XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Early next year, at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025, Sony will showcase its long-awaited and much-hyped XR headset. Sony gains recognition following the CES 2025 awards program receiving a record-breaking number of submissions. CES 2025 uses an independent panel review procedure to choose the firm awarded in each category.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2021

I had the great pleasure to interview SVP of VR at Sony Pictures Jake Zim on his experience with developing, producing, and launching VR games inspired by Sony Pictures’ movies Spider-Man , Jumanji , Groundhog Day , and most recently, Zombieland. Here at Sony Pictures, we publish VR games and experiences across all platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The two companies have a great relationship and Apple is realizing that the fact that its headset lacking controllers is a problem for certain types of content, gaming in particular. I reviewed the demo of COLD VR (the opposite of SUPERHOT VR) a few months ago and I truly appreciated it, so Im happy to see this game launching soon.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As the latest agent to join the Men in Black, it’s up to you and your teammates to beat back this destructive invasion using all the futuristic tools and weaponry at your disposal. The post Men In Black Is Getting Its Own Location-Based VR Game appeared first on VRScout. ” Image Credit: Dreamscape.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2018

Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forester, Senior Team Lead at Sony’s Research & Development West group, chronicled a range of explorations in advanced livestreaming and sharing features for PSVR. Today PSVR users can access the usual PS4 broadcasting tools. Image courtesy Sony.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2020

Create your own interactive games and environments, no prior experience required. Once you’re feeling comfortable with the controls, you can then get started creating your own VR games and environments. Image Credit: Sony PlayStation. In order to access the update players will need to own the base, available for $39.99

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2020

PlayStation 4 game creator Dreams received its highly-anticipated VR Update earlier today, introducing a variety of game creation tools designed specifically for PlayStation VR. You’ll begin by downloading the Dreams VR update on your PlayStation 4 console (free for owners of the existing game).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 21, 2025

And be sure to read it until the end, because today I have a giveaway of keys for BEATABLE, the innovative rhythm game by XR Games! This may not seem much, but the RTX 2080 was able to run Half-Life: Alyx , which is a PC VR game with very solid graphics. Stay tuned!

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab , the platform that lets you view, share, and download 3D models via traditional monitors and AR/VR headsets, today announced its been acquired by Unreal Engine creators Epic Games. Sketchfab says it will continue to support other game engines, Unity included.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

All these buttons replicate the buttons of a standard gamepad, and this would allow players to play their whole Steam library on the Deckard headset , not only the VR games. Plus this would make the Roy controllers offer a totally different input scheme that would be a disaster for us developers that want to make cross-platform games.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) , the VR platformer that’s still wowing PSVR users well after its October 2nd launch, took home the title of ‘Best VR/AR Game’ at last night’s Game Awards. ” Other games competing in the category were Beat Saber, Firewall Zero Hour, Moss, and Tetris Effect.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

style game for iOS and Android. . Right on the heels of Google’s recent ARCore update , comes an announcement by 4:33 Creative Labs: Ghostbusters World is a new AR game that will have you answering the call when there’s something strange in your neighborhood. Style AR Game appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

With a multi-tool in hand, you must solve a series of puzzles while teleporting yourself around the many luxury rooms of the spaceship, finally ending up on a spacewalk outside the ship’s hull. With simple puzzles that require a Rift Touch or Vive controller as your virtual tool, you can quickly breeze through the experience.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2020

All games on the PlayStation Store have an identifier code which is listed in the game’s URL. An image was also scraped from the listing, noting that Sony Interactive Entertainment is the app’s publisher. Gamstat has recovered the following store identifiers for Tilt Brush: America – CUSA18125_00.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 26, 2017

Today, though, Sony announced four new titles on the way to the headset from eastern developers. The first is Stifled, an indie horror game that we wrote about back in 2016. Developed by Gattai Games, it sees you navigating a world that only becomes visible when you make sounds.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2024

HTC has released a YouTube video that hints at the impending release of a ‘game-changing’ Vive headset. Keep your eyes open — what’s coming next will change the game for good.” It will also reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR, and Immersed’s Visor. What Can We Expect?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

