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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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JANUARY 4, 2017

CES is not typically a place for major software announcements but we know that there will be space and time for demos following the executive speeches. What We Know: Microsoft is at the show in a multitude of capacities. Take any show floor demo you see, therefore, with a healthy grain of salt. — What do you think?

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Apple Store demos require a setup stage to configure the headset for you, and then there is a 25-minute session when you can mostly try 3D photos and videos and then you can enjoy having multiple windows around you, which is the specialty of “spatial computing”. There is even Microsoft Word!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

E3 2017 is underway and one of the key events this year is Microsoft’s Xbox briefing, at which we’re expected to learn much more about Project Scorpio, the PS4 Pro rival which the company have stated will host “high fidelity” VR. Watch the livestream right here. Catch the livestream for the show below.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” Also on stage were Athena Demos and Doug Jacobson of Big Rock Creative.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Following its debut, Igloo Vision began rolling the product out to end users, including Microsoft, Nike, and AtkinsRéalis. Additionally, the firm incorporated a Lenovo ThinkSmart Teams Room device, Crystal Vox Loqui 1 Speaker, a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling mic, and a Sony digital camera.

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JUNE 18, 2019

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

However, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) was noticeably absent last year, leaving not only a big gap news wise but physically as well. PlayStation even appeared during CES 2020 last week during Sony’s press conference with a brief reveal of the PlayStation 5 logo and nothing more.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Two former members of Sony Interactive Entertainment reunited this week, as ex-PlayStation executive Phil Harrison invested in Dream Reality Interactive, founded by Dr. Dave Ranyard. ” The former Sony exec has a long history in the games industry, having previously worked with Microsoft and companies like Atari too.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

New Technology Walkers (NTW) has released on SideQuest a free demo of HitMotion: Reloaded, a fitness XR game that was already one of the launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). This is very interesting: it means that Sony is leaving another year to Facebook to gain market shares with the Quest.

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MARCH 29, 2022

PlayStation’s been losing the “hearts and minds” war against Xbox Game Pass for too long — it just doesn't have a service that can compete with Microsoft's "hundreds of games for $15/month" elevator pitch. Spartacus is a huge opportunity for Sony to fix this. Make it happen, Sony.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

We honestly believe any studio could take a good shot at bringing their game to Sony’s headset regardless of features and, with an install base of over 40 million PS4s, it’s in their best interest to. With that in mind, here are five Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games we’d love to see on PlayStation VR. This is a no-brainer.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. Plus, there are demo versions that allow you to try out the technology and decide whether you are ready to pay for a specific offer. Existing Educational VR Projects.

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JUNE 26, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Microsoft) Xbox executives are still not interested in XR Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has reiterated the fact that Xbox is not interested in implementing VR because it’s too niche. Hexa seems working exactly towards this: converting the photos of retail websites to 3D models.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Microsoft explained at the Immerse Global Summit’s Metaverse 2.0 The comments came just months after Microsoft announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard in a historic $68 billion deal. Meta Platforms and Microsoft have also boosted serious gaming tools in a massive collaborative effort for the Meta Quest Pro.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In 2022, Gamescom had a sizable VR presence in the public-facing halls, with a giant Pico booth offering demos of games like After the Fall and a decent-sized public booth nearby from Resolution Games, offering demoes of their then-new free-to-play multiplayer title Ultimechs on Pico and Quest headsets.

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Road to VR

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. Sony PlayStation. Of the ‘big three’, Sony has the most on the line at E3 2016. See Also: Sony – ‘PSVR Breakout Box is Not a Crutch for PS4′.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Although retail demos were the most popular way American consumers became interested in VR before buying, poorly managed demos and associates with little knowledge of how the technology works created friction for consumers, decreasing adoption and interest. North America will be the fastest growing market as it reach $403M this year.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

On Sunday 2/26, members of the press (UploadVR included) will attend a full-day long set of demos of all the latest upcoming games, but we can’t talk about them until Tuesday 2/28. What to Expect from Sony. The long and short of it is that you shouldn’t expect much from Sony at GDC this year.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2016

Microsoft / Xbox. Microsoft is bringing VR to Xbox. Ongoing court cases aside , Bethesda surprised the industry during their E3 press conference by announcing a Doom VR tech demo as well as a full port of Fallout 4 to VR, with the latter coming in 2017 to HTC Vive and Xbox Project Scorpio. The cat’s out of the bag.

