Sony\u2019s VR period looks to be slowing down immensely after the company approved the sale of hundreds of VR-related patents to rival firm Meta.<\/p>\n
Previously head-to-head rivals in the VR race, Sony<\/a> seems to have conceded this year, with the intention of transferring a total of 419 global patents to Meta<\/a>, while 43 US-specific patents have changed hands between June and September alone.<\/p>\n Sony Cooling Off in VR Race<\/p>\n Reported by ZDNet Korea<\/a>, via Push Square<\/a>, Sony\u2019s move suggests the company is pulling back on the VR front, with the PSVR2 failing to make as much of an impact as its predecessor.<\/p>\n The cost of the devices, alongside the rising costs of gaming in general, have certainly played a part, and while it seemed a few years back that VR was key to Sony\u2019s plans, that has changed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Meta is still all-in on VR, with VR Glasses due to be released next year, which will make a significant leap forward for the industry, as the aim is to reduce the size and bulkiness of units.<\/p>\n It remains to be seen what the future of VR holds, and whether it\u2019s a flash in the pan technology, like the 3D TV craze, or something that is here to stay for the long term.<\/p>\n Either way, it seems Sony is focusing attention elsewhere, with the company continuing to transition away from general electronics into entertainment products, and there\u2019s plenty to do in the build-up to PlayStation 6\u2019s eventual release.<\/p>\n Do you think the peak of the VR era has come and gone? Let us know your thoughts on the Insider Gaming Discord server<\/a>.<\/p>\n For your next read, check out Bobby Kotick joining the Skydance board of directors<\/a>, take a look at Fortnite teasing a One Piece collab<\/a>, and don\u2019t forget to sign up for our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n MOBILE APP<\/p>\n Level Up Your Gaming News<\/p>\n Real-time news, exclusive podcasts, push alerts, and a better reading experience.<\/p>\n Available on iOS & Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony\u2019s VR period looks to be slowing down immensely after the company approved the sale of hundreds of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[559,1282,47296,2877,1014,74,12682,179,509,180],"class_list":["post-879648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-gaming","tag-meta","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation-5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-video-game-news","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}