Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2021

A report from Bloomberg citing unnamed sources points to a Holiday 2022 launch of Sony’s next-gen PSVR headset. Last year the company correctly reported that Oculus would release a successor to the Quest with a faster refresh rate, new controllers, and a smaller redesign that would remove the headset’s fabric accents.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 10, 2025

Sony's standalone XR headset for enterprise CAD now has a price and release month. The Sony SRH-S1, as it's now being called, will be available for businesses to purchase from January 23 for $4750, and will start shipping some time in February. The headset was first announced at last year's CES.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Sony branded its standalone headset XYN, and we went hands-on with the latest prototype. UploadVR's Don Hopper is on site at CES 2025, and attended Sony's formal announcement of its XYN headset, pronounced "zin", which the company still describes as a prototype.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Rumors about an impending set of Samsung Smart Glasses have been circulating for a while now. Samsung’s team has dropped plenty of hints that the company is planning on entering the XR market. Recent leaks suggest that Samsung could enter the “smart wearables” market sooner than we thought. So, what does all of this mean?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

XR is still in the early days and this year nothing mindblowing is going to happen: the major event will be the launch of Android XR headsets, but the Samsung device is too expensive to compete with Meta. Currently, Sony does not sell the controllers separately by the headset, but if the partnership is confirmed, it will start to do so.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

It is fully standalone , and it features a unique set of controllers: on one hand the user wears a ring (which is controlled by the thumb), while on the other one, he wears a controller that has a very peculiar shape. The new device, still unnamed, boasts a Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 processor and is said to include 1.3-inch

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

with a lightsaber-shaped controller, play HoloChess, and challenge the Empire in a tabletop RTS. Now, Lenovo is returning with a new AR game, MARVEL Dimension of Heroes , and a pair of 6DOF controllers too. Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Nova 2S, Xiaomi MIX2, Sony Xperia XZ1. Image courtesy Lenovo. Image courtesy Lenovo.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

The new move comes just over one month after Google announced Android XR, its standalone XR operating system and platform, as Samsung revealed the first headset to run it. Sony, Lynx, And Xreal Are Building Android XR Devices Too While Samsungs headset will be the first, Sony, Lynx, and Xreal are building Android XR devices too.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The controllers had already been unveiled, but at CES we discovered their name: “PlayStation VR2 Sense Controllers” No words have been said about the release date (that will be this year, by the way) and the price. Controllers specifications.

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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. Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. And one has surprised me: the controllers will feature inside-out tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

With Android XR, Google wants to power a broad range of proprietary and third-party experiences, spanning all the way from the upcoming Samsung XR headset , to smart glasses, and extended reality applications infused with artificial intelligence. Users can interact with applications using voice and gestures rather than physical controllers.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. Equipped with tracking and sensory technologies and hand controllers, the virtual reality devices made playing games highly engaging and reciprocal. Innovative and Interactive Levels.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Sony is Qualcomm's 5th partner building a headset based on the XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. The new device features 4K OLED microdisplays and is on the way from Sony Corporation rather than Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony "and its partners" will announce specifications, "software compatibility" and details later.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Expected to be rolled out in phases prior to the theatrical opening on November 17, 2017, the Justice League VR experience will have a four-stage unveiling that culminates with a full blown room-scale experience for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google DayDream and Sony PSVR. Outrace your enemies as Batman. .

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Sony is the first of the big three console makers to jump into virtual reality with the PSVR headset. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 21, 2025

More info A developer made some steps toward PSVR 2s HDR usage on PC The VR community continues to look for workarounds to unlock all the cool features of PSVR 2 that Sony is not allowing on PC. You can demo this technology with a PCVR headset through the Immersix application. A Creator Platform for next-gen to Socialize.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A Sony XR headset is coming – and it’ll be unlike anything you’ve seen from the tech company before. Sony is advertising this new device as a “spatial content creation system” intended to help organizations and developers create intuitive extended reality experiences. So, what can we expect from the Sony XR headset?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info (Sam Altman returns as CEO of OpenAI) More info (The Q* algorithm could be the reason why Altman was fired) News worth a mention Samsung trademarks “Samsung Glasses” Samsung has filed a trademark for “Samsung Glasses” in the UK. Who will it be… Sony or Meta? This seems like a very good partnership.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2020

Samsung Odyssey. Samsung Odyssey+. The greatest difference will likely come down to Index’s controllers, which offer high fidelity finger tracking, and while Valve says this can enhance immersion, the company said it didn’t design any major gameplay elements around finger tracking specifically. Can I Mix and Match Controllers?

