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Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. We are not sure if it is because Pico has not the technology to do that or if it has been a strategic choice. Upload VR).
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 You know that I’m an enormous fan of BCIs because I think that they are the future of technology, the ultimate man-machine interface. was a lot of money?). Become a supporter!!
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Kevin also added that in terms of raising XR awareness for the general public, “I think it’s brilliant now,” he also remarked that while at CES, the enterprise space was bubbling with interest “not just with Vision Pro, but all sorts of other technologies and digital twins obviously being the pillar.”
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