ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

One of the reasons that HTC VIVE is an ARPost perennial favorite headset manufacturer is because the company doesn’t turn out a headset every day. Sony makes some of the coolest VR accessories of any company out there. The second is the audio kits and facial trackers making social VR even better. The Future Comes in Pieces.

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Road to VR

MAY 30, 2017

Luckey was a long time tinkerer of head mounted displays prior to building the first Rift prototypes which lead to him founding Oculus and taking the Rift to Kickstarter in 2012 for what would become a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign. The hardware will not change.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

There is something of an arms race developing between the major VR hardware companies (Facebook, Google, HTC, Sony) to add more intuitive controls for VR. Eyefluence uses a proprietary system of eye-gestures to do everything they could with their hands and a smartphone with just their eyes and a head mounted display.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Immersive solutions manufacturer HTC VIVE teased its audiences on Wednesday with a photo of an upcoming headset on Twitter. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022. Additional competitors in the VR market include Sony’s PSVR 2 and Meta’s acclaimed Quest 2 headsets. HTC VIVE Metaverse Solutions, Ambitions.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

From all-in-one mobile VR headsets to tethered head-mounted displays (HMDs) with hand-controllers that looked eerily similar to brands we already report on, one thing’s for sure, there was no shortage of VR and AR hardware on the show floor. million units and hardware revenues approaching $2.3

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Sony is about to bring the third weapon to the high-end VR fight, and it could have a major impact on the market. The combination of content, pricing, and simplicity may mean that Sony could take a dominant position in the market over competition like HTC and Oculus. What It Means For Sony. VR for Everyone.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Now it’s the turn of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) with possible new designs for PlayStation VR which include possible improved tracking and wireless options. In comparison to rival headsets like Oculus Rift/Quest, HTC Vive or Valve Index, for example, the PlayStation VR falls way behind when it comes to tracking the device.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. HTC and Valve ask folks to do it for the Vive. I hate doing this.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

With decades of experience in hardware design and manufacturing, and having created many non-VR head-mounted displays in the past, it’s no surprise that Sony’s VR headset is competitive with the other high-end VR headsets on the market, and arguably surpasses the high-end PC headsets in some areas of ergonomics and image quality.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. This began with devices from Lenovo, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, and Meta Platforms, so the growth we’ve seen for consumer use cases has been very strong since then.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Final specs show that PlayStation VR is the heaviest headset among the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but its smart design will have you wondering how much weight can actually tell you about comfort. Sony somehow managed to nail this right out of the gate. Sony’s approach is very different. A Different Way to Wear.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Additional headsets, including the Meta Quest Pro , HTC VIVE XR Elite, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Enterprise, Varjo VR-3 and XR-3, and Lenovo VRX and A3 feature this technology. The device’s spatial audio capabilities use its head-mounted display (HMD) to build a ‘People Map’ of a child’s surroundings.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 29, 2018

Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPO) last week, the Cupertino-based firm has outlined plans for a head-mounted display (HMD). With it, the company could use its digital crown feature to display notifications and images, listen to music, and others.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 5, 2017

It was founded by Dave Ranyard, the former head of Sony London Studio. Vaqso is a Japanese invention consisting of a small device that clips to the bottom of your Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or PlayStation VR (PSVR). Read more here. 2) Mother , a creative agency, backs Dream Reality Interactive (dRi). Read more here. Read more here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Ozo’s output is one single cable going into either your storage or a head-mounted display. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. Since it’s professional equipment, a lot of rental houses are carrying it now, too, just like high-end cameras from Sony or Panasonic. That happened in August.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

Beijing-based research organization recently released a study named “Experiment Report on the Impact of Long-Term Use of Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays on the Vision of Pre-teen Users” (PDF download).

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Interestingly, the virtual image of the screen (see Head-mounted Displays and Lenses ) becomes larger as eye relief increases from 0mm to 10mm, and then becomes smaller again as more parts of the screen become occluded by the rim of the lens. Figure 7: View through PSVR’s right lens at 30mm eye relief.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Compared with the mobile headsets, Oculus Rift’s head-mounted display provides a view of higher resolution and broader field, in addition to its integrated headphones which provide a 3D audio effect. HTC Vive ($499).

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Head mounted display (start of film) : Prototype model that appears to be a maskless football helmet with an array of sensors and circuitry strewn around the head.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

There’s an issue here in our industry that we have a concern about putting head-mounted displays and glasses on people’s heads if you’re dealing with thousands of guests. Do you want to have a head-mounted display, or would you rather have the images projected onto the surface you can interact with?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

There’s an issue here in our industry that we have a concern about putting head-mounted displays and glasses on people’s heads if you’re dealing with thousands of guests. Do you want to have a head-mounted display, or would you rather have the images projected onto the surface you can interact with?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

There's an issue here in our industry that we have a concern about putting head-mounted displays and glasses on people's heads if you're dealing with thousands of guests. Do you want to have a head-mounted display, or would you rather have the images projected onto the surface you can interact with?

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. And to explain at least a small portion of this sudden success, I’m going to look at another piece of technology at the time, Sony’s Playstation 2. VR, of course, is a different beast, or so I tell myself.

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