What Facebook’s Oculus, Google See In Virtual Reality’s Future By Scalper1 | February 12, 2016 0 Comment Scalper1 News alt : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetTechnologyRss/~5/I0d0SPhbybc/Tech_021116_VRSummit_FB_GOOGL_AAPL_SNE_MSFT_sd.mp4http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetTechnologyRss/~5/I0d0SPhbybc/Tech_021116_VRSummit_FB_GOOGL_AAPL_SNE_MSFT_sd.mp4 Loading the player… At this week’s Vision Summit for virtual reality and augmented reality in Hollywood, executives from Facebook ( FB )-owned Oculus, Alphabet ( GOOGL )-owned Google and Sony ( SNE )-owned PlayStation shared their insights about the future of VR. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who sold his company to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, said that both hardware and software developers need to be successful for VR to be prosperous, with two key measures of success being dollars spent on content and hours spent playing content. Facebook has said Oculus Headset and Rift-ready PC bundles will go on presale next Tuesday, starting at $1,499. Oculus is offering the bundles at a discounted rate to get more gear out there. Apple Momentum Google’s VP of VR, Clay Bavor, pressed the point that the Internet giant’s goal is “VR for everyone.” He said that some 5 million of the cheap Google Cardboard viewers — which use smartphones to show VR content — had shipped as of the end of 2015, with 30 million Google Play Store app downloads. He said that there’s “similar momentum” on Apple ( AAPL ) iOS. Google is also working in the augmented reality space with its Project Tango, which enables mobile devices “to navigate the physical world similar to how we do as humans.” Microsoft’s HoloLens In Space? Sony is one of the companies working with NASA on robot control and space exploration demos. Microsoft ’s ( MSFT ) HoloLens is also said to have space applications. Dr. Richard Marks, the director of PlayStation Magic Lab, said that Sony’s VR platform will have the capability to be used with other entertainment content besides games, including movies, painting, sculpting and potentially even live concerts. Scalper1 News Scalper1 News Related posts: Virtual Reality Wars Heat Up With Facebook Oculus PCs Coming Facebook Virtual Reality, Oculus Revenue Seen Rising Facebook’s Oculus likely to trail in virtual reality market The Future Of VR As Told By Oculus, Google, PlayStation Execs