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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

In 2002 alone, 17.6 And to explain at least a small portion of this sudden success, I’m going to look at another piece of technology at the time, Sony’s Playstation 2. By 2002, the PS2 made up a total of 32% of all DVD players in America. An interesting wrinkle in the data is the arrival of Sony’s Playstation VR.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Assumed to be a neural data transfer, all that Hall must do is lay flat on a table and he is immersed. Minority Report (2002).