AR Insider

JULY 22, 2021

Using their public projections from Q1 2021, we might reasonably expect they spend about $6 billion on XR this year for salaries, hardware and overhead. Sony, for example, has a mature console ecosystem, with a huge relative advantage in game prices (3x), sales channels and customer base (10x+) over Quest. They make it up on the games.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Apple reportedly can't make more than half a million Vision Pro headsets per year. South Korean tech news outlet The Elec cites "sources" saying Sony, the supplier of Vision Pro 's ultra high resolution OLED microdisplays, can't manufacture more than 900,000 per year.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. Other relevant news. Image by Acer).

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Apple is reportedly testing new OLED microdisplay suppliers to increase the production scale of future Vision headsets. Those reports suggest Apple may only be able to ship up to half a million Vision Pro headsets in 2024, so the product will have a slow US-first rollout.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meta’s earnings report for 2021 has both lights and shadows. We were all waiting for it, and then it finally arrived: Meta has finally released its earning reports for 2021, and for the first time it treated its Reality Labs division as a separate entity, so we know how well it is performing. Image by Apple). Image by Meta).

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Alongside Apple’s marketplace debut next week, XR devices may have their mainstream moment in 2024. The 2022 hiring and accelerator program came amid Disney’s attempt to hop on the Metaverse hype wave, introducing AR streaming and other XR content alongside partners like Snap and Apple.

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JULY 3, 2023

Apple is reportedly cutting its production forecasts for Vision Pro. Last month South Korean tech news outlet The Elec reported Sony, the supplier of Vision Pro's ultra high resolution OLED microdisplays, can't manufacture more than 900,000 displays per year at most - and Apple needs two displays per headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. Image by Sony). Sony has confirmed once more than PlayStation 5 will work with the same hardware of the PSVR. What a time to be alive!

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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. Header image by Sony).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Apple Inc has reached out to Chinese manufacturing firm Luxshare to develop its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. It also indicates a major achievement for Chinese suppliers as Apple previously supported Taiwanese firms. Luxshare is rising in the ranks of Chinese industry.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sony has made a great deal of noise about their new 2021 Bravia XR OLEDs , which makes sense. The TVs are the first to feature Sony’s new Cognitive Processor XR, which sounds an awful lot like a proto-supervillain brain. The company says the processor will recreate how humans actually see things in real life. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Rendering of the 2021 version of the Panasonic VR glasses. Click to read the thread on Twitter… it is worth it. Now let’s dig into the best news! Further references. They looked quite cool (Image by Panasonic). Further references.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

The glasses had been announced at Facebook Connect for a 2021 launch, but since then we have had no news about them. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Facebook is evaluating the integration of Oculus Move with Apple Health.

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JULY 4, 2022

Of course for some ad-based tech companies, the current economic situation is not the only problem, but there is another big one which is Apple and its new privacy features embedded into iOS. Then, PSVR Without Parole has reported that Sony has learned from the errors of the PSVR 1, and so it has made the cable of the PSVR 2 detachable.

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APRIL 19, 2022

This is how we managed to get by till late 2021. The same goes for Valve, Apple, and Sony, whose established presence here would allow them to cut into the high-end section of the market without much difficulty. The rest of the team had to look for other jobs. Some were VR-related, and some were not. We almost disbanded.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

There’s a lot of hardware on the horizon, with confirmed and rumored AR and VR headsets abound — PSVR 2, an Apple mixed reality headset, the Lynx R-1 and more. Sony confirmed PSVR 2 last year and have since released further tidbits of information over time. Apple Headset. You can read more about PSVR 2 here.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Save $800: As of March 1, the 85-inch Sony X91J 4K TV is 29% off at Best Buy, dropping it under $1,000. You'll get three months of Apple TV+ with your purchase (a $14.97 Mid-range" typically doesn't mean the same thing for Sony as it does for Samsung or LG. Your purchase also comes with free access to Apple TV+ for three months.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Pictures from FBEC 2021 (Image from VRTUOLUO) Who will be the most important speakers? XR technologies’ penetration in enterprises is rising rapidly.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Reports have revealed that Apple could potentially ramp up work on a pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses that could support the release of the company’s Vision Pro headset. With the proposed smart glasses, Apple fans may tether the devices to their iPhones similarly to others like its Watch and AirPods wearables.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you're in the market for an upgrade to your existing wireless headphones, you'll need to check out these sweet headphone deals going on now at Amazon.

