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APRIL 14, 2020

According to the Japanese video game new publication Gematsu , “one source familiar with ongoings at Capcom” claims that the upcoming sequel, much like 2017’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, will feature a first-person perspective and include support for PlayStation VR. Image Credit: Biohazard Cast / Sony PlayStation.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. What to Expect from Oculus.

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JULY 24, 2017

We’re just over halfway through 2017, and it’s been a rollercoaster for VR. One of the most interesting VR narratives of 2017 so far has been the pricing strategy of Facebook’s Rift. What’s the latest on Oculus’ standalone headset(s)? This is one of the most important questions of 2017.

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MARCH 4, 2017

GDC 2017 is over. CES 2016 and the week of the initial Oculus Kickstarter campaign are both strong contenders. Sony kicked off the week by revealing it sold nearly 1 million PSVR headsets, and Oculus introduced huge $100 price cuts to both its Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch hardware.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2017

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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JULY 10, 2017

Starting today and running for the next six weeks, Oculus has announced that an Oculus Rift + Touch bundle will cost only $399. Oculus’ VP of Content, Jason Rubin, revealed the extended sale on a phone call with UploadVR last week as part of the company’s ongoing Summer of Rift promotional period.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

billion USD in 2017 to 2.4 One of the biggest obstacles in the way of VR growth is its dependency on hardware. However, web engineers are trying to accommodate VR in mobile apps by making use of the advanced hardware of smart devices. This technology has been in the limelight for quite some time now. billion USD in 2024.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

Although 2017 has come and gone, its impact on the augmented/virtual reality industry will undoubtedly be felt for decades to come. After substantial contemplation, we have picked what we at VRWorld believe to be the Top Ten VR/AR Stories of 2017. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. For example, last week we estimated holiday Oculus Quest sales, and did a similar cumulative sales estimate in September. Due Diligence. ” The Findings. ” The Findings.

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MAY 7, 2017

E3 2017 is just around the corner. There will be plenty of fresh faces at E3 this year but, as usual, most eyes will be locked on one of the show’s most battle-hardened veterans: Sony. Sony’s press conference has been one of, if not the, biggest events at E3 for the past several years.

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MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Let me show you what are some of them.

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MAY 26, 2016

Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed ‘Scorpio’ to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. It’s also claimed MS are pursuing a partnership with Oculus to supply headsets to go with the new console, said to be released in 2017.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

VR Hardware of the Year. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. VR Experience of the Year. VR Film of the Year.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. People tend to focus on headsets sales, which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers. Oculus proved that VR was more than a product when they officially released numbers about their ecosystem last September at Oculus Connect 6.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Appearing this week on the stage of Oculus competitor HTC at the Tokyo Game Show , Oculus founder emeritus Palmer Luckey affirmed that he’s continuing to work on projects within the VR industry. ” SEE ALSO Oculus Founder Backs 'Revive'—a Hack for Vive to Play Rift-exclusive Games—With $2K in Monthly Funding. .

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JUNE 7, 2017

Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote made that abundantly clear with their announcement of support for external Metal graphics, HTC Vive, SteamVR and Metal VR. IDC started to collect market share data for VR and AR shipments since Q1 2016 and just reported their Q1 numbers for 2017. In 3rd place after Samsung and Sony was HTC with the HTC Vive.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

For those not interested in Hello Games’ title – or more accurately those on Oculus Quest or Google Daydream – then indie studio Orange Bridge Studios will be releasing End Space for both headsets at the end of the month. Check out VRFocus’ review of the Oculus Rift version of End Space for some hands-on info.

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JUNE 11, 2017

We know that Samsung has confirmed more than 5 million Gear VR units are now in the wild for example, and of course the headlines of Sony surprising themselves with PlayStation VR’s early sales figures – approaching 1 Million going in to 2017. Games 360 report for 2017 right here. Nielsen’s ‘ U.S

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JANUARY 3, 2017

More than 70 virtual and argumented reality companies will showcase their products, innovations and demos at CES 2017, starting this Thursday in Las Vegas. Eight conferences on virtual reality and augmented reality out of all the conference sessions at the CES 2017 will also bring together various players and stakeholders in the sector.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Following the Black Friday shopping period, analysts report strong sales for the PlayStation VR headset in the UK, possibly furthering Sony’s install base lead among tethered VR headsets. Sony’s success in moving PlayStation VR headsets—with an estimated 1.5 Top Sellers list.

