VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2022

References to the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 were supposedly found in the latest update for the game’s third season. Epic added stuff related to Oculus (Quest, Quest 2 & Mobile) in today's update. Most likely proper VR support in the future. — HYPEX (@HYPEX) August 30, 2022.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In celebration of the event, Sony Music Solutions is hosting a “mini-live performance” on March 6th at 2pm JST that will feature a mixed reality performance by ReoNa brought to life using a combination of motion capture technology and a virtual camera system referred to as “jeannedarc.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Further references. I’ve seen what companies are doing nowadays to use tracked props on the Oculus Quest: they have to add bulky mounts to install the even bulkier Touch controllers on them. Further references. Further references.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We expect Palm’s 5 million active user estimate includes only fully-featured VR headsets like PSVR, Quest, and PC VR, but not older and more limited headsets like Oculus Go and Google Cardboard. The post Resolution Games Estimates VR Has 5 Million Active Users appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is able to offer this thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset (and its related reference design), that has been conceived with these features in mind. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. More info (Growth of headsets on Steam). No availability.”

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2021

Sony reveals new VR games and exciting updates during its latest PS VR Showcase event. Today marked yet another PS VR Showcase by Sony, during which the company revealed new games for the PlayStation VR as well as exciting updates on several highly-anticipated titles. Feature Image Credit: Sony PlayStation.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one?

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MARCH 23, 2017

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.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

Further references TCL brings three XR devices to CES (The Verge) TCL brings three XR devices to CES (Mixed News) Somnium VR1 Somnium VR1 headset (Image by Somnium Space) Somnium Space was at CES to showcase its modular and open Somnium VR1 headset. Since this is a concept, we have no data about the price and expected release date.

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JUNE 13, 2021

Yesterday, Upload hosted its third annual E3 VR Showcase as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming event, revealing a generous amount of new information for 18 VR games on Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, and SteamVR headsets. Green Hell VR is scheduled to launch later this year on Oculus Quest and PCVR headsets.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2022

VR has come a long way since the launch of the Oculus DK1 in 2013. The standalone VR headset, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), was one of, if not the hottest item of the holiday season, with the Oculus companion app becoming the #1 download on the Apple App Store. ″ OLED displays.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

Facebook’s Q4 non-advertising revenue — where Oculus revenues are categorized — were $885 million. As noted, the company specified during its earnings call that Oculus sales were a major growth driver. That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.*.

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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. The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. The Quest will still be the king.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 17, 2020

As background, these exercises are compelled by the fact that companies in early-stage sectors like VR don’t disclose unit sales ( except Sony ). So we have to assemble clues from sources like public filings or periodic disclosures of content sales, which we recently did for Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest numbers don’t hurt either.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

At Oculus Connect 5 in 2018, the company’s annual XR developer conference, Zuckerberg explained that he believed that 10 million VR users was an important milestone for the company to reach in order to make a sustainable ecosystem for VR developers. Image courtesy Oculus.

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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. Oh look, we have again an Oculus account on Twitter! Top news of the week. But features tell only a part of the story. News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2017

After 14 years of working on home and portable consoles, Ready At Dawn this month released Lone Echo and its multiplayer spinoff Echo Arena on the Oculus Rift & Touch. He’s referring to a conversation he had with Jason Rubin—Head of Content at Oculus—way back in late 2014. “We From there Oculus decided to sign it on.”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

A few months back, a friend referred me to the Moon VR team, and I found what they do pretty interesting stuff. After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He left in 2016 and founded his startup. Moon VR Video Player was just one of them.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Another amazing research project showcased by Oculus this week can enable high-resolution displays for the next generation of Oculus Quest. And the speed gain is impressive : a full-resolution reference scene that would take 140.6 Oculus Quest v18 adds colored Guardian and voice commands. Sony Dreams adds PSVR support.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Facebook Deprecates Proprietary Oculus APIs In Favor Of OpenXR Facebook will deprecate its proprietary Oculus APIs in favor of industry standard OpenXR. Bucchianeri has worked on the PS4 and original PlayStation VR at Sony, Falcon 9 and Dragon at SpaceX, and HoloLens and Windows MR at Microsoft, where he currently works on Xbox.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Project Morpheus prototype | Photo courtesy Sony. SEE ALSO On the Hunt for VR's Killer App with Sony's Head of PlayStation Magic Lab, Richard Marks. The post Sony’s Richard Marks Expects Natural Voice Input to Play Major Role in VR’s Future appeared first on Road to VR. That’s why I see it as the holodeck.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. We’re excited to try this headset when it becomes available.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Waltz of the Wizard added hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 last week , the first title to do so, just under five years after it became one of the first to add the feature on the original Oculus Quest too. UploadVR Henry Stockdale As revealed by Sony's SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 booth, PlayStation VR2's hand tracking runs at 60Hz.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

You can buy headsets at a discounted price, or accessories, or even lots of games on Steam, Viveport, and Oculus Store! It is building the reference design of AR glasses and has a valid SDK for building outdoor AR experiences. The visuals would be provided by two 4K OLED microdisplays from Sony. Image by Meta).

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2019

While E3 2019 may officially be in the books, it appears as though Sony is only just getting started. Originally released on SteamVR and Oculus this past April, Vacation Simulator arrives on PlayStation VR tomorrow ( June 18th ). This week is shaping up to be a busy one for console VR. MINI MECH MAYHEM from Futurlab.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

So, here’s a reference guide on where to find VR on the show floor along with some handy expo floor maps to ease your itinerary planning. Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). MyDream VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 15, 2017

He referred to the issue of cords, and that “there’s just more people” to think about. “I Actually the teams share a lot of learning—we’ve had the Sony team up, they’ve seen what we’re doing with HoloLens, we talk to the Valve guys all the time. I do think we need to lose the cords at some point, we’re a few years from that”, he said.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Sony and Verizon have partnered to create the next generation of VR concerts and have announced this partnership at CES. For now, kudos to Sony, Verizon and all the others that have collaborated for this amazing project! We have no info on the price, but TechCrunch says that the company is aiming for a release date in this summer.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Qualcomm releases XR2 5G reference design. Qualcomm has finally released the reference design for AR/VR headsets based on the XR2 chipset (a special version of the Snapdragon 865 for XR headsets), and it will pave the way for the standalone headsets of the future. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. million units sold in its first three months.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In two days there will be the Facebook Connect, an Apple event and a Sony event about PS5! If you remember well, this platform is based on a modified version of the Snapdragon 865 (3 generations after the 835 of the Oculus Quest) and supports features like eye tracking, high-quality passthrough AR, and 5G. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Or will it become a partner and will help mobile GPUs in Snapdragon reference designs in growing even faster? Image by Sony). Is it possible that NVIDIA will start a new business in Mobile GPUs?

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MAY 15, 2017

Apologies for the outdated references.). The best design decision that Sony (and Impulse Gear, developers of Farpoint ) made while crafting the gun is that it’s 100% ambidextrous — meaning it can be used either right or left-handed without any issues. Stylistically it isn’t appealing at all. Frankly, it’s ugly.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

People started screaming at the “Oculus Quest competitor”, but I wonder why Apple should release a VR headset with just limited AR features after it has repeated for years that it doesn’t care about VR. Virtuactions proposes LBEVR with Oculus Quest 2. This explains the shortage of Valve Index headsets in all these months.

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