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‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel ‘s&box’ Details Initial VR Support

Road to VR

S&box is an in-development sandbox game designed as a sequel to the legendary Garry’s Mod (2006) , a game that turned Valve’s Source Engine into a multiplayer playground and content creation tool which has spawned games, memes, and machinima.

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nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games

Road to VR

Founded in 2006, nDreams first transitioned to its role as VR developer with the release of a demo called SkyDIEving for the Oculus Rift development kits back in 2013. The studio has since released a host of VR titles targeting all major platforms including Bloody Zombies, Shooty Fruity , The Assembly , and meditation app Perfect.

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‘Home Sports’ Aims to be the ‘Wii Sports’ of Quest 3, Coming in December from XR Veteran Resolution Games

Road to VR

Slated to arrive on the Horizon Store next month, Home Sports packs in a collection of five social sports, including pickleball, mini golf, hockey, bowling, and badminton, giving off some very Wii Sports (2006) vibes in the process. Games can be played locally (provided you both own a Quest 3 or Quest 3S), or online for multiplayer action.

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‘ForeVR Bowl’ Studio Raises $10M to Expand Catalogue of ‘Wii Sports’ Style VR Games

Road to VR

The studio’s main focus is on creating mass market, accessible games for VR—the sort of casual titles in the vein of Nintendo’s successful Wii Sports (2006). Since its founding in 2020, the studio has released three titles: ForeVR Bowl , ForeVR Darts , and its most recent game ForeVR Cornhole (2022). “At

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Roblox CEO Interested In Possible Oculus Quest Launch

VRScout

Originally released back in 2006 on PC, Roblox has since exploded in popularity among younger players, generating a staggering $384 million last year alone. According to Baszucki, the company is currently focused on the mobile experience. Last Wednesday the platform went public at $64.50

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‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel Adopts OpenXR to ‘Expand VR Feature Set’ and Support More Devices

Road to VR

VR support has been on the table since Facepunch announced in 2015 it was working on a spiritual successor to Gary’s Mod (2006) , which will not only include a sandbox as you’d expect, but also an entire development platform for users to make and publish their own third-party games.

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

AR Insider

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. Back to the issue of timing and underlying tech (a gating factor for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D in 2006), a force multiplier for all of the above may be 5G. The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. Force Multiplier.

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