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MARCH 19, 2018

Although Massongill notes that some projected dates may slip, the list is an illustration of Sony’s commitment to the platform, maintaining a steady flow of high-quality VR releases since the headset’s launch in October 2016, including standouts like the recently released Moss. Apocalypse Rider. Snail Games. Chromagun VR.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Owlchemy Labs, the trailblazing developers of Job Simulator, today announced its VR game available for Rift, Vive, and PlayStation VR has officially cleared $3 million in sales, the largest figure we’ve heard to date for PC-based VR. It was also the most downloaded PS VR game in all of 2016 on Sony’s online PSN Store.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. To make things easier for VR-inclined PAX attendees, we’ve compiled a list of where you can experience VR at PAX West 2016. Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-Ality. VR Exhibitors. VR Headsets.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Where many high-end VR platforms pride themselves in touting the latest advances in hardware and the highest resolutions, Sony has instead chosen to focus their efforts on content, establishing a solid library of engaging VR experiences in the process. Image Credit: Sony Playstation.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Hailing from ROM: Extraction (2016) developers First Contact Entertainment , Firewall Zero Hour launched on August 28th, giving it only four days to vault to the top spot in August , where it surpassed long-time chart toppers Job Simulator (2016), SUPERHOT VR (2016), and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017).

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JULY 14, 2016

Sony is gearing up for the PlayStation VR’s launch this October , but you shouldn’t be boxing up your DualShock 4 gamepad in favor of the Move motion controller just yet. According to a statement from Sony issued to Eurogamer , you’ll be able use the DS4 in all PSVR games to come.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A beautiful experience created by the New York Times for their celebration of The year’s best actors in 2016. In partnership with award-winning violinist and Sony artist Joshua Bell, Sony Playstation brought to life a live studio performance of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. Best VR Game: Job Simulator.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Sony today announced that PlayStation has sold more than three million units, showing consistent sales over the course of the headset’s nearly two years on the market. Graph by Road to VR, data courtesy Sony. Since its launch back in October 2016, PlayStation VR has now been on the market for one year and 10 months.

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MAY 10, 2019

Sony today released the monthly download rankings for PSVR. What’s more, within only a few weeks of release, it was named the number two most downloaded PSVR game of all of 2018 , beating out all competition but the long-standing fan favorite Job Simulator (2016). Job Simulator. Superhot VR. Creed: Rise to Glory.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Alas, Sony is set to release a second VR demo disc to give players a fresh taste of some of the top and upcoming PlayStation VR content. Sony confirmed to UploadVR the listing of demos on the new disc: Job Simulator (2016). Thumper (2016). EVE: Valkyrie (2016) [on previous disc]. Rez Infinite (2016).

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JULY 19, 2021

Founded in 2016, the company is made up of eight subsidiary companies focused on XR. GIGXR Awarded Phase $750,000 Contract to Develop Extended Reality (XR) Simulation Training for Air Force Academy. The streaming giant is going head to head with Microsoft, Sony, Google and Apple. The rumors have been swirling, and they’re true.

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MAY 10, 2018

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) seems to have done well enough to rate it the number one most downloaded game this past month on PSVR, beating out the VR stalwarts Job Simulator (2016) and Superhot VR (2017). Image courtesy Sony. SEE ALSO 'Beat Saber' is Now the Highest Rated Title on Steam – VR or Otherwise.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Underwood also notes that numbers on the PlayStation platform aren’t precise, as Sony will furnish the exact sales numbers next year. For comparison’s sake, the breakout hit parody sim Job Simulator (2016) passed the thee million dollar mark after around eight months after launching on Steam.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Firewall Zero Hour (2018) , the tactical team shooter from ROM: Extraction (2016) developers First Contact Entertainment , has apparently celebrated some serious notoriety since it launched late last month on PlayStation VR; Sony has ranked it the top most downloaded PSVR game of August.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Official news on non-game experiences and apps are still pretty thin on the ground, as Sony has only listed a grand total of 7 to the launch line-up. Job Simulator. Carnival Games (28 Oct 2016). Moto Racer 4 (3 Nov 2016). Eagle Flight (8 Nov 2016 – digital; 15 Nov 2016 – retail). EVE: Valkyrie.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Superhot VR (2017) and Job Simulator (2016) trade places for the #1 spot since January’s list , and Arizona Sunshine (2016) falls from #6 in January to the #10 spot. image courtesy Sony. The Inpatient made a similar rise to the #7 spot in January only after releasing January 23rd.

