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Report: Apple to Acquire Live Event Streaming Company NextVR for $100M

Road to VR

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.

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‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

Road to VR

This week’s films include 3D versions of Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (2017) and Ghost in the Shell (2017), and 2D versions of Star Trek (2009) and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game ‘Thumper’ is Coming to Quest at Launch

Road to VR

Oculus announced that Thumper (2016), the popular rhythm-action game, is officially coming to Quest at launch. Oculus still hasn’t appended a launch date to Quest, its $400 standalone VR headset. When we first starting prototyping Thumper way back in 2009, gaming VR was just a sci-fi fantasy,” explains Drool designer Marc Flury.

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NextVR Plans 6DOF, Increased Quality, and AR Support for Live VR Video in 2018

Road to VR

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

Road to VR

Among other things, these specs imply a PC that could be running with hardware as low as the 2009 AMD Anthlon II series (some have 4 cores) and 2010 Nvidia GT 400 series (some support DX12). And what that means is a very cheap PC, that may also be ancient by today’s standards.

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

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I joined BISim in 2009 after seven years of working in engineering positions in video games companies. It’s important to note that BISim was the first to integrate the Oculus headset into military training. Gladly, Otakar Nieder from BISim was so kind as to give me many interesting answers that you can read here below!

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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds New Weapon & Example Content for Workshop Modding

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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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