Move over, Bungie: New York Times acquires Wordle
Digital Trends
JANUARY 31, 2022
Wordle was purchased by The New York Times on the same day Bungie was acquired by Sony.
Sony Sells Nearly 1 Million PSVR Headsets
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
Sony revealed official sales figures for the PlayStation 4-powered VR headset, PSVR. 19 the company sold 915,000 headsets, Sony revealed in an interview with the New York Times. Through Feb.
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Apple Vision Pro Deliveries Already Pushed Out To March For Some
Upload VR
JANUARY 19, 2024
While UploadVR has already placed an order for launch day, at around 6am PT we tried placing a second order with a New York address to check the delivery estimate, finding it to also be pushed out to the first week of March. In-store pickup in remains available near launch for some storage models at some New York stores, but not all.
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Justice League VR Coming to HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
The Vive experience will debut at New York Comic-Con. The “Justice League” booth at New York Comic Con will offer attendees a more in-depth sneak peek of the HTC Vive version of the experience with the Justice League VR: Join the League – New York Comic Con Edition. Outrace your enemies as Batman. .
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Sony Announces Powerful PlayStation 4 Pro with Enhanced PSVR Support
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
At a special event in New York today, Sony took to the stage to introduce it’s long rumoured, more powerful console, previously referred to as ‘Neo’ – it’s called PlayStation 4 Pro and it’ll have some interesting enhancements for the forthcoming PlayStation VR headset.
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Spider-Man Comes To Virtual Reality
VRScout
JUNE 16, 2017
In conjunction with the upcoming release of Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland, you can now suit up as Spider-Man, hone your web-shooting skills, and sling high above New York City in pursuit of the Vulture. Fans can wear the suit, fire the new web shooters – THWIP! Image Credit: Sony Pictures. Yes please.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home VR Is A Fun, Free Web-Slinging Simulator
VRScout
JUNE 25, 2019
Your time to swing through New York like Spider-Man has finally arrived! Image Credit: Sony / CreateVR. Image Credit: Sony / CreateVR. Sony will also be bringing the experience to select Regal Cinemas this July using HP Reverb headsets and PC backpacks.
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Ghostbusters VR Arrives On PlayStation VR
VRScout
MARCH 21, 2017
Sony has answered our call, bringing the first in a series of VR Ghostbusters episodes to PlayStation VR today. During a press preview event on the Sony Pictures lot in LA, where even Dan Aykroyd made a surprise appearance, I got an early look at the Ghostbusters VR experience. Well now you finally can—in VR.
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Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
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
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
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. We’ve had our hands on the console for just about a week now and Sony is finally letting us officially show it off to you.
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Sony to launch multi-platform VR media service
Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 26, 2016
Sony Music Entertainment will launch its Littlstar Japan VR video services next month, the company announced Wednesday. New York-based Little Star Media Inc. will provide the VR delivery platform, Sony said in the announcement. Content...
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Grab Your Proton Pack: Ghostbusters Is Getting A Pokemon GO! Style AR Game
VRScout
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
As a Ghostbuster, you will have access to all of the same tools that Venkman, Spengler, Holtzmann, Yates and Tolan had when they were defending New York City from poltergeists, and specters such as a Proton Pack, a Neutrona Wand, and an Ecto Containment Unit.
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Sony announces new VR music campaign featuring Khalid
VRWorld
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Sony last week announced that it will be showcasing its technologies as part of a brand campaign centered on singer-songwriter, Khalid. A follow-on event will occur in New York in February, and at SXSW in March. A new VR music video will also be unveiled at SXSW.
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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Rec Room & Looking Glass
AR Insider
JULY 19, 2021
Two New Harry Potter VR Experiences Coming to New York Store. The streaming giant is going head to head with Microsoft, Sony, Google and Apple. Rec Room Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes. A new book, An Ugly Truth , tells the whole sordid story. They have to.
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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2023
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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Tim Cook: Apple Vision Pro Will Be "In Our Stores Only"
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In July Gurman reported that this Vision Pro section will reportedly initially only be in stores in "major areas" such as New York and Los Angeles. Apple is even considering requiring appointments for purchasing, he wrote, as it did with the original Apple Watch in 2015. This is the future of personal computing.
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The highly anticipated and loved by everyone Ghostbusters remake to get VR tie-in. I ain't afraid of no trolls.
