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Facebook Cancels F8 Conference Over Fears Of A Coronavirus Outbreak

VRScout

The company announced that Oculus will be backing out of GDC over similar concerns. This year, we’re doubling that donation amount to $500,000 and will prioritize organizations serving local San Jose residents.”. Sony, Microsoft, EA, and several other major names are reportedly skipping this year’s conference as well.

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GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August

Road to VR

Before the postponement, a litany of companies stepped back from GDC 2020 such as Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Sony, Electronic Arts, Facebook, and Kojima Productions. The post GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August appeared first on Road to VR.

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An Inflection Point for WebVR and the Open Metaverse

Road to VR

First, Nate Mitchell announced during his Oculus Connect 3 keynote that Oculus will be supporting the WebVR ecosystem with the React VR framework and a VR-enabled browser called Carmel.

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Mark Zuckerberg and I are confusing the market about VR and AR and the future of all computing: here’s why we need to stop doing that

Robert Scoble

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.30): Niantic launches VPS, Pico launches Neo 3 Link, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Hello everyone from San Jose, California! And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. It seems that Sony is hoping for a Q4 release in time for the holidays, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that delays will bring the release to Q1 2023.