Sony has bought greater than 40 VR patents to Meta in an obvious scaling again of its VR ambitions.
In line with U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace information, noticed by ZDNet, Sony has bought 43 patents associated to VR to Meta, the social media big behind Fb and the Quest VR headsets.
In a an settlement signed in December of final yr, this quantity will ultimately rise to over 400 international patents, with 180 of these being primarily based within the US. The remaining 239 are patents filed in Japan, China, Korea, Europe, and different areas.
PlayStation VR2 launched on February 22,2023 at a worth of $549.99 / £529.99. For this, gamers bought the PS VR2 headset, the PS VR2 Sense controllers and stereo headphones.
Whereas PlayStation VR2 launched with Sony first-party help within the type of Horizon: Name of the Mountain, that launch title was one among solely two authentic video games revealed by Sony on the headset. The opposite was Firewall Extremely, developed by First Contact Leisure.
The PlayStation VR2 was met with constructive opinions from critics, who agreed it was a big technical soar from PlayStation 4‘s PSVR, however the lack of backwards compatibility with older VR titles, the value, and the shortage of business extensive VR growth made it a tricky promote.
In 2024, the PSVR obtained a big worth reduce, of greater than 30% for the usual headset. On the time of writing, PlayStation VR 2 continues to be in inventory on PlayStation Direct, as is the Horizon Name of the Mountain bundle that launched alongside the headset.
Additionally in 2024, the PSVR 2 obtained PC help, which many noticed as additional indication from Sony that help for the headset was a low precedence for the console maker. This PC help required a PC adapter to operate.
In October of that yr, Sony Interactive Leisure’s senior vice chairman and head of worldwide advertising, Eric Lempel, described VR as a significant enterprise for the corporate, however one which was but to achieve its potential.
“The VR class is necessary to us,” Lempel mentioned. “It’s a class that may assist us with innovation. It’s by no means going to be the one method individuals play video games, however I’m blissful that we’re in it. There are nice experiences available and customers actually prefer it. But it surely’s a nascent enterprise for us.”
