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For more information and to get involved in the conversation, it recommends heading to its Twitter page or joining its Discord developer community. The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, MagicLeap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo.
Terminology and ease of access has meant that it has been a challenge to inform the general public about XR platforms. MagicLeap 2 MagicLeap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. The MagicLeap 2 was released in September last year with an entry price point of $3,299.
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. MagicLeap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. More info (MagicLeap presentation) More info (Close up of the controllers).
Other members of the e-board have backgrounds including MagicLeap and Sony. Users adjust these both to input information about the “character” that they are creating and to set how the character will act and “feel” in interactions with real people. For example, the characters can recall past conversations.
But they are just tidbits of information, and nothing more. Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. MagicLeap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in MagicLeap 2 is growing. Other relevant news. Image by NextMind).
Samsung revealed the information on the device alongside its broader ecosystem updates, putting into perspective the value of a firm like Samsung in the XR space. Other significant players in the XR industry are supporting Android XR, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, MagicLeap, and Lynx, a new entrant in the XR market.
Sony today revealed its newest console, PlayStation 5. Image courtesy Sony. Sony didn’t talk about that today, but it’s already been confirmed that PS5 will support the current PSVR headset. Image courtesy Sony. Image courtesy Sony. It seems obvious for Sony to use the PS5 HD Camera to track PSVR 2.
Already, the company is partnering not just with Samsung and Qualcomm but with countless heavyweights like Sony, MagicLeap, and Unity. However, we dont have much information about what these glasses will look like, or which partner plans to release Android XR specs first.
Firms like Sony, NVIDIA, XREAL, Qualcomm, PIXO VR, and Dimension X showcased the latest in spatial computing innovation , which may alter the future of work and life. MagicLeap is currently working with major enterprise end-users such as Siemens to leverage its highly competitive XR display.
Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. This week, it has decided to give us some information about the runtime of the headset, in particular about some quality-of-life features.
PSVR 2 games Inner view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) Sony is handling very well the communication about the PSVR 2 by continuously delivering news about the headset every few weeks to keep the attention of the audience high. Another title that will be PSVR 2 compatible is Beat Saber.
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.
BTW, I’ve managed to found some time here and there to write this newsletter, because I’m happy to inform you of the community, especially my Patrons that always cheer for me (have you considered supporting me on Patreon as well?). It’s a crazy busy period for me and I really need a good sleep. We have almost all info on the Pico Neo 3.
AR Apps to Increasingly Leverage AI Tech To create more immersive virtual environments, AR applications must be able to collect a wealth of information about the user’s surroundings. This is predicted to change the way gamers stream and interact with games across a variety of devices, including smartphones and the Meta Quest platform.
It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by MagicLeap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. What virtual avatars, creatures, information layers or interactive components are here. Who Will Own the Metaverse? by Marko Balabanovic.
Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. They have their own barcode scanner for sharing hands-free information, and are designed to look and feel like a standard set of eyeglasses. The MagicLeap 2 headset is the most recent solution provided by the company for the AR smart glasses landscape.
Firms such as Amazon, AT&T, Meta Platforms, MagicLeap, Qualcomm, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity Technologies, Lenovo, General Motors (GM), and others will take the XR centre stage to discuss how metaverse technologies reshaping enterprises and their operations. Immerse Global Summit (@ImmerseSummit) October 13, 2022.
Goertek NReal Lenovo Iristick Vuzix MagicLeap XYZReality Longan Vision Rokid ThirdEye Google Toshiba Epson RealWear Microsoft Lumus TCL RayNeo Goertek Offering a variety of extended reality products for virtual and augmented experiences, Goertek has a range of smart glasses included in its portfolio.
” She also cited a paper noting that students also retained information 40 percent to 50 percent more than with traditional learning methods, even eight months after the virtual course. She continued: “That’s how we make better and future doctors.” IGS and the Future of XR Training.
Goertek is even working with Sony on the development of new PlayStation headsets. They have their own barcode scanner for sharing hands-free information and are designed to look and feel like a standard set of eyeglasses. They also support collaboration and communication with information and data sharing.
A report today from The Information's Wayne Ma says the same about Orion as Heath. While most major electronics companies are actively researching microLED – including Samsung, Sony, and Apple – no company has yet figured out how to affordably mass manufacture it for consumer products.
