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Samsung Losing Ground In VR/AR Due To ‘Obsession’ With Foldable Tech

VRScout

“Big tech companies, rather than smartphone manufacturers, are leading XR devices because they have the necessary content and platforms,” said Kim Gwang-soo, an analyst at eBest Investment and Securities, adding, “Google has an operating system Android, Microsoft has Xbox and Sony has PlayStation.

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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big

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Tonight in Hollywood, California the Lumiere Awards were held at Warner Brothers Studios. Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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If you can’t travel to China for AWE Asia, you can attend the event at home, in sunny California. Some of the sessions in the section dedicated to XR will explore topics such as: Sculpting in VR; Using VR for story development and pre-production; Revolutionizing content businesses with XR spatial design. When: November 9 – November 11.

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Moon VR Player returns with passthrough AR mode

The Ghost Howls

After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. We had 500k downloads on Google Play , 100k downloads on Gear VR, and 50k on Steam. Our CEO Tao , on the other hand, has been a geek his whole life. .

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

VRScout

Studios in Hollywood, California, The 8th annual Lumiere Awards will honour an impressive amount of influencers in the arts and technologies of 3D, HDR, VR, AR and 360-degree content. In an unexpected turn of events, the society’s incredibly rare Century Award will be given to the massively successful Google Earth VR application.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.30): Niantic launches VPS, Pico launches Neo 3 Link, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Hello everyone from San Jose, California! 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. Other news. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.11): CES had some interesting XR announcements, new rumors on Apple and Meta, and more!

The Ghost Howls

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. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. What a true pity.

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