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APRIL 7, 2023

It’s a pretty unique locomotion concept that sidesteps the need for some sort of skateboard peripheral, like the old skateboard controller for Tony Hawk: Ride (2009). In it, you move your motion controllers in the same way you might move your feet.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Coatsink , a British studio and publisher founded in 2009, has had a hand in the creation of a number of VR titles over the years including: Esper (2015), Esper 2 (2015), Onward (2016), A Night Sky (2017), Augmented Empire (2017), They Suspect Nothing (2018), Shadow Point (2019), and Jurassic World Aftermath (2020). If so, that.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Beginning in 2009, the popular television sitcom developed a cult following thanks to its pop culture references and self-referential humor. Players will have the ability to customize their avatars with a variety of outrageous-looking skins, my favorite being the inflatable “riding a dinosaur” costume.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Founded in 2009, the Orange County-based startup broadcasts stereoscopic video of live sports and music to a wide swath of VR headsets, including Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, PSVR, and PC VR headsets such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S. At the time of this writing, neither Apple nor NextVR have commented on the alleged acquisition.

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AR Insider

MAY 18, 2020

percent, the biggest monthly drop since the 2009 Great Recession. Beyond survey data, real-world “actuals” validate brick & mortar attrition. Census Bureau reports that retail sales during March were down 8.7 Clothing, furniture and luxury goods are hardest hit.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Coatsink is a British game studio and publisher founded in 2009. Veteran VR studio Coatsink, currently in development of Jurassic World Aftermath , has been acquired for $30 million by game publisher Thunderful.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2022

“Maybe the helicopter… maybe it’s made of chocolate…” Despite having been released all the way back in 2009, Valve’s multiplayer zombie game Left 4 Dead 2 maintains a cult-like following thanks to its addicting gameplay loop and revolutionary “AI Director,” which rewards players for taking risks while (..)

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In fact, this is what happened to search circa-2003 and social advertising circa-2009. — Downturns historically cause advertisers to re-examine and reallocate budget to emerging performance-based ad formats, as seen circa-2003 (search) and 2009 (social). AR could benefit from a similar shakeup by grabbing ad spend.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2020

million seed round brought along with it a content deal which saw the creation of a location-based VR game using Nathan Jurevicius’ graphic novel Scarygirl (2009) as its basis. Founded in 2018, Dark Slope’s initial $1.5 Image courtesy Dark Slope.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Since it’s initial launch back in 2009, the Angry Birds series has amassed an incredible four billion game downloads, making the franchise one of the most successful in mobile gaming history. Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs will be available on all major VR platforms sometime early next year.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

But id Software was sold to ZeniMax in 2009, and ZeniMax was acquired by Microsoft in 2021. In a thread on X about the modding team's Quake 3 VR port, a fan tagged the former Oculus CTO and asked him to make the port "canon". Carmack was a co-founder of id Software, and the lead programmer for Quake 3.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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. Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming’s fomative successes, Braid , has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2022

Listed below, the music pack spans the band’s early 2000s period as well as more recent tracks from when it returned from its 2009 – 2013 hiatus. The American rock band announced the news via Twitter , and included a full tracklist too. Thnks fr th Mmrs. This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race. Immortals. I Don’t Care.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Via a free update to PS4’s WipEout: Omega Collection (which includes WipEout HD {2008}, WipEout HD Fury {2009} and WipEout 2048 {2012}) , PSVR owners will finally be able to step into the cockpit for a level of immersion that only VR can provide. And now its finally coming to PSVR. The update is due in “early 2018.”

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2019

Since its launch back in December 2009, Rovio Entertainment’s Angry Birds has since become the most downloaded freemium game of all time. Mobile gaming’s most beloved franchise is taking over the XR space.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2024

Basically, from the early ’90s until 2017, there’s been a Batman game released nearly every year, with standouts such as Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) , Batman: Arkham City (2011) , and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) garnering a pretty big following across console. And where is the hate coming from?

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

Since the introduction of devices such as the Fitbit back in 2009 and the Apple Watch in 2014, the smart wearables market has gone from fantasy to reality, offering consumers a brand new, more convenient method for connecting with their digital lives.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In fact, this is what happened to search circa-2003 and social advertising circa-2009. So AR advertising’s strong ROI has a chance to shine. This cycle tends to accelerate existing shifts towards emerging ad media. AR could benefit from a similar shakeup by grabbing ad spend. Brands that try it and like it could be new AR converts.

