Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In 2023, Stockholm, Sweden-based gaming group Aonic acquired nDreams for $110 million. Layoffs spanning 2023 and 2024 included a number of top publishers and studios, such as Embracer Group, Unity, Microsoft, EA, Sony, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive and Riot Games.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. It’s the “convergence of gaming, film, and music” part which speaks to where the long-term synergies between Sony and Epic lie.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 13, 2017

We haven’t had the E3 where Sony doesn’t shut up about VR like it once did 3D, for example, nor the E3 where it seems like everyone and their mothers are making VR games like they once were mobile or motion controlled experiences. It was Microsoft that dropped the ball the hardest.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. Among its count of members, the OpenXR working group consisted of nearly every major player in the industry except Microsoft until now.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2022

Khronos Group, the consortium behind the OpenXR standard, is helping to assemble other XR industry players in service of cooperatively building interoperability standards for what it hopes will be an “open and inclusive metaverse.” ” Image courtesy Metaverse Standards Forum.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony unveils the new controllers of the PSVR2. Sony promises amazing haptic sensations on the controllers, that should be able to provide “impactful, textured, and nuanced” sensations. Image by Microsoft). Top news of the week. It will so have inside-out tracking.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand. Working groups will be organized around important topics for the industry, enabling us to produce relevant research and guidance.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 21, 2019

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Monday that the company is acquiring Insomniac Games, a storied game studio and one of the most experienced in VR development anywhere in the world. In that sense, this was a pretty good move for Sony on the VR front. Image courtesy Insomniac Games. SEE ALSO Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?)

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 26, 2023

Today, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which provides the “ building blocks ” for its Metaverse. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2020

OpenXR creates a unified structure between VR engines, apps, and headsets | Image courtesy Khronos Group. While Sony is a member of the industry group which is building OpenXR, the company has been quiet about OpenXR support on PSVR. Microsoft has also released initial OpenXR support for both its VR headsets and HoloLens 2.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

“OpenUSD will help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences, from artistic creation to content delivery, and produce an ever-widening array of spatial computing applications,” said Mike Rockwell, Apple’s VP of the Vision Products Group. We look forward to fostering its growth into a broadly adopted standard.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 18, 2017

Following up the partnership with Warner Music in December 2016 and Universal Music Group inked in March this year, Billboard reports that Sony Music is the newest addition to the MelodyVR stable. MelodyVR is a VR application that will give you premier access to live music events with perspectives from the stage or in the crowd.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 31, 2022

Sony is acquiring Bungie for a reported $3.6 billion in the latest move of what has been a string of blockbuster purchases within the gaming industry. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time. Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). At the end of this year or the beginning of the next one, Sony is going to launch its new gaming VR device, dubbed PSVR 2.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft had a big surprise for VR fans today, revealing a new range of VR headsets alongside its latest Windows 10 update. Not only are these devices cheaper than the Oculus Rift and Vive, but Microsoft says they’re better too. Microsoft, meanwhile, didn’t confirm if these new headsets would also run on it.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, it was a proprietary system, owned by Microsoft, and didn’t play well with other metaverse platforms. In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. ” And it’s making money.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2020

DigiLens , the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung’s venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company. ” SEE ALSO Microsoft is Expanding HoloLens 2 Availability with "tens of thousands" Shipped to Date.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2023

Neil Trevett, President, Khronos Group , explained that interoperability was essential to the Metaverse scaling to its full potential “beyond siloed games, experiences, and worlds.” Additionally, the organisation supports several Forum Exploratory Groups to build consensus on charters for future Working Groups.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This is a pretty extreme pivot, and it is causing internal turmoil inside all the Meta group: the company is suggesting many people from Facebook and Instagram join Reality Labs instead , or it is promoting people working on social media to have also metaverse roles. Sony acquires Bungie and thinks about Capcom.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2024

Meta designed the layout application, following similar immersive customer experience innovations from groups like Ikea. The OpenXR API is crucial for many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

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. The device can provide simultaneous two-way translation in multiple languages and offer several modes—face-to-face translation, group translation, and broadcast translation.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The group will consist of more than 50 Founding Members and Collaborators from across the world. For the AI Alliance, members will form working groups across the organisation’s targeted list of topics. Using AI, Microsoft aims to optimise processes for the enterprise, reducing time, waste, and equipment downtime.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 28, 2022

Tencent will form the new XR division under its Interactive Entertainment business group and develop the company’s software and hardware solutions under the leadership of Li Shen, Chief Technology Officer of Tencent Games , the sources explained in the report.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

More info (Logitech MX Ink now available) More info (My hands-on with the device) The end of HoloLens 2 Microsoft has officially announced the end-of-life of the Microsoft HoloLens 2: the company is now selling the last stock and will slowly discontinue the headset. Farewell, HoloLens. But I hope so.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. The OpenXR Working Group leverage industry-wide feedback to improve its API service. Moreover, Muniz explained that OpenXR 1.1 Muniz also added: OpenXR 1.1

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The Khronos Group, a major organisation dedicated to developing interoperable, open-sourced assets and standards for web3 platforms, hosts the Forum. It also includes a massive 3D object library backed by the Khronos Group for easy world-building and deployment.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers. Oculus has a healthy smattering of demo locations across the US in many Best Buy and Microsoft stores. PlayStation VR (PSVR).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Metaverse Tech Will Be Built and Used by a More Diverse Group of People John Payne, CEO of Croquet , believes that metaverse technologies will be built and utilized by more diverse groups. We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Unity has already sent an email to all of us to say that the distribution of the Beta will start next month (July) and will be gradual starting from a small group of developers. According to the creators of Hubris, Sony is working on solving the issue , but he said nothing about when this update will be released.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

More info Sony Mocopi seems to be good for full-body VR Thrillseeker, the superstar VR Youtuber, is experimenting with Mocopi, the lightweight full-body VR kit by Sony. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft product lineup surprised everyone today, but the biggest surprise was planned for VR fans. Not only are these devices cheaper than the Oculus Rift and Vive, but Microsoft says they’re better too. Following that, presentation continued with several features using Microsoft HoloLens. Stay tuned.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image by Sony, from Road To VR). Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR. With an online livestream of around 1 hour, Sony has finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5. But Sony has confirmed that while we wait for it, the PS5 will be able to work with the current PSVR device. Image from Khronos Group).

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Mashable VR

MARCH 6, 2022

How Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have responded Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony are the three biggest names in console gaming and they've all made moves to cut off Russia, at least to some extent. In the case of Microsoft, the U.S.-based Tweet may have been deleted.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The industry is striving for ever greater openness and interconnectivity, hence why The Khronos Group and its affiliates began working on OpenXR. At present only Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality headsets support OpenXR. The current OpenXR 1.0

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