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Link from Venturebeat here, I like it, theres a weird dichotomy but i'm all for just having a relaxed experience where you can chill for a minute

Sony is set to bring your smartphone into virtual reality for the first time with PlayStation VR, offering you “supreme relaxation.” Really.

The company’s music division, Sony Music Entertainment, announced a new relaxation app for its upcoming headset during a Tokyo Game Show 2016 press conference. Called AnywhereVR, the experience impressively projects your phone’s display inside an immersive environment, enabling you to check messages and apps without having to remove PS VR.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Holy shit. I don't have to switch for my porn. Thank god.

 

[Huw_Dawson]

"We can create beautiful artificial realities for you to ignore whilst you check your phone!"

We've reached peak millennial.

 

[Oxn]

Holy shit. I don't have to switch for my porn. Thank god.

Looks like you do. Its a screen within a screen

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

 

[wesleyshark]

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

 

[HStallion]

Sony really doesn't want us coming back to the real world.

 

[megalowho]

Curious if the pixel density will be enough for this to be useful. The virtual desktop apps on Vive are not ideal for browsing webpages and reading small print, and this seems to be a similar concept.

 

[FelipeMGM]

Great, now I can check all the hundreds of NX threads created on GAF a week in VR!

 

[wesleyshark]

Great, now I can check all the hundreds of NX threads created on GAF a week in VR!

Please don't turn this into a NX thread noooo

 

[itshutton]

My first thought was actually "I need to get an Xperia". How sad that it worked on me.

 

[makingmusic476]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

*rejoices*

 

[Akiller]

Please don't turn this into a NX thread noooo

It's too late...
They're coming

 

[Bustanen]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

At least we're not an endangered species like windows phone users.

 

[[Agent]ZeroNine]

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

It's Android. There will be ways around that limitation

 

[Ashler]

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

You mean like PS4 Remote Play only works for 'xperia phones' ?

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

Dances in a circle

 

[eFKac]

*rejoices*

*rejoices as well as millions of others!*

Xperia's are actually popular in Europe.

 

[UpUpDownDown]

Would actually be handy to have in all vr apps to be honest.

Sony should adopt this on an OS level.

 

[wesleyshark]

At least we're not an endangered species like windows phone users.

::triggered::

It's the sad truth haha.

 

[OttoSporteman]

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

The simple thought of limiting it to their line of phones shows Sony doesn't have a clue.

Someone who has a ps4+psvr probably has an iPhone or a flagship Android. Even if they do have an Xperia, the frustration when they switch phones and it doesn't work woild be absurd!

 

[Theonik]

So you don't need to take off you headset to shitpost on GAF nice.

before anyone gets too excited this is only confirmed to work with xperia phones so far

What kind of unwashed savage doesn't own at least one Xperia phone?

 

[DOWN]

How do you know where to tap without seeing your fingers on the phone screen? It's not like you can feel buttons

 

[sems4arsenal]

All Xperia phones? My Z2 waiting for reply

 

[Dami3N]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

yeaaah, im one of them!

 

[FutbolBat]

Relaxation while being confined to a small space and tethered, with a plastic contraption on your head. Makes sense.

 

[Bustanen]

All Xperia phones? My Z2 waiting for reply

It has Marshmallow so should be supported.

I wonder how readable the phone screen is. Isn't reading small text a problem in VR?

 

[sems4arsenal]

It has Marshmallow so should be supported.

I wonder how readable the phone screen is. Isn't reading small text a problem in VR?

wohoo

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

Nothing wrong with the Xperia. I have a Z5 and its a great phone, decent camera too. Can't say I want to use it in VR though lol.

 

[snake fish]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

Fuck yeah d=(^o^)=b ＼(^o^)／
( ^-^)ノ∠※。.:*:・'°☆ (*^▽^)/★*☆♪

 

[30yearsofhurt]

whatatimetobealive.jpg

 

[JordanN]

Include a virtual selfie stick and PS4 sales will have outsold the PS2.

 

[Bustanen]

Nothing wrong with the Xperia. I have a Z5 and its a great phone, decent camera too. Can't say I want to use it in VR though lol.

Yeah the Z series is awesome. Shame that the X series is just a mid-range phone at flagship prices.

 

[Tagg9]

I have an Xperia Z3 (few years old now). Let's hope they support old models.

 

[Izuna]

Holy shit. I don't have to switch for my porn. Thank god.

omg lmao

 

[Nakazato]

I'm sure the Android development community with be working on tho

 

[bigboss370]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

*rejoices*

*rejoices*

ayyy

 

[Koyuga]

Seems like it would be difficult to tell where your fingers are tapping without some kind of marker.

 

[boredandlazy]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

*rejoices* b(^^)-b

 

[Theonik]

Yeah the Z series is awesome. Shame that the X series is just a mid-range phone at flagship prices.

XZ is pretty good.

 

[Mung]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

*Rejoices*

 

[JeffGrubb]

Just a headsup that this was originally published on UploadVR, and we republished at VB as part of a syndication deal. Just want to make sure credit goes where it's due.

Original story.

 

[Cartman86]

Chances of this being good are near zero.

 

[kaiyo]

Yeah the Z series is awesome. Shame that the X series is just a mid-range phone at flagship prices.

The X Performance and XZ are high end phones. Unless you consider only have 3gb vs 4gb ram not a flagship. If so i guess iPhones also arn't high end?

 

[Afrikan]

How do you know where to tap without seeing your fingers on the phone screen? It's not like you can feel buttons

Seems like it would be difficult to tell where your fingers are tapping without some kind of marker.

first thing I thought of as well.

BUT...maybe the DS4's Touch pad finally comes in handy.

(as a mouse, for those who still don't get it)

 

[Fisty]

Dammit Sony quit trying to make Xperia happen. If people want your phones they will buy them, stop pointlessly locking your apps with this stupid restriction

 

[Theonik]

Dammit Sony quit trying to make Xperia happen. If people want your phones they will buy them, stop pointlessly locking your apps with this stupid restriction

The reason a lot of these are locked is that they require low level integration on the phone os. As it becomes technically viable, Sony has moved these apps to other platforms.

 

[Toxa]

*all 5 xperia owners rejoice*

still better than samsung

 

[Bustanen]

XZ is pretty good.

The X Performance and XZ are high end phones. Unless you consider only have 3gb vs 4gb ram not a flagship. If so i guess iPhones also arn't high end?

They're good phones but overpriced considering the specs. Compared to my Z3 whats new? CPU, fingerprint sensor and a smaller battery, not much else.

Considering they were the first with a 1080p screen on a phone it's odd they still use it.

 

[Toxa]

They're good phones but overpriced considering the specs. Compared to my Z3 whats new? CPU, fingerprint sensor and a smaller battery, not much else.

Considering they were the first with a 1080p screen on a phone it's odd they still use it.

1080p is more than enough on 5 inch unless you prefer to deplete the battery faster.
anyway since 2014 there's nothing new in mobile phone industry except the same crap all over again better cpu, better cam more ram but for what ? .... it load the facebook page faster ? maybe