Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2020

Despite the growing age of PlayStation VR, Sony has continued to effectively market and sell the headset, leading to steady sales which have now reached 5 million units total, the company has announced. Sony made the announcement today alongside confirming that it has sold 106 million PS4 and PS4 Pro consoles. Data courtesy Sony.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

“People tend to focus on headsets sales, he wrote in a RoadtoVR article , “which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers. This and other factors caused aggregate VR software revenues to triple year-over-year during 2019. The post Did VR Software Sales Inflect in 2019?

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MARCH 16, 2020

Facebook’s 2019 Payment and Other Fes were $1.042 billion. To estimate Quest’s revenue share, we can look at the delta over 2018, given the device’s mid-2019 launch. Given that each Quest costs $399, this would mean 2019 unit sales of 456,140. For example, let’s say that Rift and Go sales grew in 2019.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Facebook and Sony today announced they won’t be attending the annual GDC conference in San Francisco next month other Coronavirus concerns. In years past, GDC was used by both Oculus and Sony to reveal the latest versions of new VR headsets and content. We look forward to participating in GDC in the future.”

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. It’s the “convergence of gaming, film, and music” part which speaks to where the long-term synergies between Sony and Epic lie.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2019

Where many high-end VR platforms pride themselves in touting the latest advances in hardware and the highest resolutions, Sony has instead chosen to focus their efforts on content, establishing a solid library of engaging VR experiences in the process. Image Credit: Sony Playstation.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Without further ado, Road to VR’s 2019 Game of the Year Award winners: Asgard’s Wrath. Release Date : October 10th, 2019. Release Date : November 7th, 2019. Release Date : March 28th, 2019. SEE ALSO ‘Blood & Truth’ Behind-the-Scenes – Insights & Artwork from Sony's London Studio. Pistol Whip.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2019

During Sony’s inaugural ‘State of Play’ livestream, the company today announced a number of PSVR games with official street dates, many of which we’ve been salivating over for the past year. Jupiter & Mars – 4/22/2019. Jupiter & Mars – 4/22/2019. Falcon Age – 4/9/2019.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Sony is closing its Manchester, UK-based studio, the very same that was opened in 2015 to produce ‘AAA’ PSVR exclusives. Sony had posted job vacancies for their Manchester Studio up until its closure, with one such listing announced last month for UI Artist.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2019

Sony today revealed its latest PlayStation VR sales milestone of 4.2 Sony announced today that it has reached 4.2 million PSVR units sold as of March 3rd, 2019. Data courtesy Sony, chart by Road to VR. And Sony’s push for more quality PSVR content doesn’t seem to be waning. Sony has been totally silent.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2019

Sony today announced a number of games coming to PS4 and PSVR, among which was Marvel’s Iron Man VR. Image courtesy Sony. The company says Iron Man VR should be landing on PSVR headsets sometime in 2019. The post ‘Iron Man’ is Coming to PlayStation VR in 2019, Trailer Here appeared first on Road to VR.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. Sony [PSVR] is making the same play… Oculus could tap into that market with something that’s even more convenient.”. But the proof will be in the next 12 months of sales, including the 2019 holiday period.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

After a slow start, 2019 rounded out to be an undeniably strong year for consumer VR, setting up a springboard into a big 2020. 2019 started out slow as the industry waited with baited breath for the launch of the latest wave of headsets, but things started heating up once they finally hit the market. Oculus Quest. Oculus Rift S.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2019

Today at E3 2019, Microsoft revealed its next-gen Xbox ‘Project Scarlett’ but had nothing to say about VR on the console. Meanwhile, Sony has already confirmed support for PSVR on PS5, and hinted at plans for a next-gen headset. Where the two consoles majorly differ right now from a feature standpoint is VR support.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The layoff round comes amid two high-profile projects currently in production by the studio: Zombie Army VR , a VR shooter based on the popular franchise from Rebellion, and Starship Troopers: Continuum , an online co-cop shooter created in partnership with Sony—announced just a day before news of the layoffs first broke.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Leading the way for console VR, Sony is offering a slew of discounted bundles for its Playstation VR platform. In terms of games, Sony is also offering a wide variety of discounts on numerous titles. The post Your Guide To The Best VR Deals Of Cyber Monday 2019 appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Amazon. PLAYSTATION VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year was awesome for VR gaming, but 2019 is looking even brighter with a slew of highly polished titles coming to PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Here we take a look at 15 tantalizing VR titles confirmed for release in 2019. Release date : Early 2019. Release date : 2019. Release date : 2019. Population: One.

