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MAY 24, 2016

Samsung begins selling the Gear 360 in New Zealand – who’s going to be next? When Samsung first unveiled their Gear 360 camera back in February, I was eager to learn more and compare the camera to other competing consumer 360° models. Back in February, Samsung announced that the Gear 360 would be shipping sometime in Q2 2016.

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MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. billion in 2016 to $18.6 This sets the stage for the multiple aspects of the market that device makers, platforms and content providers, and developers will be addressing in the months and years to come.”

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

When it comes to the most-searched-for headsets, there’s been three clear leaders during the 2016, ’17, and ’18 holiday shopping seasons: PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive. times Oculus Rift, 5 times HTC Vive, and many times greater than other headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Go, Pimax, and Samsung Odyssey.

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JANUARY 1, 2017

In the report, iiMedia claims that consumer interest in the headsets these companies produced flagged in 2016, claiming: “70 percent of respondents among smart cell phone users [expressed] no willingness to buy one.” And another 1.54B ($221.4M) fueled the Chinese VR industry in the first half of 2016. It’s growing.

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JUNE 7, 2017

IDC started to collect market share data for VR and AR shipments since Q1 2016 and just reported their Q1 numbers for 2017. For Q1 IDC reported 2,241,000 headsets being sold, that is lower than the 3,825,500 headsets sold in Q4 of 2016. However, compared to Q1 of 2016, it is a 69% increase from 1,321,300 units to 2,241,600.

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JUNE 11, 2017

We know that Samsung has confirmed more than 5 million Gear VR units are now in the wild for example, and of course the headlines of Sony surprising themselves with PlayStation VR’s early sales figures – approaching 1 Million going in to 2017. Image courtesy Nielsen.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Both advancements provided a vast improvement in user experience, and provided the baseline technical platform for the consumer Rift when it appeared in 2016. Sony however, having debuted it’s PlayStation 4 powered ‘Morpheus’ (later. CES 2016: Consumer VR Wars. CES 2015: Consumer VR Takes Shape.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

In 2016, hardware makers dominate the VR market. Sony (PSVR) is clearly leading and is taking one third of the whole market. Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); Samsung follows with another mobile headset (Gear VR). Here are some of our findings: 1.

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JULY 25, 2024

It will also reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR, and Immersed’s Visor. So far HTC has introduced a number of VR headsets, beginning with its first HTC Vive headset in 2016, with room-scale positional tracking and tracked controllers.

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JULY 30, 2020

Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. This means that the wireless noise-canceling headphones from Sony not only let users stream music but also handle calls and get information on demand.

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JUNE 22, 2023

To its credit, the company had the foresight to release HoloLens in 2016, a full two years before unicorn startup Magic Leap could get its first standalone AR headset out the door. Currently major contenders are Meta, Sony, HTC, Valve, Pico, Pimax, and Apple starting next year.

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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. Regardless, this does paint an interesting picture.

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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.

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JUNE 18, 2019

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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JANUARY 16, 2017

” 2016 was considered to be the year that VR finally made the transition from science fiction fantasy to a real consumer product available at your local Best Buy. With a plug-and-play install base of around 50 million PS4s, and the monolithic might of Sony behind it, it was the best bet the VR industry had. Cambridge Closing .

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MAY 30, 2017

Oculus’ founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company in March, recently opened up on record for the first time in an interview since September 2016. Among a range of topics discussed, Luckey spoke of the timeline of future VR headsets from major hardware players.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

percent between 2016 and 2020, according to a new industry research report from TechNavio. ” The report predicts America will be the major source of revenue for the VR gaming market, citing increased awareness and growth brought on by companies such as Google, Samsung and Sony.

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MAY 28, 2017

Billion Dollars (2016) to over 20 Billion Dollars! We don’t think so and believe that in the next couple of years major organizations such as Sony and HTC will start producing advertisements to be shown in virtual reality. The value of the industry is set to rise from 1.9 IKEA pancake flipping in-store experience.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

There’s a few reasons why kid-focused VR content hasn’t popped up en masse since the launch of consumer VR in 2016. Samsung and Oculus have a 13+ age rating for both Gear VR and Rift, and Sony maintains the PSVR “is not for use by children under age 12.” Where are the VR kids’ shows?

