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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

Road to VR

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. million units sold in its first three months.

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Igloo Vision Stirs XR World With London Open House Demo

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All you need to do is get in touch [link] pic.twitter.com/o8VKifqGdl — Igloo Vision (@IglooVision) October 13, 2023 Formed in 2007, the company began building its geodesic domes for projection-mapped immersive spaces. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others.

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Reggie Fils-Aimé on turning happy accidents into magic at Nintendo

Mashable VR

There may be no better example of this than "My body is ready," a legendary and widely memed Fils-Aimé quote from Nintendo's E3 showcase in 2007. I understood the history of the relationship between Sony and Nintendo , and how that fractured and.gave birth to the PlayStation. Credit: Alberto E.

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A Brief History of VR

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After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. Not only was Oculus VR company purchased by Facebook, but Sony announced their VR headset for the PS4 under the name ‘Project Morpheus’. In 2017, Sony bundled PS4 consoles with PSVR headsets in order to attract more users.