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JANUARY 10, 2025

Sony released its last PlayStation VR2 download charts for 2024, with December's #1 going to both Beat Saber and Alien: Rogue Incursion. The latest monthly PlayStation Store charts are live once more, revealing last month's top downloads across all of Sony's active platforms.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2022

On that front, Sony is already planning at least one big title: a made-for-VR game set in the Horizon universe. And if it’s set to be a launch title, it’s well positioned to take advantage of all the cool tech Sony is packing into PSVR 2. split across North America and Europe. PSVR Top Downloads – 2021. Beat Saber.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2017

On the heels of price drops for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive this past month, Sony is also jumping into the price war game. Sony’s PlayStation VR will be sold bundled with the PlayStation Camera for $399 starting next month across the U.S. and Canada—roughly a $50 price drop.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. I think they handled all this situation in the best way possible. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

In the US and Canada, the headset will soon be bundled with a PlayStation Camera—an integral part of the the kit that costs anywhere from $40-50 alone—essentially making the Camera free to anyone buying the $399 USD headset alone. ” image courtesy Sony. ” image courtesy Sony.

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

Clément Gosselin from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada; Prof. Some of the sessions in the section dedicated to XR will explore topics such as: Sculpting in VR; Using VR for story development and pre-production; Revolutionizing content businesses with XR spatial design. Dr. Rolf Drechsler from the University of Bremen, Germany.

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JULY 14, 2023

Beat Saber, VR’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game, came to PlayStation VR 2 well past the headset’s February 2023 launch, coming to Sony’s latest VR headset in late May. Here’s the full list, showing the charts across the US/Canada, Europe, and Japan.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Veronica Orvalho created the platform based off her research in computer graphics, which have been used by Universal Studios, Sony, Microsoft, Amazon and other European-funded research projects. Didimo now has 22 employees with teams in Porto, Portugal, Vancouver, Canada and London, UK.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2019

Sony has acquired Insomniac Games. Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality. The studio will so become part of the Sony Worldwide Studios. That’s great, but there are still big countries like Canada and Australia that are excluded from this possibility.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As the partnership between Sony Films and Krikey continues to towards the third AR game in the planned trilogy, it’s undeniable that Hollywood has begun to recognize the possibilities of AR and VR as next-level marketing tools capable of delivering meaningful advertisements that extend further than simple TV spots and print ads. and Canada.

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MARCH 30, 2023

IDC told Bloomberg News that Sony is “ likely” to have sold only around 270,000 PSVR 2 units between launch and the end of March. In October, Bloomberg reported Sony was producing 2 million units for launch. Given the current inflationary period and associated cost of living crisis, will Sony be next?

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Sony has also publicly announced a handful of PSVR 2 titles which may be strong contenders for the top spots in the coming months and years. Sony appears to be playing its PSVR 2 hype strategy more or less in the same way it did with PS5, i.e. not many exclusives and a softer launch than expected. Beat Saber. Beat Saber. Job Simulator.

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MARCH 4, 2019

High-profile partnerships with Sony Pictures Animation—the makers of Hotel Transylvania—and DHX Media, creators of the Teletubbies, spurred the company to find innovative ways to bring the companies characters to life. When you turn back towards the door where you came in, it’s like Narnia—you can see the real world back outside.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Other companies such as Apple, Samsung, LG, and Sony also invest in XR technology. ” The firm has seen sales success with its current versions of the Ray-Ban Stories product, which are currently available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

The team at North will be acquired, but it will keep operating in its own region in Canada. Sony Dreams adds PSVR support. So the new support for PSVR on Sony Dreams is something that can be very beneficial for the ecosystem. An interesting marketing approach. The official launch date is July, 22nd. Get ready to create!

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MARCH 23, 2017

It’s not a practice you’d expect to see utilized with something as big as the PlayStation brand, but Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) seems to be an exception to the rule. Sony says that PSVR’s success, nearing — if not by now surpassing — one million units sold , surprises even them.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Only available in Microsoft retail and online stores in the US and Canada, the sale goes on until 11:59 PM PST on November 27, 2017. Sony announced a $100 discount on all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB consoles. Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset – $400 $350. PlayStation VR Price Cuts.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Header Image by Sony). Thank you all for making me feel your warmth, you are an amazing community!

