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Sony Reveals Standalone MR Headset with “4K” OLED Displays and Unique Controllers

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Today at CES Sony revealed a new standalone MR headset equipped with “4K” OLED displays. Sony’s unnamed standalone MR headset is based on Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 processor and is said to include 1.3-inch The Sony MR headset hasn’t been priced but the company says a release date will come this year.

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Toei Animation & Sony Music Solutions Bring The 90s To VR

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Toei Animation, the Japanese animation studio behind popular series such as Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon , has teamed up with Sony Music Solutions to develop a series of virtual worlds available via the popular VR social platform VRChat. Credit: Toei Animation, Sony Music Solutions Inc. Credit: Toei Animation, Sony Music Solutions Inc.

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Sony Plans PC Compatibility for PSVR 2 Later This Year, Acknowledging a Weak Game Library

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Today, on the one year anniversary of the release of PSVR 2, Sony announced it’s testing PC VR compatibility for PSVR 2, with plans to release some form of PC support for the headset this year. In a blog post commemorating the one year anniversary of PSVR 2 , Sony highlighted upcoming content soon to launch on the headset.

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Sony Teases Prototype VR Headset With Stunning 8K Visuals

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It appears as though Sony is making serious progress with its VR technology. Earlier today the company hosted an online event called Sony Technology Day, revealing new information on eight different technologies revolving around the theme of “Technology that inspires emotion.” Image Credit: Sony.

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Sony Reveals New Lightweight Motion Trackers For VR

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Sony will also release an SDK that will allow you to import your motion capture data into 3D animation programs. Remember the impact the Sony Walkman had on music? Now Sony is back with another game-changing portable, the Mocopi motion capture system. Image Credit: Sony.

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Sony to Shutter ‘Blood & Truth’ London Studio, Layoffs at ‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’ Studio

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Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced today that the company is laying off 900 PlayStation employees, or around eight percent of the company, which will affect a number of its first-party game studios. This includes the closure of Sony’s London Studio, which created VR action-adventure game Blood & Truth (2019).

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Unofficial SteamVR Driver for PSVR 2 to Release Soon as Sony Plans its Own PC VR Support

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Sony says it’s bringing some form of PC VR support to PSVR 2 at some point this year, although it’s not clear when, or even how the company will go about letting users play games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) or popular social VR platforms equally missing from the headset’s game catalogue. ” That’s not all.

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