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It appears as though Sony is making serious progress with its VR technology. Earlier today the company hosted an online event called Sony Technology Day, revealing new information on eight different technologies revolving around the theme of “Technology that inspires emotion.” Image Credit: Sony.
Sony also Wins Big at CES At CES 2025, the upcoming Sony XR Head-MountedDisplay SRH-S1 will receive the XR Technologies & Accessories Innovation Award alongside a range of other leading technology firms creating emerging solutions for selected markets.
Sony is currently gauging the interest of the XR community with its upcoming but secretive headset. Already, Sony has experience producing VR devices via its PSVR gaming device line-up. While the request may relate to Sony’s existing PSVR portfolio, the developments align with the current status of Sony’s upcoming device.
Introducing Sonys Spatial Content Creation System Sonys new XYN platform is nearing its full release. It also features innovative hardware such as the XYN Headset, XR Head-mountedDisplay, Spatial Reality Display, and mocopi motion sensors.
While tech giants race to claim their slice of the spatial computing pie, Sony’s new XYN platform (that’s “zin” to you and me, by the way) is on the cusp of its full release. Yiotis Katsambas, VP of Technology at Sony Pictures Animation said: With XYN, Sony is entering a new dimension of creativity.
Early next year, at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025, Sony will showcase its long-awaited and much-hyped XR headset. Sony gains recognition following the CES 2025 awards program receiving a record-breaking number of submissions. CES 2025 uses an independent panel review procedure to choose the firm awarded in each category.
The technology sounds eerily similar to Sony’s PlayLink , a multiplayer game service for the PlayStation 4 that allows players to engage in a variety of quizzes and immersive games using compatible smartphones and tablets. Sony files patents for potential products and features on a regular basis, many of which wind up dead in the water.
In a new report by MacRumors , the publication points out how Genius Electronic Optical , a key lens supplier for numerous companies, will benefit from the launch of upcoming AR and VR projects from Facebook and Sony. “We We predict that Apple will launch AR HMD [head-mounteddisplay] devices in Q2 2022.
However, Sony may have a trick up its sleeve that could give the headset’s Fresnel lenses a big advantage over the competition. A patent granted to Sony in 2020 proposes a “method of manufacturing the Fresnel lens which can suppress [god rays] […].”
Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is a great headset, but tracking quality is a common complaint from users. Of course, patents aren’t confirmation of products, and even if Sony is planning to more effective means of tracking, who’s to say it’s for this iteration of PlayStation VR and the PlayStation 4?
This technology could be in the form of a headmounteddisplay, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Headmounteddisplay (start of film) : Prototype model that appears to be a maskless football helmet with an array of sensors and circuitry strewn around the head.
This week, Sony became the latest firm which faced leaks regarding its upcoming XR headset. Following recent leaks from others in the headset market—such as Meta and PICO—recent information from a SIG certification emerged suggesting that Sony’s forthcoming XR headset will debut later this year.
In the year 2022 is expected that Apple, Sony, and Meta will launch significant HMD devices. This is a head-mounteddisplay (HMD), and there’s a decent chance it’ll be the next sort of device that’ll be above-and-beyond desirable by the average consumer.
Sony has revealed the development of an XR headset as part of an “immersive spatial content creation system”. Sony has worked with Siemens and Qualcomm to develop the XR system. ” User Experience The head-mounteddisplay comes equipped with high-definition 1.3-type
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Back in 2012, a starry-eyed young entrepreneur called Palmer Luckey announced a new and improved head-mounteddisplay that would be better than pretty much everything on the market at the time, and affordable for gamers to boot. VR didn't do as well in 2018 as many hoped - or expected Click To Tweet.
Image Credit: Sony. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017. The glasses use eye-tracking sensors to gather “gaze information of the user in order to improve the quality of content provided for rendering on the head-mounteddisplay.”.
The company has demonstrated its eye-tracking solution in the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and other head-mounteddisplays. SEE ALSO Apple AR/VR Product to Debut in 2017, Predicts Sony'sHead of Worldwide Studios. SMI’s eye-tracking tech built into a Rift DK2 | Photo by Road to VR.
Generally, there are two types of AR solutions — marker-based augmented reality and markerless (sensor-based) augmented reality — that help developers merge content into the camera feed of a smartphone or head-mounteddisplay. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?
More info (Mentra and Vuzix partner on AugmentOS) More info (AugmentOS official website) News worth a mention (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PSVR 2 had great holiday sales numbers Thanks to the huge price discount from $550 to $350, the sales of PSVR 2 had a huge boost in 2024. This is impressive.
Varjo calls their prototype “20|20”, saying that it’s specifically designed for professional users and with resolutions more than 70 times beyond any currently shipping or announced head-mounteddisplay. Varjo’s prototype hiding inside of an Oculus Rift, image courtesy Ubergizmo.
