Oculus for Rift and Quest; Valve has implemented it in SteamVR; etc… Talking about game engines, Unreal Engine now already offers it, while Unity is still lagging behind.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies, predicted that tech journalists would start gleefully writing that the virtual reality revolution is over because sales of VR headsets fell short of expectations, and analysts are in the midst of shaving back their predictions. I’m not one of those journalists.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

It may be a new standalone device : we know that HTC is going to launch a new headset this year: Mr. President told this to me during the Virtual Reality Day and has confirmed this in other various public interviews. Sony announces new games for PSVR. Sony seems to be patenting bananas as controllers for the next-gen PSVR!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. I saw that there were people from Sony Interactive Entertainment. Full of useful information, with us on the stage having fun while doing it, and with a lot of engagement from the virtual audience.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

This is the first post in a series of technical posts in which we will be covering the bare bones of a Virtual Reality API (Application Programming Interface) and coding a few examples using it. Go Mati, show us all what you’re capable of! You may be saying “Come on! Introduction to OpenVR. And the same happens with OpenVR!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Some rumors talk about the board receiving the information about a breakthrough algorithm called Q* (Q-Star) which showed the signs of being able to make maths reasonings, which would mean that it could lead towards AGI. Who will it be… Sony or Meta? Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!) This seems like a very good partnership.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This is a remarkable result in a niche like virtual reality. On the strictly technical side, this is what we always dreamt of for the future : an AI assistant that can help us wherever we are, using our contextual information to support us better. But the fact that Meta can see what I see feels a bit… cringe.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This information can be used, for example, to determine how well a person can follow a stimulus, how they react to a scene, and their intent.” There is a small tab (visible in the image above) that starts a simple Unity-based application, with a series of white and green dots that must be followed by the user.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Sorry to inform you about that. More info News worth a mention (Image by Sony) Sony shows the behind-the-scenes of PSVR 2 In a recent blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment has shown the internal evolution of PSVR 2, from the initial experimentations to the final release. This week VR is dead again.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Best Collaboration Tool Sony Electronics Head of XR Business Development Thaisa Yamamura was “honored to present” the Auggie Award for Best Collaboration Tool. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display. The award went to Verizon for The Future of Training , an XR upskilling program.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. Image by The Information). The Unity Cube ?? (PS Respect for the devs of Cooking Simulator, it is actually a good game. Image by Meta).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. “Cyberspace” was coined by SF author William Gibson.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

With features like the Vive trackers on the horizon, we’re expecting plenty of juicy tidbits of information here, and you should be looking for some vital knowledge on getting ready for Vive Year Two, too. Refocusing On VR Innovation: Can Standards Simplify Cross-Platform Virtual Reality Development? Liz Mercuri (Unity).

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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. For more information regarding hand and eye tracking companies, take at look at XR Today’s recent market map.

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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. For more information regarding hand and eye tracking companies, take a look at XR Today’s recent market map.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

We have no other information about other featured games or studios for now, but we really hope to get more info on the games that Ubisoft is developing for Meta, that is Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell, and about GTA San Andreas for Quest. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

More info (Meta Quest+ gaming service) More info (Cross-buy available for Meta Quest+ games) Unity announces AI tools when Valve stops AI games This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for games (VR and not) made with the support of artificial intelligence. Muse looks a lot like ChatGPT integrated inside Unity.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

What is worrisome the most is that it is unclear what will happen to all the other amazing XR projects that Mozilla was managing like the WebXR framework A-frame or the WebXR exporter for Unity. Is The Sony XRperia coming? Sony has just published a job offer looking for professionals to build an XR headset. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Image by Sony). Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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