The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

And it is even more important because it shows Apple’s commitment towards XR : notwithstanding all the articles mocking the sales of Vision Pro, Apple is modifying its flagship hardware to create content for its XR glasses. This is very important because it means that all iPhone owners will be able to create spatial content.

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JUNE 12, 2023

In this Guest Article, studio head Denny Unger shares his thoughts on Apple’s entrance into the space. Guest Article by Denny Unger Denny Unger is CEO and CCO at Cloudhead Games. Cloudhead Games is one of the most successful and senior VR studios in the industry.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

Original Article (February 29th, 2020) : GDC organizers announced the decision late Friday in a news briefing , saying that the mid-March gathering in San Francisco, which typically includes both a vendor expo and developer talks, will instead take place at some point later in the summer.

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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. Unity details its MARS solution.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

I’ve been writing about it for over a year, and working on related products at Unity for much longer. We’ve seen some great examples of entertainment marketing, such as Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse campaign done by Trigger using 8th Wall’s WebAR platform a few years back. Four Myths About AR Advertising.

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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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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

More info Quest Pro can now track your tongue In version 60 of its SDKs for Unity and native code, Meta has added the functionality of detecting how much you are pulling out your tongue. I found it a very inspiring article, very different from the others I usually read.

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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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Upload VR

APRIL 9, 2025

But trying the game on PS VR2, we found it falls well short of what you'd expect from a game sold on Sony's platform, and it currently sits at a 1.38-star Sony's official refund policy states that a game cannot have been downloaded or streamed, and it must have been purchased in the last 14 days to be eligible.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Image by Unity Technologies).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

More info (PC VR market analsys by Road To VR) More info (PC VR market analsys by Upload VR) More info (My article about PCVR vs Quest). Image by Sony). It is not clear, and we hope that Sony will clarify his.(Theoretically If you want to prototype an interface in XR, have a look at this article. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). Among this free content, the real interesting stuff is $500 in free Azure credits , while the other things are highly questionable (like 3 months of Unity Pro license… it is more a free trial than a real added value!!). Header Image by Sony). Top news of the week. PS5 is a great console, but not for VR yet.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. units for my use in these articles. Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It is also possible to create your custom spaces to use in Mesh either with a no-code editor or by using Unity to create more personalized and complex scenes. More info Some news about content Sony has announced a few new games for its PSVR 2 headset. It’s my first time in such an important magazine and I’m incredibly happy about it!

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Google also offers ARCore , a developer tool for Android, iOS, Unreal, and Unity which help integrate AR elements into the real environment. One-year price performance for SNAP as of 2/3/20 Sony Corp. Ways to Get Your Business into VR 2.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. All are already included in Unity. PS5 by Sony Credit: Sony The haptics industry is at a great hype after the announcement of the release of Sony’s latest gaming console, the Playstation 5. Interhaptics creators will have the ability to deploy their projects to another platform.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

You may remember his name because he has read and commented a lot of articles on this website. We can deploy to a vast of platforms using game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, the more recent Godot engine or any of the other engines out there, which have all started to add VR features”. You may be saying “Come on!

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Elsewhere, HTC released the Vive XR Elite face tracker , Sony announced a new enterprise headset and we learned more about the Xreal Air 2 Ultra. Unity Lays Off 25% Workforce, 1800 Staff Facing Redundancy Unity, the leading game engine for VR developers, has announced a fresh round of layoffs affecting 1800 employees.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

Sony reveals finger tracking technology for controllers. In a research paper released by Sony and presented at CHI2020 it is possible to see the work that Sony is doing in finger tracking inside VR controllers. More info (Preview facilities in Unity) More info (Dynamic FFR). How to make mixed reality videos for Quest.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Sony arguably lost its footing as the console king when it launched the PlayStation 3 at $599 in 2005, and now here was a system that wanted considerably more cash for an experience that would still be foreign to many and a big financial risk for people to support. Surviving on Steam.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Today I host another great article by Rob Cole , who writes again about his experience with the Pimax Crystal headset. Here are my findings since the first article was published, starting with a subject close to my heart. If you want to read his previous post, you can find it here.

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Peter Graham

JULY 14, 2019

Senior VR/Unity Developer. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Barcelona, Spain. Inflight VR. Click Here to Apply. Barcelona, Spain. Inflight VR. Technical Operations Intern. Inflight VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

With this operation, Facebook secures another amazing development studio (after Beat Games), making sure that it will be able to provide high-quality games for its headsets in the future, and protecting itself from hostile acquisitions of other companies (like Sony acquiring Insomniac). 20 AR trends to follow in 2020. Learn more.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Unity 3D Developer. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Sony London Studio. Cardiff/Bristol, UK. Sugar Creative Studio. Click Here to Apply. Cardiff/Bristol, UK. Sugar Creative Studio. Mobile App Developer.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Authors’ opinions are their own. Find out more details, dynamics and submission guidelines here. . Who Will Own the Metaverse? by Marko Balabanovic.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2025

There have been anyway two huge companies, NVIDIA and Sony, that released XR-related announcements during their respective keynotes. Sony, instead, announced XYN, a new line of software and hardware XR products dedicated to creatives. Still, it is positive that Sony is committed to XR and digital worlds.

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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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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

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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. In the article on Yivian announcing the news, there are many people from Pico saying the usual boring press statements. Sony announces new games for PSVR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

This week, a rumor spread among XR communities: next-gen PSVR will be announced at a press conference to be held by Sony on February, 5th. The reason is that Sony has already announced that it will launch PSVR 2 only after the PS5 , to not confuse its buyers by selling too many things together. Unity changes how it handles XR Plugins.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

More info (Meta Quest+ gaming service) More info (Cross-buy available for Meta Quest+ games) Unity announces AI tools when Valve stops AI games This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for games (VR and not) made with the support of artificial intelligence. Muse looks a lot like ChatGPT integrated inside Unity.

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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

APRIL 4, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Unity talked about PlayStation VR 2 at GDC. Unity had a talk about developing for PlayStation VR 2 at GDC 2022. More info (Foveated Tracking boost inside PSVR 2) More info (Full Unity talk at GDC). Some articles on the metaverse. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

So for today’s article, let me focus mainly on the non-CES-related news about AR and VR. 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. When will the “Metaverse is dead” articles come out?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Japanese magazine Famitsu interviewed Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Hideaki Nishino and asked him many questions about PlayStation 5 and PSVR 2. This shows the commitment that Sony has toward VR; The lineup for PSVR 2 is not complete. Actually, Sony has not revealed all the launch titles, yet. Some news on content.

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