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The two companies have a great relationship and Apple is realizing that the fact that its headset lacking controllers is a problem for certain types of content, gaming in particular. For this reason, Apple may be working to make PSVR 2 controllers compatible with the Vision Pro. He is very positive about it to happen quite soon.
After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.
Its many weeks that developers are screaming for help on the platform and in fact a couple of months ago, I had written a similar (but more personal) article myself on my blog. I was appalled while reading Metas blog post. So basically, Metas answer is: were seeing an influx of kids, they want free stuff, so we are going to serve them.
Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony unveils the new controllers of the PSVR2. Sony promises amazing haptic sensations on the controllers, that should be able to provide “impactful, textured, and nuanced” sensations. More info (Official Nreal website with purchase link) More info (Post on Vodafone DE blog).
But other partners like XREAL, Sony, and Lynx are working on new devices compatible with this operating system. As for Project Moohan, details are very scarce: it seems like a mix of the Quest Pro and the Apple Vision Pro: it has an external battery, high-definition displays, and a very detailed passthrough. million units, down from 7.7
The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.
Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device Let me tell you what have been the main pieces of news about the Vision Pro I’ve found this week. First of all, Apple has updated the runtime VisionOS to version 1.1, bringing many quality-of-life improvements. More info (VisionOS 1.1) I can help you!
The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Image by Sony). Beat Games).
South Korean news outlet The Elec instead reports that Samsung will use Sonys new 1.35-inch inch 35523840 micro-OLED display, the same used in Sonys own SRH-S1 standalone headset. Sony also provides the screens for the Apple Vision Pro, but these ones for the Samsung headset would be from a new generation.
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Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.
Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components.
All of us have memories of Altspace, also because it was one of the first applications paving the way to social VR: I remember Altspace being one of the first applications reviewed on my blog. But still, the fact that all the PSVR 1 content won’t be available for the new headset gives Sony a good challenge on the content side.
The glasses should work with Google Gemini AI and have the following features: Processors : Snapdragon AR1 and NXP Camera : 12MP with Sony IMX681 Battery : 155mAh Weight : 50 grams The first batch of production should be around 500,000 units , with more to come if the glasses prove to be successful.
Sony may launch it in 1Q23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles. Genius also provides aspherical lenses for the PSVR 2 device, and Ming-Chi Kuo states that Genius is working with other extended reality (XR) clients, including Apple. units shipments in 2H22. pic.twitter.com/NIqFgg4Kjl. — ??? Haptic motors.
Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony reveals the design of the PSVR 2. Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. More info (PSVR 2 unveiled) More info (Official blog post on PSVR 2 headset). Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year.
More info Discover Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro cost estimations A Chinese firm has tried to estimate the cost of the components of both the Quest 3 and the Apple Vision Pro. The second one is that the Apple Vision Pro is so next-gen that one of its displays costs just a bit less than all the components of Quest 3!
He also is aware of Apple entering the market, and said his employees that the battle between Meta and Apple is a battle between open ecosystems vs closed ecosystems. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Disclaimer: DeoVR is one of the Patrons of this blog).
This was to be expected and it is no big deal: VisionOS 2 is coming today and this is great news by itself because it is bringing a lot of new features and improvements to the Apple device (three of these features are actually launching later this year, but all the other ones are coming now).
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If I had to bet, I would say that the possibilities are two: Smartglasses to see the notifications of your phone A hybrid VR/passthrough AR headset, similar to Project Cambria or the rumored Apple headset. With the rumors intensifying, and with Apple always closer to entering the market, I am expecting an announcement for this year.
The platform is built to work with Android devices and integrates directly with Google Play Services to provide a consistent framework for developers, similar to how Apples Vision Pro headset can lean on Apples App Store. And, we are continuing to collaborate with Magic Leap on XR technology and future products with AR and AI.
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).
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.
As it is a tradition of this blog , I’ve prepared a big roundup of the best news in XR from this year’s CES! PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). For every piece of news, I’ll share with you a brief summary and one or more links to go deeper. Now let’s dig into the best news!
And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).
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!
After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. According to the creators of Hubris, Sony is working on solving the issue , but he said nothing about when this update will be released.
These glasses have outperformed the sales of Ray-Ban’s first-generation smart glasses, ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ This potential deal could grant Meta more control over EssilorLuxottica’s smart glasses division and strengthen its position in the competitive market against tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
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More info (Galaxy Glasses trademark) More info (Galaxy Ring trademark) News worth a mention (Image by The Information) The Apple headset may not require an iPhone to function According to the latest rumor about the upcoming Apple headset, the device won’t need an iPhone to work, but it can be used and configured independently.
In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. What about Meta, Google and Apple? Apple still hasn’t released its long-awaited AR headset. million in 2022. million units its first year.
As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible.
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I’m writing a full editorial on it maybe tomorrow or the day after here on this blog, because there is a lot to talk about. Summarizing it up, he thinks platforms should charge less content creators (30% of cut from Apple Store is a steal, he says), should guarantee the privacy of the users and should create connections among them.
Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). I would be so happy if you could support me on Patreon: every new donation makes me feel so happy, because I really understand how people give value to my hard blogging work. This is a very fascinating hypothesis, but honestly, I don’t know if I believe it.
There have been anyway two huge companies, NVIDIA and Sony, that released XR-related announcements during their respective keynotes. NVIDIA also announced that its cloud streaming service Geforce Now is coming to Quest, Pico, and Apple Vision Pro, so MR users will be able to play flatscreen games on a giant virtual screen in front of them.
How Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have responded Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony are the three biggest names in console gaming and they've all made moves to cut off Russia, at least to some extent. The actions taken are a little hazier in the case of Nintendo and Sony, both of which are based in Japan. Tweet may have been deleted.
Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. In our latest blog post, we explored the rise of hand-tracking technology in VR devices and the price drop of VR headsets that support this feature.
Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Furthermore, when the remastered version of Resident Evil 4 has been announced, Sony stated that some VR-related content will be released for it (but it is not clear what). Apple WWDC may reveal something about Apple’s upcoming headset. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.
Although, with more recent commercial headsets like the Meta Quest Pro and Sony’s PSVR 2, the technology is finding a home in affordable immersive products. Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system.
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