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Google’s VR Studio Owlchemy Labs Now Has Two Platinum-selling Titles

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The studio’s breakout title Job Simulator went platinum in early 2020 , owing not only to its fun and approachable gameplay, but also for having been a launch title for HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Touch in 2016.

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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

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Founded in 2010, and later acquired by Google in 2017, Owlchemy is also known for the Emmy-nominated title Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), and its latest VR game Cosmonious High (2022).

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Creator of Indie Breakout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’

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Before Fez (2012) , before Limbo (2010) , and before Minecraft (2009) , Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes in the formative years of indie game development and distribution. We had The Witnes s running on Valve’s pre-production hardware [prior to HTC Vive]. “I have been interested in VR for a long time.

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You Can Now Play ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ In VR

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A direct prequel to 2010’s Red Dead Redemption , the western-themed action game offers one of the most engaging single-player campaigns in recent memory, taking players on an action-packed adventure throughout the Western, Midwestern, and Southern United States during the “Wild West” era.

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Apple Vision Pro Apps Aren't Allowed Raw Access To The Cameras

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Meta too disallows raw camera access on its Quest headsets, also citing privacy concerns, and HTC blocks it on Vive XR Elite. HTC's headset does have built-in ArUco fiducial marker tracking though. But they won't get actual access to the actual camera imagery as they do on iPhone and iPad.

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Apple Adding “plug and play support” for Vive Pro in MacOS Mojave

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“We’ve been working very closely with both Valve and HTC to make sure Vive Pro is supported in SteamVR runtime on MacOS,” he said. We’ve reached out to HTC about their plans for the SRWorks SDK on MacOS. High Sierra. A preview of MacOS 10.4

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VR and Language Learning: How VR Can Crack the Language Code

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Check out a few of the VR experiences below making waves in this immersive space: AltspaceVR ( Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, Windows Mixed Reality). Argotian (Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive). With an estimated 1 billion people learning English alone, 95% is a huge drop off.

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