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2016 is all about VR. Many global companies such as Google, Oculus and Sony are showing off their VR technologies. Today we will deliver you hot news about Sony PlayStation VR (PS VR) that many of us waited.

SONY PLAYSTATION VR, finally released.

Many people have waited for this news. Last time, we talked about PS VR by focusing on the high-quality contents, especially ‘Summer Lesson’. At that time we supposed that many people might be waiting for PS VR, so let’s find out if it really is a surprise.

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Sony had released its PS VR, which many people waited for a long time, in 13th October, 2106. 40 million devices were all sold in a day when they received Pre-order sale last 30th July. Also, there were people waiting from 6 a.m. in front of the SONY store placed in Ginza, Tokyo. In Seoul, there were also people waiting from early morning in each store. So, Starfield, a shopping mall placed in Hanam, South Korea, set a limit for people to buy only one device per person.

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PS VR cost $ 399 but if you add PS VR camera, which recognize the sensor of PS VR, used in games and also can be used as camera when you do a YouTube broadcasting then you need to pay up to $59.99 for the camera. For the last, if you buy a bundle that includes PS VR, camera and PS VR Move controllers then it will cost $499. However, it is hard to find the PS VR Move controller in the Korean market. In all this prices, you need to add more than $200 for PS4 as it is mandatory.

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The price of PS VR is cheaper than that of Oculus Rift ($599) or HTC Vive ($799), which is compatible with high-end PC. Therefore PS VR is relatively better for people to enjoy high-quality VR until now. 
However, Sony will release PS 4 pro, which is an upgraded version of PS 4 for $399 from 10th November in U.S.A. It supports more upgraded GPU, faster CPU speed and 4K, HDR picture. We can assume that SONY is also keeping pace with need of using high-end PC to enjoy VR better. 
The spec of PS VR is 5.7 inch OLED display, 960*RGB*1080 resolution and 100 degree FOV (Field of View).

* Specification of PlayStation VR

PS VR is especially optimized in game so it provides various software contents. SONY is planning to provide 50 more game software titles in this year.

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However, there are also many critics from product reviews about PS VR. The Virtual reality sickness rated high for reasons. Did the users expected too much? I guess we should watch more.

Review of SONY PLAYSTATION VR

We decided to visit the SONY store and experience the PS VR with the mind of one of the user, who waited for long time. From above, we told you that it is hard to get the PS Move controller and it really was. So we were not able to try the controller. 

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It was pity that we were not able to experience the PS move controller, but we will tell you an honest review.

We visited a SONY store placed in Hakdong intersection in Seoul, Korea. We could easily find the PS VR experience zone among various SONY products.
You adjust PS VR in your head and for more deep immersion you put an earphone for sound. The facepad of PS VR was made of rubber so it felt like wearing a diver’s goggle. It would be no matter if you use PS VR alone, but if you are plan to use it with your friends then we recommend preparing tissue in advance.

The first content we tried was a video traveling deep sea. In this video you go down and down more deeply under the sea. All 4 people who tried this content were amazed by its high-quality CG scene. The first action that everybody took was moving their head and body here and there to feel the deep ocean. 
   

The second content was a car racing game. It was good to immerse as if I were really driving a car in a virtual world, but it took time to deal with the joystick. One of the good part was that the mirroring mode. Through this mode, you can also watch the same scene that of the player’s in the TV. 
However, it left much to be desired because of the sickness. Three of us felt the same way and thought it would be hard to continue playing game for long hours. For this reason, SONY also doesn’t recommend to play games for long time.
 Through this experience, PS VR seemed to be a sweat temptation for those who love game. It was also a temptation for me even though I don’t play game usually. Not much content available to experience, motion sickness and difficulties to find the joystick as the PS VR cover my eyes seemed not a problem that only PS VR has, but the limit of VR.  
It was a useful experience to watch the future of the VR games even though it left little regret. 

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TOKYO GAME SHOW 2016

Do you know the three grand game show? It is E3, ECTS and Tokyo game show. It is sponsored by Japan’s CESA (Computer Entertainment Software Association) and supported by MITI (The Ministry of International Trade and Industry). All the global game developing enterprises and distributers participate in this game show. The theme of 2016 Tokyo game show was ‘entertainment changes, the future changes.’ and especially VR received a lot of attention during the game show. 

20th anniversary of Tokyo game show

31 country and 614 companies has participated in this 2016 Tokyo game show and it marked an all-time high in its history. Except the business day, average one hundred thousand and total 2.7 million visitors visited. VR was almost the keyword of this game show as not only the major companies but also most of the Indie companies brought VR.

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There was also a special zone that introduces the 20 years history of the game show celebrating the 20th anniversary. The previous game shows were also good, but this year’s seemed more special. 

The major game booth 

These days flow seems to be a mobile game. There can be some mania group who still prefer video game. This year’s Tokyo game show received reviews that it is still weighted towards video games, so it seems like it didn’t shift to the mobile games yet. So Nintendo haven’t been participating in the game show from long time ago as they judged video game is not enough.  However, there were still many visitors showing interest to the video games as the lines of Sony PlayStation VR and PARALLEL to experience the game was so long. 

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VR experience space for adult male and female

Game and Adult contents are stated as the main field of VR. The contents that draw many people’s eyes were definitely games for adults. The most popular games were not just about pornography, but more like a Dating game that combined game and adult contents. We would like to introduce two of them.
The first game company is M2 which showed off the E-mote technology. This E-mote technology was very popular among the male customers. E-mote technology changes 2D characters to 3D so that users can watch and feel the game character as real. They used this E-mote technology to show off the virtual girlfriend in the booth. The major point that took male customers attention was the mannequin so that the visitors can share communication with it. If the visitors touch some part of the mannequin’s body after wearing a VR HMD, the character from the VR video express her feeling. However, there were also some happenings because some visitors have done some embarrassing behavior such as touching the mannequin’s breast.

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So it may seem possible to make a virtual girlfriend or boyfriend and fall in love with them like a movie ‘HER’.
The second booth is a romance booth which was made for woman by VOLTAGE Inc. There were also various other Dating game zone for women besides VOLTAGE Inc. However, a Dating game that VOLTAGE prepared was especially special. They received an advance reservation in hours from visitors and they let them date with a real man model in the booth during the game show.
   

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It was an unusual time for female visitors to experience a very rough and violent love which is hard to experience in their real world. 
There were also many other booths that shows other VR technology such as patch or suit so that users can experience Virtual reality more deeply. 
2016 Tokyo game show has been a place where users can feel VR closer. There was also some criticism that ‘Tokyo game show was only their festival which is hard to involve except successor of the console game.’, ‘Tokyo game show settles for the present’. However, with the keyword ‘VR’ we were able to find out how much VR has been closer to our real life and how much the adult stuff has grown rapidly through this game show. 

We expect VR to rapidly grow in the field which will be helpful to our life such as Architecture or education as it has grown rapidly in the field of game and adult stuff.

Watch on WAVRP: 

http://wavrp.com/

WAVRP is a curation service which introduces a selected VR video everyday!