Beat Games). Many great XR games are controlled by Meta. Image by Sony). While we were all considering a 2022 release as a given, when asked directly about the matter, Sony declined to answer. For this reason, Sony is producing old PlayStation units to be able to sell something to its player base.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Creating more believable virtual characters will play an essential role in further immersing us in single-player VR experiences in the future, and Sony intends to demonstrate that on PlayStation VR (PSVR) this GDC. They’ll also be showing off the upcoming PSVR Aim Controller in conjunction with its first game, Farpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More info (Mentra and Vuzix partner on AugmentOS) More info (AugmentOS official website) News worth a mention (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PSVR 2 had great holiday sales numbers Thanks to the huge price discount from $550 to $350, the sales of PSVR 2 had a huge boost in 2024. This is impressive.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

Gabe Follower also maintains Valve is also set to ship games or demos that are already done specifically for Deckard. And indeed the device should be able to play SteamDeck flatscreen games, but on a big screen in VR. Fast Travel Games just made Mannequin free to play. 400 seems like a good price for it, in my opinion.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 28, 2022

This Tuesday, Sony, the firm behind the Playstation line-up of console gaming devices, announced new details for its upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR 2) headset. In an official blog post , Sony introduced several new features to improve the PSVR 2 user experience. New User Experience. What to Expect from PSVR 2.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2022

Sony today revealed the first gameplay trailer for Horizon Call of the Mountain , an exclusive title headed to PSVR 2. A new gameplay trailer revealed during today’s PlayStation State of Play event suggests that Horizon Call of the Mountain will be closer to a full game than just a brief experience.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2024

Sony has a pretty interesting take on how to serve up ‘pro’ style controllers in its recently revealed enterprise-focused standalone , which could point the way forward for Vision Pro. Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset with a bit of an identity crisis. At least not in the near future.

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Upload VR

MARCH 30, 2025

From pinball to supernatural mysteries, April presents even more new VR games. March is nearly over and VR gaming saw numerous releases. April is slightly quieter while still boasting a few notable games, and we'll keep updating this list as more news comes in. Here's our latest monthly highlights.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

MeKiwi is a very interesting indie studio in Finland : they have published a very popular VR game like Cave Digger, and they have also experimented with something artistic with ArtPulse. Recently, they also made something quite unique in the ecosystem: they have ported their VR game Cave Digger back to flat-screen Desktop PC.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2019

8th Wall, a Palo Alto-based company creating augmented reality development tools, today announced the release of its cloud-based authoring and hosting platform which aims to make it easier for AR developers by providing what it calls a “unified in-browser solution” to create and host WebAR experiences.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” Best Collaboration Tool. What makes something a collaboration tool?”

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

If you’ve played any video games at all – particularly open-world RPGs – you know that getting NPCs right can be hard. So, if we’re going to have a metaverse for games, shopping, business, etc., Other members of the e-board have backgrounds including Magic Leap and Sony. we need something better. What is Inworld AI

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2022

.” The so-called Metaverse Standards Forum was founded by platform holders, hardware companies, engine/tool creators, and users, with participants including companies such as Adobe, Autodesk, Epic Games, Unity, Meta, Microsoft, nVidia, OTOY, Qualcomm, and Sony. ” Image courtesy Metaverse Standards Forum.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Players take on the role of “The Gardener,” a green-thumbed wanderer equipped with a variety of powerful tools, including the Stilts. This unique locomotion system involves using the PS Move controllers to quickly tiptoe your way throughout the eclectic in-game world.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sony and Nintendo were all set to release a collaborative game system known as the SNES-CD back in the 90s as an add-on device for the Super Nintendo. It’s been a long time coming and now Sony is finally putting all of its wacky peripherals to use in one immersive experience. Funny how that works out, isn’t it?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sony is working on PC support for PSVR 2, it announced today. The original PlayStation VR was adapted to work on PC via two unofficial third-party drivers, iVRy and Trinus, and positional tracking was possible through the open-source tool PSMoveService.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. PSVR2 will surely have its dedicated controllers, but since Sony is trying to guarantee retro-compatibility of games (especially gems like AstroBot), this headset should also be able to work with the DualSens controller.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Japanese electronics giant Sony recently bought out Beyond Sports, allowing the former to build massive metaverse content for sporting events. Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. it announced this week.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2024

Well, the news isn’t good, as Rec Room has “no current plans” to support Sony’s latest VR headset. ” The free social VR platform has been available on the original PSVR since late 2017, bringing its user-focused maker tools alongside a host of first-party games and activities.

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