The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

And sorry if it took more days than expected to assemble this article… A good year for XR at CES Before listing all the most important pieces of news, let me tell you how XR presence was overall at CES. Sony was pushing developers to have hybrid VR games, and Gran Turismo seems to work exactly along these lines.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Authors’ opinions are their own. Who Will Own the Metaverse?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

However, following the release of consumer equipment like the HTC Vive , Oculus Rift , Sony PSVR and the various mobile VR headsets , we now have a different situation with a much larger group of people (the general population) using virtual reality on a regular basis, for longer periods of time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Also keep in mind that there are plenty of private companies worth investing in, and some public companies listed below have invested in them like Magic Leap who has investments to the tune of $1.39 Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. billion from companies listed below like Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

Top VR headset makers have been Sony, Facebook, HTC, Pico, and 3Glasses. The article is very interesting, and especially lets us wonder why there are mice in the lab that have better VR than us . This long article details the use of VR by NASA and how it has been important all over these years. Palmer Luckey got married!!!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

More info (Report by Bloomberg) More info (UploadVR’s article on the news). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of Magic Leap, that seems always more complicated.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

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). Thank you for your understanding and support! Top news of the week. PlayStation announces four games for PSVR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta may be working on a very cheap Quest and very expensive Quest Pro 2 Thanks to Twitter user Lunayian , I got to read an article written by a Korean magazine with some very interesting rumors about Meta. Who is as excited as me? It’s the end of an era.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Let’s see some of the fantastic concepts about Meta I’m reading in these articles, and why they are total nonsense. Do you remember when everyone was criticizing Magic leap because it got $2.5B So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison. So, Magic Leap was even cheap in comparison.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

This week I’ve published a very interesting article inspired by the work of Basti465, who has analyzed the runtime of the Quest v29 finding hints about future features that are going to be released. This week, like the last one, we had some interesting articles with reviews and insights on just released XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. Bu t the outcome for these headsets is a bit different than expected. Let me tell you why.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

More info Hands-on sessions with Sony MR headset I have found two articles about journalists who have been able to go hands-on with the just-announced mixed reality headset by Sony dedicated to enterprise usage. In any case, the launch of this device is expected for Q3 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 9, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony aims at hybrid games for the PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has had a virtual summit with developers about its plans for the PSVR 2 because it is looking for content for its upcoming headset. Top news of the week. There are many reasons why you should still consider Google in the AR race.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. And in fact, Neon reminds me a bit too much Magic Leap’s Mica project.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Magic Leap raises other $350M. I honestly don’t even know how to report this piece of news: Magic Leap has raised other money, to be exact $350M, and it seems that a healthcare company is involved. More info (Article on the new High Fidelity) More info (High Fidelity website). It’s all very cool.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

They had some hype a few years ago, also because Magic Leap, in the beginning, hinted at the fact that it would have used them, but then they revealed themselves to be too unpractical for AR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

More info (China’s push for VR) More info (Huawei 6DOF VR glasses) More info (Huawei smartglasses) More info (Shadow Creator’s new glasses) More info (Full article on HongHu glasses, in Chinese) More info (Official page of HongHu glasses). Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

A few weeks ago, a very interesting comment on one of my articles was doubting that VR can ever enter the wide mainstream. Innovation happens in sprints In life as in technology (Image by LizAndMollie) While I was thinking about what to write in this article, I remembered something I studied at University about innovation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This week, Upload is marking the start of its third year and this post is exactly article number 3,000 published for the site. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. In fact, it was prior to most of the editorial team joining. February 2016.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Many of the articles emerging from this are purporting the death of the Metaverse. One of the most salient articles catching the attention of the XR community is the pedantic Business Insider article , “RIP Metaverse, We Hardly Knew Ye.” Certainly, I don’t have all the answers and will not pretend to do so.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Image by Sony). Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

FYI, I’ve had my Adsense account suspended because of the 3 informative articles about XR porn that I wrote. The “content curation” of the Quest store has created some outrage from the dev community (as I have reported in this article ). New interesting patents by Sony comes to light. For what games are you hyped?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

According to an article on Protocol, there are over 400 titles on the Quest store, and more than 1,400 on App Lab. If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and Magic Leap 2. Some articles on the metaverse. And what about the App Lab apps?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

Regarding me, I will probably publish a first impression article after some hours into the game, and then a full-fledged review when I’ll finish playing it. Here below, you can find the links to many articles that talk about things you can do with VR during these days. Magic Leap reveals updates and new enterprise solutions.

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