VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

North America will be the fastest growing market as it reach $403M this year. Dedicated VR headsets such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Sony’s PlayStation VR deliver significantly more premium experiences compared with their mobile VR device counterparts, but sales have been shy of expectations according CCS Insight.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” Alvin Graylin, HTC China President, presented the Auggie for Best Head-Worn Device.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

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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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Sony Pictures Entertainment experiences are coming to a headset or location near you. Characteristic of Sony Pictures to release a VR adaptation for feature film releases that make sense in VR, teleporting yourself into the world of Jumanji thanks to VR is a dream come true for so many.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments. Image by Sony). Sony has finally revealed that PlayStation 5 is coming on November 12th (in America, Australia, Korea and other countries; rest of the world is on November, 19th). News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2016

When it comes to virtual reality, you really do have to ‘see it to believe it’, so Sony is joining the ranks of HTC and Oculus in opening demo spaces for their VR headset to retailers nationwide. The post PlayStation VR Demos Coming to Hundreds of US Retailers appeared first on Road to VR.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 5, 2017

PlayStation VR surpasses 1 million units sold Sony has now sold more than 1 million PlayStation VR headsets, the company announced today. The news follows a reveal back in February that the PSVR had topped 915,000 units sold since its debut last October. It’s still just a million units,” he says.

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DECEMBER 3, 2016

That’s why retailers have demo stations set up for HTC Vive and PlayStation VR headsets throughout the United States. Sony Interactive Entertainment has released the impressive-but-flawed VR add-on system for its PlayStation 4 console in its home country, but the publisher is not pushing hard with in-person demonstrations.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Sony’s London Studio first released Blood and Truth’ s spiritual predecessor with the first PSVR demo disk; London Heist. Ace Combat 7.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2016

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has poured scepticism on the hype surrounding VR post launch by voicing concerns about the cost and requirement of current systems, mostly (by the sounds of it) the HTC Vive. That’s not what we have in America.” Strauss Zelnick isn’t exactly what you’d call a VR zealot.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. More info (HTC is going to launch a new hardware) More info (Second tweet from HTC) More info (Third tweet from HTC). Bank Of America to use VR training.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Voltolina: We started selling the Ozo in February of this year, in North America. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. We started with one region, North America, to see if the product would be well-received, and then if we could scale manufacturing. And Sony Pictures also includes Sony Music.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

HTC’s new headset gets leaked. HTC has been teasing its headsets for a lot of weeks by sharing images of small black corners of the upcoming device. Sony is finally accepting preorders for the PSVR 2 headset. The post The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. Teppei: Yes we did.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. Teppei: Yes we did.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). 7- Alvin Graylin. 16- Vinay Narayan.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. Teppei: Yes we did.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 A pair of “Sony type NP-BX1” compatible Li-Ion batteries and a USB charging cradle cost less than £20.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Captain America: Civil War (2016). Larger menus and data sets are seen to be scrolled through via waving of the hand gestures.

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ARPost

AUGUST 10, 2022

In a recent tweet by the POTUS, Biden said that “the future of the microchip industry is going to be ‘Made in America.’” Google, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly created XRA. The CHIPS and Science Act for the Emerging Technology Ecosystem. It will also increase semiconductor chip supply.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

The news comes amid recent legislative victories in the US Congress, namely after President Joe Biden signed off on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act on Tuesday last week, approving $52.7 billion USD for chipmakers and immersive tech firms.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The North-America-only limitation is quite a bummer for us Europeans, but honestly, as a developer, I understand the will of making an incremental deployment to be sure that everything works before expanding the product to many countries. Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. News worth a mention.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

In 1997, the first DVD player was released in America. And to explain at least a small portion of this sudden success, I’m going to look at another piece of technology at the time, Sony’s Playstation 2. By 2002, the PS2 made up a total of 32% of all DVD players in America. It was exciting, right? Apparently so.

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MAY 3, 2017

Vive (HTC). The HTC subsidiary is still finalizing its show plan and has told us it will update us with final details soon. PlayStation VR (Sony). Of the VR companies coming to E3 Sony has by far the most experience with this type of show. Naughty America (VR porn). What we know: Honestly, not much yet.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset. PSVR 2 Controllers (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). Accessories.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The Daily Beast reported that Luckey raised money for a pro-Trump non-profit called Nimble America, which is dedicated to influencing politics by trolling and bringing Internet memes to real world situations (an example is a billboard in Pittsburgh featuring a cartoonish image of Hillary Clinton, with the caption “Too Big to Jail”).

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APRIL 29, 2017

In mid-September 2016, Palmer Luckey donated just shy of $10,000 to a recently formed pro-Trump non-profit organization called Nimble America. At the time of his donation, the entire body of Nimble America’s work consisted of putting up a single billboard in the Pittsburgh area [pictured below]. The founder of Oculus is funding them.

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