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JULY 31, 2019

The two most successful VR headsets – from a sales point of view – were Sony’s PlayStation VR and Oculus Go – these two, together, sold around 1.2 billion, while enterprise VR hardware and software have generated sales of around $800 million.

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JULY 5, 2017

” According to a hands-on by Tech Crunch , the headset packs a pair of high-resolution Sony MicroOLED displays measuring 0.7 inches diagonally that boast 3,000 pixels per inch (PPI)—a significant jump from Oculus Rift of HTC Vive’s 447-461 PPI. Oculus, Vive. image courtesy Ubergizmo. image courtesy Ubergizmo.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

million), which Llamas says is due to Sony taking a more prudent approach in holding back marketing spend until the company can better position the PSVR with their upgraded Pro console system. For the most part, Sony’s slow approach to marketing the PlayStation VR has not been lost on consumers.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Superhot VR (2017). Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017). Arizona Sunshine (2017). Admittedly the game has had enormous benefit thanks to its success on Steam and Oculus Store Early Access. Job Simulator (2016). Beat Saber (2018). PlayStation VR Worlds (2016). Moss (2018). Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (2016).

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JANUARY 2, 2018

Without any major VR hardware releases on the radar for this year, 2018 is shaping up to be a time for content to shine. We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Platform : Oculus, Steam (Early 2018).

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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. Here’s the full list below: Image courtesy Sony.

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MARCH 19, 2017

.” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers.

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JULY 24, 2017

As it stands, companies like HTC, Oculus, and even Google are being very tight-lipped about how many Vives, Rifts, and Daydream Views they’ve sold (respectively) and it’s making it very difficult to paint a solid picture of what the VR market actually looks like. Nevertheless, most of the hardware manufacturers appear to be happy.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

With no mention of next generation headsets from any of the major players at CES 2017, I put the question to HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin. ” SEE ALSO Apple AR/VR Product to Debut in 2017, Predicts Sony's Head of Worldwide Studios.

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JUNE 12, 2016

E3 2016 kicks off this week; it’s the first E3 since the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and the last before the launch of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. With the launch of the Rift only a few months under their belt, don’t expect anything new in the hardware department from Oculus.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

value) in addition to the current Fallout 4 VR bundle, which launches on December 12, 2017. Only available in Microsoft retail and online stores in the US and Canada, the sale goes on until 11:59 PM PST on November 27, 2017. Sony announced a $100 discount on all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB consoles.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Oculus Quest. More than 60 Oculus developers have reached $1M+ revenue. ” Total Quest Games Reviews Have Exceeded Oculus PC Reviews in Less Than Two Years. The total count of game reviews on the Quest store have surpassed those of the Oculus PC store ( see chart ). Key Data Points. Key Data Points.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The company revealed a range of Windows VR headsets alongside its upcoming Windows 10 update known as “Redstone” This update will come to market as the Windows 10 Creator’s Edition, scheduled for April 2017. This new hardware platform will be manufactured respective partners: Acer, ASUS, Dell, Lenovo and HP.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Citing a lack of dedicated evangelism from Sony, interactive media research firm SuperData is updating its earlier predictions concerning the company’s PlayStation VR hardware. Initially, SuperData predicted Sony would sell well over 2 million PS VR headsets by the end of 2016.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Each month, Valve runs a survey among Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platform’s population, and to see how things are changing over time; that includes which VR headsets are connected to users’ computers.

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JULY 16, 2016

At E3 this year, Microsoft proudly unveiled that they had a secret weapon in the war against console hardware obsolescence and, as an important and timely bonus, allow the Xbox platform to offer “high-fidelity virtual reality” experiences. See Also: VR Comes to Xbox with ‘Project Scorpio’ Console, Launching in 2017.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

The company has made several significant announcements regarding Windows 10, partnerships with Valve and more recently revealing Windows will host several new affordable 3rd party virtual reality headsets in 2017. SEE ALSO VR Comes to Xbox with 'Project Scorpio' Console, Launching in 2017. This feature was enabled yesterday.

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