The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years. The VR head-mounteddisplays were initially created focusing on games mainly.
Sony makes some of the coolest VR accessories of any company out there. Many industry analysts and experts agree that large-scale adoption will take place when Apple releases head-mounteddisplays. The second is the audio kits and facial trackers making social VR even better. The Future Comes in Pieces.
Sony’s third home console was easily its most controversial, launching with a ridiculous $599 price tag and using proprietary hardware that became notoriously difficult to develop with. It was also on PS3 that Sony started experimenting with what would become PlayStation VR (PSVR). It was a rare stumble for the brand. MotorStorm.
The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others.
There is something of an arms race developing between the major VR hardware companies (Facebook, Google, HTC, Sony) to add more intuitive controls for VR. Eyefluence uses a proprietary system of eye-gestures to do everything they could with their hands and a smartphone with just their eyes and a headmounteddisplay.
Luckey was a long time tinkerer of headmounteddisplays prior to building the first Rift prototypes which lead to him founding Oculus and taking the Rift to Kickstarter in 2012 for what would become a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign.
Recently a Sony patent appeared indicating plans for upgrades to PlayStation VR, adding features like inside-out tracking and wireless capabilities. Of course, what’s a Sony patent without a hint of PlayStation somewhere in there. For further updates on Sony’s AR and VR plans, keep reading VRFocus.
Sony is about to bring the third weapon to the high-end VR fight, and it could have a major impact on the market. The combination of content, pricing, and simplicity may mean that Sony could take a dominant position in the market over competition like HTC and Oculus. What It Means For Sony.
From all-in-one mobile VR headsets to tethered head-mounteddisplays (HMDs) with hand-controllers that looked eerily similar to brands we already report on, one thing’s for sure, there was no shortage of VR and AR hardware on the show floor. million units and hardware revenues approaching $2.3
The news comes after several patents showed Microsoft filed patents for hot-swappable batteries for an upcoming AR smart glasses device, indicating a drive to revitalise its rumoured AR head-mounteddisplays (HMD). An Apple-Microsoft-Meta micro-OLED Melee?
Now it’s the turn of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) with possible new designs for PlayStation VR which include possible improved tracking and wireless options. There’s another function for the headset mounted cameras and that’s seeing the world around you.
JDI is a Japanese electronics conglomerate that combines the display enterprises of Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi. In a recent press release , the firm announced that it is actively developing new, highly advanced displays for virtual reality, headmounteddisplays.
Sony Corporation announced development of an immersive spatial content creation system, which includes an XR head-mounteddisplay equipped with high-quality 4K OLED Microdisplays*2 and video see-through function, and a pair of controllers optimized for intuitive interaction with 3D objects and precise pointing.
As a side note, I’m so glad we collectively stuck with calling it head-mounteddisplays, and not something like “VR Helmet”, “VR Glasses”, or any of the other many attempts to call it something else. Don’t have one yet? Just go to your local hardware store, pay as little as $5, et voilá!
Zenka feels the same way about VR and AR headsets as we start to see more patents like Sony’s smart eye contacts or Google’s cyborg eye implants. Technology has been progressing so quickly that looking back at cell phones from 10-20 years ago starts to feel like ancient history. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.
Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounteddisplay, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. I hate doing this.
While Sony’s PSVR 2 headset doesn’t have the same range or brightness attributes as Meta’s demo from last year, Sony’s headset is also VR’s first consumer HDR head-mounteddisplay. Sony paid for UploadVR’s travel costs to attend a Firewall Ultra demo at PlayStation’s headquarters in California.
With decades of experience in hardware design and manufacturing, and having created many non-VR head-mounteddisplays in the past, it’s no surprise that Sony’s VR headset is competitive with the other high-end VR headsets on the market, and arguably surpasses the high-end PC headsets in some areas of ergonomics and image quality.
As reported by VRFocus, Sony has released two new patents that may indicate next-generation motion controllers. The first of these patents show off a controller with an analog stick (as opposed to a touchpad common on other VR controllers or the buttons on the PS Move wands), and a number of face-mounted buttons.
The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounteddisplays (HMDs). It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough.
PlayStation VR Has A Frustrating Camera Distance Problem Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounteddisplay, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. I hate doing this.
The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounteddisplays (HMDs) from PC. The smart glasses tether via a USB cable to process most of the computing on the smartphone and content is viewed on the head-mounteddisplays (HMDs).
” While the company did not disclose further information about the head-mounteddisplay (HMD) or specs, many speculate it will be a mid-range, affordable headset that could compete with rival firms. Additional competitors in the VR market include Sony’s PSVR 2 and Meta’s acclaimed Quest 2 headsets.
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