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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The investment gives Sony a minority stake in Epic that now is evaluated at more than $17B. And Sony for sure wants to have a stake in the metaverse. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

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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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Fallout 4 VR Shows that Triple-A VR will Bring Triple-A Prices, Pre-Order Now

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Another Bethesda title, Doom VXR however, is coming to Sony’s VR headset and you can read all about it here. Fallout 4 is available to pre-order via Amazon right now (in the US) and direct via Steam , and its price reflects the years of development that went into the original game, in this case a cool $60.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.31): Roblox released on Quest, Apple bringing back investments in VR, and more!

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This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. Sansar will so become a sister platform for Somnium Space, and in the upcoming months, it will implement all features present in Somnium.

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Big News from Altspace VR, Apple, Disney, Lloyd’s, and the US Justice Department

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The wider immersive technology sphere also aims to discover new opportunities by leveraging emerging tech, attaining new partners, and business models. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. The solution is seeing integration into XR applications.

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Bytedance announces Pico 4 for just €429, with accessories and BIG developer incentives!

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Pixel density is what makes us see everything crisper, and if with the 773 PPI of the Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3 Link the screen door effect was already almost invisible, I think that with 1200, it will be impossible to see pixels at all, for a very immersive virtual reality. This means more powerful and more immersive integrated speakers.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.17): Big tech companies’ battle for talents, PSVR 2 still not confirmed for 2022, and more!

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But before digging into the news, let me invite you all to the latest work that we of VRrOOm have developed: a new social XR immersive music experience from the French legendary composer Jean-Michel Jarre! Image by Sony). For this reason, Sony is producing old PlayStation units to be able to sell something to its player base.

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