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JUNE 12, 2017

At Sony’s E3 2017 presentation the company announced a slew of brand new titles heading to PSVR. Though Skyrim is coming to PSVR, Sony’s E3 presentation also featured a section dedicated to brand new PSVR games not seen anywhere else yet. At first glance it seems reminiscent of the recently released Wilson’s Heart on Oculus.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Sony has announced a $100 price drop to their PlayStation VR headset across the board. Bringing prices that haven’t been seen since temporary sales during 2017’s holiday shopping period, Sony is permanently slashing prices on the PlayStation VR, making it more accessible than ever.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

As a testament to the strength of high-quality VR with a relatively low entry price, Sony today announced they’ve sold more than 2 million units to consumers worldwide as of December 3rd, 2017. This, Sony says, has led to the sale of “more than 617.8 image courtesy Sony.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

billion in 2017, up 142% year-over-year. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M CCS Insight expects global sales of smartphone VR headsets to grow fivefold from 2017 to 70 million by 2021. billion in 2017, rising to $9.1 Billion in 2017 appeared first on VRScout. billion by 2021.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Now that E3 2017 has officially come and gone it’s time to take a moment and look back to reflect. Last year at E3 we were just a few months removed from the launch hype of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and the anticipation surrounding Sony’s PlayStation VR and the Oculus Touch controllers were both at all-time highs.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Not attending?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Expected to be rolled out in phases prior to the theatrical opening on November 17, 2017, the Justice League VR experience will have a four-stage unveiling that culminates with a full blown room-scale experience for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google DayDream and Sony PSVR. No word yet on official pricing.

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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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DECEMBER 31, 2016

That’s a question that expands well beyond 2017, but there’s still a bunch of big questions we’re expecting to answer next year. Oculus is spending the kind of money that gets Epic, Square Enix and Insomniac involved with VR. Sony has partnered with Capcom and is utilizing its own first-party studios.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

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.” Oculus – Rift. Sony – Playstation VR. Oculus – Touch. HTC – Vive. Razer – OSVR.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

With major US retailers already greasing the wheels of their shopping carts in preparation for the yearly scramble we call Black Friday, Sony today announced on the US PlayStation blog that it’s temporarily lowering the price of all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB console, each by $100. image courtesy 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. What’s the latest on Oculus’ standalone headset(s)? This is one of the most important questions of 2017.

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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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Tokyo Game Show (TGS) is upon us, and Sony has today shown off some a few brand new teaser trailers at its PlayStation keynote. Gungrave , the PlayStation 2 title from Red Entertainment , is heading to PSVR in Japan sometime in 2017, with a Western release on the horizon as well. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. Gungrave VR.

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JUNE 13, 2017

The developer’s team in Atlanta this week confirmed that Sparc will be coming to Sony’s headset first in Q3 of this year. It’s expected to hit both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift too, but it sounds like fans will have to wait either until the very end of the year of sometime in 2018 to get their hands on it.

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JUNE 12, 2017

We’re just a few hours away from Sony’s highly anticipated E3 2017 conference, where we’re expecting to see plenty of new PlayStation VR (PSVR) games. The UploadVR team is currently waiting to be let into Sony’s show in LA but, as usual, the company has lined up a bunch of games to check out in the meantime.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Here are the latest PlayStation VR games Sony teased at E3. So far E3 2017 has been a turbulent experience to say the least. With other VR military shooters such as Onward and Pavlov gaining much attention by Vive and Oculus owners as of late, Bravo Team could be just what the PSVR needs to further expand its community.

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JUNE 16, 2017

It’s even got a sequel to Oculus Rift launch title, Lucky’s Tale , but no word on VR support for that yet. Imagine our — and everyone else’s — surprise when it debuted at Sony’s press conference the next day on PSVR. Sony’s headset easily had the best showing at E3. PSVR Overload.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

This is a VR installation put on by Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Void in New York City. The recently released jaw-dropper from Oculus Studios won tonight’s Lumiere for Best VR Animated Experience. Dear Angelica was created using the new Oculus art program, Quill and the results are simply astonishing. Dear Angelica.

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MAY 8, 2017

Oculus has had a few stumbles since it launched the Rift VR headset just over a year ago now. No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.” No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.”

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MARCH 9, 2017

The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards have been announced , and Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is once again leading the charge for virtual reality. Brilliantly, Sony Japan’s excellent party game, Playroom VR , is also nominated in the Family category.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

We’re going to be playing guessing games when it comes to VR headset sales for a long time yet, but Sony has at least given us a ballpark to play with when it comes to PlayStation VR. The real question is if Sony can’t maintain that lead going forward as PC-based VR continues to lower its barrier to entry.

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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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MAY 28, 2016

Ars Technica’s Kyle Orland reports , “Ars can confirm that at least one major developer is currently planning to release a new virtual reality game on the Xbox One in 2017 and plans to show that game at E3.” For some time now, the Oculus Rift seems to make sense for the eventual VR play on Xbox.

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JUNE 12, 2017

It was just announced on the Sony pre-show live stream at E3. The game came to the HTC Vive last month after debuting on Oculus Rift late last year. Superhot VR is coming to PlayStation VR (PSVR). It’s apparently coming to PS4 in a few weeks’ time.

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JUNE 17, 2018

Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio. Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. Image courtesy Sony.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Sony – Monday, June 12th, 6pm PDT/9pm EDT/2am BST (Tuesday). PlayStation VR has had a rock solid start and Sony will hopefully capitalize on that on Monday night with some brand new games to look forward to. We’re expecting a lot of news from Sony here so don’t miss it. We’ll see you then!

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Last year, the Oculus Rift (Facebook), HTC Vive (HTC and Valve) and the PlayStation VR (Sony) all debuted, and Samsung just announced 5 million of its Gear VR headsets have shipped. With a plug-and-play install base of around 50 million PS4s, and the monolithic might of Sony behind it, it was the best bet the VR industry had.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive to finally launch on PSVR. Europe – CUSA18231_00. Japan – CUSA18283_00. Image courtesy Gamstat.

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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. 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: Sony is a GDC veteran. Sony knows how to make great content and how to communicate it to the world. GDC is Sony’s chance to prove its commitment to PSVR and remind us all who the video game legend in the room really is. Now’s the time for Oculus to show us what that big war chest can do.

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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. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Today, we learned that Giant Cop: Justice Above All has officially been delayed into 2017. For this reason, we have to delay the release of Giant Cop on the Oculus Rift + Touch by a few months. ” Tagged with: delay , Giant Cop , htc , oculus , other ocean , playstation , PS VR , rift , sony , Vive.

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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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JUNE 21, 2017

PlayStation VR (PSVR) easily had the best showing of any headset at E3 last week, though that’s more down to the absence of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive than it is anything else. Yesterday Sony posted this sizzle reel online, showcasing many of the games that were announced at last week’s show.

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