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MARCH 19, 2021

Despite being among the early supporters of the OpenXR consortium—the industry group building the open standard for XR devices—Sony so far seems to have avoided making a specific commitment to implement OpenXR on PSVR or its next-gen headset. specification has taken major strides toward real industry adoption.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Sony is closing PlayStation London, the studio behind Blood & Truth, and laying off staff in the studios behind Horizon Call Of The Mountain. The games industry reportedly reached over 10,000 layoffs in 2023 alone. One Year In, Has PlayStation VR2 Failed, Or Is Sony Just Getting Started? But was it a success?

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Sony is Qualcomm's 5th partner building a headset based on the XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. The new device features 4K OLED microdisplays and is on the way from Sony Corporation rather than Sony Interactive Entertainment. Sony "and its partners" will announce specifications, "software compatibility" and details later.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand. Working groups will be organized around important topics for the industry, enabling us to produce relevant research and guidance.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Sony is reportedly pausing PlayStation VR2 production. Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki cites "people familiar with its plans" as saying Sony is temporarily stopping production to clear a backlog of unsold units. Those people also reportedly revealed Sony has produced "well over" 2 million PSVR 2 headsets. million in 2023.

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VRScout

APRIL 16, 2019

PSVR will be compatible with Sony’s next PlayStation console. In an exclusive interview with Wired Magazine, PS4 systems architect and game designer Mark Cerny spilled the beans on Sony’s next generation of their immensely popular PlayStation console, in the process confirming support for the PlayStation VR headset.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2024

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. At least not in the near future. Yes, they’re funky, but they have some pretty specific use-cases in mind.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sony has revealed the development of an XR headset as part of an “immersive spatial content creation system”. Sony has worked with Siemens and Qualcomm to develop the XR system. It said the new product would be available later this year, with information about specs and launch dates to be released at a later date.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

However, Sony may have a trick up its sleeve that could give the headset’s Fresnel lenses a big advantage over the competition. The industry at large has leaned into Fresnel lenses seemingly because they offer greater flexibility for optical designs that are light and compact.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

This week, Sony officially entered a partnership with GeniusXR and The Alan B. Each firm in the partnership seeks to innovate in XR and volumetric capture use cases for enterprise and industrial environments such as education, healthcare, and engineering. This partnership with the Alan B.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Furthermore, when the remastered version of Resident Evil 4 has been announced, Sony stated that some VR-related content will be released for it (but it is not clear what). Thank you for your understanding and support! Top news of the week. PlayStation announces four games for PSVR 2.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Sony’s VP Tools Sony’s Crystal LED display technology and Venice camera capture technology create a unified RT3D backdrop solution which projects immersive and reactive visuals with the firm’s high brightness, wide colour gamut, and high contrast ratio promise.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Sony announced a new addition to its growing lineup of Spatial Reality Displays. According to the company, the device is designed for use by architects, engineers, industrial designers, software and game developers, and various other professions. There are even practical use cases for modern retail spaces, as pictured below.

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XROM

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sony Corporation announced development of an immersive spatial content creation system, which includes an XR head-mounted display equipped with high-quality 4K OLED Microdisplays*2 and video see-through function, and a pair of controllers optimized for intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Sony has released a set of motion capture (mocap) wearables in time for the holidays, the company announced in a press release. Sony’s Mocopi mocap system uses six coloured tracking devices, which people can wear on their bodies. A photo of Sony’s ‘Mocopi’ device trackers. PHOTO: Sony Corp.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Sony is closing its Manchester, UK-based studio, the very same that was opened in 2015 to produce ‘AAA’ PSVR exclusives. Sony had posted job vacancies for their Manchester Studio up until its closure, with one such listing announced last month for UI Artist.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Sony today revealed its latest PlayStation VR sales milestone of 4.2 Sony announced today that it has reached 4.2 Data courtesy Sony, chart by Road to VR. And Sony’s push for more quality PSVR content doesn’t seem to be waning. Sony has been totally silent. The post Sony Announces 4.2

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

2024 is on, and the XR industry never sleeps. This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. However, Bosworth’s recent comments provide insight into the device’s capabilities and how it could transform the industry.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

