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JANUARY 3, 2024

Sony Launches PlayStation VR 2 Image courtesy Sony The News After uncertainty about the company’s commitment to VR years after the launch of its first PSVR headset in 2016, Sony finally doubled down with PSVR 2. Signals from Amazon suggest Quest 2 may have outsold Quest 3 nearly 3:1, if not more.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

We’re going to be playing guessing games when it comes to VR headset sales for a long time yet, but Sony has at least given us a ballpark to play with when it comes to PlayStation VR. PS VR is currently sold out at many retailers, with Amazon UK not expecting to be caught up with orders until December.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2016

Sony have released example artwork for PlayStation VR launch titles that gives us a look at how the company intends to let consumers know they’ll need a $399 set of additional hardware before they buy the games. Well, here’s the result. The company has since offered a ‘Launch Bundle’ which does include the aforementioned for $499.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Homido isn’t a household name around the world like Facebook, Google, Sony, or Samsung, but it has carved out a niche in the mobile HMD market over the past two years. Homido Grab (targeted at children, first released in September 2016) has sold 63,000 units total. Do these types of sales figures surprise you?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Sony is setting high near term sales figure expectations for PlayStation VR’s rollout. Speaking with CNBC earlier this week , Jim Ryan, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, spoke to the company’s confidence in early traction of the PSVR headset. SEE ALSO PlayStation VR Accessories Hit Major Online Retailers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

With HTC Vive the sensor window has been part of their design language since the first Vive SteamVR kit in 2016, this was continued with Vive Pro, Vive Trackers, and Vive Pro 2. Holoball, 2016, £10.99, free demo. While holding the Vive Tracker it’s very easy to see the sensor locations placed across the entire device.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Sony has announced the U.S. release date of the PlayStation VR headset as October 13th, 2016. At Sony’s E3 2016 press conference the company gave the final U.S. release date for the PlayStation VR headset as October 13th 2016. Sony says that that PlayStation VR will have 50 titles by the end of 2016.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2016

GameStop held its 2016 second quarter fiscal year conference call this week, and Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation VR, due for launch on October 13, featured quite prominently it seems. Elsewhere the firm was quoted as saying Sony has virtual reality as a “very seriously, as a very meaningful driver.”

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Since the holidays, many major electronics retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Best Buy have been spotted frequently hoisting the ‘Out of Stock’ sign for those looking to buy a new PSVR headset or launch bundle. Announced today via the official Playstation Blog , Sony says that “the PSVR bundle is making a return.”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

The headset’s ease-of-use, solid game library, and reasonable price has pushed it to become Oculus’ best rated headset on Amazon thus far. Since the first consumer VR headsets hit the market in 2016, developers have been steadily honing in on what makes a great (and successful) VR game. Image courtesy Insomniac Games.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft or Snap already own global social graphs, but perhaps looking to unseat them could be the multiplayer gaming behemoths like Sony, Activision Blizzard or EA, or 3D-specific ideas like Aura’s “avatar as a service”.

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Mashable VR

JULY 15, 2022

Certainly, Stranger Things Season 4 rewards that patience by welcoming you back with an over-abundance of what we've always loved about this cult hit since 2016. Credit: Amazon Studios. Credit: Greg Lewis / AMC / Sony Pictures Television. Credit: Amazon Studios. Ayo Edebiri as sous chef Sydney in "The Bear.". Credit: FX.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

And this system, configured “as is” – costs as much as one of those “AMD announces, but you can’t actually buy” CyberPower $499 VR Ready computers paired with an Microsoft Xbox One or Sony PlayStation 4. Predictably, the kind of performance that Intel packs into this NUC doesn’t come cheap.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As someone who didn't truly get into VR until 2019, a strong set of exclusives like WipeOut: Omega Collection , Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Blood & Truth kept me invested in Sony's original PSVR, balancing this alongside my Rift S. Metro Awakening Sony's other problem is convincing people that PSVR 2 is the better choice over Quest.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Buying a virtual reality headset in 2016 is difficult, especially if you haven’t gotten hands-on time with the various systems. You’ll find dozens of Cardboard-like headsets on Amazon, for example, some you need to hold to your face with your hands and others with straps on the back.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. A pair of “Sony type NP-BX1” compatible Li-Ion batteries and a USB charging cradle cost less than £20. dimensions (mm): W29.9

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JULY 7, 2020

Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2021

A direct follow-up to 2016’s The Climb , The Climb 2 has you once again chalking up your hands for another round of vertigo-inducing climbing. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed VR is expected to arrive later this year. No word yet on which headsets will be receiving support. THE CLIMB 2. LONE ECHO 2. I absolutely loved Lone Echo.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016. January 2016. February 2016. March 2016. April 2016.

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Mashable VR

MAY 27, 2022

— Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: Before Stonewall is available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes. How to watch: Moonlight is streaming on Showtime and Kanopy , and available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes. How to watch : Rift is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. This could explain why the Wand and Index motion controllers are still the only choices for SteamVR , despite the Vive launching to consumers back in 2016.

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