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Working closely with Valve, Sony, and Meta, Cloudhead is best known for their title Pistol Whip and has shipped four popular VR titles ( Pistol Whip , Valve’s Aperture Hand Labs , Call of the Starseed , and Heart of the Emberstone ). Whether or not to include controllers to support legacy VR titles.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Odyssey Systems/ Headsets. Assorted Microsoft Systems/ Accessories/ Controllers. Sony PS4 Systems/ Accessories/ Controllers. We’ve also spotted some HTC Vives & Vive Pros, a stack of SteamVR basestations, and some controllers. Key Items Include: Large Quantities of 27” Apple Thunderbolt Displays.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Other Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit highlights include calendar management, smart home device control, and music playback. This means that the wireless noise-canceling headphones from Sony not only let users stream music but also handle calls and get information on demand. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

We were able to get 6k /60fps very quickly, and it really feels like a threshold moment, where suddenly high quality VR is now achievable beyond the most controlled of conditions.”. Created VR for Samsung, Sony, Sky, U2, FX, Warner Bros, and more. Four Sony a7S II cameras, four 8mm Samyang FE lenses, and rig?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2024

It will also reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR, and Immersed’s Visor. So far HTC has introduced a number of VR headsets, beginning with its first HTC Vive headset in 2016, with room-scale positional tracking and tracked controllers.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. The headset also launched alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain , the first native VR game based on one of Sony’s major first-party IPs.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info (Quest has sold 20 M units) More info (Opinion on VR not mainstream) More info (My editorial on Quest 2 sales and the problem of retention) More info (Editorial on The Verge about Quest being a gaming console) Samsung trademarks “Galaxy Glasses” We may have a name for the upcoming AR glasses by Samsung.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This is especially true for those brave enough to participate in Black Friday, a night so barbaric it’s basically the equivalent of a suburban gladiator fight; except instead of battling for their lives, these “warriors” are battling for 25% off the latest Samsung 4K TV. Available at both Target and GameStop.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Samsung HMD Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $500 $449. Sony announced a $100 discount on all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB consoles. Bundles with Touch controllers will be just $350 at Best Buy from Nov. Samsung Gear VR Price Cut. Sold on Samsung and Amazon. Shop on Amazon.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2018

To compliment the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce Distorted Reality , a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOS. He owned this new format and really took charge.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Its visual quality is impressive if compared with other similar performances; Reachy , the cute robot by Pollen Robotics that you can control by VR. Samsung original controller design gets leaked. Do you remember the VR headset by Samsung that was leaked some months ago?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) There are new leaks on Meta Quest 3S This week we had new leaks on Quest 3S, including many images of the headset and its controllers and some leaked information on the Quest documentation website. This seems to confirm the rumors about the “Puffin” MR glasses that are attached to a computational unit.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2019

More optical elements mean more control over the way light passes through the lens (but also mean more weight and cost). To our knowledge, among modern headsets, only Samsung’s Odyssey+ and Sony’s PSVR have used diffusers before Index. Image courtesy GamerToTheEnd. Image courtesy GamerToTheEnd.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

2015’s CES was the first for Samsung’s ‘Oculus powered’ mobile VR headset ‘Gear VR’ having been unveiled and impressing a few months earlier at IFA Berlin. Sony however, having debuted it’s PlayStation 4 powered ‘Morpheus’ (later. The Oculus Rift Crescent Bay Prototype.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

Homido isn’t a household name around the world like Facebook, Google, Sony, or Samsung, but it has carved out a niche in the mobile HMD market over the past two years. The company also sells Homido-branded bluetooth gamepads, which can be used for a variety of experiences, and is prototyping its own motion controllers.

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