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These Developers Hacked Knuckles & Vive Controllers to Play MIDI File Music

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None of them have official release dates yet, so some intrepid developers found a way to bide their time by making the Valve and the soon-to-launch Valve Index controllers (ex-Knuckles) hum beautiful MIDI files just for the fun of it. No, these aren’t using any clever hidden speakers.

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Daft Punk Music Pack for ‘Beat Saber’ Arrives Alongside Haptics Improvements on Quest

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Check out the 10-track list below: Around The World Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger (Live 2007) Da Funk / Daftendirekt (Live 2007) Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Lose Yourself to Dance (feat.

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Crysis Now Has A Full PC VR Mod - Here's How To Play It

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Crysis is fully playable in VR with a new mod that brings immersive gameplay and full 6DoF tracked controller support to the iconic classic. The groundbreaking 2007 release of Crysis has long held its legendary status in the gaming world. Playing Crysis again in virtual reality with full 6DoF controls has been an amazing experience.

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Rift S Globally Out of Stock Prior to ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launch, Here’s Your Alternatives

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Come March 23rd, Valve’s continuation of the Half-Life series is set to launch on all SteamVR-compatible headsets, breaking a 13-year gap between Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (2007) and the upcoming HL2 prequel Half-Life: Alyx. Here’s our review for Vive Cosmos if you’re on the fence. Image courtesy HTC.

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Trinity VR’s ‘DiamondFX’ Batting Simulator is Made for the Major Leagues

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Tellingly, and positively for HTC, Volyn states that in comparison to their previous solution – essentially strapping a SteamVR controller to the bat – the new tracker really allowed the company to increase tracking fidelity and weight distribution for added realism. ” How is this done? Years of statistics it turns out.

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‘Half-Life 2: VR’ Mod Gets Green-lit on Steam in 4 Days

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Those who have been following the modern VR era since the beginning may recall the original HLVR mod launched in 2013 that was well ahead of it’s time, offering motion-controller input via the Razer Hydra, literally years before Oculus or Valve would announce their own VR controllers. Sadly, it wouldn’t last. Watch the trailer above.

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What does not convince me of the eye-and-hand interface of the Apple Vision Pro

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One of the things that are talked about the most about the Vision Pro is the fact that it features no controllers and the interface works only with the eyes and the hands. The mouse, the highlander of the controllers Before speaking about the futuristic Apple Vision Pro, let me talk about something very common: our dear mouse.

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