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JUNE 13, 2018

Since first emerging back in 2006, American electronic group The Glitch Mob have gone on to become one of the most influential musical acts of the last decade. See Without Eyes will premiere live on TheWaveVR Thursday, June 21st at 7:00 PST , after which point it will be available for download free via the Oculus Store and Steam.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim. SEE ALSO This Awesome DIY VR Cockpit Hides a Flight Simulator in Plain Sight.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Publisher nDreams announced today that their gory virtual-reality beat-em-up, Bloody Zombies, will hit Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4/PSVR on September 12th for $14.99. Founded in 2006 and the developer/publisher shifted their focus to virtual reality in 2013. Developed by Paw Print Games and set in the UK (Get it?

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JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Microsoft gained a great early start, but now the Redmond-based tech giant is positioned to play catchup, which historically hasn’t worked out that well. If Microsoft goes in half-cocked, maybe.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus is one of the most prolific stimulators of virtual reality content in the industry today. The Facebook-owned company has been funding VR games and projects for years now through Oculus Studios. These are impressive numbers but it has still never been clear how much Oculus and Facebook are spending on each individual project.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Let’s again offer plenty of padding and assume that each of the 15-person team needed a brand new high-end VR-capable computer for $2,000 a pop and an Oculus Rift + Touch for $800 each ($42,000), and round that up to an even $50,000 for good measure. Another cost worth considering is equipment needed during development.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Launched initially on Daydream in early 2017, and now available on Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Rift, Virtual Virtual Reality’s smart interaction design gives players freedom and control which—combined with a narrative tying it all together—makes Virtual Virtual Reality one of the most immersive mobile VR games to date.

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MARCH 17, 2017

He compared the amount Oculus paid to be produced exclusively for the Oculus platform to the size of the budget for the original Gears of War. Here’s that original quote, which Sweeney confirmed today we reported accurately: “I n 2006, a world class Triple A game cost 10-20 million to produce now they’ll cost up to 100 million.

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MAY 27, 2016

Essentially Wii Sports (2006) for PS3 using PlayStation Move, it featured a table tennis mode that remains, to my eyes, the greatest motion-control game ever published. “I had this amazing moment last year when I was playing with Callum [Underwood] from Oculus. Anyone remember Sports Champions (2010) ?

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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JULY 6, 2016

Originally filed back in June 2012, months before the Oculus was to make waves with its Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign , this “continuation”, published by the US Patent and Trademark Office , extends an even older application, originally filed back in 2006.

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JUNE 16, 2021

A 2006 study found that the use of educational games in different learning models and mixed realities are more likely to increase a student’s motivation to learn (Pan, Cheok, Yang, Zhu, & Shia, 2006). 2006) and also found that students generally find learning with virtual reality enjoyable. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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JULY 9, 2019

Channeling Journey (2012) and Viva Piñata (2006), albeit at a smaller scale, Fujii is a game about exploration and gardening with a dash of discovery. Available On: Oculus ( Rift , Quest ), Steam. Fujii Details: Official Site. Developer : Funktronic Labs. Reviewed On: Quest. Release Date: June 27, 2019. Price: $15.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Grab’s new VR game, Knockout League, is coming to Steam, Oculus, and Viveport in January. We were one of the first mobile game developers and our early success led to an acquisition by Konami in 2006. Los Angeles game developer Grab Games is coming out of stealth mode. Knockout League: First Look.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ll see the FacioMetrics tech make its way into videos and Live broadcasts in the near future – and eventually it is likely that facial image analysis would be useful for the customizable avatars that Oculus is creating, too (as well as create super datasets of human emotional reactions).

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MARCH 11, 2020

There’s an extra boon for those that own the Oculus Store version, free access to all post-launch content. Game of the Year Edition brings with it a significant milestone to our players on the Oculus platform, who have only had access to the Standard Edition up until now.” Today, the studio has announced DiRT Rally 2.0

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JULY 6, 2016

Originally filed back in June 2012, months before the Oculus was to make waves with its Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign , this “continuation”, published by the US Patent and Trademark Office , extends an even older application, originally filed back in 2006.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Now, users who own an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or a Windows Mixed Reality headset can explore the platform in immersive virtual reality. There is a way to emulate the Oculus Rift with a smartphone, using a program that mirrors the PC screen to the phone. Sean O’Callaghan. There is no mobile support yet.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Linear actuators tend to offer more haptic ‘detail’ and responsiveness, as can be found in Apple’s ‘Taptic Engine’, the HTC Vive controllers, an the Oculus Touch controllers. Mobile phones often use very small ERM motors, or. more recently, linear actuators.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

3) ZeniMax Acquires Oculus Dev Escalation Studios Escalation Studios, the developer behind the VR port of Please, Don’t Touch Anything! Review: 8/10 ] and the Oculus-published Herobound: Gladiators, has been picked up by the publishing company, which owns game publisher Bethesda Softworks. Read more on Haptical.

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JULY 5, 2017

Developer Slightly Mad Studios has sparred no detail in bringing a realistic driving experience to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and that includes an exhaustive list of drivable cars, revealed today. Below is every car you can expect to get behind the wheel of when the game launches on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in two months’ time.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2006, he created Blue Tea Games , an international development studio known for its Hidden Object Adventure titles, the most famous being the Dark Parables series which is distributed by Big Fish Games. Unearthed is the first VR game from Glo , a new game development studio founded by Steve Zhao.

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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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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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MARCH 19, 2020

Sentenced to life in prison Deskovic served 16 years before he was exonerated and released in 2006. Just like you can do with any digital TV or film content if you wish there’s the option to fast forward or rewind using Oculus Touch’s triggers.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. In 2006 and 2007, the Festival received over 8600 film submissions and held 1,500 screenings.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

While on the topic of acquisitions Facebooks takeover of Oculus initially was somewhat hostile with internal disputes between Oculus founders and Zuckerberg and his leadership team. On the surface it would appear that VR / AR adoption is rising steadily.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

While there, she led the launch of the company's Gear VR software application, drove social media strategy, and worked closely with partners like Oculus and the NBA. Recent Matrix investments include Oculus VR, Zendesk, Hubspot, Acacia Communications, Polyvore, Lever, Poynt and Namely. 43- Dillon Seo - Co-Founder #Oculus.

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APRIL 29, 2017

Excerpt: “Palmer Luckey—founder of Oculus—is funding a Trump group that circulates dirty memes about Hillary Clinton.”. 6:10 PM @websterandrews2: guess I won’t be buying an oculus rift. The founder of Oculus is funding them. You’re using your @Oculus fortune to back a pro-Trump org w/ [Milo Yiannopoulos]?

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