Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Sony plans to hold a PlayStation VR bundle sale from February 18th (this Sunday) to March 3rd. If you missed out on the 2017 holiday deal season, this is your chance to score a similar discount on Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. Move Controllers. The deal will see PlayStation VR bundles discounted by $100 across the board.

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Mashable VR

MAY 16, 2022

PREORDER: The new Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are set for release on May 20. In the meantime, you can reserve a pair through Amazon , Best Buy , or Sony.com for $399.99. Preorders are live as of May 16: You can reserve a pair at Amazon , Best Buy , or directly from the Sony website for $399.99. Credit: Sony.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

with a lightsaber-shaped controller, play HoloChess, and challenge the Empire in a tabletop RTS. Now, Lenovo is returning with a new AR game, MARVEL Dimension of Heroes , and a pair of 6DOF controllers too. Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Nova 2S, Xiaomi MIX2, Sony Xperia XZ1. Image courtesy Lenovo. Image courtesy Lenovo.

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MARCH 30, 2023

IDC told Bloomberg News that Sony is “ likely” to have sold only around 270,000 PSVR 2 units between launch and the end of March. In October, Bloomberg reported Sony was producing 2 million units for launch. Given the current inflationary period and associated cost of living crisis, will Sony be next?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Sony today announced a new PSVR Mega Pack hardware bundle for 2020, launching this month across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Again, notably missing from the Mega Pack is the PS Move controllers, which inexplicably retail anywhere from €60 – €140 when purchased separately. Voucher codes for five games.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Amazon’s US store is either the first, or the only retailer currently to offer the Oculus Rift for its Black Friday-reduced price of $350, a $50 discount off the now normal MSRP of $400. Oculus Touch controllers (2). The post Amazon Deal Sees Return of Rift’s $350 Black Friday Price Cut appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Buy on Amazon ($25) Lens Cleaning Pen Image courtesy CNBEYOUNG Apple hasn’t published a guide yet on exactly how to clean your Vision Pro. You can nab one for as low as $7 on Amazon, or a whole set with multiple brushes, wipes, carrying cases, the works. Available in clear, and black, red, blue, white, and grey.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. The headset also launched alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain , the first native VR game based on one of Sony’s major first-party IPs.

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Digital Trends

JULY 20, 2021

These noise-cancelling headphones not only provide great sound and noise-canceling features, but they also allow you to control calls and music with ease.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2019

Sony is getting ready to host their annual ‘Days of Play’ sale again, and there’s a few deals this time around on newly released hardware bundles that should have you excited. DualShock 4 wireless controller (all colors) – starting at $40. Image courtesy Sony. PlayStation Hits games – starting at $10.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 2, 2022

SAVE $10 WITH PRIME: Amazon Prime members can get a Nintendo Switch Lite on sale for just $189.99 (normally $199.99) through Woot as of March 2. As of March 2, Woot has a limited-time deal where Amazon Prime members can save $10 on the Nintendo Switch Lite , which brings its price down to $189.99. That's a rare discount of about 5%.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Sony is setting high near term sales figure expectations for PlayStation VR’s rollout. Speaking with CNBC earlier this week , Jim Ryan, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, spoke to the company’s confidence in early traction of the PSVR headset.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2017

Right now, Amazon and Best Buy are running a promotional bundle which includes the core PSVR package with a PlayStation Camera thrown in for free, saving you a respectable $59. The PlayStation Camera | Image Courtesy Sony.

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AR Insider

APRIL 17, 2020

Sony Music Entertainment collaborated with Liverpool-based studio Draw & Code on a WebAR experience for Pink Floyd: The Later Years, that allows fans to experience the band’s music like never before. Sony Pictures and Trigger — The Mixed Reality Agency® teamed up once again to create a WebAR experience for the feature film.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

More info (Quest v55 performance boost) More info (Quest Pro getting better eye tracking) More info (The new taskbar capabilities of the Quest runtime) Hexa brings 3D visualization to Amazon pages Amazon has partnered with the startup Hexa to add 3D capabilities to its store pages.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Without any discounts or deals, the basic PSVR ‘all-in’ bundle which includes the VR headset, PS Move controllers, and PS Camera, has historically cost as low as $500. While the the headset alone with no controllers and camera can come in as low as $285, the best savings invariably come to you via Sony’s new bundles.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Without any discounts or deals, the basic PSVR ‘all-in’ bundle—which includes the VR headset, PS Move controllers, PS Camera and two games—costs $350. While the starter kit bundle—which includes the headset with a camera and two games, but no Move controllers—is priced at $300. Image courtesy Sony. Also available from: Amazon.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2019

Sony’s PSVR Aim controller launched back in 2017 with Farpoint , but has since grown to support nearly two dozen games in total. PSVR Aim is an optional PSVR gun controller which is supported only by specific games. Here’s a handy list of every game with support for PSVR Aim. Every Game With PSVR Aim Support.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 3, 2023

NVMe SSD series, officially licensed for Sony's current-generation gaming console. Unlike Microsoft, which uses a proprietary SSD expansion card for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, Sony opted to employ a standard M.2 SSD controller capable of hitting write and read speeds over 7 GB/s. 2 SSD offerings on the market.

