The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I like everything that we know on the PSVR 2 device because it is visible that Sony Interactive Entertainment is putting a lot of effort into releasing a high-quality headset that is on par with what the competition is offering. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update. I think this speaks a lot.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

Road To VR published some statistics comparing the sales of Quest and PSVR 2 on Amazon US over the holiday season, and the proportion of sold Quests to sold PSVR 2 is 30 to 1! And he’s not the only believer: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella indicated Mixed Reality as one of the top three trends to follow for 2024.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Speakers from goliaths like Amazon, Ford, and IKEA will rub shoulders with Vancouver up-and-comers including Motive.io and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces. The VR/AR Global Summit is poised to bring together apps from different corners of the sector.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An Amazon ad appearing on the streaming platform Peacock shows the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S and the caption: “Meta Quest, starting at $299.99”. Regarding the actual release date, we have also a rumor: someone spotted on the Australian Amazon page an entry about the Quest 3S and the availability date being October, 16.

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ARPost

MARCH 24, 2020

Amazon has a system, Microsoft has a system, Magic Leap has a system. Black, who has spent time in the entertainment business, would like to one day have AV passengers out at ease by watching augmented reality productions out of vehicle windows. Right now, the goal is entertainment for passengers in standard vehicles.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

After the report of last week by Insider, in which Alex Kipman was accused of improper behavior at work, especially towards women, Alex Kipman has resigned from Microsoft. Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Yes, it will be hard against Microsoft, which is well poised in the field, but the market is so new and growing that there is the place for more than one single company. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. I’m here waiting for them.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations.

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Digital Trends

JULY 4, 2020

Need a laptop for e-learning, productivity, or entertainment? Check out these five Microsoft Surface deals.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This gamification mechanic seems pretty lame to me : people need entertaining quests, not boring stuff just done to show them the new features of the platform. This week has also been announced that there will now be “quests” on Horizon: little actions like “try a new avatar” that are rewarded with small virtual gifts to the users.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More recently, Jenny Stanley, the Managing Director of Appetite Creative , a firm that works with major international clients such as Amazon, Lego, and Addias, discussed the presence of AR as a tool to engage with customers. Stanley noted: I always say that AR content should either inspire, educate or entertain.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. PlayStation believes in VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

” Rival firm Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard to expand its portfolio of solutions in a historic $68 billion deal. This has greatly expanded Microsoft’s future ambitions for metaverse technologies such as cloud computing, digital avatars, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and others.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

Bandai Namco’s Project CARS 2 – The sequel to the hit game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, get your motor revving in this racing simulation video game. The Tick: Amazon is bringing a virtual reality escape room to Comic-Con for their upcoming original series.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

Just to make you understand how much money this could mean, my reader Sir Gamedev has sent me a link where one of the previous Xbox executives has revealed that the initial undercost sales of the first Xbox units cost Microsoft between $5B and $7B. was a lot of money?). Some reviews of VR hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The reason is that the newest Microsoft laptops feature a neural processing unit (NPU) that improves processing power and battery efficiency when running AR experiences. This means that every laptop will be able to do what the special Spacetop G1 was promising. A Creator Platform for next-gen to ‘Socialize.’

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Promising a new and improved way for gamers to connect with the worlds they love, XR could represent a new frontier for entertainment. Respawn Entertainment and Unity. RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens. The gaming landscape stands as one of the most versatile and compelling areas for the development of extended reality technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Throughout this year’s conference, attendees will learn all about how augmented reality is transforming the communication and entertainment landscape. The conference this year will feature speeches and insights from some market-leading brands, including Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Accenture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has made significant contributions in various verticals such as entertainment, education, retail etc. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Gaming and Entertainment  — Both AR and VR have made mainstream adoption in the last couple of years. It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Hyper Reality Partners has raised $20M to relaunch The Voi d, it has acquired its previous IP for $2M and it is going to propose the same amazing LBEVR experiences but with a new business model, with entertainment centers that are not only centered on warehouse-scale VR experiences but also offer traditional gaming stations and food and beverages.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

New Amazon Prime Video App With Downloads Amazon launched an all-new Prime Video Quest app that supports passthrough and downloads. New Amazon Prime Video Quest App Supports Downloads Amazon just launched an all-new Prime Video Quest app that supports downloads for offline viewing.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company. One of these people was Andrew Bosworth, which has rebuked the report , saying “not to believe everything you read”.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Foremost cloud leaders like AWS and Microsoft offer access to spatial computing solutions, such as Amazon Sumerian, for 3D scene creation. With a projected value of $544.6

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.” Wait, what???

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Microsoft has officially stated that Minecraft Earth , that has been in beta for Android and iOS in carefully selected worldwide locations in the past months, is now ready for its launch. Amazon announces Echo Frames smartglasses. If you want to discover everything about this and much other news, read my mega-roundup post linked below.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The online retailer, which is already working with Microsoft Corp. on productivity features for Alexa such as calendar interactions, will put the user first in pursuit of any other partnerships, said Toni Reid, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo devices, who has been on the team since 2014. Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

However, AR is so much more than the gaming and entertainment industry. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. In this article I’ll describe the 6 most important AR trends to watch in 2020. It gives customers an enhanced experience.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 1, 2024

Recommendation and search engines help us find information and products more effectively, and entertainment services like Netflix or Spotify serve up content that they think we will like, saving us the time it takes to browse and choose.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

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. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

The first episode of Halo is full of nods to the legendary Microsoft shooter franchise’s video game roots and its wider lore from generations of tie-in novels and comics. But it also managed to sneak in a lovely little nod to a fellow sci-fi gaming icon —one that itself has been aching for an adaptation for almost as… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

GDC (Game Developers Conference) March 20-24, San Francisco The Game Developers Conference is definitely a worthwhile event to attend for content creators and entertainment brands, but anyone with a love of XR can get involved. Plus, it’s even possible to attend an accompanying digital VR art festival too.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Holoride, the Audi-backed startup that’s creating an in-vehicle virtual reality entertainment system designed for passengers, has begun publicly selling its Ride cryptocurrency token.

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