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Image by Sony). Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. So, PSVR2 probably won’t launch before 2022 : Sony can afford that also because it has no competition in the console VR space , so there is no need to rush.
As pointed out in one of the Unity Developers’ blog posts , aside from the exponential rise of development businesses, we’re also seeing more developer tools, such as the Unity and Unreal engines, becoming more accessible.
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Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Furthermore, when the remastered version of Resident Evil 4 has been announced, Sony stated that some VR-related content will be released for it (but it is not clear what). More info (Galea on Road To VR) More info (Galea on my blog The Ghost Howls). Top news of the week. Funny link.
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A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or MagicLeap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B MagicLeap partners with AMD for its next-generation device. MagicLeap has announced that it has partnered with AMD to build the next generation of its glasses.
Don’t forget to read the coverage about it on my blog… Before leaving you to the news, I have to publicly compliment Emerson for having given the most correct answer to my contest. And Sony will give a “Sneak peek” of PSVR 2 games at its upcoming State Of Play event on June 2nd at 3 PM PT. Image by MagicLeap).
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I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. New interesting patents by Sony comes to light. Sony is working on the Playstation 5 and next gen PSVR. Top news of the week.
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