Cats and VR
MAY 9, 2016
In advance of the July 15, 2016 release of Ghostbusters, Sony Pictures, Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and THE VOID have teamed up to bring Ghostbusters to VIRTUAL REALITY! said Jake Zim, senior VP of digital marketing at Sony Pictures. "We Cats And VR.
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The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021
ARVR
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
© Sony Virtual reality (VR) performances are quickly becoming the norm for live events, music concerts, and festivals (despite some unfortunate news coming from Wave earlier this week regarding their VR app). © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Ways to Get Your Business into VR 2.
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Data Dive: Web AR Ratchets Up
AR Insider
AUGUST 23, 2021
— New York fashion brand KHAITE’S web AR campaign led to a 400 percent increase in sales and increased customer engagement time by more than 4 minutes. Sony Pictures’ Jumanji: The Next Level web AR promotion resulted in consumers spending over 5 minutes in AR.
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Apple Vision Pro Still On Track To Ship Early Next Year - Tim Cook
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Apple is reportedly planning to add a special Vision Pro section to its stores with demos and fitting tools for prospective buyers, but this section will reportedly initially only be in stores in "major areas" such as New York and Los Angeles.
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Is Dwell Time AR’s Next Performance Metric? Part II
ARVR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Next Level To accompany and market the film release of Jumanji: The Next Level, Sony Pictures was interested in creating an AR experience for prospective filmgoers. Future Footwear With an interest in AR’s demonstrative properties, New York fashion label Khaite released a “try-before-you-buy” experience for its Spring 2021 shoe collection.
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Apple Vision Pro Will Reportedly Have A Very Slow Rollout, UK & Canada Next
Upload VR
JULY 7, 2023
Apple is planning to add a special Vision Pro section to its stores with demos and fitting tools for prospective buyers, but this section will reportedly initially only be in stores in "major areas" such as New York and Los Angeles.
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David Bowie Retrospective to Land on VR & AR Devices This Fall
Road to VR
JULY 16, 2018
Sony will soon release an AR and VR adaptation of the late, great David Bowie’s commemorative museum retrospective ‘David Bowie is’ Featured first at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, ‘David Bowie is’ attracted over 2 million visitors across the 12 cities where it was presented.
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Explore Street Fashion in VR with Refinery29
VRScout
MARCH 24, 2018
From New York to Paris to all of the incredible cities in between, the world’s best dressed men and women transform city streets into runways every day with their killer street style. VR provides a new avenue for Refinery29 to reach their large vast network base of young women,” said Inception CEO Benny Arbel.
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198 Hollywood Embraces its Future in VR at the 2017 Lumiere Awards
VRScout
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
A beautiful experience created by the New York Times for their celebration of The year’s best actors in 2016. In partnership with award-winning violinist and Sony artist Joshua Bell, Sony Playstation brought to life a live studio performance of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. Best Journalism Experience: Take Flight.
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Watch Milla Jovovich Meet a Greater Rathalos in This Monster Hunter Clip
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 10, 2020
During a new panel at New York Comic-Con 2020, Anderson showed up to talk about his films and share what we all want to see: some monster fightin’. Anderson is good at one thing: making self-indulgent video game movies with pretty big cult followings. Monster Hunter seems to be following suit. Read more.
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Miles Morales Reforms Spider-Man's Relationship With the Police When It Needs to Be Abolished
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
He’s defending New York City on his own for the first time just as a bitter ground war breaks out between the nefarious Roxxon Corporation and the tech-powered Underground movement. New as Miles is to… Read more.
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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
This is a VR installation put on by Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Void in New York City. Dear Angelica was created using the new Oculus art program, Quill and the results are simply astonishing. The beautiful string symphonies of Joshua Bell VR earned Sony PlayStation and Vicom Inc. Ghostbusters . Tilt Brush.
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Insomniac's Next Spider-Man Game Will Bring Venom to the Party
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
By the end of Insomniac’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales , New York City could count on two Spider-Men to keep it ( relatively ) safe in a world teeming with supervillains. After reminding everyone what a joy its original, Peter-centic game was with a remastered version for the PlayStation 5, Insomniac came to this year’s… Read more.
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111 IMAX Launches High-Tech Centers That Make Trying VR a Movie-Like Experience
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
According to IMAX, the content includes “experiences from leading content developers such as ILMxLABs, Sony, Lionsgate, Starbreeze, Survios, and Ubisoft. These pods will come pre-loaded with VR content that interested customers can purchase a ticket to enjoy in advance online. Tickets will cost between $7 and $10.
