VRAR Planet
Today's news at a glance
• Chop in half! PICO will lower its sales target for VR headsets in 2023
• Meta: Quest series headsets have sold a cumulative total of 20 million units It is expected that AR glasses may be launched in 2027
• Sony will adapt "Men in Black", "Breaking Bad" and other IPs into VR games specifically for PS VR2
• MIT introduces AR headset based on the principle of X-ray to see through objects
• In order to keep up with Apple, Samsung began to develop a roadmap for MR devices
HTC VIVE DEVELOPS THE XR ECOSYSTEM WITH THE LAUNCH OF VIVERS FOR BUSINESS
• Skyworth exhibited two models of the PANCAKE 1 series at MWC 2023
• Meta will offer the VR chicken-eating game POPULATION:ONE for Quest users for free
• China Mobile exhibited at MWC 2023 with Metaverse Bitlandscape
• ChatGPT concept stocks are up limit, and the company says it has a complete VR coding solution
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Cut in half! PICO will lower its sales target for VR headsets in 2023
Yesterday (February 28), multiple channels said that PICO, a VR manufacturer owned by ByteDance, will lower its sales target for this year, "shrinking" by about 500,000 units compared with last year's target of 1 million units.
In response to this news, today (February 1) PICO responded to the whole media that the 2023 target is lower than that in 2022, and it is not convenient to announce the specific data target, but it will be higher than 500,000.
In the current sudden explosion of ChatGPT, the status quo of VR (virtual reality) seems to be facing a little turmoil, and even Meta has officially announced that it will go deep into the AI war and launch an advanced large-scale language model backstabbing ChatGPT. Will the VR device market continue to grow aggressively in 2023 as predicted at the end of last year? Looking forward to the future from now, internationally, Apple's MR device is about to be released, and there may be agent sales cooperation between Tencent and Meta on Quest in China, and the development of virtual reality in 2023 may usher in unexpected changes.
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Meta:Quest series headsets have sold a total of 20 million units and AR glasses are expected to be launched in 2027
According to foreign media The Verge reported today (March 1), Mark Labkin, vice president of Meta's VR business, told employees at the company's press conference that Meta has sold nearly 20 million Quest headsets so far. After a series of setbacks and extensive company cost cuts, the Meta Quest will still dominate the VR headset sales market, at least until Apple's XR device launches.
According to previous forecasts, Meta will launch the Quest 3 around October this year, and the company also mentioned the new device in the company conference. Employees were allegedly told that the Quest 3 headset was twice as thin and light as the $400 Quest 2, but at least doubled the features and would cost slightly more than the Quest 2.
In addition, Meta also announced its VR/AR product roadmap for the next four years. It is understood that the company's first full-fledged AR glasses are scheduled to be launched in 2027.
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Sony will adapt "Men in Black", "Breaking Bad" and other IPs into VR games, specializing in PS VR2
I believe that many people will have the experience of their favorite games being adapted into movies, TV series, and comics. Indeed, games have regular fans, and adaptations can bring these fan groups to theaters or streaming, bringing more benefits to the IP.
Now Hollywood is doing the opposite, planning to put its own IP into games, especially for VR games.
According to foreign media reports on February 28, Jake Zim, senior vice president of virtual reality at Sony Pictures, told reporters that at present, his team is responsible for "Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord" and "Groundhog Day: Where there is a father must have a son" and other movie adaptation games have been approved. After that, with the release of the PlayStation VR2 headset, the team will also focus on creating new experiences for fans of the series of games with IPs such as Men in Black, Jumanji, and Breaking Bad. Many of the film's directors and screenwriters have also said they can't wait to do a VR project.
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MIT introduces an AR headset based on the principle of X-rays that can see through objects
According to foreign media news on February 27, researchers from the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing an augmented reality (AR) headset. The headset will use a hologram to guide the user to a hidden object, and can even use a combination of wireless signals and computer vision technology to verify that the user has picked up the specific object they are looking for.
It is understood that this X-AR is based on HoloLens 2 and is equipped with an AR-conformal wideband antenna with radio frequency (RF) sensing. This flexible antenna, combined with the headset's camera, runs an AR-based SAR localization algorithm capable of identifying objects with RF tags and even passing through specific materials such as cardboard boxes and plastic boxes.
X-AR is able to verify objects held by the user with more than 95% accuracy. After putting on the headset, the user is presented with a series of items with RFID tags to choose from. Once an object has been located, the headset checks to make sure its tag is sending the correct RF signal, confirming that the user has found the correct object.
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In order to catch up with Apple, Samsung began to develop a MR device roadmap
According to foreign media CNBC reported on February 28, a senior executive of the South Korean technology giant said that the company is developing a roadmap for so-called mixed reality products, hoping to enter the equipment field that many electronics manufacturers see as key to future growth.
Mixed reality is being touted by the industry as the next big shift in computing, and just like smartphones, it's not just big companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple that are investing in it, but also small businesses. As a South Korean technology giant, Samsung is naturally not far behind.
