Remove 2009 Remove Controllers Remove Microsoft
article thumbnail

John Carmack Offered A $1 Million Guarantee To Bring Team Beef's Ports To The Quest Store

Upload VR

But id Software was sold to ZeniMax in 2009, and ZeniMax was acquired by Microsoft in 2021. Thus, Carmack no longer controls the IP. I had some hope, but that was still too small potatoes to make anything happen in a Microsoft company," Carmack writes. But the implication is that his offer was rejected. "I

Software 119
article thumbnail

Acer & HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset Dev Kits Now Available for Pre-order Starting at $300

Road to VR

Today Microsoft announced that developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets from the Microsoft Store. You can now pre-order Acer ($299) and HP ($329 ) headsets directly from the Microsoft Store. Delivery of the headsets is scheduled for August 2017.

Microsoft 279
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sony Santa Monica Studio Prototyped A God of War VR Demo For PSVR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

For Microsoft it’s the Halo and Gears of War games. “So this is 2009, 2010,” Marks said. “We had the PlayStation Move controllers, and a lot of people were just doing different stuff with them. All major console manufacturers have flagship first-party characters that define their systems and audience.

Sony 224
article thumbnail

E3 2018 Roundup ? Sony?s Positioning of VR, New PSVR Titles Hands-on, Ready at Dawn Interview & More

Road to VR

Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. Image courtesy Sony Japan Studio. Photo by Road to VR.

Sony 238
article thumbnail

Halo Studio Head Leaves To Work On Microsoft’s Mixed Reality

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Microsoft is shuffling the Studio Head behind its top gaming franchise, Halo, to come and work on its growing mixed reality team. This week, though, a blog post on the Halo Waypoint portal noted that Ayoub was leaving the studio to go and work on another important area of Microsoft: mixed reality.

Microsoft 114
article thumbnail

Number of OpenSim grids hits record high

Hypergrid Business

Mono is the open source alternative to Microsoft’s.Net application platform. You control the service by starting DreamGrid, which will give you control of the regions and access to Robust and region consoles.” ” This release also includes a control panel for load testing up to 100 avatars.

article thumbnail

12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Increasing VR Presence: From Believable Character Behaviors to Developing with the New PlayStation VR Aim Controller. Impulse Gear is currently working on Farpoint , one of our most anticipated PSVR games and the first to use the PlayStation Aim controller, a gun-shaped peripheral that makes for incredibly immersive experiences.

Unreal 100