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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Last Thursday, global technology giant Sony released a patent for an in-game blockchain infrastructure that supports the trading and selling of digital assets. Sony’s blockchain allows participants to purchase in-game items or characters. Sony’s XR Vision. The sophomore device is due in early 2023.

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MARCH 14, 2017

You’d think if a division of Sony was making a VR experience they’d be using the company’s own headset, PlayStation VR (PSVR). It’s surprising to learn, then, Sony Music Entertainment is working with a rival headset, the HTC Vive. But the Vive display isn’t the only VR installation from Sony at the show.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Japanese electronics giant Sony recently bought out Beyond Sports, allowing the former to build massive metaverse content for sporting events. Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. it announced this week.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Sony has released a set of motion capture (mocap) wearables in time for the holidays, the company announced in a press release. Sony’s Mocopi mocap system uses six coloured tracking devices, which people can wear on their bodies. A photo of Sony’s ‘Mocopi’ device trackers. PHOTO: Sony Corp.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Last year in February Sony had launched the Xperia 1 II , as well as teasing a sibling device called the Xperia PRO. Today, almost a whole year later, Sony is ready to finally to launch the Xperia PRO 5G, with availability starting today at a staggering price tag of $2499.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Earlier this year Sony confirmed it was nearing one million units when it announced 915,000 PSVR headsets sold as of February 19th, 2017, but now, according to The Verge, the company has officially surpassed one million as their total. Are you one of the million consumers that have purchased Sony’s headset?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. But what about Sony’s impressive global reach with PS5?

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MAY 19, 2017

But for Sony, it’s changed with each console generation. So it was this grassroots thing at Sony – a lot of engineers liked VR and wanted to do something with VR. Tagged with: god of war , sony santa monica Facebook Twitter Reddit More. For Microsoft it’s the Halo and Gears of War games.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Under its new studio, the collaboration with Sony will debut in the virtual world ‘Nostalgia1999,’ which features concepts from a Japanese six-tatami room from July of the same year. Fans can view the messy Otaku character with Sony’s world-renowned anime shows. ／ Let’s watch 90’s anime together on VRChat!

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Sony’s PlayStation 4 continues to widen the gap between it and the Xbox One with a strong 2016. Over the holiday season alone in 2016 Sony announced that more than 6.2 During that same holiday time period, Sony stated that between both digital and retail, over 50 million games were sold.

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MARCH 22, 2017

PlayStation VR (PSVR) is set to have a busy few months with big releases like Farpoint and Starblood Arena, but Sony is also looking ahead, today revealing a new slate of VR titles coming from Chinese developers. These games are all being created under Sony’s China Hero Project, which supports developers in the country.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Sony holds its press conference at 6PM PT on Monday, June 12th. With so many games announced before the show we can’t wait to see what Sony has in store for the big week. Now that we know Microsoft isn’t showing VR on Project Scorpio this year , Sony has an open goal on the PSVR side. Let’s take a look.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sony Volume Stages and Virtual Production Tools Sony is attempting to get ahead in the virtual production marketplace. The firm produces a premium immersive production ecosystem that leverages Sony’s Crystal LED display technology and Venice camera capture technology to create an RT3D backdrop solution.

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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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APRIL 5, 2017

With around one million units sold , Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is one of the more popular headsets on the market right now, but the company may already be looking to other ways to monetize its device. Perhaps Sony hopes that by getting the kit on more heads out in the wider world it can drive sales in the home.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. ” GeniusXR partners with Sony to create a Volumetric Capture Studio Sony has recently partnered with GeniusXR and The Alan B.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Five months on from launch and Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 is still the biggest game to come to Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) thus far. In fact the sheer number of people playing in VR has been a surprise even to Sony itself. ” Tagged with: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Sony revealed official sales figures for the PlayStation 4-powered VR headset, PSVR. 19 the company sold 915,000 headsets, Sony revealed in an interview with the New York Times. Tagged with: PSVR. Through Feb. Updates to come.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Guerrilla Cambridge, the UK-based developer behind the high-profile multiplayer FPS, is to close, owner Sony has confirmed to UploadVR today. ” RIGS was one of the biggest games of PlayStation VR’s launch line-up, and one of the few to be developed internally at Sony. .”

