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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Sony’s Richard Marks weighs in on where we might come to find it. Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. Dr. Richard Marks.

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JANUARY 20, 2019

However, AR technology has grown substantially since then, and the possibilities of what you can do with AR today goes beyond adding team banners and digital team huddles in front of game commentators. Image Credit: CBS Sports.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Not that that’s a problem for Sony, with a tidy 50 million units sold in just over three years on the market. But all the shrewdness Sony has displayed in the past few years makes the risk of PlayStation VR all the more baffling. Sony had its work cut out if it was going to get the ball rolling, and E3 was only a few months away.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

With that backdrop, the Games Developer Conference (GDC) is returning to San Francisco in March, including lots of AR & VR focus. The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Sony and Meta marked Halloween by revealing the name for its upcoming Ghostbusters game. ” Announced earlier this year, the new Ghostbusters game will be set in San Francisco with developer nDreams bringing the franchise to life in Quest 2 and Quest Pro.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

During tonight's State of Play presentation , Sony revealed the upcoming mission-based co-op game will arrive just before Halloween. Developed by nDreams, Rise of the Ghost Lord sees you fighting the titular villain to save San Francisco, working with friends to solve puzzles, trap ghosts and stop the March of the Malevolent.

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MARCH 3, 2017

During the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this past week, Microsoft provided some information on Acer’s mixed reality headset, which will ship to developers in the upcoming weeks. The Acer device will be priced around $299.00 when it becomes available to consumers.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord will launch simultaneously on Quest and PSVR 2 this fall, Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed to UploadVR. After nDreams and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced the game at last year's Quest Gaming Showcase, nDreams told UploadVR that it would be " focusing on Meta Quest 2 at launch."

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MARCH 18, 2018

Held annually in San Francisco, Game Developers Conference has undeniably been a focal point for VR the industry, and as augmented reality continues to heat up, we expect it to be increasingly important for AR as well. Continued on Page 2: Sony, Magic Leap, LG & Microsoft ».

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MARCH 15, 2017

Sony has a gameplan for its attempt to dominate the world of virtual reality experiences: a pocket full of priceless film franchises and an online store full of eager virtual reality users. Sony certainly seems poised to learn, as Zim notes the roster of VR-eager studio talent and I glance at Dyas a few feet away.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The game clearly isn’t going for a realistic art style, instead adopting a more cartoon-inspired, cel-shaded look, which fits the playful tone of the franchise quite well.

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JULY 13, 2017

Instead of building and investing in headsets like Facebook of the US, Sony of Japan and HTC of Taiwan, the Chinese trio are becoming middlemen: creating platforms and content for when a dominant headset emerges. Michael Park is the founder of LipSync , a VR and AR development studio based in San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

As seen in tweets from this week’s VRX conference in San Francisco, Zvi Greenstein, General Manager at Nvidia, confirmed that there are currently 15 million VR Ready PCs using the company’s GeForce graphics cards in the market, which, according to the tweet below, he predicted would rise to 30 million by the end of next year.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

VR is being used to correct conditions like amblyopia (sometimes called “lazy eye”) by San Francisco-based company Vivid Vision; instead of a childhood-scarring eyepatch or invasive surgery, virtual reality is the prescribed treatment. EX-HEAD OF SONY PLAYSTATION LONDON FORMS CROSS-PLATFORM VR GAME STUDIO.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Next week, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) will be getting underway in San Francisco and this year’s show should be a big one for VR. Sony: Sony is a GDC veteran. Sony knows how to make great content and how to communicate it to the world. Fingers crossed its got some tricks up its sleeves.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Today at the Intel Developer Forum event in San Francisco, Intel revealed Project Alloy, an all-in-one mobile virtual reality headset which the company says will launch in 2017 as an “open platform.” That’s good news, as we’ve found Sony’s headset to be among the most comfortable out there.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The San Francisco-based company recently announced that Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin will be launching on PlayStation VR (PSVR) on February 21st. Warm up your brains and get ready to get weird: Double Fine’s cult classic platforming franchise, Psychonauts, finally returns later this month.

