The Immersive Wire - 14 April 2021 (News edition)

The Immersive Wire - 14 April 2021 (News edition)

April 14, 2021

NEWS DIGEST EDITIONCurated VR/AR analysis every Wednesday and Sunday

// 14 April 2021

Day 221 of hunting for a PS5. Considering strapping a PS2 and PS3 together to make another bulky mess of cables.

 

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Varjo's entire portfolio of headsets are now compatible

  • We'll see more and more headset providers do this because the benefits are clear: the more parity between headsets, the more the networking effect can come in full force and content can work across multiple different devices.

  • What I want to avoid is multiple different standards rolling about; general users will find it tricky to navigate.

 HTC Vivecon is coming 11 - 12 May, likely with a

  • We know that HTC is doubling down on their Enterprise strategy, but I am curious to see how they may expand their consumer side such as Viveport.

  • If they do dip into consumer VR more, they will face tough competition; the majority of headsets used on Steam run on Facebook's devices. But if they offer hardware / software which the Quest line cannot do, they stand to capture more users.

No, it's not a slicker Death Star. Photo credit: HTC.

Igloo Vision has landed on the continent - our first demo centre in Europe is now up and running in the heart of Rotterdam. If you'd like to visit at our newest location, or at any of our demo centres around the world in the UK, US, Canada or Australia,

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  • Epic Games secured $1bn in funding, including $200m from Sony.

  • Facebook's first Oculus Gaming Showcase will happen on 21 April.

  • HP's Reverb G2 Omnicept edition will launch in May for $1,249.

  • HTC teased a new VR headset. The company also unveiled the top 100 VR social influencers, if you're considering influencer activity for your projects.

  • Igloo Vision is launching a brand-new demo center in Rotterdam.

    • Note: Igloo Vision is the kind company that sponsors this newsletter.

  • Immersive Search launched their new website.

  • Innoactive is working with NVIDIA and Microsoft Azure to provide XR streaming.

    • Side note, I love this kind of application. If a place has a fast enough connection, why not strip away the heavy hardware and deliver the work over the cloud? For businesses I can see this as a massive benefit.

  • Lucas VRTech made new gloves worth $22. Smart person!

  • Masters of Pie will discuss their efforts to deliver one of the world's first Digital Twin experiences delivered over 5G, with VR collaboration. This starts today, 14 April, three hours from receiving this newsletter.

  • Pico Neo 3 is basically an Oculus Quest 2 without Facebook, for Asian consumers.

  • STRAYLIGHT, a VR platformer, is coming to Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, Valve Index, and others in Q3 2021.

  • The Pentagon’s 5G initiative at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state will include AR tech from Taqtile.

  • THE STUDIO is a VR NFT currently being auctioned, where the buyer can interact in a one-of-a-kind virtual home.

    • Applications like these are... strange. How do you value something like this? But I will explore NFTs and VR in more detail at some point.

  • The Unity Cube is a deliberately terrible App Lab game. Long story.

  • VR/AR Association launched their industry report, detailing 50 leading companies based in the UK.

Spiderman's LSD trip went a bit awry. Photo credit: STRAYLIGHT.

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