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JULY 23, 2024

In January Qualcomm, the company that supplies the chipsets for all non-Apple standalone headsets, confirmed that HTC will be one of the five companies to use its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, a higher-end variant of the base XR2 Gen 2 used in Meta Quest 3.

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MARCH 30, 2025

Store links Quest Resist - April 10 (PS VR2) Initially launched in 2021, Resist by The Binary Mill is a dystopian action RPG that sees you fighting back against an authoritarian regime while swinging across this open world in the city of Concord. Interested in learning about more upcoming VR games ?

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JANUARY 25, 2023

What about Meta, Google and Apple? Apple still hasn’t released its long-awaited AR headset. Overall, global sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets shrank 12 percent in 2022, according to research from CCS Insights , from 11 million units sold in 2021 to 9.6 million in 2022. million units its first year.

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Mashable VR

MAY 4, 2022

Start off with the Sony X80J 65-inch 4K TV on sale for $698 at Walmart, which as of May 4 is 30% off its original price. Take for instance the Sony X80J 65-inch 4K Google TV that's on sale for $698 at Walmart (add the TV to your shopping cart to see the sale price). Credit: Sony. Sony X80J 65-inch 4K smart Google TV.

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Digital Trends

JULY 23, 2021

Best Buy has a huge sale going on right now with massive discounts on big-name brands including the Apple Watch Series 6 and much more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

The big news of the week is that CES 2021 won’t be physically held in Las Vegas, but will have just a digital edition. More info (CES 2021) More info (The Weeknd) More info (Lil Miquela). According to a report, LG is working on augmented reality glasses that should connect to the phone, be very light (around 80g) and be ready for 2021.

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MAY 4, 2020

At the same time, Apple having always mediocre graphics cards on its laptops and its closed ecosystem have not helped much either in keeping this VR support alive. Not to mention the fact that Apple has always said that it is not interested in VR, but only in AR. Sony reveals finger tracking technology for controllers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Apple-Atmos Partnership Dolby Atmos, a mainstay in audio solutions, enhances Apple’s spatial audio for listening to music and movies in 3D sound. Apple introduced the feature in its iOS 14 update in September 2020. Users can then build the People Map based on this ‘echolocation-based’ identification system.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc. AAPL) As we previously detailed in depth, Apple has been discreetly working on a number of AR/VR products for several years now and is planning to release its own AR smart glass and AR/VR hybrid headset. One-year price performance for SNAP as of 2/3/20 Sony Corp.

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MARCH 28, 2023

It also supplied OLED displays for Apple's smartwatches. The company will transfer its patents and R&D operations to Japan Display Inc and will shut down its manufacturing, affecting makers of high-end OLED-based displays and TVs, including Asus , Eizo , LG, and Sony. 15%), Panasonic (5%), and Sony (5%).

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ARVR

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Like what you’ll find embedded in an Apple iPhone, Sony Playstation or Quest 2 controller. Related Haptics Club Chat We explored this on Thursday, October 21 , 2021, at 12:00 pm EST on Twitter Spaces with Yasemin Vardar , Assistant Professor in Cognitive Robotics at Delft University. ExpiCulture?—?Developing Vibration ?—?the

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” Meta employed 87,314 people in September 2022 , according to public filings, with a headcount of 71,720 ending 2021. Of course, Meta also faces renewed competition with Pico , Sony , and Apple among the companies developing VR headsets targeting different markets and regions.

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JULY 7, 2023

That innovation still exists, of course, although, following a slow first half of 2023 for the immersive industry, a breakout AWE 2023 and Apple Vision Pro announcement brought new life to the market. Moreover, Apple expressed dissatisfaction with its Sony and TSMC suppliers when it hosted WWDC 2023.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Between PSVR 2 and recent announcements for both Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro , it was perhaps inevitable that the Xbox VR question would appear once again. Back in 2021, Spencer was asked about potential plans involving VR.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A few of the largest retailers today are offering great deals on tech that makes for great gifting this holiday season, including the Apple Watch Series 7.

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