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MARCH 28, 2022

You know well that I’ve been at SXSW , but, shame on me, I haven’t stayed a few days more to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Upload reported that Sony showcased PlayStation to some selected partners , but no one could speak about what he/she has seen. Other relevant news. Image by NextMind).

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MARCH 20, 2020

That saw the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) having to shut down this week’s show in San Francisco. GDC Summer will be taking place from 4th – 6th August 2020 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with the two-day expo held between 5th – 6th August. For further updates, keep reading VRFocus.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

To help promote the new film Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) has teamed up with location-based entertainment (LBE) specialist The VOID on an immersive experience called Jumanji: Reverse the Curse. Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco, California. Cinemark West Plano, Plano, Texas.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

It was well over a year ago that the promise of Xbox streaming to the Oculus Rift was first promised by Phil Spencer during a June 2015 press event in San Francisco. The idea was to allow your Rift to function as a highly immersive monitor for your Xbox console.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Just like last year, they will run essentially concurrently again in and around the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. What to Expect from Sony. The long and short of it is that you shouldn’t expect much from Sony at GDC this year.

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MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. They recently closed a $22M round co-led by Sony and Foxconn. Some of the most basic waveguides were first commercialized by Lumus Optics (coming out of Israeli military-industrial research).

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

And it happened for nerds at this year’s VRX conference in San Francisco when Ted Price and Jason Rubin interviewed one another during a fireside chat. Price remains as Insomiac’s head but Rubin is currently serving as the head of content for Oculus after selling Naughty Dog to Sony in 2001.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

The initiative started at CBS’ San Francisco station, where the firm’s production team designed the code and framework behind the now nationwide XR virtual production offering. Sony also uses virtual production ( VP ) solutions to modernize traditional filmmaking techniques.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

The game's lobby is the San Francisco Ghostbusters HQ, acting as a hub area for you to upgrade gear, change skins and begin missions alongside friends. The maps are set across San Francisco, including iconic locations like Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Last week I visited Double Fine’s San Francisco office and had the chance to play through the first 45 minutes of the game and chat with Project Lead, Chad Dawson. The prospect of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) quickly changed that. After playing the game for an extended amount of time, I can see why.

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MARCH 26, 2017

Then consider their platforms, made by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. For hardware on the market today, the only brands with an entertainment background that are involved in the headsets are Sony and Valve, one of which takes every pain to stay behind the scenes. Chris Orris directs Oxygen Public Relations’ San Francisco office.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

During a Bandai Namco press preview event in San Francisco this week, I got the chance to go hands-on with the flight combat game using the PS VR and came away with a giant smile on my face, excited to take to the skies once again when it finally releases later this year.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Filling up the halls of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, GDC has been a big event for the VR industry over the past few years, but it is seeing something of an explosion this year, which runs from February 27th – March 3rd. : Wednesday, March 1st, 2:00pm – 3:00pm. Room 2024, West Hall.

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JULY 19, 2017

He encountered Dr. Marc Levin from UC San Francisco. Several years ago, there was a story of Mr. James Blaha, who suffered from two serious visual conditions, amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eyes).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Sony has been helping them get more content and also deal more access to more users as well. Teppei: Oh yeah. Teppei: Oh yeah.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Sony has been helping them get more content and also deal more access to more users as well. Teppei: Oh yeah. Teppei: Oh yeah.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So they have a platform on their own app and Sony PlayStation’s, as well. And Sony has been a great partner for the company. Sony has been helping them get more content and also deal more access to more users as well. Teppei: Oh yeah. Teppei: Oh yeah.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Facebook and Sony today announced they won’t be attending the annual GDC conference in San Francisco next month other Coronavirus concerns. In years past, GDC was used by both Oculus and Sony to reveal the latest versions of new VR headsets and content.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The company, which is split between San Francisco and Hangzhou, China, says in a tweet that production of the Nreal Light developer kit has been halted. Delays are said to affect the most recent batch of backers. While the Coronavirus has spread to 24 other countries to date, 99% of cases have been confined to China.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Facebook and Sony today announced they won’t be attending the annual GDC conference in San Francisco next month over Coronavirus concerns. While COVID-19 has spread to 27 other countries to date, 99% of cases have been confined to China which is a key manufacturing hub for VR headsets and related hardware.

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