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JUNE 9, 2017

One of the biggest events on the gaming calendar is back for another week of announcements, press conferences, demos, and interviews. Microsoft – Sunday, June 11th, 2pm PDT/5pm EDT/10pm BST. Microsoft may not be talking about Project Scorpio’s VR capabilities, but this is still a console that will one day support the tech.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

The first apps supporting it will be Elixir (a tech demo also showcased at OC6), Waltz of the Wizards, and the Curious Tale Of Stolen Pet. The company has also showcased a tech demo to make us enthusiasts get hyped for the future of Facebook’s standalone devices. Image by Microsoft). Iron Man VR demo has been released!

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JULY 21, 2019

Oculus wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. The bombshell comes directly from Jason Rubin, that interviewed from Kotaku, has clearly said that he wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. Microsoft has showcased a great holographic translating technology. (Image by Capcom). It’s time to buy some VR games, baby! Some XR fun.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft Teams to integrate Mesh in 2022. With a surprise move, Microsoft has announced that in 2022 it will integrate Microsoft Mesh, its framework to create shared XR experiences, inside Microsoft Teams. And if they have these features from Microsoft, they won’t need to get them from Meta.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Some the participating companies included Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Oculus, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Valve, Sony, Yahoo, Unity, Intel, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, HP, Dolby, High Fidelity, JanusVR, and Sketchfab.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. It’s the “convergence of gaming, film, and music” part which speaks to where the long-term synergies between Sony and Epic lie.

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JULY 24, 2017

But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t expect any demos of future devices in prototype form. Are Microsoft’s Mixed Reality headsets any good? Microsoft seems like the wild card in VR right now. There’s a lot about Microsoft’s approach to VR that sounds too good to be true.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Image by Microsoft). Both Sony and Microsoft have not given clear plans on their VR offerings for their next-gen consoles , the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, but we have some interesting hints. Sony has confirmed its interest in releasing a new PSVR headset, but it has also confirmed that it will be released after the PS5.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies. The “VR Game Dev” track will tackle platform-specific development, case studies, and tool/service demos.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking. Image by Microsoft). This reinforces my belief that Microsoft in 2021–2022 will add VR support to it , to fight the PSVR when the market will be riper.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 11, 2017

Faceware is the leading facial animation solution provider for clients such as Double Negative, Digital Domain, Blur Studios, Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar Games, Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Sony, Bethesda, Motion Theory and Moving Picture Company. Seriously It felt like I just walked into an acid trip.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Jim Ryan hints at a possible PlayStation metaverse The court documents related to the FTC vs Microsoft trial related to the acquisition of Activision contain a very interesting piece of information related to what Sony may be working on. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.”

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JUNE 19, 2016

The PSVR unit will work with the PlayStation 4 and Sony says they’ll have 50 games ready to go at launch. Want to do a demo? Starting on June 24th, PlayStation will offer PSVR demos at about 300 Best Buy and GameStop locations across the US and Canada.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Given the timing, we expect to see HTC demoing content almost exclusively on Vive Pro headsets, and there’s a good chance we’ll see a few more experiences using the new Vive Trackers with SteamVR 2.0 Continued on Page 2: Sony, Magic Leap, LG & Microsoft ». Santa Cruz. Image courtesy Oculus.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

I have several friend who fell in love after demoing my Vive and Rift, but they always ask me where the big games are. Home console manufacturers such as Sony, Microsoft, and especially Nintendo have established IPs that they can rely on for the launch of a new system. You see the problem, right?

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MARCH 2, 2021

Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. Plus, there are demo versions that allow you to try out the technology and decide whether you are ready to pay for a specific offer. Existing Educational VR Projects.

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