Ngonyaka owedlule izinkampani eziningi zakhetha ukugembula ku-Virtual Reality, empeleni, lapha sisebenzise leli thuba ngezikhathi ezithile ukukhuluma nawe ngezinye izindlela ezithokozisayo nezingabizi kakhulu njenge-VR Glasses from Wolder. Kodwa-ke, esigabeni sokuqala salolu hlobo, izinkampani ezifana ne- ISony, ephendule izingilazi zayo zeReal Reality zePlayStation 4 yaba yimpahla eyinhloko yale fomethi entsha yomdlalo wevidiyo. Eqinisweni, izibalo zokuthengisa ziyamangaza ngisho nenkampani yaseJapan, ethola amaphuzu abalulekile ezinkampanini ezithembise ukuphatha le ndaba njenge-Facebook ne-HTC.
Idatha yokuqala ebalulekile kufanele ivezwe, futhi sekuthengiswe cishe amayunithi angama-915.000 we-PlayStation VR. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi lokhu kumelela ngaphansi kwama-5% wamanani onke we-PlayStation 4 athengisiwe, hhayi ngaphansi kwezigidi ezingama-53,4, kodwa awekho kude namanani amabi uma kuqhathaniswa nomncintiswano wawo oqondile, i-Oculus Rift, awela ngaphansi kuka-250.000 amayunithi, noma iHTC Vive, efinyelele ngokulambisa kumadivayisi wesigamu sesigidi athengisiwe. Akungabazeki ukuthi isitatimende esicacile sokuthi uSony ubelokhu ebusa umhlaba wezokuzijabulisa wenza imidlalo yevidiyo iminyaka eminingana.
Mhlawumbe isici sokuqala sokunquma yinani, iHTC Vive kanye ne-Oculus Rift kubiza ngokwesilinganiso esiphindwe kabili kunezingilazi ze-PlayStation, futhi uma sengeza kulokhu ukwesekwa konjiniyela ngenxa yezihloko zabo ezingaphezulu kwezingu-100 ezihambisanayo nalezo ezisasele. . Iqiniso ukuthi kunzima ukuqhudelana ngisho nabasebenzisi abangaphansi kuka-5% be-PlayStation 4, ipulatifomu yesizukulwane esilandelayo ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke eqhubeka nokuvuna amarekhodi namuhla. Ngamafuphi, i-Oscar for Virtual Reality ithathwe ngabakwaSony.