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Palmer Luckey: “I’m still working in the VR industry on some very exciting things”
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
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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233 Sneak Peak:Ghostbusters:Dimension from The Void, Made with Unity.
Cats and VR
JUNE 29, 2016
Unity, the largest global development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games and experiences, today announced a new and truly unique virtual reality (VR) experience "Ghostbusters: Dimension" has been built using the Unity Technologies platform.
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'Morbius' review: Jared Leto's vampire Marvel movie is a toothless bore
Mashable VR
MARCH 30, 2022
Well, I've got some good news for you: Morbius is totally skippable. In an attempt to stand out, Sony's latest MCU-adjacent Spider-Man spinoff pitches plenty at audiences to see what sticks. Credit: Sony Pictures. Credit: Sony Pictures. Credit: Sony Pictures. Credit: Sony Pictures. Credit: Sony Pictures.
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Metaphysic Appoints Sam Head to Top Gen AI Role
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MARCH 2, 2023
Adoption rates for immersive solutions have seen a meteoric rise over the last few years, with multiple firms leveraging new Web3 tools to engage their viewerships. In art, the transformé and Beyond Digital exhibits in Montreal and New York, respectively, have showcased immersive artworks to audiences at exclusive venues.
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Jack Daniel’s, IW Group Honour Hip Hop with Spatial Metaverse
XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 4, 2023
With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, IW Group is a marketing agency dedicated to implementing Web3 and metaverse technologies for massive brands worldwide. The company has worked with Disney, Warner Bros, Apple TV, Netflix, Wells Fargo, Sony Pictures, Walmart, and many others.
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Data Dive: Web AR Ratchets Up
ARVR
AUGUST 27, 2021
New York fashion brand KHAITE’S web AR campaign led to a 400 percent increase in sales and increased customer engagement time by more than 4 minutes. Sony Pictures’ Jumanji: The Next Level web AR promotion resulted in consumers spending over 5 minutes in AR.
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Keeping up with T-Mobile’s XR Accelerator Programme
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The Los Angeles-based firm designs social-AR experiences on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, working with brands such as Sony, NFL, and Samsung. WeR , a New York-based firm developing AI-ready AR retail solutions to optimise the buyer’s journey and create new monetisation opportunities for high-street merchants.
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Is this the end of the metaverse?
Hypergrid Business
JANUARY 25, 2023
Microsoft didn’t give the exact number, but news reports from the New York Times and Bloomberg have put it at $10 billion. The company will release a new headset in February, which Omdia predicts will sell 1.6 So what’s the good news? The good news is that companies are continuing to invest in hardware.
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145 The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review
VRScout
DECEMBER 5, 2016
The slashed projections’ biggest loser is Sony’s PlayStation VR, with unit sales predictions downgraded from 2.6M As the PSVR requires a PS4 or the PS Pro (and plays better on the Pro, which runs 4K), Sony is choosing to push consumers towards buying their recently-released Pro console. You’re welcome.
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Eat Tacos, Win PlayStation VR
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Meanwhile, the company is running the pop-up Taco Bell VR Arcade in New York City this Thursday and Friday (September 15th & 16th) from 11AM to 5PM at 79 Greene St., All methods will result in a code which you can enter on the official contest page to find out if you’ve won. featuring—you guessed it!—PSVR.
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NHL, Roblox Team Up for Hockey Metaverse
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
APRIL 27, 2023
The announcement comes after Japanese tech giant Sony acquired Beyond Sports to leverage its real-time 3D (RT3D) animation technologies. The experience provided audiences with animated simulcasts of a March match between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.
Inside The First IMAX VR Arcade
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
The first arcade in Los Angeles is not connected with a multiplex, but future IMAX VR centers in Los Angeles, New York and overseas will be connected to movie theater locations. ” The center currently features content from ILMxLAB, Sony, Lionsgate, Starbreeze, Survios, and Ubisoft.
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HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales
Road to VR
JULY 27, 2018
” Very few major manufacturers have released sales data on their VR headsets, with Sony being the exception when they said that PSVR had already sold over 2 million units back in December 2017. As for software, big investments in first-party titles and premium IP are either already here, or coming very soon.
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Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones review: New design and improved sound quality
Mashable VR
MAY 21, 2022
Sony stuck to tradition with its latest flagship headphones in that they have amazing sound quality and noise cancellation, but an absolute mouthful of a name. The WH-1000XM5 over-ear noise-canceling headphones hit the market in May 2022 with an MSRP of $399.99, which is $50 more than their predecessor, Sony’s WH-1000XM4s.
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