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PLAYSTATION HAR LEDARTRÖJAN INOM VIRTUAL REALITY (Direkt)
2016-11-30 13:52
STOCKHOLM (Direkt) Billigast säljer bäst. Både Facebook och HTC har släppt avancerade virtual reality-glasögon i år. Men Sonys variant, Playstation VR, har hittills sopat banan med konkurrenterna.

Så kallade VR-glasögon utnämndes nyligen till årets julklapp. Enligt siffror från analysfirman Superdata Research som Business Insider tagit del av väntas den globala försäljningen av Playstation VR bli 750.000 exemplar för 2016.

HTC:s Vive väntas sälja i 450.000 exemplar medan försäljningen av Facebookägda Oculus Rift väntas landa på 355.000 exemplar, enligt Superdata Research.

Priset kan göra skillnaden. Playstation VR kostar just nu 4.700 kronor i Sverige. Oculus Rift går på 7.500 kronor medan den som vill ha HTC Vive får punga ut med hela 9.500 kronor.

Dessutom fungerar Sonys headset ihop med Playstation 4 - som kostar 2.500 kronor - medan konkurrenterna kräver en dator med rejäla muskler som kostar mångdubbelt mer.

Men i den allra billigaste kategorin, headsets utan egen skärm, får Playstation VR stryk av en långt enklare och billigare konkurrent. Samsungs Gear VR, som kostar 700 kronor och endast kräver en modernare Samsung-telefon, väntas sälja i 2,3 miljoner exemplar under 2016, skriver Business Insider.

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Bra i Norge, men i USA er det motsatt:

Statistikkselskapet Statista og analysebyrået SuperData har analysert VR-markedet i USA. I oktober spådde de at det ville bli solgt 2,6 millioner enheter av PSVR i USA i 2016.

Etter Black Friday og Cyber Monday har de redusert forventningene til 750.000 enheter. Altså bare en tredjedel av det de forventet en måned tidligere.

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Her er et intervju med Guido Voltolina, sjef for Nokias VR-kamera OZO, hvor han sier litt om forventninger.

VB: Does this look like it’s going to be a good business soon, or is it still more experimental?

Voltolina: We believe it’s going to be a good business. I don’t think we’re at a stage yet where it’s mature, by far. The best comparison I have is the brick phone, which a lot of people in the industry use. The first brick phones were fundamentally phones without wires. Comparing that to the iPhone, it’s night and day. The best you could do with that brick phone was dial a number and make a call, and the battery would last a couple of hours. Right now we’re at that stage.

Of course we’ll move rapidly to whatever will be the iPhone of VR, as far as integration and features and so on. But it’s hard to even imagine, to a certain extent. The concept that is fundamentally true is that — I grew up in a world where every picture, every video, was a rectangle. IMAX is still just a really big rectangle. The new generation, with Minecraft and other games, but also now with VR video, the rectangle is just laid over 360. All the kids growing up now won’t understand why were so limited before. Why did we never move that rectangle around?

For me, that concept is what will improve VR. Of course, we can’t stick with this form factor. Comparing a brick phone to an iPhone, the form factor is amazing. God knows what will transform this box, this mask on your head — the steps you need to take to go into VR right now are significant. But PlayStation VR is already a huge step forward. The setup is compatible to what’s already in your living room. It works immediately. A lot of the steps are getting smoother. That’s why we truly believe the industry is growing.

If we’re able to participate and remain a leader like we are now, well, that’s all up to us. We need to keep innovating and try things like Ozo. We don’t know everything yet. There’s some level of risk you have to take when you’re the first.

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Hvor mange her inne eier VR hjemme enda?

Jeg har Google Cardboard. :stuck_out_tongue:

Jeg har kjøpt htc vive men ikke fått tid til å teste det enda :slight_smile:

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Sorry… har høydeskrekk :smiley:

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Last ned den også. Er meget bra.

Hører Brazzers lager “alternative” VR filmer som også bør testes… :smiley:

Har Vive og PSVR, begge alt for lite brukt, dessverre…

Kommer fra en svindler da. Tror ikke folk tar han veldig seriøst etter stuntene hans i Dayz.

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Aner ikke, har skjedd sporadiske ting. Men svindel er vel det som passer best.