At the beginning of this month, Samsung, Qualcomm and Google officially announced that they will cooperate to jointly focus on the development of XR and MR. The head of Samsung said that while VR and gaming complement each other, they hope that certain mixed reality technologies have greater potential. Now, Apple's MR device is about to be released, and Samsung is also struggling to catch up with the development progress of its own MR-related devices. However, Samsung's first MR product release information has not yet been revealed.
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HTC VIVE Develops XR Ecosystem with VIVERSE for Business
According to the news on February 27, HTC VIVE will continue to push the boundaries of XR in the enterprise, launching new innovations and products designed to support enterprises to take full advantage of immersive technology.
IN ITS LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT, VIVE SAID IT WILL RELEASE A CORPORATE IMMERSIVE SPACE FOR REMOTE COLLABORATION, VIVES FOR BUSINESS, WHICH IS A SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE WAY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL SPACES. In addition, HTC VIVE also announced updates to the VIVE XR Elite for Business, a new mixed reality face pad for the VIVE XR Elite, a new G REIGNS private 5G network solution, and an update to VIVE Mars CamTrack.
Xuehong Wang, co-founder and chairman of HTC Corp, said: "This year at MWC, we will push the limits of the entire XR ecosystem with leading products for creating, delivering and engaging. ”
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Skyworth brought two models of the PANCAKE 1 series to MWC 2023
Mobile World Congress has been held on February 27, local time, in the past two days, there has been continuous news ahead, many companies have brought their new products and previously released equipment to the exhibition. Skyworth XR also brought Skyworth PANCAKE 1C and PANCAKE 1 VR all-in-one machines to participate in the conference.
Skyworth PANCAKE 1 has been super popular since its release. This first appearance at the exhibition, with the ultimate thin and light VR experience, 5K high-definition display, accurate and free interactive experience has attracted great attention. In particular, the color perspective function of Skyworth PANCAKE 1 VR all-in-one machine brings a new MR experience to on-site players.
It is understood that when PANCAKE 1 was announced at the previous press conference, it claimed that it had the function of black and white perspective, and the color perspective upgrade on the scene was eye-catching. In addition, the device has added gesture recognition to enhance the experience.
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Meta will offer the VR chicken-eating game POPULATION:ONE for Quest users for free
This morning (March 1), Meta published an article on its official blog, announcing that it will open the VR chicken game POPULATION: ONE to Quest 2 and Quest Pro players for free on March 9, and will launch new features on the same day that it is free. For players who have already purchased and purchased the game before March 9, Meta will also be giving away exclusive bundles.
It is understood that "POPULATION: ONE" is an online virtual reality battle royale game developed and published by BigBox VR for Oculus Quest 2 and Steam, released on October 22, 2020. The studio developed the game to highlight the immersive features of VR games. In 2021, the game was acquired by Meta and generated more than $10 million in revenue within four months of release.
Now, the game will be available to Quest players for free, while its price on Steam and Rift Store will be reduced to $19.99.
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China Mobile exhibited at MWC 2023 with Metaverse Bitlandscape
Bit landscape is a digital space-time orchestration native to and integrated with physical space-time, including bit space, bit assets, bit digital sapiens, bit scenes, bit broadcasting, etc. During last year's World Cup in Qatar, China Mobile Migu built a huge and gorgeous World Cup metaverse bit landscape, creating the "first World Cup metaverse in the 5G era", and now, China Mobile has brought such a scene to the MWC2023 exhibition site.
In the "Mobile Cloud VR" exhibition area of the conference, users only need to wear a VR all-in-one machine, and they can travel 360 degrees in the bit landscape "Constellation· M" space, feel the experience of panoramic interaction.
In addition, at the conference, Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile, participated in the conference for the first time in the form of "bit digital sapiens", relying on advanced digital intelligence technologies such as China Mobile's 5G + computing power network real-time rendering, and had a "cross-time and space" interaction with Dong Xin, general manager of China Mobile who attended the meeting, jointly brought a keynote speech, and showed the world the innovative results of the new generation of information technology of China Mobile digital and real integration.
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ChatGPT concept stocks are up limit, and the company says it has a complete VR coding solution
According to today's (March 1) news, affected by the news planned to be held in July at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, ChatGPT concept stocks rose rapidly, Danghong Technology 20CM up limit, Haitian Ruisheng rose more than 9%, Multimedia Shares, Shenzhou Taiyue rose more than 6%, Yuncong Technology, Zhongke Financial Finance rose more than 5%, Jebsen shares, Beyondsoft, Xinzhi Software, Tianli Technology rose more than 4%.
It is understood that Danghong Technology, established in May 2010, is an intelligent video solution and video cloud service provider, which can provide overall video services of "offline video solution + online video cloud service", covering all aspects of content collection, production, operation, transmission and distribution, terminal playback and interaction.
The company said that the company has a relatively complete VR coding solution, and also has corresponding technical reserves in AR, XR, naked-eye 3D, and holographic technology. In terms of VR, the company focuses on providing FOV encoding, transmission, terminal rendering and other technologies; At the same time, the company provides low-latency and high-density video coding, transmission, and terminal adaptation technologies.
Text/R Starman