EyeTechLab is the Univet’s Division of the new products, including the adoption of the most disruptive technologies into the eyewear protection products , including companies like Sony for the adoption of their waveguides display technology in safety Augmented Reality devices.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Sony and Lenovo announced they’ve signed a two-year patent license agreement that will allow Lenovo to base a future VR headset off the PSVR industrial design. The post Sony Licenses PSVR Headset Design to Lenovo for New Mirage Solo appeared first on Road to VR.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 31, 2022

Sony is acquiring Bungie for a reported $3.6 billion in the latest move of what has been a string of blockbuster purchases within the gaming industry. Read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

A Sony exec reaffirmed that PSVR 2 is "important to us," but explained it's not the "core proposition" this season. In May, Sony confirmed PSVR 2 sold 600k units from its late February launch up until April, while PS5 surpassed 40 million units in July after launching in November 2020.

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MAY 23, 2023

In a Business Segment Meeting, Sony confirmed that PlayStation VR2 sold just shy of 600,000 units in the six weeks from launch up until April. These new PSVR 2 sales numbers arrive ahead of tomorrow's PlayStation Showcase , which Sony promises will include looks at in-development games "from top studios" globally for PS5 and PSVR 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Many industry innovators are leveraging immersive technology to replace or enhance filmmaking techniques, such as backdrops and shooting within moving vehicles. Moreover, other immersive and virtual production tools are available from other industry vendors, ranging from MR Studios to volumetric capture and AR-enhanced broadcasting.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2018

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is entering its ‘final phase’, according to a recent tweet by Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki, citing a talk with PlayStation Chief Tsuyoshi Kodera. Kodera says PSVR sales are growing, although it’s admittedly under Sony’s expectations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Typically, it refers to production strategies used in the entertainment industry to boost audience engagement, through the use of extended reality, metaverse environments, and 3D content. VR movie apps like Plex VR and Bigscreen support consumers in bringing movies and shows developed with immersive tech into their homes.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2024

Even if Sony managed to sell PSVR 2 units at the same rate as this holiday for the entire year, it still wouldn’t even be 1/3 of the Quest units sold on Amazon US during this holiday period alone. Sony also sells PSVR 2 through other retailers and has a strong direct sales channel through PlayStation.com.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Appearing this week on the stage of Oculus competitor HTC at the Tokyo Game Show , Oculus founder emeritus Palmer Luckey affirmed that he’s continuing to work on projects within the VR industry. Sony, HTC, other companies. Palmer Luckey | Image courtesy MoguraVR. “Don’t think of me as an Oculus person. Everything.

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JUNE 13, 2017

We’ve seen a routinely strong showing for the tech at the games industry’s biggest event over the past few years, but it hasn’t yet truly dominated the conversation. Looking at the wider industry, E3 2017 hasn’t been the most memorable show.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Within in the industry it’s hard to find any conversation about the future of XR that doesn’t inevitably involve Apple. While nobody can know yet how big the headset’s impact will be, it has already sparked debates about the future of the XR industry as a whole.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 21, 2019

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Monday that the company is acquiring Insomniac Games, a storied game studio and one of the most experienced in VR development anywhere in the world. In that sense, this was a pretty good move for Sony on the VR front. Image courtesy Insomniac Games. SEE ALSO Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?)

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2017

Greenlight Insights and Road to VR are teaming up once again to co-author a comprehensive report on the VR industry which will provide global forecasts, analysis, and best practices. The Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 launches April 4th, pre-order today to save 40% off the list price. Looking ahead is tricky business.

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JUNE 6, 2017

Starting next week, the game industry’s most iconic event will descend on Los Angeles, CA and bring together all of the top gaming developers, marketers, publishers, and industry professionals to one location for a solid week of gaming nirvana. Battlefront 2 is expected to get PSVR support, like its predecessor.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Many people in the virtual reality (VR) industry believe that inside-out tracking is the future of consumer-grade HMDs. We’ve seen prototypes from Oculus with Santa Cruz and Intel’s Project Alloy-powered devices and now Sony is dipping their toes into the inside-out tracking race. What do you think of this news?

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2023

Should Apple’s MR headset announcement surpass expectations, Kuo suggests the device will pave the way for a transformative investment trend in the industry, as other makers follow suit to jump on the trend.

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APRIL 5, 2017

With around one million units sold , Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is one of the more popular headsets on the market right now, but the company may already be looking to other ways to monetize its device. Perhaps Sony hopes that by getting the kit on more heads out in the wider world it can drive sales in the home.

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