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JUNE 20, 2017

During Black Friday in 2016 for the PlayStation VR (PSVR) in particular it was especially difficult to find headsets for under the listed $399 price tag. With over one million sold so far already, Sony isn’t exactly eager to cut profits. Discounted prices for headsets in and of themselves though have been a rare sight.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Sony today announced via its PS blog that seven PSVR titles are heading to PAX East in Boston next week, one of which is the long-overdue adventure game Golem from Highwire Games , an indie studio consisting of former Bungie veterans Marty O’Donnell and Jaime Griesemer, and a team of established industry devs. Vacation Simulator.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

This VR multiplayer/singleplayer real-time strategy game comes from Hidden Path Entertainment , the minds behind Defense Grid 2: Enhanced VR Edition (2016) and Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013). Originally teased at PSX 2015 with a slated release for an October 2016, High Wire Games’ Golem is finally coming to PSVR.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

And it comes as no surprise that long-reigning platform champs Beat Saber (2018) and Job Simulator (2016) have again clinched the top two spots as the most-downloaded games for PSVR in 2021. Job Simulator. Job Simulator. It’s that time again, when PlayStation reveals the top downloads for the past year.

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JUNE 14, 2016

I watched all of the press conferences from Sony, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Microsoft, EA, and Oculus’ appearance at the PC Gaming Show in order to capture audio highlights of all of the VR news that was presented. Job Simulator by Owlchemy Labs. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Resident Evil 7 biohazard will be released in 2017.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

A direct follow-up to 2016’s The Climb , The Climb 2 has you once again chalking up your hands for another round of vertigo-inducing climbing. Air guitar simulator Unplugged looks like an absolute riot. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed VR is expected to arrive later this year. THE CLIMB 2. LONE ECHO 2.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sony has provided a list of the 33 games that will be available for the headset when it arrives on October 13th. – Job Simulator. Hopefully by now you’ve seen the flood of PlayStation VR coverage we’ve put up today, including reviews of huge games like Batman: Arkham VR and the headset itself. – Driveclub VR.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Not that that’s a problem for Sony, with a tidy 50 million units sold in just over three years on the market. But all the shrewdness Sony has displayed in the past few years makes the risk of PlayStation VR all the more baffling. People see PS VR as a bright hope for the industry in 2016 and 2017. The Price Is Right.

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JUNE 9, 2022

Sony’s two-story location-based VR experience features an immersive vehicle motion simulator and virtual proton packs. Yesterday, Sony unveiled yet another location-based VR experience based on the legendary Ghostbusters franchise. Sony Pictures Virtual Reality is all about making wishes come true.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO. It’s too bad this just exists in a lab and we can’t play with it.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs) [ Review: 8/10 ]. It is certainly worthy of an award, it would just be more meaningful if its competition was a better reflection of the entire VR landscape in 2016. All of the suggested award winners are PlayStation VR titles – with zero Rift or Vive exclusives on the list.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

These digital twins can provide remote repair support, and are also packed with data to run thousands of simultaneous simulations to predict things like breakdowns. Pioneering a unique form of haptic feedback that simulates sensation and touch, Tactical Haptics has raised $2.2M NOKIA AND SONY GET TOGETHER FOR 360 VIDEO.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Horizon Call of the Mountain, undoubtedly a product of sizable investment by Sony, only managed to eke out third place in the US/Canada and the EU, taking second place in Japan, which is probably more than a tad disappointing to the Sony-owned developers Guerilla Games and Firesprite.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

But it wasn’t until Sony announced PSVR that things started to change. Project Morpheus, as it was called originally, was announced at the 2014 Tokyo Game Show and subsequently officially released as PSVR on October 13, 2016. Project Morpheus or Sony PSVR. There is also a strong case for haptics and robotics research.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications. Being that it was the first HMD both quality of the interfac e and realism of the simulation were rather low, and it weighed so much that it had to be suspended from the ceiling by metal cables. .

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AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. The Vive’s consumer launch was set in stone later than expected, for April 2016. It was a moment that changed their lives.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

Behind the scenes, companies like Valve and Sony were trying to figure out what the VR medium would look like and began to get products into the hands of developers. It all came together in early 2016. So that’s the #1 thing to simulate in a VR video-game. NB: There’s no room for shovelware in Sony, right.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality from Bossa Studios is a VR-based adaptation of the original Surgeon Simulator 2013 , first released for flat monitor displays in 2013. When the Vive launched, we got Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic , which was a short demo showing off the basic mechanics. We lead very different lives.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

PlayStation London Studio heard loud and clear from players of PlayStation VR Worlds (2016) , the studio’s PSVR launch title, that VR needed more of the narrative-driven action teased by the ‘London Heist’ mini-game. SEE ALSO ‘Blood & Truth’ Behind-the-Scenes – Insights & Artwork from Sony's London Studio.

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AUGUST 20, 2016

Following the unfortunate closure of developer Evolution Studios earlier this year, the fate of the VR version of their 2014 PS4 exclusive Driveclub was unclear, but thankfully work has continued by an internal Sony team, and the game is expected to arrive by the end of the year.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Population: One is an upcoming battle royale shooter from the studio behind VR indie hit Smashbox Arena (2016). ” Vacation Simulator. Check out out hands-on with Vacation Simulator to learn more. From the makers of Myst (1993) and Obduction (2016) comes another VR puzzler, this time promising more steampunk goodness.

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