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MAY 27, 2019

As Sony’s next big title after the hit platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) , the company is putting its best foot forward by featuring the action game in its own PSVR hardware bundle. Blood & Truth is set to launch tomorrow, May 28th. Disc, and both Blood & Truth Disc and Everybody’s Golf VR game voucher.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

CES 2017 is officially “begins” tomorrow but the behemoth conference is already revving up in Las Vegas. On this week’s episode of our VR news podcast, we discussed CES 2017 at length. What We Know: In our world its easy to forget sometimes that Sony is much more than just a gaming company. Vive (HTC).

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Well, the news isn’t good, as Rec Room has “no current plans” to support Sony’s latest VR headset. ” The free social VR platform has been available on the original PSVR since late 2017, bringing its user-focused maker tools alongside a host of first-party games and activities.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Sony has officially announced that John Kodera has stepped down as president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), making way for previous SIE deputy president Jim Ryan to take the position. Like Kodera before him, Ryan will report directly to Kenichiro Yoshida, president and CEO of Sony Corporation.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.”

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

After announcing the company sold over 2 million PSVR headsets to date , Sony is now lowering the price of one of its latest bundles to just $200, which includes PlayStation VR, PS Camera, and a copy of Gran Turismo Sport (2017). Image courtesy Sony. Whatever the case may be, the deal’s simply too good to pass up.

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At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017.

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MAY 23, 2018

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is entering its ‘final phase’, according to a recent tweet by Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki, citing a talk with PlayStation Chief Tsuyoshi Kodera. Kodera says PSVR sales are growing, although it’s admittedly under Sony’s expectations.

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MAY 8, 2017

No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.” “By being patient and strategic we have put ourselves in a position to have better hardware, and better content, at a lower price point. Jason Rubin (@Jason_Rubin) March 19, 2017.

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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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MARCH 13, 2017

The Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 launches April 4th, pre-order today to save 40% off the list price. 2017 will be another foundational year for the entire VR industry. The Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 will push the industry forward with data-driven insights and practical thought-leadership.”.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Those looking for a hotly-anticipated VR experience and a complete VR hardware bundle may be in luck on or after November 17th: according to Sony, not only will that date mark the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, but the title will also be made available with a hardware bundle.

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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 Sony.

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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. This is one of the most important questions of 2017. Hopefully we’ll find out in the coming months.

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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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MARCH 4, 2017

GDC 2017 is over. 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. Less expensive hardware isn’t all that GDC gave the VR community this week.

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JUNE 11, 2017

At Microsoft’s E3 2017 briefing, the company’s event this year was all about the mid-generation Xbox hardware powerhouse formerly known as Project Scorpio. At Microsoft’s Xbox briefing at E3 2017, the company announced that the new console will arrive on November 7th around the world.

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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. The matter has since moved on to an appeal. #8

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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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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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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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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). No one can compete now. Let me show you what are some of them.

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In 2016 it released a compact smartphone-tethered headset for viewing 360° videos, to terrible reviews, and in 2017 it showed off a PC-tethered SteamVR headset prototype that it never shipped. Cho told The Guru that LG Electronics has moved XR device development into the division of the company that makes its TVs to "speed up development".

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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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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. Both exercises extrapolated hardware units based on software revenue disclosures. But putting hardware aside, software sales are a key metric Chennavasin asserts. Due Diligence.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

.” The report predicts America will be the major source of revenue for the VR gaming market, citing increased awareness and growth brought on by companies such as Google, Samsung and Sony. The post Report: Global VR Gaming Market to Jump 84% in 4 Years appeared first on VRScout.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The Official PlayStation Blog has shared Sony’s most downloaded games of last year. This includes a dedicated list for PlayStation VR, representing almost three months of software sales since the hardware launched in October. Will any of these titles manage to hold onto a place on the list by the end of 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 original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Superhot VR (2017). Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017). Arizona Sunshine (2017). The game also comes alongside Borderlands 2 VR (2018) in a PSVR hardware bundle that saw a significant cost reduction during the holidays, bringing it to only $250. Job Simulator (2016). Beat Saber (2018). Moss (2018).

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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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DECEMBER 4, 2018

The PlayStation Awards took place in Tokyo last night, Sony’s annual award show that rewards PlayStation format titles based on sales in Asia. Only titles released from Oct 1st, 2017 – Sept 30th, 2018 were considered this year. Developer : Sony Japan Studio / Acquire. Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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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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SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Luckey’s appearance on the HTC Vive stage during TGS 2017 was a panel discussion that touched on a variety of topics surrounding the Japanese VR scene and beyond. Sony, HTC, other companies. “Don’t think of me as an Oculus person. Just think of me as a VR person. Everything. Everything.”

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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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JUNE 22, 2018

Back at E3 2016, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox Phil Spencer announced on stage that the Xbox One X (then ‘Project Scorpio’) would become the industry’s next VR-compatible console, positioning the platform to compete with Sony’s PSVR with what Spencer called “high fidelity VR.”

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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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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. But what was notably absent were deals for the PlayStation VR — Sony was instead pushing the PlayStation 4 Pro during the shopping weekend.

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