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JUNE 6, 2017

For the VR industry one of the most important press conferences happens Monday, June 12th, at 6PM PT; that’s Sony’s press conference and the PlayStation VR (PSVR) is expected to be a big part of that show. Tagged with: E3 2017 , PSVR Facebook Twitter Reddit More. I think we’re seeing that happening now.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Sony has high expectations for its recently released PSVR 2, which aims to target the higher-end of the VR market. With advanced features like eye tracking and haptic feedback, as well as a price tag of $550 – greater than even the PS5 console itself – Sony believes that it’s in pole position to sell […]

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MARCH 24, 2017

Sony’s third home console was easily its most controversial, launching with a ridiculous $599 price tag and using proprietary hardware that became notoriously difficult to develop with. It was also on PS3 that Sony started experimenting with what would become PlayStation VR (PSVR). It was a rare stumble for the brand.

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JUNE 13, 2017

We haven’t had the E3 where Sony doesn’t shut up about VR like it once did 3D, for example, nor the E3 where it seems like everyone and their mothers are making VR games like they once were mobile or motion controlled experiences. Sony’s swift showcase of around six new VR games was just what the doctor ordered.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

While the company usually rules the headlines on the Monday morning of the biggest week in gaming, this year it’s putting itself even further ahead of Sony’s traditional Monday evening conference (assuming it takes place at that time again), airing on Sunday, June 11th, at 2:00 PM PDT. But Sony isn’t defenseless, however.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Just like any other VR headset, Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) leaves plenty of room for improvement, and the company’s R&D division has a few ideas on where to take it on both a software and hardware level. ” Tagged with: e3 Facebook Twitter Reddit More. You can see it below, the clip starts at around 43:20.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At Sony’s PlayStation 5 Showcase this afternoon, the final (and much awaited) pieces of the puzzle with regards to the console’s launch have dropped: pricing and a release date. Sony’s next-generation console will launch on Thursday, November 12 th.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

The post Sony Shows More ‘Ace Combat 7’ VR Gameplay Ahead of Jan. The PSVR-specific demo comes right at the five-minute mark in the video (linked above and below). While understandably less visually detailed than its PS4 counterpart, the PSVR missions aim to ramp up the game with greater immersion.

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MAY 2, 2017

The start of 2017 was marked with sad news for PlayStation fans, as Sony announced that it was shutting down Guerrilla Cambridge , a UK-based studio that had just recently released RIGS: Mechanized Combat League for PlayStation VR (PSVR). Tagged with: Rigs: Mechanized Combat League Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Last year, the Oculus Rift (Facebook), HTC Vive (HTC and Valve) and the PlayStation VR (Sony) all debuted, and Samsung just announced 5 million of its Gear VR headsets have shipped. With a plug-and-play install base of around 50 million PS4s, and the monolithic might of Sony behind it, it was the best bet the VR industry had.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Sony still isn’t releasing sales figures for PlayStation VR (PSVR) yet, but it does insist that it’s performing as expected. No statistics were revealed for the headset but Sony did reiterate that “PS VR is selling in-line with expectations.” Tagged with: PSVR , sales , sony. A total of 9.7

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It’s designed to be an end to end tool that simplifies the process and, via press release, Nokia has announced a content partnership with Sony Pictures. “VR We’re thrilled to partner with Sony Pictures and its talented storytellers to apply our technology and create experiences only possible with OZO – like 3D 360 live VR broadcast.”.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Nikon did it with the Z5 , Panasonic did it with the S5 , and just last month Sony joined the crowd with the new A7C. Putting full-frame sensors into smaller and smaller compact bodies is all the rage nowadays. After announcing its compact full-frame camera more than two years ago , Zeiss’ $6,000 ZX1 has finally become… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

But one item you likely won’t find on sale in most cases is the recently released PlayStation VR headset from Sony. UploadVR reached out to a Sony Spokesman about their upcoming Black Friday plans and we were provided with a succinct response: “No plans for PS VR-related deals at this point.”

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Last week held the surprising news that Sony closed down RIGS: Mechanized Combat League developer, Guerrilla Cambridge. Sony has just confirmed to UploadVR, however, that there will be no more DLC for RIGS, though the servers for the game will remain open. Tagged with: dlc , Rigs: Mechanized Combat League.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Right now, Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset is seen as a peripheral for its PlayStation 4 console. At the very least, it shows just how seriously Sony is taking VR, which some fans have begun to doubt in recent weeks. Tagged with: PlayStation VR , PSVR , sony. In the future, that perception might switch.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

We’re going to be playing guessing games when it comes to VR headset sales for a long time yet, but Sony has at least given us a ballpark to play with when it comes to PlayStation VR. The real question is if Sony can’t maintain that lead going forward as PC-based VR continues to lower its barrier to entry.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Despite numerous analyst reports and predictions, we’re still left guessing how many units Sony’s PlayStation VR has sold since launch in October. In an interview with Digital Spy , Sony Interactive Entertainment Head of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, stated that “people are spending many hours on the system every day.”

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