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Veteran VR Studio nDreams Announces Layoffs Amid “challenging VR games market”

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In 2023, Stockholm, Sweden-based gaming group Aonic acquired nDreams for $110 million. Layoffs spanning 2023 and 2024 included a number of top publishers and studios, such as Embracer Group, Unity, Microsoft, EA, Sony, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive and Riot Games.

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PSVR 2 Could Include Tech from the Biggest Name in Eye Tracking

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Tobii, a global leader in eye-tracking, announced it’s currently in talks with Sony to include its tech in the upcoming PlayStation VR2. ” It was first revealed that Sony would include eye-tracking in PSVR 2 back in May 2021, with the mention that it will provide foveated rendering for the next-gen VR headset.

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PSVR Exclusive Puzzler Statik Gets Release Date

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Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) looks set to kick things up a notch next month, as anticipated new games finally arrive for the platform. This promising new puzzle game from Sweden-based developer Tarsier Studios was announced just ahead of E3 2016 last June, and we’ve kept an eye on it ever since. One such title is Statik.

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Big XR News from Sony, PICO, Vuzix, Get Your Way

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Leading up to this year’s event, major XR device vendors such as HTC VIVE, PICO, Sony, and others are leveraging what is being perceived as an increasing level of hype stemming from Mark Zuckberg’s upcoming showcase. September has arrived, and the month is commonly an important one for the XR industry.

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Looking Back at Virtual Reality Over the Last 5 Years

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They even became “Christmas present of the year” here in Sweden in 2016! Google, Valve, Facebook, Sony, Samsung and an enormous amount of other companies are trying to do their part in bringing the tech forward, and the sense of enthusiast development that sparked this new revolution is still here, in all of us. It’s that easy.

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Ready Player Me, Hiber Partner for Avatar Integration

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Music artist ICONÏC has also debuted his “Bullet (Hiber Anthem)” music single via Linc Music and Sony Music Entertainment Sweden, available across streaming platforms. Comments on Partnership.

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These Headphones Offer Solid Active Noise Cancellation for Those on a Budget

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Founded in Sweden, the company makes low-cost, high-design headphones for folks who don’t want to spend a few hundred dollars on options from Apple , Bose , or Beats. Urbanista isn’t a household name. Their latest product, the Miami , is a pair of active noise-canceling headphones with 50-hour battery life and a tempting… Read more.

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