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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony (PSVR) is clearly leading and is taking one third of the whole market. Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); neither company has a VR user base anywhere close to Sony’s, and their products are either at the low end or a bit too expensive.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announced Android XR The most important news of the week, and one of the most important of the whole year, has been the official announcement by Google of Android XR. But other partners like XREAL, Sony, and Lynx are working on new devices compatible with this operating system.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

It is becoming always more difficult for a new company entering the field: the key hardware suppliers of displays and other components are all being bought by Meta, Apple, Snap, Google, and other big players. Image by Sony). For this reason, Sony is producing old PlayStation units to be able to sell something to its player base.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Answer: probably just the possibility of the same community visiting different worlds together may be enough) Is monetization beneficial to virtual worlds? Ah no, not even that because also Twitter is dead.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. from PC) to join its virtual worlds , too, so that to increment the user base. Disney is working on glasses-free virtual installations.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Back in the time, there were already some virtual worlds having interoperability between them, there has already been written a document about avatar rights, and there were already big concerns about privacy. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom.

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JULY 24, 2017

Since then standalone VR has moved even closer to reality; Google is releasing a line of WorldSense devices with partners like HTC Vive later this year. What role with Google’s WorldSense headsets play? It’s been nearly a year now since Oculus debuted its prototype standalone device, Santa Cruz , at Oculus Connect 3.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO. …and more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. CTRL+C in the real world, CTRL+V in the virtual one. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM). but it is anyway interesting to read about.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

For the past two years, it featured a virtual world made in VRChat by us of VRrOOm, and this year, the virtual world was still there in parallel with the physical one. I saw that there were people from Sony Interactive Entertainment. There was a keynote by Neal Stephenson.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In short, I saw a series of well-designed spaces equipped with some of the best virtual reality hardware and software available. ” The center currently features content from ILMxLAB, Sony, Lionsgate, Starbreeze, Survios, and Ubisoft.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. The introduction of virtual reality technology in many areas: oil and gas industry, engineering, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, advertising, and many others. Google Earth VR.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

What about Meta, Google and Apple? Google has scaled back its VR ambitions a couple of years ago, ending support for its Daydream platform in 2020. Overall, global sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets shrank 12 percent in 2022, according to research from CCS Insights , from 11 million units sold in 2021 to 9.6

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world? What a time to be alive!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Almost exactly five years ago, the hot thing I could think of to control virtual worlds was the early Emotiv EEG headsets. While this all started with the promise of getting people more immersed into game worlds, we see the applications for, and potential of, so much more every single day.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple wants to reduce the price of the display by a 50% factor and is also trying to have other suppliers of displays beyond Sony (e.g. According to a new report by The Elec, Apple wants to release a second-generation device that costs $1500 and the first cost entry to cut to arrive at that goal is the displays.

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MAY 3, 2017

User-generated content might be a common feature of many games these days, but you could argue that its inception was kick started by Sony’s LittleBigPlanet series. Carte Blanche, meanwhile, largely remains under wraps but looks to be a simplified way of quickly assembling virtual worlds that anyone can get to grips with.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. What room are you in, what objects or other people are around you.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 15, 2017

You’re raring to jump into virtual worlds but, let’s face it, you’re probably about $1,000 lighter than you were yesterday and gaming is not a cheap hobby. Sony’s free download, made available at the launch of PlayStation VR (PSVR), remains one of the most joyful and fun experiences on any headset out there.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content. Meta’s new digital landscape is sure to pave the way for endless new virtual concerts and online experiences in the years to come.

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VRWorld

MAY 27, 2016

We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. “The beauty of our PPT system and the new plug-ins is that they take the orientation data from the game engine.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Google Cardboard.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Soon you’ll be able to wave around a controller to instruct your virtual worlds, probably like a laser pointer. If you’d say this sounds similar to the Bluetooth-connected controller from Google’s Daydream, we wouldn’t disagree with you. PSVR’S SALES NUMBERS REVEALED AS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SONY. …and more.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Head mounted display: Used during the Gibson hack attempt, Dade wears a Google Glass like headset with a drop down heads up display.

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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). Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

If you have a computer capable of supporting VR or a Sony PlayStation 4, this is a good time to get a headset to go with it. Meanwhile, while the Google Daydream isn’t on special sale today on Amazon, you can get the slate-colored one for $77, a little bit off the regular price of $79. Best deals on high-end headsets.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Google Cardboard ($15) . Just like its official slogan claimed, “Experience virtual reality in a simple, fun, and affordable way.” Google Cardboard, developed by Google for the promotion of the VR concept, is indeed made up of cardboard, and in different sizes for compatibility with different smartphones.

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Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

While there were various attempts to realize such device over the past decades, Google definitely has the prerogative of raising the awareness of the general public for this technology. Its Google Glass finally unlocked the market of smart eyewear in 2013. These goggles will abduct you from reality and plunge you into a virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality. The studio will so become part of the Sony Worldwide Studios. Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Someone made Google Lens work in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

And I totally agree with Sony Pictures’s Jake Zim when he says that if we are in this field, we must be committed to staying here for another 10 years: What XR needs I imagine you now asking me: “Ok Tony, all of this makes sense, great reasoning… but so, what XR needs to become mainstream? The third is that I see the value.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Sony has confirmed its interest in releasing a new PSVR headset, but it has also confirmed that it will be released after the PS5. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Youtube VR has proven to be the place to go to find interesting 2D and 360 videos to enjoy on a headset, and Meta has recognized this, so it is partnering with Google to bring it inside Horizon Home in a social way. Direct shaaring from Pico Video to Douyin (the Chinese TikTok).

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