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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ on PSVR 2 Would be a Win-win-win for Valve, Sony, & Players

Road to VR

Sony would either need to agree to finally come up with a better solution, or Valve would have to target a native 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate for Half-Life: Alyx on PSVR 2. Sony has done little to remedy this issue. Sony Has Embraced Steam… How About a Little Quid Pro Quo? But it’s happened before.

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Daft Punk Music Pack for ‘Beat Saber’ Arrives Alongside Haptics Improvements on Quest

Road to VR

Check out the 10-track list below: Around The World Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger (Live 2007) Da Funk / Daftendirekt (Live 2007) Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Lose Yourself to Dance (feat.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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Apple CEO Continues to Set the Stage for Rumored AR Play: ‘AR is for everyone, like the smartphone’

Road to VR

The Cupertino HQ has been acquiring talent in this field for several years , filing patents at least as far back as 2007 for HMDs , and new patents for AR. ” SEE ALSO Apple AR/VR Product to Debut in 2017, Predicts Sony's Head of Worldwide Studios. Apple CEO Tim Cook | Photo courtesy Apple.

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

Road to VR

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. million units sold in its first three months.

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The Xbox Series S Is for Gamers Who Hate Upgrades

GizModo VR

When my mom moved back in 2007, she decided that living in a new house after 30 years in the old one warranted a new TV. She bought a fancy (for the time) Sony with 1080p resolution, and 13 years later, I’m still trying to convince her to upgrade. Made sense—ours were all from the ‘80s. If my mother were a gamer (I… Read more.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. Founded in 2007, the company first turned heads with its 2012 Hunger in LA experience. ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission has experience as a runner-up. The Innovative VR Company of the Year is this year going to Emblematic Group.