Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2018

Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio. Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. Image courtesy Sony.

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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.” It is such an honor to be presenting this award,” said Singla.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). No one can compete now. Let me show you what are some of them.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. The launch will happen at a new online event dubbed Vivecon, which is going to start on May, 11th at 5 PM BST (British Summer Time, that is, present-time London time). We have also a date for the launch: May, 11th.

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Many gaming pundits have been saying the PSVR has been missing from Sony's long term battle strategy due to a lackluster presence at both E3 and Tokyo Game Show. Despite the over 1 million PSVR units sold and the acclaim of content like Resident Evil 7 it does not seem to get the credit that the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift get.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Best Art or Film Developer, entrepreneur, and consultant Antony Vitillo, perhaps better known as “ Skarred Ghost ”, presented the first Auggie Award of the night for Best Art or Film. “I Unfortunately, no one from Delta Reality was present to accept the award. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Those of us who are old enough to have seen the rise of virtual reality in the ‘90s and then the fall and then another rise in mid 2000 and then another fall, know that the present hype about virtual reality may not be sustainable. Sony (PSVR) is clearly leading and is taking one third of the whole market.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2018

With mostly prior confirmed PSVR titles presenting at E3 2018 , we expected Sony to dedicate a few moments during its E3 2018 keynote to highlight the platform’s upcoming VR games, of course with the understanding that high-profile PS4 titles would mostly overshadow VR titles. Well, that’s a bit of an understatement.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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AR Insider

APRIL 13, 2020

Because hardware sales figures aren’t disclosed ( except from Sony ), this becomes an ongoing exercise in piecing together known quantities to extrapolate unknown ones. — Oculus Rift S is the single most popular headset in use on Steam, surpassing the original HTC — Vive (27.05% vs. 26.67%).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

With an ever-growing ecosystem of games and content, along with regular stream of improvements to hardware and performance, the HTC Vive has cemented itself as one of the most popular VR headsets in circulation, offering users AAA room-scale VR experiences from the comfort of their home. VIVE PRO DISCOUNTS! Available exclusively at Vive.com.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2018

When we saw the news that JDI, the Japanese display conglomerate founded by Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, were developing a 1001ppi LCD display for VR headsets , it was clear that the race for ever-higher pixel densities was still alive and well. For comparison, both the Vive and Rift use a pair of 1080 × 1200 displays with a ppi of ~456.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Following the revelations from the Microsoft and Bethesda presentations , this is a second roundup of news from E3 2017, currently taking place in Los Angeles. E3 technically starts today, but here’s what happened yesterday, with announcements from Intel, Ubisoft and Sony. An early access beta weekend starts June 23rd.

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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. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To discuss the rise of digital twins while also speaking on new headsets from HTC VIVE and PICO, Jay Latta, Founder of The Fusionists, and Amy Peck, Founder/CEO of EndeavorXR , spoke with XR Today on the most recent Big XR News Show to explain why these topics matter to enterprises. What are they interested in?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. The event takes place at the San Francisco Marriot Marquis this week on December 7th and 8th. Check out all the latest VRX details here.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The freeplay area, located away from the main convention center on the 4th floor of the Seattle Westin, will be open throughout the long weekend and will have both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive available to try out. HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Intel (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift).

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

At Bethesda’s E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Another Bethesda title, Doom VXR however, is coming to Sony’s VR headset and you can read all about it here.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2016

E3 2016 kicks off this week; it’s the first E3 since the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and the last before the launch of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. Also hot off the release of their first consumer-headset, the HTC Vive , HTC and Valve aren’t likely to be sharing anything new on the hardware end at E3.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

We know that Samsung has confirmed more than 5 million Gear VR units are now in the wild for example, and of course the headlines of Sony surprising themselves with PlayStation VR’s early sales figures – approaching 1 Million going in to 2017. Again, somewhat surprisingly, the HTC Vive trails at 10% recognition among those polled.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

We expect stand-alone headsets like the Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus to ignite a new wave of growth that will help broaden the appeal of virtual reality, particularly with businesses and in education,” says George Jijiashvili, CCS Insight’s senior analyst for wearables.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

All engines are set to go for the firm; showcases like those at ISE 2024 help to present optimistic projections on the diverse range of XR workplace solutions on the market – ahead of the Vision Pro’s debut and, therefore, a forecasted increasing number of eyes on the space. All together, creating a multi-use product.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

With that in mind, and with CES 2017 imminent, we thought we’d take a look back at the notable VR events from past shows, charting VR’s progress to the present day. Sony however, having debuted it’s PlayStation 4 powered ‘Morpheus’ (later. The HTC Vive (DK1), SteamVR Controllers and Laser Basestations.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2017

But it seems development of a VR game is not out of the question as Bleszinski says he’s been seeking funding to create a big budget VR title, though the ‘big budget’ part may present a problem. Bleszinski (middle right) and Boss Key Productions developers present at GDC 2016 | Photo courtesy Official GDC ( CC BY 2.0 ).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The way Sony sees it, Santa won’t be delivering many PlayStation VR units this year as a lot of people already have them. In fact, he won’t be delivering many presents at all because he keeps trying it for himself. Seriously, though, it would have been nice to have seen some of PS VR’s growing library advertised here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Not that that’s a problem for Sony, with a tidy 50 million units sold in just over three years on the market. But all the shrewdness Sony has displayed in the past few years makes the risk of PlayStation VR all the more baffling. Sony had its work cut out if it was going to get the ball rolling, and E3 was only a few months away.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2019

HTC – Vive Pro Eye. Sony London Studio – Blood & Truth. Proektmarketing +1 – Ledvizor VR -presentation space. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. VRgineers – XTAL 5K HMD. Oculus – Rift S. VR Electronics – Teslasuit. HP – Reverb VR Headset. VR Game of the Year: SIEE & ASOBI Team – ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

During the PlayStation State of Play presentation, Sony announced that L.A. The VR version of the game is getting a surprise launch on PSVR today, Sony announced during its State of Play presentation. Noire: The VR Case Files will be available starting today on PSVR. Image courtesy Rockstar Games.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

It was visible in Qualcomm’s presentation that also Oppo is going to launch an XR headset. HTC has made its moves at MWC, too. HTC is one of the best companies when it comes to XR for enterprise and it’s good that it is expanding its offering in the field. We can see that number in many ways.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Various headsets and smart glasses from firms such as Meta, HTC VIVE, and Nreal allow users of all kinds to access immersive applications to suit their needs. On the other hand, headsets like the Pico 4 and PSVR2 by Sony present a range of end-users with powerful immersive headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. Speaking with Upload VR, HTC VIVE EMEA General Manager Graham Wheeler has predicted for 2021 the rise of all-in-two devices, that is lightweight viewers that are connected to smartphones (or also PCs sometimes). But this news is interesting because it shows HTC’s views on the topic.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2017

Megatrends (1982) author John Naisbitt said, “The most reliable way to forecast the future is to understand the present.” Predicting what might occur in one year from now is one thing, but looking further out is difficult. That’s where Greenlight Insights puts the majority of its energy.

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