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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.

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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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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Despite that, some significant firms are working hard to provide cross-platform, interoperable XR solutions that go against the grain to offer accessible tools. The division also develops AR and VR technologies like the Quest Pro headset. The company faces increased competition from other VR and AR companies, such as Sony and Apple.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Acer hasn’t announced the reason why it has taken this decision, but it has commented the news reassuring everyone that Acer is not abandoning XR, and it will continue exploring the technology. 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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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. 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. Teppei: Sure. Yeah, absolutely.

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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. 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. Teppei: Sure. Yeah, absolutely.

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Investing in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui

XR for Business Podcast

So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. 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. Teppei: Sure. Yeah, absolutely.