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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Japanese electronics giant Sony recently bought out Beyond Sports, allowing the former to build massive metaverse content for sporting events. Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. it announced this week.

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HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots

Road to VR

The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to build full-body haptic and force feedback tech for VR and robotics. Image courtesy HaptX.

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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!

The Ghost Howls

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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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Last week I was at the Florida Simulation Summit.

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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Last week I was at the Florida Simulation Summit.

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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Last week I was at the Florida Simulation Summit.

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Exploring the Vast Worlds of Immersive Entertainment, with The Stinger Report’s Kevin Williams

XR for Business Podcast

80 percent of people who walk through the doors of family entertainment centers, urban entertainment centers, bar and club, hospitality sites, theme parks, casinos, visitor attractions, and retail-atainment are going there in groups. But you could also say the same of Sony. Alan: That’s another podcast all in itself.