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Road to VR

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. In the box you’ll find the PSVR headset , PS Camera, two PS Move controllers, Demo Disc 3.0

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

Assuming you’re one of the more than 54 million people who own a PlayStation 4 console, that you’re looking to buy into the console’s PlayStation VR platform and that you live in the UK, here’s a new Amazon bundle which you might be interested in. Note: There’s no Aim Controller or Move controllers included here.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Sony is quietly releasing the new hardware refresh of PlayStation VR they announced last month in a newly revealed Skyrim VR bundle which delivers everything you need to jump into Tamriel with sword and fire spell in hand (except the PS4 and TV, that is). image courtesy Sony. image courtesy Sony.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 16, 2017

As one of the earliest developers of the PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset and having worked on countless other peripherals for the company, Sony’s Richard Marks knows a lot about futuristic tech. When it comes to VR, Marks thinks AI and voice controls are going to play a big role. ” Boom! I can be in a castle.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Take note: the bundle does not include PS Move controllers. Doom VFR supports DualShock 4 controllers, PS Move, and PS Aim. You can find pre-orders at Amazon. Including a PSVR headset, PS Camera, the new PSVR demo disc and a copy of Doom VFR, the bundle launches on December 1st for $400.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

Amazon is going all out today with deals on virtual reality products, running the whole gamut of headset options, computers, and accessories. For extra bang for your buck, make your purchase through the Amazon Smile program for OSgrid , and half a percent will be donated to OpenSim’s biggest non-profit grid and testing ground.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Quest 3 and Pro can now use hand-tracking and controllers simultaneously , Meta's looking at neural wristbands , while Sony confirmed PC support is coming for PSVR 2. As for VR gaming, we reflected on PSVR 2's debut year as Sony announced Little Cities: Bigger! Zombie Army VR and a The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood port.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.

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MAY 3, 2017

The $400 core version included only the headset and its breakout processing box, but didn’t include the camera (which is necessary for it to work at all) or any PlayStation Move controllers, which some games support and many games encourage. Does this make the PSVR any more or less appealing to you if you haven’t gotten one yet?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

The author of the much-appreciated XR Caliper controllers and of many tricks to improve the ergonomics of the Valve Index has just tested for me the Pimax Sword controllers , writing the most detailed review about them you will ever find on the web. Pimax Sword Controllers – review by Rob Cole for Skarredghost. Rob Cole is back.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Sony is a master of bundling and has just introduced two attractive new PSVR bundles focused on different player tastes. The first bundle includes the PS Move controllers and two games that require them, the upcoming boxing game CREED: Rise to Glory (as a physical disc) and the Matrix-esque SUPERHOT VR (as a download voucher).

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2016

Sony have released example artwork for PlayStation VR launch titles that gives us a look at how the company intends to let consumers know they’ll need a $399 set of additional hardware before they buy the games. Interestingly however, the PS Move controllers do not make an appearance in any of these shots.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2016

GameStop held its 2016 second quarter fiscal year conference call this week, and Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation VR, due for launch on October 13, featured quite prominently it seems. Elsewhere the firm was quoted as saying Sony has virtual reality as a “very seriously, as a very meaningful driver.” Which is indeed encouraging.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Sony has announced the U.S. At Sony’s E3 2016 press conference the company gave the final U.S. At GDC 2016 earlier this year, Sony announced that PSVR would cost $399 as the ‘Core Headset’ package which doesn’t include the PlayStation VR camera of PlayStation Move controllers.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 8, 2022

Credit: Bellroy/Amazon. Credit: Sennheiser/Amazon. You can also scoop up this multicolored 5-pack or, for an over-the-ear option, the Sony ZX Series. Credit: Apple/Amazon. Credit: Amazon. Credit: Native Union/Amazon. Credit: Belkin/Amazon. Cord organizer. We like this compact option from Bellroy.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Sony announced a $100 discount on all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB consoles. Shop on Amazon. Bundles with Touch controllers will be just $350 at Best Buy from Nov. Sold on Samsung and Amazon. Samsung HMD Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $500 $449. PlayStation VR Price Cuts.

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