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 worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. Thanks Davy Demeyer for the tip).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These technologies are so important and have so much business potential (see the success of OpenAI services) that companies can not stop pursuing them because there is too much money at stake. Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!) Who will it be… Sony or Meta? We are going to repeat the same errors, again.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

technology (with support for Steam VR 1.0 Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Especially eye-tracking is the special feature here since it would make the PSVR2 the first consumer-oriented device to use this technology. Don’t take this as sure news (Thanks Niclas Johansson for the tip!); Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

We can put our champagnes back in the fridge (Thanks Ilja Z for this tip, you are great!). Sony announces new games for PSVR. More info (All announcements by Sony) More info (Doom 3 VR) More info (After The Fall) More info (After The Fall on announced platforms) More info (Fracked). I can’t wait for them to hit the market.

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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. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. Thanks Shachar Weis for the tip).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

You can expect big updates on Unreal Engine 4, a toolkit that has closely aligned itself with VR over the past few years, from Tim Sweeney, an industry legend that is placing big bets on the future of the technology. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). Thanks to Rob Cole for the tip). Thanks to Tom Ffiske for the tip).

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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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Rob loves exploring the technology always starting from the human perspective, putting the human at the center of his experiments and analysis, and he did this also while working on Project Caliper, his experiment in building a better version of the Valve Index Controllers alone in his spare time. Image provided by Rob Cole). Tundra HDK RMA.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

We all know the Gartner hype cycle of emergent technologies: they are initially overhyped, then undervalued, and finally, they fulfill their potential and become popular and useful. No one still knows how to build the necessary technologies to make it happen. This is still the situation in this first part of 2022.

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