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Road to VR

JUNE 16, 2020

For instance, Modder McMessenger has adapted the M6C pistol from Halo: ODST (2009) for Half-Life: Alyx. Even before the generic pistol blueprint, modders have been experimenting with adding new weapons to the game, including custom models and animations. Image courtesy McMessenger.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2021

First appearing in 2009, this post-apocalyptic comedy film brought us an entertaining story about four survivors—Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita, and Little Rock—making their way through a zombie-infested apocalypse. Ever wanted House of the Dead in VR? Zombieland: Headshot Fever offers a solid alternative.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Announced way back in 2009, The Last Guardian had an instant, if indescribable, appeal; the game promised to offer a glimpse into the adventures of a young boy who befriends a mythical (and giant) beast named Trico. The Last Guardian (2016) is getting a standalone PSVR experience to let players interact with the majestic Trico face to face.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Based on Nathan Jurevicius’ graphic novel Scarygirl (2009) and the various console & PC games that followed, Scarygirl Mission Maybee is a first-person action game that tasks players with saving the world from Dr. Maybee and his diabolical experiments.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Since the launch of its first game in 2009, popular mobile franchise Angry Birds has received an astonishing 17 different releases, 4 spin-off games, a comic book series, even an animated film voiced by a cast of A-list celebrities. . One mobile gaming’s most prolific franchises arrives on the Magic Leap One this fall.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2017

Android Authority summarizes the latest factory sale and the last few years of HTC’s financial struggles: Established in 2009, the facility mainly produced phones for the Chinese market.

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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The company is reporting 100% in growth in revenues in 2009.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

Founded in 2000 by legendary game designer Tim Schafer, this is a storied studio known for games like Psychonauts (2005), Brutal Legend (2009) , and many more. Founded in 2009, Compulsion Games is best known for We Happy Few (2018). The studio hasn’t talked about future VR plans following Rhombus of Ruin.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2020

According to Magyari, they start using mirror-based models for military applications in 2009 – three years before the Oculus Rift becomes the first major consumer VR headset. For the next six years, Immy works on various proto-VR experiences, largely training for the military.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

” Launched in 2009, NextVR has many years of experience in live broadcast, transitioning from stereoscopic 3D content delivery as Next3D to a VR-focused platform.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Secret Location was founded in Toronto in 2009 as a services company, but has since pivoted into content production. Such is the case regarding a new partnership between leading European VR provider mk2 and VR/AR immersive content studio Secret Location.

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Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2019

When we first starting prototyping Thumper way back in 2009, gaming VR was just a sci-fi fantasy,” explains Drool designer Marc Flury. “We Most recently, Thumper was released on iOS and Android in its ‘Pocket Edition’, and on Oculus Go, the company’s 3DOF standalone headset.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Based on the 2009 Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara, the anime first aired in 2012 and achieved popular acclaim among fans of the genre. Like many classic VR anime , players ultimately become trapped in the virtual world, with the threat of death in the game having the same consequence in real life.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 14, 2020

His company, IMMY , had been in business since 2003 and using mirrors since 2009. “Getting a headset to see how we see the real world using lenses is a dead-end,” Magyari said in our June phone interview. The only lens involved when you wear an IMMY is your own eye.”.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Secret Location was founded in Toronto in 2009 as a services company, but has since pivoted into content production. We’re seeing established players in the immersive entertainment space collaborating as they figure out how to scale and monetize the sector Click To Tweet.

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JULY 26, 2022

Research from the New Scientist revealed in 2009 that only about 10 percent of all users who made accounts ever bothered to return after their first visit. The platform’s interface also includes several menus, buttons, and keyboard shortcuts, which many users found had a steep learning curve and quickly gave up.

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VRScout

APRIL 22, 2019

Back in 2009, two chimpanzees from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, were ‘leased’ to Stony Brook University in New York. PROJECT CHIMPS. It was there the animals were subjected to years of invasive and painful medical testing.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2019

Studio co-founder James Green says the code name ‘Cake’ is in direct reference to Fat Princess (2009) , a third-person RTS that gives each team a princess that they must protect by feeding so she’s too large to be carried away.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

Created in 1954 by Mick Anglo and originally named Marvelman, the character’s been lost to time, even after his rights were eventually sold to Marvel back in 2009. For fans of the old superhero Miracleman, the last several years have been tumultuous. It wasn’t clear if or when he’d return to the comics space, but this… Read more.

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