AR Insider

JUNE 14, 2021

Sony showcases upcoming VR titles for Playstation VR. The post Spatial Beats: Apple, Sony & Fresh AR Funding appeared first on AR Insider. As predicted, no word on AR or VR glasses, but the company introduce new 3D scanning technology. C/Net’s Scott Stein says the groundwork for glasses can be found in plain sight.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. Certain trends in the XR environment are contributing to the rising adoption of spatial audio technology today. Here are just some of the most significant trends to consider.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

Following the landmark VR headset adoption trend kicked off by accessible Meta Quest 2 headsets, interest is shifting to the next big trend in XR: AR smart glasses and mixed reality headsets. The report indicated that although sales decreased, the average selling price rose by over $1000, partly due to Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

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. Top news of the week. It will so have inside-out tracking. We have the first reviews on the DecaMove.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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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. Apple XR Rumor of the Week Tom’s Guide says the new Apple VR HMD is a Quest killer. More from AR Insider… The post Spatial Beats: Rec Room, Niantic & Apple appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Zooming out, Zune’s ultimate defeat belies a larger pattern of behavior.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Quest Pro only continued this trend ; the high-end headset brings a range of impressive improvements to the hardware along with new sensing capabilities, but its new features are significantly hampered by an undercooked software offering. Of course the single biggest elephant in the room has been and will continue to be Apple.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 4, 2023

Peng Jin also added: We do see spatial computing as the major technological trend in the next maybe two, three decades. Moreover, of those StreetBees questioned, 40 percent do not intend to purchase Apple’s device. For us, the content is already there. However, only 27 percent intend to buy it.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc. AI and ChatGPT for enterprise is a growing tech topic.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos. Anton Hand told me on X that “it’s already a dead platform”.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Apple's AirPods Max are beautiful and expensive. We compare them to Sony and Bose's flagship cans. But does their high price translate into high performance?

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Digital Trends

JUNE 23, 2021

The Sony WF-1000XM4 are some of the best true wireless buds you can buy, but will they convert Apple fans?

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ARPost

MARCH 20, 2023

Or it could be the excitement about new headsets coming from Sony, Apple, Pico, and HTC that is keeping potential buyers on the sidelines. Despite the seemingly downward trend, a flood of new VR headsets is coming from Sony, Pico , Apple, HTC, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I’m trying to keep expectations in place not because I want to be negative about VR (I’m a strong believer in the tech), but because in the past I’ve already seen that trend of setting unrealistic expectations and then writing “VR is dead” the day after when the market of course haven’t reached those results.

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Upload VR

MAY 28, 2024

Job Simulator And Vacation Simulator Arrive On Apple Vision Pro Apple Vision Pro is now home to two of VR’s best-selling titles, Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator from Owlchemy Labs. UploadVR Henry Stockdale A few decades from now, how many people will even remember when Job Simulator still required physical controllers to play?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

In total, I counted something like 32 games, which is ok to start with, but then Sony should be fast in collecting more content to not make the PSVR2 players get bored fast for the lack of playable games. 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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

The firm’s research indicates that VR headsets have been the main source of growth in unit sales to date, and although this trend is expected to continue – particularly with smartphone-powered mobile headsets – there is also an expectations that the next generation of HMDs will ignite a new wave of consumer interest. billion in 2022.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

The post is pretty long, but it is worth a read during these vacation days because it well summarizes what have been the most relevant XR trends for the past year. You, whatever kind of support you gave me, are the best My Patreon link Some XR fun The WTF of the week is Sony patenting a sort of huge feet trackball to use with PSVR 2.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 17, 2020

The Apple AirPods Pro and Sony WF-1000XM3 true wireless earbuds are both on sale at Best Buy and Verizon for as much as $52 off this Father's Day.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

And of course, they are going to appeal this decision… More info PSVR 2 to be sold in retail stores Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that “soon”, PSVR 2 will be sold in dedicated retail store locations. More info Some news about AI I’ve found two interesting trends in AI this week. to feature room scanning The upcoming 3.0

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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. Apple is working on a whole spatial ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

He stated that “(Metaverse-related devices) are now the talk of the town, so we have buckled down to a task to cope with the trend. 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.

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AR Insider

APRIL 27, 2020

As we examined in the aforementioned VR survey and in a recent presentation , this approach is akin to the inviting and cartoonish vibe of the Apple App store. Sony [PSVR] is making the same play… Oculus could tap into that market with something that’s even more convenient.”. Immersive advertising could be that model.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The best prices on true wireless earbuds this Black Friday and what to know when purchasing.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Image Credit: Sony. One of the major trends that patent activity has captured is the transformation from merely entertainment-based AR/VR usage towards more useful, inclusive, and practical applications. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017.

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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. Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year. Top news of the week. But features tell only a part of the story. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 7, 2017

Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote made that abundantly clear with their announcement of support for external Metal graphics, HTC Vive, SteamVR and Metal VR. The VR market is only starting and now that all the biggest players in the tech space are engaged including Apple we can consider it a complete market.

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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. News worth a mention.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 9, 2020

High-end French audio brand Devialet has announced its $299 Devialet Gemini, a set of active noise-canceling earbuds that evoke the company's Phantom speakers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

In my opinion, these are the trends to keep an eye on: The continuous growth of the market Establishment of VR in enterprise settings Incremental technical evolution of devices Blurring of the line between AR and VR High-quality content (especially gaming) 5G over-hype Standardization given by OpenXR Others (LBVR, WebVR, SocialXR).

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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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