Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2024

The long-awaited VR mod for World of Warcraft (2004) is here, bringing full PC VR support to players grinding the vast lands of Azeroth. WoVR has been in on and off development for over the past ten years, as it was originally conceived on the original Oculus Rift DK1 back in 2013. It’s been a long road to get there too.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2020

Pistol Whip (2019) , the VR rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a new dielselpunk-inspired update, available now on Oculus Quest and SteamVR-compatible headsets. You can nab Pistol Whip for $25 via Steam and Viveport for your standard mix of SteamVR headsets, and the Oculus Store for Rift and Quest.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Batman: Arkham Shadow Developer: Camouflaj Publisher: Oculus Studios / Meta Available On: Quest Release Date: October 21st, 2024 Batman: Arkham Shadow is a game that probably shouldn’t exist. Find out more in our full (no spoilers) review. It was a risky revival of franchise that hadn’t seen a mainline entry for nearly a decade.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Even before Facebook moved to require all new Oculus users to sign in with Facebook , Oculus headset users were rightfully worried about the company’s treatment of user privacy. Let other companies scramble to keep up with us.” ” Andrew Bosworth | Image courtesy Facebook.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Half-Life: Alyx is set between the events of the original Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004). . A trailer revealed today gives the first look at what Valve plans to unleash as both the company’s first full-fledged VR game and the first Half-Life game in 12 years. Half-Life: Alyx Trailer.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive will eventually see support. Blueside announced the game, now developed by Iggymob , as a VR exclusive based on its PS2 predecessor, although is said to go beyond the sequel Gungrave: Overdose (2004). It will integrates both third and first-person gameplay.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004), Jesus VR was filmed in Matera, Italy under the direction of Passion executive producer Enzo Sisti. Father William Fulco, a religious adviser on the 2004 depiction of the life and death of Jesus, also signed on as to consult for Jesus VR. Funding to Build “Global VR Studio”.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

A VR-capable version of Minecraft (supporting multiplayer with the non-VR version) interestingly launched first on Samsung’s Gear VR headset (which runs Oculus software) back in 2016, though the game still hasn’t been brought to the newer Oculus Go or Oculus Quest. InXile – The Mage’s Tale.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Abovitz founded Mako Surgical in 2004, and left the medical robot company when it was acquired by Stryker for $1.65 billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode. .”

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Oculus today announced Killing Floor: Incursion, a Touch-enabled cooperative VR shooter from the makers of the Killing Floor franchise, Tripwire Interactive. Tripwire Interactive first created the original Killing Floor as an Unreal Tournament 2004 mod, and has since seen several iterations across a number of devices.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Oculus today announced a new exclusive, Wilson’s Heart , a first-person psychological thriller slated to arrive on Oculus Home in 2017. The game uses Oculus Touch controller so you can examine clues and manipulate in-game objects naturally. Wilson’s Heart is the studios first foray into VR development.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is on the way to the Oculus Quest 2. San Andreas is Rockstar’s well-loved 2004 entry into the hit GTA franchise, which invites players to wreak havoc in an urban open world fashioned after cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2017

When Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004, we didn’t have Android or iOS, but the mobile phone market was well established — think Blackberry, Motorola, and Nokia. That is why Facebook has ploughed billions into VR through Oculus, maker of the Rift headset, and why Facebook is building its own AR hardware. Snapchat’s Spectacles.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

The app recently launched on Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This isn’t Garry’s Mod (2004) , after all. Successfully combining educational value with an entertaining, playful presentation, The Big Table is a VR laboratory that teaches many fundamental chemistry concepts, aimed at students aged 13 to 17. Image courtesy Prologue.

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JULY 5, 2017

Telling from the 30-minute demo I had, I can say I’ve certainly seen less-appealing visuals on more graphically-capable headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. image courtesy Coatsink Software. The post Hands-on: ‘Augmented Empire’ is an Engaging, Story-Driven Tactical RPG for Gear VR appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2020

In 2004, Valve released their follow-up to Half-Life, Half-Life 2. With Valve having already confirmed support for community-built environments in Half-Life: Alyx, it’ll be interesting to see what independent creators come up with using this new suite of tools. Image Credit: Valve Corp.).

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Upload VR

MARCH 24, 2025

In 2012, Jonathan Coon backed the original Oculus kickstarter project and has a signed Rift DK1 to show for it. In the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, Uncle Rico hopefully asks his nephew Kip about his findings on the Internet: "You ever come across anything like time travel?" Or the person in front of me is gonna be like way too close.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The first Far Cry game, released in 2004, was lauded for its massive open world setting, long draw distances, seamless transitions between outdoor and indoor areas, and even an advanced rendering system for vegetation. “We Have you played either of these titles yet? If so, what did you think?

