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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony announces price and release date for PSVR 2. Sony Interactive Entertainment has finally announced that PSVR 2 will be launched on February 22nd, 2023 for $549. The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. What will be important, anyway, will be the content.

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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Moreover, with significant firms struggling through Q1, official government bodies are also decelerating Metaverse growth out of competition fears. The company faces increased competition from other VR and AR companies, such as Sony and Apple. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022.

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Microsoft Joins Google, HTC Vive, Facebook, Samsung, and Sony as an XR Association Member

Peter Graham

Formerly called the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA), today the XR Association (XRA) has announced that Microsoft has joined as a member company alongside founding members HTC Vive, Sony, Google, Facebook, and Samsung. We are thrilled to welcome Microsoft to XRA,” said Elizabeth Hyman, CEO of the XR Association.

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Meta and the next 24 months crucial for its leadership

The Ghost Howls

Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). I said that the winner of the 2016 match has been HTC, but actually, the real winner of the tethered headset market at that time has been Sony , with the PSVR headset exploiting the existing Playstation 4 userbase to sell more devices than the others.

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

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc.

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“Thinking Ahead About XR” Report by Bipartisan Policy Center and XR Association

ARPost

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. This raises the question of how much they can really do and when, or if, the government should step in. About the “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report.

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AMD Confirms Sony PlayStation Neo Based on 14nm CPU and Polaris?

VRWorld

For example, AMD sealed the deal with THATIC , Chinese government owned investment fund – which will see their x86 processors enter Chinese enterprise and government sectors in a big way. However, according to sources in the know, this placeholder has another existing customer, whose name is SONY. 120-220 million).

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