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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. In Japan, new PSVR bundles will include an adapter in the box, while in the West the adapter won’t be included, but it will be given for free to existing PSVR users.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.16): CES is coming, Abrash predicts AR to substitute smartphones in 2040 and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. Microsoft SharePoint Spaces to launch in the first half of 2020. But some of them are really intriguing. Do you want to hear some cool stuff already announced for CES? Some news on content.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic). Find out more details, dynamics and submission guidelines here. .

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2. That year, SITA worked with Helsinki Airport to explore visualizing airport operations with the Microsoft HoloLens.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan.