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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Not that that’s a problem for Sony, with a tidy 50 million units sold in just over three years on the market. But all the shrewdness Sony has displayed in the past few years makes the risk of PlayStation VR all the more baffling. Sony had its work cut out if it was going to get the ball rolling, and E3 was only a few months away.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

This includes noteworthy industry firsts such as GameDriver ’s out-of-the-box automated testing solution, and Big Rock Creative’s VR-only comic book convention. HTC launched VIVERSE , their metaverse platform that aims to create positive experiences that benefit every user. Sony also unveiled its new PlayStation VR headset.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

For his work directing Disney’s The Jungle Book movie and creating the incredibly popular Gnomes & Goblins VR experience alongside Wevr and Reality One , director, writer and producer Jon Favreau will receive the society’s 2017 Harold Lloyd Award for Filmmaking.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Scraper: A Novel About Punk, is a great book about a young rocker in the early 80s and his band. I wanted a well-known sci-fi author to help with the book. As I began writing down the characters, events, timeline and world makeup, I realized there is no way this could be covered in one book or one game. No relation at all.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase.

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JUNE 24, 2017

They complement the likes of DiRT Rally and a string of other titles that threw out the rule book and created VR editions. If I had to bet on what Sony, Oculus of HTC would next throw money at to get the wheels going it would be that. Make no mistake, companies have put time into making sure these games work in VR.

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APRIL 3, 2023

As part of our Kickstarter campaign in 2013, one of the price tier perks was 50 Ready Player One books signed by Cline. And then we did a small event in Austin with Cline signing the books. Pretty much all of the big players, outside of Sony’s PSVR. “Funnily enough, [he] lives in Austin,” says Goetgeluk. “As

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 3, 2017

Past the altar was a pedestal with a book that outlined a ritual. For them, a book might fly off of a shelf an hour later in the game that I never get to see. I tried to find the flashlight on the ground, but had no luck, so I just rounded the corner into a room that looked like an altar of some kind. Thus began a mini scavenger hunt.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Or, if you’re not near our London office, why not book a virtual demo? Additionally, the room incorporates a Lenovo ThinkSmart Teams Room device, Crystal Vox Loqui 1 Speakers, a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling mic, and a Sony digital camera. We’d love to host you.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The annual Tokyo Game Show (TGS) will return next week with Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) having a big presence at the event for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. That launch won’t purely be for PlayStation VR, with a version also coming to Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Now Batman is taking over virtual reality with Batman Arkham VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Later computer games such as Batman – The Telltale Series focused more on the adventure and story building aspect that fans know from the comic book world. Putting on the cape and cowl to bust heads has never been so immersive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

Users can also port across mobile phones, PCs, and gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft XBOX, and Nintendo Switch. LAMINA1 also has a world-renowned team, including Co-Founder Neal Stephenson , who first coined the term ‘metaverse’ in his book Snow Crash.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The game is set within the iconic Nautilus featured in the book, which differs from the previous Labyrinth game setting. Other platforms competing in the gaming industry include Pico Interactive’s Pico 4 headset , Sony’s Playstation VR 2 , and HTC VIVE’s Pro and Flow headsets, and HP’s Reverb G2, among many others.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. XR Access co-founder Shiri Azenkot told me "But it was always a retroactive thing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

It’s the VR experience of Pete’s Dragon or Jungle Book, features like that. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. Since it’s professional equipment, a lot of rental houses are carrying it now, too, just like high-end cameras from Sony or Panasonic. And Sony Pictures also includes Sony Music.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). 7- Alvin Graylin. 16- Vinay Narayan.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Other relevant news. News worth a mention. Moss 2 releases on PSVR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

SEE ALSO ‘Blood & Truth’ Behind-the-Scenes – Insights & Artwork from Sony's London Studio. It would have been a real shame if this highly immersive and well-realized retelling of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s eponymous children’s book wasn’t completed as a result. Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode I.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Image by HTC). Other relevant news. Image from the web). Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. I saw that there were people from Sony Interactive Entertainment. There was a keynote by Neal Stephenson. There was Philip Rosedale (but I couldn’t find a moment to meet with him).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

More than an article, with its 10,000+ words, this is a short book on the Pimax Sword, featuring everything you may need to know about them (what is Pimax, what are the Sword controllers, how do they work… even an interview with the COO of the company!). These are a common “Sony type” called BXP-01 used in many digital cameras.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year was awesome for VR gaming, but 2019 is looking even brighter with a slew of highly polished titles coming to PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Here we take a look at 15 tantalizing VR titles confirmed for release in 2019. ” Vacation Simulator.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If you’re a regular reader here at UploadVR you’ll know that every Friday we give you a quick update on all the games that have launched for the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and HTC Vive over the past seven days. Now that Sony’s headset is out, we’re going to be doing a list for that too. Our thoughts. Price: $19.99.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

to 2 hour experience is coming to HTC Vive through Steam, Valve’s online store and undoubtedly world’s #1 e-tailer for games. During E3, we managed to grab more details about the experience courtesy of our contacts at Valve Software, HTC and Nvidia. As a movie, Everest was based on the book by Seaborn Beck Weathers.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. I also have a column in VR Focus that I’m going to be starting up again and I hope to have completed by the end of the year with our co-author Michael Mascioni, a sequel to a previous book. That would be essential.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. I also have a column in VR Focus that I’m going to be starting up again and I hope to have completed by the end of the year with our co-author Michael Mascioni, a sequel to a previous book. That would be essential.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

But you could also say the same of Sony. You could also say the say of HTC. I also have a column in VR Focus that I'm going to be starting up again and I hope to have completed by the end of the year with our co-author Michael Mascioni, a sequel to a previous book. That would be essential.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

More info (Wedding with the Vision Pro) Sony announces many layoffs Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced that the company is laying off 900 PlayStation employees. This is going to create more awareness around virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. Let’s see. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That said, inviting you to support this blog on Patreon , so that I can keep hosting these amazing articles, I leave you to Rob’s post, that is like a tiny book, on the journey of developing Project Caliper. The booking agent at the office also started recognising me, which became a running joke between us, “another RMA?”.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

PSVR 2 Controllers (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Even if Sony has not confirmed a release window for PSVR 2 , I believe that it will be launched in 2022, probably in the last part of the year , in time for the Winter Holidays. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). Accessories. Technology. Tech convergence.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

In the meantime, even HTC that was safe until now is having troubles in manufacturing the external tracking faceplate , whose release date will be delayed. Regarding the compatibility of older PS4 titles (including VR ones), Sony has clarified that most of titles will be compatible, but some of them won’t work on Day 1. It seems fun.

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