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AUGUST 27, 2024

Sony Interactive Entertainment is raising the prices of the PS5 console, PlayStation VR2 headset, and various accessories in Japan on September 2, 2024. "We PlayStation VR2 is getting a $100 price hike in Japan due to recent global economy changes and "challenging" external influences.

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APRIL 5, 2017

With around one million units sold , Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is one of the more popular headsets on the market right now, but the company may already be looking to other ways to monetize its device. Perhaps Sony hopes that by getting the kit on more heads out in the wider world it can drive sales in the home.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Sony has finally revealed how and when PSVR owners can get their hands on a camera adapter to make PlayStation VR compatible with PS5. Sony will provide PSVR owners with one free camera adapter to enable support for the headset on PlayStation 5, and has posted some details here in an FAQ. Asia: Early December.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

According to Sparrow News , Mijia houses a single Micro OLED from Sony which boasts up to 3,000 nit peak brightness and 3,281 ppi. While not a household brand in North America, Xiaomi is a top 5 global smartphone manufacturer, offering its competitively spec’d array of handsets in Europe and most of Asia.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Sony may have stopped making floppy disks over a decade ago, but that hadn’t stopped the Tokyo government from relying on the obsolete tech. As part of modernization efforts, the local authorities are starting to phase out floppies in favor of digital systems, according to Nikkei Asia. At least, not until now. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Anyway, it looks like many people are in line to try it, so this is a big success both for Sony and for CAPCOM. I miss traveling to Asia, so I hope I will be able to go there in the next months… and you? PlayStation VR is not the only headset people can try at TGS. And that’s it! appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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MAY 21, 2020

Shortly after a new July 3rd release date was confirmed, Gematsu today spotted that the unreleased Iron Man VR Demo – Demo listing got an update, and can now be found in the Asia, Japan, US, and Europe regions of the PlayStation Store.

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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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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The PICO 4 virtual reality headset was released mid-October last year and features 4K+ resolution, a weight of 295g, and is available in Europe and East Asia for €399 (around $428). Sony Sony is also bringing out the PSVR2 , which is said to use eye tracking for menu selection and navigation of user interfaces.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

There’s a lot going on over at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) currently, with the company currently shaking up its promotional events by hosting State of Play broadcasts and not appearing at events like the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). It’s not just Shawn Layden leaving Sony.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Apple Inc has reached out to Chinese manufacturing firm Luxshare to develop its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. This has allowed Luxshare to enter Apple’s supply chain and boost business deals with the Cupertino-based tech giant, according to four people speaking to Nikkei Asia.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Nreal, the creators of the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced that shipments of its developer kit will be affected by the recent developments in Asia surrounding the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). While the Coronavirus has spread to 24 other countries to date, 99% of cases have been confined to China.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced a new location-based Ghostbusters VR experience developed by Hologate for its Arena and Blitz platforms around the world. ” Sony Pictures Virtual Reality will publish the experience across the 400 venues globally where Hologate experiences are available.

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JULY 7, 2023

UploadVR David Heaney For later in 2024, Gurman reports Apple is "discussing the UK and Canada as two of its first international markets with Asia and Europe soon after, although a final decision hasn’t been made" and is working on localizing the device for Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and China.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More info (Quest 3 to feature color passthrough AR) More info (Quest 3 will not feature face tracking) Sony may be disappointed by PSVR 2 preorders A report by Bloomberg affirms that Sony is disappointed by the current preorders of the PSVR 2 and now plans to ship only 1.5M But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Released in Asia just after Christmas, this is PlayStation VR’s first true relaxation app, developed by Sony Music itself. If you could bring up your usual PS4 display and play standard games inside of the app then it would expand on the bare bones implementation that Sony already has for playing other content inside its headset.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

and Asia,” said Tony Mugavero, co-founder and CEO of VR video streaming platform Littlstar. “They brought us to Japan in 2016 and introduced us to nearly a dozen accredited investors, helped us secure Sony and others as new investors, and lined up a speaking engagement for us at the Japan VR Summit.