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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. I remember the excitement that came with PSVR 2's launch last year.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 21, 2019

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Monday that the company is acquiring Insomniac Games, a storied game studio and one of the most experienced in VR development anywhere in the world. The studio has developed three Oculus exclusive titles, with its fourth and largest yet, Stormland , still due to launch in 2019.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2019

Speaking this week at the Collision 2019 conference in Toronto, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Vice President of Research and Development, Dominic Mallinson, detailed a number of “must-have ‘evolutionary’ improvements” for future VR headsets. And we won’t just stop with PS4.” ” With 4.2

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

With the new year upon us, let’s take a look at the VR headsets that caught our attention in 2019. Still, as the buzz around VR grows and Sony keeps releasing better and better content, we were definitely talking about the PSVR in 2019. 2019 was an exciting year for VR. VR headsets are just the tip of the XR iceberg.

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2023

Sony believes there’s a “good chance” PSVR 2 can outsell its predecessor, according to its Chief Financial Officer. Following a high-profile launch late last month, Sony hasn’t released PSVR 2 sales figures yet but it’s already talking up favorable comparisons to the original headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s 25 titles coming in 2019 and 2020 that we’ve got our eyes on. Release date: Winter 2019. Release date: December 19, 2019. Release date: 2019. Release date: November 13, 2019. Release date: 2019. Image courtesy Sony, MWM Immersive, Tequila Works. Release date: December 2019.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Layoffs spanning 2023 and 2024 included a number of top publishers and studios, such as Embracer Group, Unity, Microsoft, EA, Sony, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive and Riot Games. The post Veteran VR Studio nDreams Announces Layoffs Amid “challenging VR games market” appeared first on Road to VR.

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APRIL 17, 2023

The original Quest, which was released in 2019, is currently on its way out. For scale, Sony has shipped over 32 million PlayStation 5 units and over 117 million PS4 units to date; the PlayStation platform as a whole garnered 112 million monthly active users in Q3 2022.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Sony’s London Studio, the team behind trailblazing PSVR content PlayStation VR Worlds (2016) and Blood & Truth (2019) , are making a new online co-op combat game that the studio calls its “most ambitious title to date,” but it doesn’t feature VR support. So we’re really excited.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2024

The studio, which has developed golf games over the past 25 years, released a Everybody’s Golf VR (2019) as a PSVR exclusive. Ultimate Swing Golf isn’t the first VR game from Clap Hanz.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2021

XR Games and Sony Pictures announced a new shooter that puts you in the world of Zombieland, and it’s coming to all major VR headsets soon. Image courtesy XR Games, Sony Pictures VR. The game is also said to include a bullet time feature so you can bump up those headshot combos.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

A report from UploadVR , citing “multiple sources,” claims that Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headset will bring a big jump in resolution, along with eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, and even head-mounted haptics. Here’s the key info claimed in the report: 4.1MP (2,000 × 2,040) per-eye resolution. Megapixels per-eye.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The long-standing golf series Everybody’s Golf is getting a PSVR game, developed by Clap Hanz in association with Sony’s Japan Studio. ” The game is said to be single-player only, and doesn’t currently have a specific release date yet, although it’s slated to arrive some time in 2019.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs. ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission has experience as a runner-up.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2023

Acquired by Meta in 2019, developers Beat Games have released a wide swath of paid and free DLC, something it can owe to Meta’s deep pockets which has allowed it to cut deals with a number of record labels and high-profile artists. The Journal maintains the documents included another staggering figure: Beat Saber was played by 1.47

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Sony creates an AR headset for LBVR. Sony is offering a Ghostbuster AR experience in Ginza, Japan, and for this it has manufactured an AR headset. Valve said that the game should launch in 2019, but knowing Valve Time, if we are lucky, it will be announced in 2019 and launched in 2020. News worth a mention. Image by BBC).

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Recently a Sony patent appeared indicating plans for upgrades to PlayStation VR, adding features like inside-out tracking and wireless capabilities. Spotted by the masters of patent hunting Lets Go Digital , this particular AR patent comes from the Japan Patent Office (JPO), published on 11 July 2019.

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2018

Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio. Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. Image courtesy Sony.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s been six months since Sony launched PlayStation VR 2, handily one of the best pieces of consumer VR hardware we’ve laid eyes on. While the headset is undeniably great, Sony’s content strategy hasn’t been. Like the original, PSVR 2 sports a unique selling proposition. This isn’t a wild idea either.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

US search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google. Worldwide search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google. Most searched for headsets by region, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google. Data courtesy Sony, chart by Road to VR. Peak search volume for Quest in the US was 1.6

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