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Google: Daydream Has ‘More Than 150 Apps’

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Facebook and Samsung have not shared how many apps are in the Gear VR store, but a quick count shows the number is around 1,000. Like Microsoft , Google is facing an uphill battle in VR. Last month, it acquired developer Owlchemy Labs , which produced the popular Job Simulator VR game.

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U.S. Department of Education Embraces VR/AR With $680K EdSim Challenge

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Department of Education this week announced the EdSim Challenge , looking for new educational simulations that use virtual and augmented reality technology, created by the VR, AR and videogame development communities. Samsung is also offering up a bunch of products to each finalist, including a Galaxy S7 edge and a Gear VR.

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Global Virtual Reality Industry to Reach $7.2 Billion in Revenues in 2017

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We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.06.21): Facebook experiments with VR ads, PSVR 2 to come at the end of 2022, and more!

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We all know that Microsoft too is waiting before introducing VR for the Xbox because the VR market is too little for them, and Sony seems to follow a similar strategy, not investing too much until next year. Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung.

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The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

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When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Why am I so confident? Disclaimer. Go even further.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.02): Facebook acquires Beat Games, Valve gets the Index sold-out and is maybe working on Left4Dead VR, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. This really looks like a strategy to push the VR gaming ecosystem to the next level. Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

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This business strategy of selling to few people for a high price has completely sense , considering that all the device has been conceived to add all the features that could make it compelling mostly for professionals. Vive Focus comes to the west. Me while trying the Vive Focus with Alvin Wang Graylin.

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