The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

While it has effortlessly dominated the market in the last 2 years without any effort, the next 2 years may present some real risks and challenges that may question Meta’s lead. Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Moreover, other XR industry figures are supporting Android XR, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, Magic Leap, and Lynx, a new entry into the XR market. Interestingly, the Android XR ecosystem comes as Meta pushes its Horizon OS and Apple with its visionOS.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2025

We are all convinced that in the future AR/VR will be very important technologies, but in the present, they are still pretty niche. The same analysis by Counterpoint mentioned above stated that the Apple Vision Pro had more shipments than IDC initially estimated , especially if we consider the International ones.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again affirmed his belief in the significance of augmented reality technology. Interviewed during a recent trip to Europe, he spoke broadly about how AR could benefit everyone’s lives in the future, highlighting the way it allows users to remain ‘present’ in the real world.

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

The boom use is being driven by mobile, game consoles, and consumer VR headsets from Oculus and Sony. Adventure lab presents a mashup of escape room, improv, and cartoons. Apple XR Rumor of the Week Tom’s Guide says the new Apple VR HMD is a Quest killer. AppliedVR, a VR pain management startup, secured $29M in funding.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset. Learn more (WowMouse Presenter) Learn more (My hands-on with WowMouse) Sponsored Area Phygtl Is Hiring!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman ; the Apple visionOS 2.4 This marks an evolution evolution in the company’s mixed reality strategy, as Apple recently ceased development of its planned Mac-ready AR smart glasses to focus exclusively on Vision Pro. Professional Applications of the VisionOS 2.4

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

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).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 11, 2025

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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022. A new week, a new rumor about Apple. This time it comes from Bloomberg, which predicts that Apple will announce its MR headset in June 2022 during WWDC , to launch it some months later, probably during the holiday season. (Image from the web). Learn about the m**averse in Japan.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

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.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

We were all waiting for an Apple announcement, hoping that it could bring back some enthusiasm into the field, and it seems that the Vision Pro is having some beneficial effects , indeed. Apple showed investors that XR is not a fad, and even if it is still in its early stages, it is going to stay. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). It is now official: Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed on Instagram that the PlayStation VR 2 headset is going to launch in “early 2023”. If this is confirmed, it means that in 2 weeks, there will be people that will actually try the new headset by Sony. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 1, 2024

Sony’s new headset, officially dubbed the SRH-S1 “content creation system” combines a compact form-factor with novel controllers. The yet-to-be-priced Sony SRH-S1 is being designed as an enterprise headset. Sony also tells us it can be driven by a PC through a compressed video stream (like Quest Link).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

The Epic vs Apple trial makes interesting documents come to light. The Epic vs Apple battle over Fortnite and the 30% cut on all the transactions on the Apple Store has just had its first round, and thanks to it, many secretive documents have come to light. Slides of the presentations during the trial).

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APRIL 24, 2024

Headlines are circulating claiming Apple cut Vision Pro production by almost 50% due to weak demand. The source of these articles is a new note from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been reporting on Apple's supply chain for more than 10 years. Here's why they're almost certainly false. It simply doesn't make sense.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

Moreover, with Samsung Heavy Industries and other targetted divisions, the prospects of where the Moohan device could influence hold a lot of potential with baked-in users and hardware already present in various sectors, not just the consumer space.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Even worse, my friend Nima told me on X that these Innovation Awards are given based on a presentation, so no one among CES organizers tried this, either. Sony’s owned Insomniac Studios has zero VR-native games planned in the roadmap for this decade. The mystery around Kura continues. Last week, people said January.

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Upload VR

MARCH 6, 2025

Pretty much every headset and runtime (except Apple Vision Pro and PlayStation VR2 on PS5) supports OpenXR, sure. These vendor-specific engine integrations promise the best of both worlds: support for both OpenXR and for unique features not yet present in OpenXR. But in Meta's case, on PC, this promise isn't kept.

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JANUARY 18, 2025

If you've missed our biggest stories, we went hands-on with Sony's XYN headset and Play For Dream at CES, while Quest 3S was 2024's top-selling console on Amazon. is now available on Steam, which focuses on the presentation of ideas. Welcome to our first XR News Round-Up for 2025, offering quick updates on recent news stories.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. This year, they have presented an evolution of the previous design.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Apple XR headset may have great processing power. This week I’m so desperate that there is no news to write about that I’m even sharing a rumor about the Apple headset. This second chipset should be as powerful as the M1 chips that are present in current Macs. The visuals would be provided by two 4K OLED microdisplays from Sony.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

on Quest, Steam, Pico, and Apple. on Meta, Steam, Pico, and Apple (VS Only). p.s. PlayStation, you're changing soon too, promise Owlchemy Labs (@owlchemylabs.com) 2025-01-30T16:11:23.819Z Presently, only the PlayStation versions of both games haven't received price reductions, though Owlchemy confirms those changes are coming soon.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

The research shows that nearly 70 percent of customers who own a dedicated VR headset such as an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Sony PlayStation VR have bought games for it, and more than half of smartphone VR owners bought games for their device. “There’s a growing array of exciting new content being developed. billion in 2022.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Stine’s infamous villain is back with a challenge that tasks you with unboxing Christmas presents as you search for a mysterious manuscript buried inside one of the gifts. Download the Krikey app available on the Apple App Store and Google Play now to join Slappy in some creepy Christmas festivities.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 2, 2024

Last month, during WWDC 2024, Apple announced the long-awaited news that the Vision Pro will reach several new territories by early July 2024. As of Friday, June 28, Apple debuted its MR headset in China (mainland, 24,502 CNY), Japan (484,415 JPY), and Singapore (4,725 SGD).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. It seems that Sony is hoping for a Q4 release in time for the holidays, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that delays will bring the release to Q1 2023. Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. or no reason?

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MAY 22, 2023

Phil Schiller, who leads the App Store, pushed for Apple's upcoming headset to have a "strong gaming component", Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The report published this weekend is a rundown of the key Apple executives behind the hardware, software, content and marketing of the headset expected to be branded Apple Reality Pro.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman provides more details on Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset, including information on the core interaction mechanism. Previous reports from Bloomberg indicated that Apple was “ working on a VR client for FaceTime with face tracking driving Memoji avatars ” for the headset.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Turning Apple Vision Pro's Digital Crown is a bit like tuning your reality. Apple Watch owners will be familiar with the Digital Crown. On Apple Vision Pro, it is a dial on top that jogs you along the spectrum of immersion so quickly it feels like magic. This is the future of personal computing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

They could build together something that could seriously compete with Facebook and Apple: let’s keep an eye on them. Be sure to use this use case in your next presentation about VR. Sony announces new games for PSVR. Sony seems to be patenting bananas as controllers for the next-gen PSVR! Some news on content.

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The Ghost Howls

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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