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JULY 10, 2018

Animal Force , an official selection for the Sony Interactive (Shanghai) China Hero Project (as “The X Animal”), is co-presented by Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia, ISVR and published by Oasis Games in North America. Developed for PlayStation®VR this game is available exclusively on the PlayStation®Store for $15.99

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JUNE 17, 2016

Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia and Toho have announced, a Godzilla virtual reality experience that will launch on October 13 in Japan as a free for a limited time download on the PlayStation Store. The actual 3D CG data utilized for the movie will also be used for the game in order to created the best possible VR Gojira.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Last year on Sony’s stage Square Enix revealed what it called Final Fantasy 15: Episode Prompto, a VR tie-in experience in which you controlled one of the game’s cast of characters and used guns to take down some of the game’s massive monsters.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Europe, the USA, and Asia are making significant strides in VR and democratising the marketplace. On the other hand, headsets like the Pico 4 and PSVR2 by Sony present a range of end-users with powerful immersive headsets. Companies and startups are now introducing new ways to explore the power of VR and the experiences it can offer.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Lets split the international LBE VR sector into three core areas (North America, Europe/UAE, and Asia). Asia was the first to get a grip on operating under post COVID measures and has seen the growth and the pain. As you would expect, hard data is a commodity that many are after, and sadly I have to keep this for our paying clients.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Summer Lesson from Bandai Namco was one of the first games Sony’s Japanese division debuted for the headset, but it never released in Europe or the USA despite getting demonstrations at industry events. The game is coming to Southeast Asia on April 27th, Japanese videogame news site Gematsu reports.

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MARCH 3, 2017

Cyber Danganronpa the Class Trial VR is coming to Sony’s headset next week, according to DualShockers. And that apparently means a western release; the game was already released in Japan and Asia and hits North America on March 7th and Europe on March 10th. Not only that, but the game will be free for PS Plus members.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

See the innovation from SIGGRAPH ASIA. SIGGRAPH ASIA has just taken place. Sony predicts the next technologies for XR visual displays. This acquisition could give too much power to Microsoft and it could damage the customers by making all Blizzard games exclusive to Microsoft platforms, so the FTC is trying to prevent it.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Extended Reality Industry is heating up with #Meta gearing up to launch its new XR headset Meta Cambria in October, #JIO is working on launching its Mixed Reality Jio Glass lite & Jio Glass Pro also in the month of October, SONY's PlayStation VR 2 is scheduled for early 2023 & so is the Rumored #apple Glasses.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

They feature next-gen Sony Micro OLED displays that can effectively create a “virtual screen” up to 201 inches wide, with a 1080p resolution. On the plus side, you can set up “AR subtitles” for whatever you’re viewing if you don’t rely entirely on audio.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Best Collaboration Tool Sony Electronics Head of XR Business Development Thaisa Yamamura was “honored to present” the Auggie Award for Best Collaboration Tool. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display. The AR app helps users learn about endangered species, their habitats, and why they are endangered.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The annual Tokyo Game Show (TGS) will return next week with Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) having a big presence at the event for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. Japanese developer Amata K.K. will be attending, showcasing its upcoming virtual reality (VR) escape room title Last Labyrinth. .

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AUGUST 22, 2022

We know Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset uses an HDR display and there’s been research at companies like Valve investigating displays that were so bright you’d feel the heat of a sunny day on your cheeks — so bright in fact that one researcher called their testing equipment a “ fire hazard ” back in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

However, the Nikkei Asia report noted that Foxconn would manufacture a cheaper AR device for its industry partner, focusing on “automating mass production and improving production performance to help Apple lower overall costs,” according to sources. The Vision Pro and other devices require two units for full functionality.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Sony arguably lost its footing as the console king when it launched the PlayStation 3 at $599 in 2005, and now here was a system that wanted considerably more cash for an experience that would still be foreign to many and a big financial risk for people to support. Asia, Alliances, and Accelerators.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

There’s an assumption that out-of-home VR experiences are going to be very popular in Asia where many people have less space and money to install their own equipment. ” The center currently features content from ILMxLAB, Sony, Lionsgate, Starbreeze, Survios, and Ubisoft. “This will be a breakthrough for the U.S.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Acer, after having discontinued the device two years ago, has announced that it will be effectively put on sale, at first in Asia, and then in the rest of the world. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. PSVR 2 may have inside-out tracking.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

I reviewed the reMarkable last year and compared it with its only real competition, the Sony Digital Paper Tablet. Sony and reMarkable’s dueling e-paper tablets are strange but impressive beasts.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

AWE Asia 2021. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network. If you can’t travel to China for AWE Asia, you can attend the event at home, in sunny California. Our Top Recommendations: Must Attend XR Events in 2021. When: September 2 – September 3.

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MAY 13, 2021

Sony’s Playstation 5 just hit the shelves in China in late April. Oasis is played via a virtual reality headset. Xbox’s latest Series X and Series S are to debut in China imminently , though the launch doesn’t appear to be linked to the Tencent deal.

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