Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2021

While Facebook has yet to reveal official unit sales figures for Oculus Quest 2, various data points the company has offered, along with data from developers, has allowed us to hone in on a reasonable estimate. While Oculus hasn’t offered up official sales figures for Quest 2 yet, two data points can help us reach a reasonable estimate.

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APRIL 1, 2021

The popular military shooter draws in 3,000 new players after launching on Oculus’s experimental test channel. With its arrival on App Lab, you can now download Pavlov Shack straight from your Oculus Quest or Oculus Quest 2 headset, no additional setup or hardware required.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2021

In addition to eye-tracking and foveated rendering, Sony is supposedly implementing something called “flexible scale rendering” (FSR) on PS5 for its next-gen headset. It sounds similar to Oculus’ fixed foveated rendering (FFR) technique, which automatically adjusts the level of eye texture foveation based on GPU utilization.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The FTC has opened an investigation on Meta about its anti-competitive practices related to applications that propose services similar to its ones on the Oculus Store (Pepperidge Farms remembers when YUR was de facto cloned by Oculus Move). Image by Sony). Looking back at augmented reality in 2021. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

© Sony Virtual reality (VR) performances are quickly becoming the norm for live events, music concerts, and festivals (despite some unfortunate news coming from Wave earlier this week regarding their VR app). © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Ways to Get Your Business into VR 2.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. After 2021. This is the same approach used by headsets like Oculus Quest. Megapixels per-eye.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 brought some interesting AR/VR news. Anyway, he confirmed that the first smart glasses that will be released this year won’t have true AR and said that now Oculus wants to expand beyond the gaming ecosystem. It’s that time of the week when you can read the best news about AR and VR! So let’s dig immediately into them….

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

We’ve also seen a strong overall start for VR in 2021. Data Dive: VR Starts 2021 Strong. Facebook’s Q4 non-advertising revenue — where Oculus revenues are categorized — were $885 million. As noted, the company specified during its earnings call that Oculus sales were a major growth driver.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

This week, we look at Sony’s tease for PSVR2, new features in Snapchat’s Lens Studio, and a whole slate of new AR glasses emerge. Let’s dive in… Sony Confirms New Playstation VR2 for PS5 with New Controllers. Will it be this year? Will it be next year? Nreal To Launch In US This Spring.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2021

With its mounting currency-earning opportunities for users, the company seems to be well on its way to paying out to creators what it says should amount to $1 million by the end of 2021. This makes Rec Room one of the most valuable VR companies outside of platform holders Facebook and Sony.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Nreal Light is shipping in Europe and US in 2021. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2021

Developed by New Zealand-based indie game studios M Theory and Oddboy in partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment , Wanderer blends different types of gameplay—such as escape room-style puzzles, tactical hands-on interactions, and thrilling arcade sequences—to immerse you in what promises to be an epic time-traveling adventure.

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Upload VR

APRIL 17, 2025

Thus it is that the enhanced PS VR2 edition of Resist has found something of a natural home, and while its unlikely that features such as eye tracking will make it across to other platforms, PC players have been asking whether the higher refresh rate might.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On stage at AWE 2021 this week, Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm announced that his company is spinning up a new division dedicated to AR game development. In the VR industry it’s hard to find good data on the number of headsets sold, and even harder to find data on the number of actual active users.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The Quest 2 is quite powerful and so Facebook has confirmed tha t in 2021 there won’t be the need for a Quest 2 Pro as some people were supposing. The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. NVIDIA doubles down on Cloud Rendering and Omniverse at GTC 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest gain PC VR market shares. The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Image by Sony). The launch date for this marvel is January 2021. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft, vis-à-vis Xbox, has lagged far behind competitors Sony and Meta, both of which have developed their own VR gaming ecosystems and platform-exclusive hardware. We need to support many metaverse platforms as well as a robust ecosystem of content commerce and applications.”.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sony unveils a new virtual concert experience at CES. The experience will debut this winter on PSVR and Oculus. The glasses will be available in select worldwide markets in mid-2021. The product can still be pre-ordered on Indiegogo for $249 and plans to ship in May 2021. The company’s valuation is currently at $29.5

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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. Top news of the week. Image by Meta).

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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. So he said that if you want to attach to it an Oculus Quest, technically you can. Facebook is evaluating the integration of Oculus Move with Apple Health.

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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. I hope you’ll enjoy it…. SSD (8–9 GB/s).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

His tune has shifted notably in the company’s latest earnings call, where he told investors that Facebook’s XR business was “one of the areas that I’m most excited about our progress heading into 2021.” Image courtesy Oculus.

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ARVR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. Image courtesy Sony) Finally, while not exactly “consumer electronics”, Sony announced plans for a series of immersive, VR concerts this year, initially kicking off with a Madison Beer concert available later this year for Oculus, Playstation VR, and others.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

CCS Insight expects global sales of smartphone VR headsets to grow fivefold from 2017 to 70 million by 2021. In a separate report released by CCS Insight , the VR market is estimated to be worth over $9 billion by the year 2021. billion by 2021. Previously it expected 2 million units to be sold in 2016 — it now estimates 1.2

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He was part of the team behind the GearVR app store and developed some of Oculus’ first native apps, e.g., Oculus Video and Oculus Social. We almost disbanded.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Sony’s PlayStation London Studio, the developer behind PSVR exclusive Blood & Truth , is already at work on their next VR exclusive project, Road to VR has learned. Blood & Truth concept art | Image courtesy Sony London Studio. Early PSVR ‘Project Morpheus’ prototype | Photo courtesy Sony.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. PSVR2 will surely have its dedicated controllers, but since Sony is trying to guarantee retro-compatibility of games (especially gems like AstroBot), this headset should also be able to work with the DualSens controller.

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VRScout

MARCH 11, 2020

The statement also seems to indicate the return of E3 in 2021, though perhaps not in the same format as previous years. “We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry.”

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 19, 2021

Judging by the lack of breakthroughs at this year’s CES, the VR industry’s not going to have a break out year in 2021. Currently, no company is competing with the Oculus Quest 2 , which is still bulky and a somewhat expensive investment at $300, and absolutely requires a Facebook account to use. “Will it be this year?

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ARPost

JANUARY 19, 2021

Last year’s F8 mentioned them as an upcoming feature on Oculus headsets, and they’re the key intended use case for the A3 MR glasses that ThinkReality announced at CES. The EM3-STELLAR MR glasses appeared on Kickstarter in January 2021 and had crashed through the project’s $30,000 goal in a matter of days. Expect Them This Summer.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments. Image by Sony). IDC forecasts positive sales for VR headsets in 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Rendering of the 2021 version of the Panasonic VR glasses. Further references.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2019

And of course, these figures are only inclusive of Steam, and don’t offer a complete picture of activity on Oculus’ platform (as some or any picture at all of Sony’s PlayStation VR. Chart by Road to VR, based on data courtesy Valve.

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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. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

This is why we praise so much the Oculus Quest (1M+ of engaged users) and not the Cardboards (20M devices, almost unused). This money includes all the revenues not related to the main business of Facebook (advertisement), but Facebook has clearly specified that this big increment is mostly related to Oculus hardware and software.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We are announcing today Integration of Interhaptics with Hololens 2 Haptic design for all mobile phones early 2021 Upcoming Haptic design for PS5 in 2021 Interhaptics was released to the public in September 2020. Interhaptics will release haptics design mobile compatibility in early 2021. All are already included in Unity.

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