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APRIL 18, 2019

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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JANUARY 9, 2017

Oculus VR is one of the first major legal disputes to happen in our young new industry. You might remember that, quite famously, John Carmack joined the Oculus team as CTO in 2013. Carmack is the co-founder of id Software, a company acquired by ZeniMax Media in 2009. Oculus VR Inc., ZeniMax Media v. 3:14-cv-01849, U.S.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

A new press shot conforms that the new Star Trek: Bridge Crew title from Ubisoft has been built for the Oculus Rift headset and forthcoming Oculus Touch controllers. Not only that, but this new press shot shows 3 well known cast members from the cast of various Star Trek entities playing the new game with Oculus Touch controllers.

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AllThingsVR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Oculus acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus’ latest buy, The Eye Tribe. The Eye Tribe was developed out of research by the founders at IT University Of Copenhagen back 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. The VR version of Minecraft also came to the Oculus Rift in 2016. Founded in 2009, Compulsion Games is best known for We Happy Few (2018).

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

Founded in 2009, Luxexcel is best known for 3D printing prescription lenses. Luxexcel marks Meta’s latest move in a string of acquisitions, following October’s announcement that Camouflaj & Armature would join Oculus Studios.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2019

Carbon announced the game in an Oculus Developer video which highlights some of the talent behind the company’s growing library of games, and their recent move into a larger office with dedicated spaces for VR testing. “It’s a class-based, team-based game that’s kind of lighthearted but has real depth.

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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. .” ” Image courtesy Dark Slope.

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VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2018

In 2009, two chimpanzees originating from the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, were ‘leased’ to Stony Brook University in New York. via the Condition One app on the Oculus GO and Samsung Gear VR. Download the Condition One app free on the Oculus Store. Image Credit: Project Chimps.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Demand grew in 2020 along with Covid-inflections in gaming, leaving Oculus Quest and Valve index sold out part of the year. In fact, this is what happened to search circa-2003 and social advertising circa-2009. VR, for example, straddles these factors. Supply chain issues further detracted availability.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2017

Oculus exclusive Killing Floor: Incursion is due to launch on August 16th. The game is now available for pre-order on the Oculus store for $36, 10% off the $40 launch price. Battle in diverse environments, from creepy farmhouses to high tech facilities, and uncover who… or what is behind the Zed menace.

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MARCH 29, 2017

is an independent boutique studio founded in 2009 by Raúl Rubio Munárriz (founding member of MercurySteam Entertainment, developers of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) and Luz M. It also draws influence from immersive theater, and the real-life rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Tequila Works, S.L.

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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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Road to VR

MARCH 14, 2019

Details are thin on the ground, but Rebellon says that the Sniper Elite VR game is being developed in partnership with studio Just Add Water , known for their work on Gravity Crash (2009) and the Oddworld series. Sniper Elite however is a totally different beast from the cockpit-based Battlezone and third-person Arca’s Path.

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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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APRIL 22, 2019

The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience —available via SteamVR , Viveport , and Oculus —does a wonderful job of breaking down the complex chemical processes that have resulted in permanent damage to various marine-based ecosystems. PROJECT CHIMPS. NATURE TREKS VR.

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AR Insider

MARCH 2, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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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. Then, in the early aughts, Immy begins development of its own VR 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. SEE ALSO Taking After 'Sword Art Online', Oculus Founder Wants to Make a VR Game With Serious Consequences.

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JUNE 13, 2016

The new title features four player online multiplayer co-op and so, appropriately, Ubisoft had 3 members of different Trek franchises play the role of one four playable positions on the bridge of a new starship which exists within a post JJ Abrams, 2009 reboot universe. The fourth position was filled by Red Storm’s David Votypka.

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MARCH 27, 2017

The series will be produced by Robert Stromberg, the Oscar-winning director known for his work on 2011’s Alice in Wonderland and 2009’s Avatar, as well as his Disney directional debut with 2014’s Maleficent. You may recall that he already worked with Oculus’ own VR division, Story Studio.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2019

It might cost a little bit more…” By “180 FPS internally,” Bell is referring to the workload the hardware will need to perform in order to deliver the requisite 90 fps to the dual displays in standard PC VR headsets such as Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Available On: Steam (Vive, Rift), Viveport (Vive, Rift), Oculus Store (Rift) . Reviewed On: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive. Oculus Touch users aren’t so lucky though, since the slingshot is bound to your left hand, forcing you to shoot and aim with your right. Developer: Resolution Games. Release Date: February 7th, 2019.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Driving Using a virtual reality device to transport participants into a virtual driving world, a study in 2009 found that VR can help people with a phobia of driving face their fear in a more safe, controlled way than driving in real life. Developing an Original World-Traveling VR Experience 4.

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JULY 5, 2023

According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Meta is preparing to re-enter China by selling the Oculus Quest VR headset in China. The challenge for Meta is how to balance China’s censorship demands with the expectations of politicians in its home country, especially given that Meta was banned from China back in 2009.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The pair shared a love of movies, TV, video games and the internet, and established their YouTube channel in 2009 when they were still in junior high. “I The Within app is free to download via the App Store , Google Play , Oculus , SteamVR , Viveport , PSVR , and WebVR.

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JULY 14, 2022

SEE ALSO: 'Resident Evil 4' for Oculus is a thrill, but it feels like less of a classic in VR. It's important to remember, too: The last time gamers had any contact at all with Albert Wesker was in 2009's Resident Evil 5 , which was set in the same year it came out. SEE ALSO: 'Resident Evil' is back with the series' best game to date.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2016

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Earlier this year, Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope released on Steam Early Access , as well as on Oculus Home, to deliver one of the most intense, high-quality, wave shooters we’ve seen in VR yet. The games were all about speed, intensity, large arsenals of weapons, and lots of gore.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

STRIDE has been in early access for SteamVR headsets for nearly a year, but now Oculus Quest owners can take a crack at the free running action, which effectively replicates a few ideas from the parkour-style platformer Mirror’s Edge (2009) and translates them pretty well into VR. Price: $tbd. Developer : Joy Way.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

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). Or, with Oculus’ newly announced minimum specs, it can be as low as the Nvidia GTX 960 and Intel Core Core i3 6100.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

NextVR was originally founded in 2009 and specializes in VR broadcasts with partners such as FOX Sports, Live Nation, HBO, Turner Sports, and CNN. Tune in to the NBC Sports channel on the NextVR application for Samsung Gear via the Oculus Home store on Oct. We’re talking about transformational change here, in broadcasting.”.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2016

Star Trek: Bridge Crew is set in a post JJ Abrams ‘rebooted’ universe, with the timeline apparently following on from the first movie in the new franchise – released in 2009. seated play style) to suite both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. “The Bridge Crew experience is highly social.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 26, 2016

Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR headsets have a 13+ age requirement. In 2009, the lab published the results of a study that focused on children’s memory and VR. There has been quite a bit written about virtual reality and children, but the analysis has focused on the risk that viewing VR content could have on eyesight.

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OCTOBER 23, 2016

But the patent will have to survive legal challenges, as a lot of companies, from Facebook’s Oculus to Eyefluence , are working on similar technology. Ghajar founded SyncThink in 2009. VR is expected to be a $30 billion market in 2020, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. Boston-based SyncThink said it received patent No.

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JUNE 17, 2018

Launching as a timed exclusive on PSVR later this year, Megalith is a first-person arena brawler employing many familiar mechanics of popular MOBAs like Dota 2 (2013) and League of Legends (2009) , with different heroes to choose from, each with unique abilities. First Look at Beat Saber on PSVR. Image courtesy Hyperbolic Magnetism.

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