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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Rec Room & Looking Glass

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This week, we look at Looking Glass’ latest hardware, New avatars at Rec Room and lots of new funding. The new new game studio pulled in an astonishing $113M Series C to produce what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs. Two New Harry Potter VR Experiences Coming to New York Store.

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Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

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Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data.

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PlayStation 4 Pro Unboxing: New Sony Console and New DualShock 4 Controller

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When Sony debuted the console at its PlayStation Meeting two months ago in New York, everyone already knew what to expect and we were left a bit disappointed overall. It’s a brand new console technically, but it’s also not a new generation of hardware.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.02.13): Quest 3 confirmed for 2023, 100+ games in the work for PSVR 2, and more!

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The confirmed launch of the new headset means that the company is still full steam ahead in pursuing its metaverse dream. And we had some interesting details, like the fact that the new headset is 7% lighter than the previous model, and that it can work also without the TV connected after it has been configured.

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Data Dive: Web AR Ratchets Up

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But as we’ve learned throughout the smartphone era and age of mobile apps, the addressable market represented in a hardware base doesn’t necessarily translate to usage volume. Sony Pictures’ Jumanji: The Next Level web AR promotion resulted in consumers spending over 5 minutes in AR.

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Palmer Luckey: “I’m still working in the VR industry on some very exciting things”

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Back in June the New York Times reported that, following his departure from Oculus, Luckey was working on a new business involving border security. “I have a new company, I can’t talk about my projects too much yet, but I’m still working in the virtual reality industry on some very exciting things.”

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IMAX Launches High-Tech Centers That Make Trying VR a Movie-Like Experience

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When it comes to the Vive, however, IMAX explained in an official statement that the two companies have “a new technology and content partnership to incorporate HTC VIVE headset technology and highly engaging, location-based specific VR content into IMAX VR centers.” Tickets will cost between $7 and $10.