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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony (PSVR) is clearly leading and is taking one third of the whole market. Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); neither company has a VR user base anywhere close to Sony’s, and their products are either at the low end or a bit too expensive.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 26, 2017

Fast forward from 2008 to now. Let’s start with why games did so well back in 2008. For example, let’s say you bought Gears of War 2 in November 2008 when it launched. Of all the game platforms sold in 2008, the two highest performing ones were the strangest concepts. A premium on frugal fun. New is good. Gears of War 2.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Bellevue, WA-based company Innovega has raised $3M to hasten development of its augmented reality and contact lens system eMacula (in development since 2008). PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. THE NBA RELEASES THEIR FIRST VR APP ON GOOGLE DAYDREAM. …and more.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Dear Esther was the studio’s hit, coming out as a mod back in 2008, a year after The Chinese Room was formed. The studio’s growing visibility and size culminated in Everybody’s Gone To Rapture , a 2015 exploration game created in collaboration with Sony’s Santa Monica Studio.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. Latest ThirdEye News Google Google was one of the first companies to introduce the world to smart glasses technology, with the “Glass” headset. So, which vendors are currently making waves in the XR smart glasses space?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. Google Google was one of the first companies to introduce the world to smart glasses technology with the “Glass” headset. Based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform, the product can work independently without the need for extra wires and hubs.

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