Also keep in mind that there are plenty of private companies worth investing in, and some public companies listed below have invested in them like MagicLeap who has investments to the tune of $1.39 Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. billion from companies listed below like Google and Qualcomm.
Conversely, at the enterprise level, AR has evolved drastically, including: Delivering real-time guidance and information to professionals for better productivity. Offering hands-free assistance to staff by streaming information to smart glasses. Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) and upcoming PSVR 2 are examples of such designs.
When asked about some of the biggest firms exhibiting at the conference, he stated Maria Pace, Google’s Head of XR, Hardware, Global Partnerships, and Strategies and Lisa Watts, Vice-President of MagicLeap would join the event along with many other top executives.
“If there needs to be private information in a traditional videogame I can’t keep it private from people playing on the same couch with me,” Ellsworth said. Other implementations, meanwhile, might deploy a dynamic fog of war. Does “bit” understate or overstate how much faster things could have gone?
Somnium continues R&D for a standalone version of VR1 headset and will bring more information after official release of PCVR version in 2023. Aside from the noted immersive solutions, brands like Sony, LG, and MagicLeap had offerings on show. CES 2023: Lightweight Hardware for a New Immersive Generation.
This is why MagicLeap has a new shot at life that I also didn’t see, due to its cord and lack of consumer experiences. Other augmented reality companies have pivoted away from consumers and toward enterprise uses of these glasses and devices (most notably MagicLeap and Microsoft’s HoloLens). Field of view.
Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of MagicLeap, that seems always more complicated. Other relevant news. Red pill or blue pill, he chooses.
Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2. Staff at the airline’s premium entrance at Heathrow used the devices to view individual passenger information and real-time travel updates.
Then of course Sony didn’t match this prediction, and the day after the analysts were shouting that PSVR had been a disappointing failure… where actually they should have said that they sucked at market analysis and they should have gone hoeing the soil. So, MagicLeap was even cheap in comparison.
Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company MagicLeap. In June 2019, MagicLeap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. However, in June 2020, a U.S. federal court threw out the case as #MagicLeap failed to make any viable claim.
More info Meta may partner soon with MagicLeap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with MagicLeap for the production of AR glasses. MagicLeap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses.
PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. I’m pretty sure that Sony is waiting the next few months to make some moves, there’s still the Black Friday and the Christmas Holiday that have to happen, but at the moment I do not see this device as disruptive to our ecosystem.
We’ve seen prototypes from Oculus with Santa Cruz and Intel’s Project Alloy-powered devices and now Sony is dipping their toes into the inside-out tracking race. Today we caught wind of a new Utility Patent Application from Sony Interactive Entertainment that would allow for inside-out tracking of interactive VR devices.
We already knew about some of them, like the game Super Fruit Ninja, but we started to get information about the others, too. Twitter account M1Astra started sharing information about some of them, like an app about the Bible, a Lego building game, the J.Crew app to buy clothes in an immersive way, and so on.
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.
And there have been countless interviews with Facebook executives (especially on the online magazine Protocol), and every one of them has shared very interesting pieces of information. MagicLeap raises other $350M. It’s more than 3 years that I invest my Sundays to inform the XR community with these roundups! Funny link.
The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. Sony will give PS4 camera adapters for PS5 for free. Sony has answered this question in the weekend. First of all, no one has ever heard about Deca before.
Best Collaboration Tool Sony Electronics Head of XR Business Development Thaisa Yamamura was “honored to present” the Auggie Award for Best Collaboration Tool. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display. We’re just so happy.
Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.
As late as October, the market researcher thought Sony would ship 2.6 And the AR industry took a major blow when The Information published a well-reported but speculative story saying that MagicLeap’s technology is not likely to live up to its demos. That’s pretty scary for the AR industry because MagicLeap raised $793.5
I don’t know if I wanted to know this information, and I don’t know what to do with it now that I know it. Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. During the Sony Technology Day showcase, Sony has shown a prototype of a headset with two 4K micro OLED displays. News worth a mention.
Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. In a recent interview with the Information, Oculus R&D Chief Scientist Michael Abrash cast some interesting predictions. But some of them are really intriguing. Other relevant news.
FYI, I’ve had my Adsense account suspended because of the 3 informative articles about XR porn that I wrote. New interesting patents by Sony comes to light. Sony is working on the Playstation 5 and next gen PSVR. Does MagicLeap want to create a big reality show? For what games are you hyped?
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