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2019

You guys, this is not Second Life in 2004. SEE ALSO Social VR Hits 'Rec Room' and 'VRChat' Coming to Oculus Quest. But High Fidelity isn’t Second Life, Rosedale says. Second Life actually took off like a rocket once it got working. Even though it had tons and tons of problems—but it took off like an absolute rocket.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

The digitization was accomplished in 2004 with generous support from the Andrew W. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. He was very impressed and offered us direct access to executives of Oculus, who helped us in various ways to develop our VR applications. Oculus Go headset (Image by Oculus). Rome Reborn 3.0

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Belch asked Bailenson if it was possible to use VR to train football players, but the technology wasn’t ready yet back in 2004. Fast-forward six years, with Oculus Rift VR development kits readily available, Belch started a master’s thesis project with Bailenson to study how to use VR to train quarterbacks.

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ARVR

MAY 26, 2021

VR Garden” started the first day I got an Oculus! I’m an Art Historian that started in museums as a Security Guard, Museum Educator, Registrar, and Intern Curator at Minneapolis Institute of Art (2004–12). How did you get started in the industry? “ Someone said I opened myself up to the “worst of the internet.”

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InstaVR

MAY 16, 2019

In 2004, he created the LONGUE-VUE agency, and worked with big companies such as RATP, Orange, the Château de Versailles… Since 2016, Antoine has been working with Manzalab to produce interactive 360° films. Selected InstaVR for Easy Administration and White-Label Oculus Go and Vive Publishing. Why have you chosen them? .

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

I’ve been pondering solutions for a viable Metaverse since at least 2004. My current super-elegant Oculus avatar. Oculus avatars are consistent over all Oculus experiences (unless they are overridden by the developer). Hello Kim, introduce yourself to my readers!

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VR Game Critic

JULY 7, 2020

While early flash games like Crimson Room, created by Toshimitsu Takagi back in 2004, have had a significant impact on the popularity of escape room games, the puzzle like concept has taken on its own life in almost all forms of entertainment over the last decades.

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Peter Graham

JULY 29, 2019

South Korean developer Dragonfly is hoping to break into this market by reimagining an old PC title from 2004, Special Force. Special Force VR: Infinity War is scheduled for release on 8th August 2019 via Steam, supporting Oculus Rift/ Rift S, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality and Valve Index headsets.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Available On: HTC Vive (SteamVR), Oculus Touch (SteamVR) . Reviewed on: HTC Vive, Oculus Touch. The game’s spaceship environment gets high marks for style and execution, and really feels like it’s been ripped from Battlestar Galactica (2004) or Avatar (2009). Developer: First Contact Entertainment.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Confirming previously leaked details, Half-Life: Alyx will be set between the events of 1998’s Half-Life and Half-Life 2 (2004), where: “Alyx Vance and her father Eli secretly mount the resistance to the brutal occupation of Earth by a mysterious alien race known as The Combine,” the synopsis reads.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The last main entry in the series was Half-Life 2 (2004) with smaller episodic editions arriving in 2006 and 07′ While it isn’t the Half-Life 3 sequel fans have long yearned for, the fact that Valve has confirmed Half-Life: Alyx is of comparable length to Half-Life 2 indicates this is no VR experiment.

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Immersive Authority

MARCH 10, 2016

Here’s an example of a Russian guy trying out the roller-coaster experience on an Oculus Rift. Yet it can seem so realistic that it could pose a danger to one’s safety. He could have really hurt himself if not for the support from those around him.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Support for all SteamVR compatible headsets like Valve Index, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality is expected. Other details about Half-Life: Alyx has surfaced online with Ars Technica reporting that the title is a prequel, set between the original videogame and 2004’s Half-Life 2.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Headsets like Oculus Quest, Valve Index and Vive Cosmos have arrived while developers have continually surpassed the quality of content available. Supporting PC VR headsets – free for those who own Valve Index – Half-Life: Alyx will be set between the events of 1998’s Half-Life and Half-Life 2 (2004). Lone Echo II.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 17, 2020

The videogame sits between the events of Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004), where you take on the role of titular character Alyx Vance. That said, Valve Index isn’t the cheapest – or easiest to come across – headset so controllers for Oculus Rift or HTC Vive will also work fine.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 9, 2019

Essentially a VR reimagining an old PC title from 2004, Special Force, the title is being developed by Korean teams Reality MagiQ and Dragonfly. Yet some experiences like to try and change things up a little, playing around with the norm – for better or worse.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 23, 2020

For those who aren’t dedicated Half-Life fans this latest instalment isn’t a sequel to the highly celebrated Half-Life 2 from 2004. Simple little things but they all add to the experience, building that sense of presence which can turn VR gaming into an addiction. What the hell is going on?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

I’m going to take you way back, to 2004. So 2004, I was working for CNN, and part of my job there was to look at all the raw footage that was coming in from the war in Iraq. They’re starting to buy VIVE Pros and Oculus for their houses, and really, that gaming side is really taking off.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

I’m going to take you way back, to 2004. So 2004, I was working for CNN, and part of my job there was to look at all the raw footage that was coming in from the war in Iraq. They’re starting to buy VIVE Pros and Oculus for their houses, and really, that gaming side is really taking off.

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