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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. The Gear VR was the first high quality mobile virtual reality viewer, with Daydream following the lead of Samsung and Oculus. So all in all a full virtual reality system from Sony costs around $800.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

If you think about it, in the last period, the great years that we remember for headsets are 2016 (Rift CV1, HTC Vive) and 2019 (Oculus Quest, Valve Index). It’s too much time that I hear this rumor, and Samsung teased that it was interested in a headset mixing AR and VR, that is exactly the main topic of this reference design.

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MAY 31, 2018

Arca’s Path VR is an upcoming puzzle adventure from Dream Reality Interactive and Rebellion , the studio behind Battlezone VR (2016). ” Dream Reality Interactive’s core team previously worked at Sony’s London Studio, with titles such as PlayStation VR Worlds and AR games for Wonderbook.

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JULY 23, 2024

XR2+ Gen 2 will also be used in Samsung's upcoming headset , Sony's standalone headset , Immersed's Visor , and Play For Dream MR. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Announced For Samsung Headset & More Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Quest 3.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Officially formed February 11th, 2016, The Rogue Intiative is a brand-new AAA production company specializing in VR storytelling. That’s why it’s beyond exciting to hear that the master of special effects himself will be dipping his toes into the thrilling pool that is virtual reality. Rogue Initiative VR mobile fortress concept artwork.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. this year , which is a 142% increase from 2016.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

In 2016 it released a compact smartphone-tethered headset for viewing 360° videos, to terrible reviews, and in 2017 it showed off a PC-tethered SteamVR headset prototype that it never shipped. Cho told The Guru that LG Electronics has moved XR device development into the division of the company that makes its TVs to "speed up development".

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JULY 24, 2017

Other than over one million PlayStation VR (PSVR) headsets and over five million Samsung Gear VR headsets , we really have no idea how many are out there, regardless of what analysts try to predict. Nevertheless, most of the hardware manufacturers appear to be happy. Do you own an HTC Vive?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

They even became “Christmas present of the year” here in Sweden in 2016! Google, Valve, Facebook, Sony, Samsung and an enormous amount of other companies are trying to do their part in bringing the tech forward, and the sense of enthusiast development that sparked this new revolution is still here, in all of us. .

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

To be frank I look forward to seeing how the Quest 2 deals in a Standalone market that will have competition next year from the new Sony PSVR2, along with Pico, Panasonic, and Samsung Standalone systems without walled gardens.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Kygo “Carry Me” VR Experience, from Sony Music. You read that correctly: this VR music app is coming directly from Sony Music Entertainment and it’s actually quite mesmerizing. Apparently, people coming out of 2016 tend to be just a bit stressed. You can’t argue with free, either. Price: $1.99 (Rift).

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

out of 5 across 1,391 ratings, this simple gizmo’s been around since 2016, and you won’t find a cheaper way to get into VR. Samsung HMD Odyssey+ Windows Mixed Reality Headset. Samsung HMD Odyssey (Image courtesy Samsung.). Sony PlayStation VR. Sony PlayStation VR (Image courtesy Sony.).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. 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.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. This is the main reason why we separated VR from our game industry media and started to focus on VR and AR industries in 2014 and registered our brand in 2016.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

. • VR was “the biggest loser” in sales this year, PSVR sales forecast greatly lowered – SuperData. • The holiday season seems to have given virtual reality a reality check. • Despite slow 2016, VR is still forecast to hit $14 billion in consumer software sales in 2020. Sony – PlayStation VR. Samsung – Gear VR.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 26, 2017

million to date, the Series A round was also participated by SLIVER.tv’s existing seed investors, including DCM, Sierra Ventures, The VR Fund, Samsung Next Fund and Sony Innovation Fund. Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firms including Danhua Capital, DCM Ventures, Sierra Ventures, The VR Fund, Samsung, Sony and more.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. But if 2016 was VR’s debut year, then 2017 needs to be the year of VR content. What to Expect from Sony. It’s a crazy time to be alive. What to Expect from Ubisoft.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Snapchat is so planning to compete with similar products like Google Lens or Samsung Bixby. This week I’ve heard about some very interesting VR-related promotions and discounts that may interest you: Sony is hosting a huge PSVR Summer sale , with more than 200 PSVR titles available with discounts of 50% off or more!

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