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Globally across stores from Meta, Apple, Sony, Valve, and Bytedance, Walkabout players return to the Welcome Shack to find a new course available. What I've done is invite Carson for an intimate 1:1 voice conversation from his home in Oregon to mine in New York, hosted by my colleague Beck from Canada in the UploadVR Studios.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

According to the US tech titan, these Meta AI upgrades will begin rolling out in the US and Canada next month in ‘experimental mode’ However, Meta AI will not be available on Meta Quest 2. This chipset will reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR and Immersed’s Visor.

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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. In a bid to remedy this with potential PSVR owners, Sony as of yesterday opened 30 demo spots at Best Buy and GameStops across the US.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

While it is possible to ask Meta AI about what you're seeing, in the US & Canada at least, the assistant only responds with speech. Sony, Lynx, and Xreal are building Android XR devices too , and other companies including Play For Dream say they want to use it in the future.

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MAY 9, 2023

For the unfamiliar, Sony publishes a monthly PlayStation blog ranking the PlayStation Store's top downloads for each active platform. Following March 2023's download rankings , which saw Pavlov secure the top spot for both Europe and the US/Canada, April's statistics for PSVR 2 are now live.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Belgium, China (Beijing and Hong Kong), Japan, New Zealand, and Canada. In addition, the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society has international chapters in the U.K., For more information visit advancedimagingsociety.com & thevrsociety.com.

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Virtro Entertainment – the female-led VR indie game studio out of Vancouver, Canada, today announced the release of Run Dorothy Run – an immersive endless-runner and rhythm VR game, with a cheeky take on the classic novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Run Dorothy Run is a physically engaging, hyper-energetic, action-packed adventure.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Virtro Entertainment – the female-led VR indie game studio out of Vancouver, Canada, today announced that Run Dorothy Run – an immersive endless-runner and rhythm VR game, with a cheeky take on the classic novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." The game is being released first on Sony PlayStation VR with other platforms to follow shortly after.

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JUNE 7, 2023

The news comes from Sony's monthly round-up on PlayStation Blog , which ranks the PlayStation Store's top downloads for each active platform. 1, losing in the April 2023 rankings to Creed: Rise to Glory - Championship Edition in the US/Canada. 1 spot in both Europe and the US. March 2023's download rankings saw Pavlov take no.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 26, 2022

AdHawk, a Waterloo, Canada-based startup, developed its MindLink smart glass technology that allows devices to accurately track user eye movements to monitor neurological health and behaviour, using a microelectromechanical system rather than a camera. Mark Gurman (@markgurman) July 25, 2022.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

For later in 2024, Gurman reported Apple was "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 was working on localizing the device for Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and China.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

HTC is set to reveal its new VIVE Mars CamTrack solution at the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where it will showcase the immersive production tool with Departure Lounge and Arcturus, it was revealed on Tuesday. Learn more: [link] #VIVEMARS #SIGGRAPH2022 #trackedonmars #virtualproduction pic.twitter.com/uNTI9bH6hs. —

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. and Canada. October was such an important month for the virtual reality and augmented reality industry. So what’s next? and many places worldwide.

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JUNE 19, 2016

The PSVR unit will work with the PlayStation 4 and Sony says they’ll have 50 games ready to go at launch. Starting on June 24th, PlayStation will offer PSVR demos at about 300 Best Buy and GameStop locations across the US and Canada. PlayStation VR’s release date is October 13, and it will be priced at a very accessible $399.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

For later in 2024, Gurman reported Apple was "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 was working on localizing the device for Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and China.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For later in 2024, Gurman reported 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 was working on localizing the device for Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and China.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Apple also appears to be planning to roll the device out to other countries, such as Canada and the UK, in the following months of the year. Rumors earlier this year suggested Sony, the company responsible for making Apple’s OLED displays, can only produce up to 200,000 displays per quarter.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Sony released PlayStation VR2 back in February, so it’s now included in the rankings and with March done and dusted, we have our first full month of download rankings for the new headset. Each month, the PlayStation blog posts a ranking of the top downloads for the PlayStation Store across each platform.

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