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One of the most anticipated PlayStation VR titles of 2018, Firewall: Zero Hour, finally has an official release date — and a bunch of preorder incentives to line up players for the team-based 4-on-4 tactical shooter. Developer First Contact Entertainment revealed today that the game will be released on August 28, and come in both digital… Read the full article…
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ANALYSIS: The tech world was buzzing today with a report that Netflix will stream Telltale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode — an initiative that looked like the video subscription giant was planning to dip its toe into the gaming waters. But as it turns out, the report’s not quite accurate, which means Netflix is effectively ceding th…Read More Powered by… Read the full article…
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First demonstrated for HTC’s Vive before hitting the Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality platforms, I-Illusions’ arcade-style VR game Space Pirate Trainer lets you suit up as a Peter Quill/Star-Lord-alike to fight off waves of futuristic drones. Today, Sony announced that it’s coming to PSVR in 2018. The concept is fairly straig… Read the full article…
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FromSoftware and Japan Studio are working on an enigmatic virtual reality title, Déraciné, which seems to have to do with fairy tales — or at least, feels like one. The developers showed a teaser trailer at Sony’s E3 event. The title in development for PlayStation VR. The trailer didn’t give too much information as the camera… Read the full article…
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ANALYSIS: When Sony executive John Tsuyoshi Kodera told investors this week that the PlayStation 4 is entering the “final phase of its life cycle,” there were two ways to parse the news. You could disbelieve it — it’s a mistake, an overstatement, or likely to change — or assume that Sony was dead serious and already pl…Read More… Read the full article…
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First Contact Entertainment is putting the finishing touches on its virtual reality first-person shooter, Firewall: Zero Hour. It pits four human players against four humans in multiplayer first-person shooter matches on the PlayStation VR. Coming later this year, the game can be played with a PSVR Aim controller or a standard gamepad. I gave it a…Read More Powered… Read the full article…
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The latest software update 2.0.0 for Google Assistant is now brought to the existing headsets of Sony, starting with the models WI-1000X… Continue reading on Medium » Read the full article…
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GUEST: Sony extends its grip on the TV ad market for the seventh month, and a new name appears in the top 5 spenders. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than eight million smart TVs, to bring you a monthly report on how… Read the full article…
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Japan Display, a joint venture between Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba, today announced separate 1,001-pixel-per-inch (PPI) and 803PPI displays specifically designed for VR use. While the new screens boast visual improvements that set the stage for a second-generation PlayStation VR, they also hint at a future market trend in VR design: lower-size, lowe… Read the full article…
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Sony is actively working on powerful new PlayStation VR livestreaming and mixed reality features that might become accessible to users in the future — but they could be held back due to the PlayStation 4’s limited computing power. RoadtoVR reports that Sony R&D senior team lead Richard Forester disclosed the company’s latest V…Read More Powered by… Read the full article…
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OPINION: Last week, I told the story of how experiencing archery using a virtual reality headset made me a VR believer. Admittedly, I’m a classic early adopter: I owned a Sega Genesis well before Sonic the Hedgehog, picked up a Nintendo GameCube the day of release (in Japan!), and switched to the first-generation iPhone on day… Read the full article…
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OPINION: Apex Construct’s release this week once again brought about a recurring topic in its reviews: PlayStation VR’s limited tracking and Move controllers restrict what is an otherwise great experience. The 180-degree tracking makes traversing an entire virtual world much more finicky than it should be and the lack of analog sticks on the controllers… Read the full article…
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Heads up: All products featured here are selected by Mashable’s commerce team and meet our rigorous standards for awesomeness. If you buy something, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The Oscar nominees were announced this morning and everyone is scrambling to predict if Get Out and Lady Bird will make history. The 2018 Academy Awards… Read the full article…
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Virtual reality hasn’t taken off in a big way with consumers, but Intel believes in its potential. It’s not clear just yet what will be VR’s biggest hit, but the platform will produce a huge amount of data that will have to be processed in the cloud using Intel infrastructure, said Frank Soqui, general manager… Read the full article…
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Sony’s annual fan event, the PlayStation Experience, is right around the corner, and it looks like a big reveal is in store for PlayStation VR (PSVR). This week the company revealed the panels that will run throughout the show, and PSVR is kicking things off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 9. There, Sony will host a… Read the full article…
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League of War: VR Arena debuts as an exclusive on PlayStation VR. It’s an arcade combat strategy game where two players duel with each other. Those players can battle each other inside virtual reality via the PSVR, or a VR player can square off against a player who isn’t using VR on the PlayStation 4…. Read the full article…
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OPINION: A trailer for Blood & Truth from Sony’s London Studio, like a preview Oculus showed earlier this month for an upcoming war title from Titanfall creator Respawn Entertainment, makes it clear that Sony and Facebook are financially supporting what its executives think gamers want to play in VR. The goal: drive the sale of… Read the full article…
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GUEST: The virtual reality industry is teetering on the brink of expansion to mainstream audiences. VR is making its mark on a variety of industries including entertainment with box office record breakers like 2017’s “It”, healthcare with applied pediatric medical training and advertising with AT&T’s use of a virtual car crash simulation to convey the… Read the full article…
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Could help Sony’s VR efforts Lucas Matney for TechCrunch writing about Oculus Go, the new $199 VR headset which was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg during Connect 4. According to Zuck, “it’s the most accessible VR headset yet;” it starts at $199 and it’s going to ship early next year. It appears that the mobile headset will be… Read the full article…
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Bring with them lots of new games If you’ve been contemplating purchasing PlayStation VR but haven’t had a chance to try it, there’s good news from the PlayStation camp. Mary Yee Vice President, PlayStation Marketing, SIEA, writes on the PlayStation Blog: We’re bringing back our in-store demo program for PlayStation VR. Starting today through the holiday… Read the full article…
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