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Those who own a Sony Xperia X Performance should keep an eye out for a firmware update notification today as the company has started rolling out the Oreo update for this device. Sony has been on a roll recently with the Oreo update for some of its handsets. It released Oreo for the Xperia XZ and XZs merely days ago. When those devices received Oreo, it was clear that the Xperia X Performance would also end up getting the Oreo update in the very near future.

Sony launched the Xperia X Performance in February last year. It came with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box. It was updated to Android 7.1 Nougat in November last year. Oreo is likely the last major Android platform update that this device is ever going to get.

As is the case with most major firmware updates, Sony is likely rolling it out in stages which means it’s going to take some time before the Xperia X Performance Oreo update goes live in all regions. The Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Xperia X Performance brings all of the new features that are part and parcel of the Android 8.0 Oreo platform upgrade.

The update also brings Sony’s Xperia Actions feature which offers users intelligently suggested settings based on their usage. They also get all new gaming and commuting features. Sony has also redesigned app shortcuts by a long-press and the software will now provide easy access to actions.

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The virtual reality industry is still in its infancy as companies continue to make advancements in VR software and hardware. The public is gradually opening up to the devices as well and they’re no longer considered niche products. The growing acceptance of virtual reality products can be evidenced by the surge in the quarterly shipments of virtual reality headsets. For the first time ever, quarterly shipments of virtual reality headsets have crossed one million units.

A new report from market research firm Canalys reveals that more than one million virtual reality headsets were shipped in the three months ending September 30th. This is the first time that the collective shipments of VR gadgets have broken the one million unit barrier.

Canalys also points out that the price cuts that OEMs have been delivering to customers have helped as well. VR adoption in the consumer segment is dependent on price. Major VR players like Oculus have made lowering their prices a strategy and that has helped drive adoption for its products. Other companies are using similar strategies.

Sony was found to be the market leader in the third quarter of this year as it shipped 490,000 PlayStation VR headsets. Oculus came in second place with 210,000 Rift headsets shipped. HTC came in third place with shipments of 160,000 Vive VR headsets.

Canalys predicts that the VR headset market will grow even further next year as it gains momentum from PC vendors who will launch new models that support Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform.

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The hype surrounding Pokemon GO when it was first released was very real, so much so that people just couldn’t stop playing the game, resulting in some playing while driving. This has caused a fair number of accidents, including the death of a 9-year old boy. Fast forward about a year or so later, the impact of these accidents is said to have amounted in the billions.

This is according to a study conducted by researchers at Purdue University where they found that nation-wide damage caused by drivers who played while driving amounted to $2-$7.3 billion in the first 148 days since the game was launched. This also takes into account two fatalities. However it should be pointed out that the number the researchers got was based on detailed accident reports for Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

The losses reported was $5.2 million to $25.5 million, but were then extrapolated to include the entire US, which means that the actual figure could be less, could be more, or could within the range of what the researchers found. We suppose it might not necessarily be the most accurate, but it is a rather telling figure all the same.

However it does seem to be in line with reports we’ve heard from other parts of the world, such as in Taiwan where since the game launched, it saw a spike in traffic ticket summons. Niantic has since implemented various features in the game designed to prevent or discourage gamers from playing while driving.

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