Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Tuesday, January 31st,

2023. I'm Brian McCullough today. Some weird headlines from the world of

gaming. Is VR Gaming a big nothing burger

for gamers themselves? Is E3 dead as a gaming industry event?

Stripe is apparently raising a pretty significant down round and the first level 3 autonomous driving platform to receive

regulatory approval belongs to Mercedes-Benz.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. As I said, weird headlines from gaming here.

First things first because I wonder what this means for this year, supposedly being the big year for AR and VR.

Sources are telling Bloomberg that Sony has cut its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecasts in half

to around 1 million units after disappointing early pre-orders.

The headset you'll remember launches on February 22nd.

Remember I was operating under the assumption that if anyone was going to take the lead in the gaming portion of this space it would be

Sony but what if nobody cares?

Quote,

Sony had previously aimed to have 2 million headsets ready for the launch Quote, Okeo-based Electronics Giant has told a supply partner to expect reduced display panel orders, according to the people who ask not to be named as the information is not public.

The company now plans to ship around 1.5 million units between this April and March next year,

they added, though that figure may be adjusted further in response to demand.

Consumers globally have taken to VR less rapidly than initially hoped, held back in part by a lack of titles that

can showcase the technology.

After diving in 2022, worldwide shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets are expected to grow 32% to 12.8

million units this year according to IEDC estimates. The market is currently

dominated by Meta Platform's Quest range with nearly an 85% market share.

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