VRScout

MAY 26, 2016

CEO Bryn Mooser joined the Peace Corps in Gambia out of college, then moved to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake to help build a Cholera center and secondary school. While HMDs like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are now technically in-market, they provide a small fraction of the reach Facebook and YouTube have opened up for 360 video.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Though you might think that porting SteamVR and OpenVR to MacOS would be relatively straightforward—given that Steam for regular desktop gaming has been on the OS since 2010. SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS in the Wake of Apple's VR Announcements.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Shot in first-person as a continuous take, 360° live-action spy thriller Agent Emerson is slated to arrive on all Oculus headsets as well as PC VR headsets November 22nd, followed later by a release on PSVR. Agent Emerson will arrive for users of all Oculus and HTC headsets on November 22nd.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Pinball FX2 VR’s timed exclusivity with Oculus shortly comes to an end, with the game due to arrive on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on November 29th. On November 29th, Pinball FX2 VR comes to the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR for $15 (November 30th for PSVR in Europe).

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2017

They have a rich catalog of award-winning animated music videos, performed live with Madonna via hologram at the 2005 MTV Europe Awards to promote their record Demon Days, and even had augmented reality album art accompany their 2010 release Plastic Beach.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Developers Owlchemy Labs originally began in the mobile and PC game space back in 2010. The team created the highly entertaining and successful VR game Job Simulator, which launched as a day-one launch title on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR with motion controllers.

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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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Original investors included Comcast Ventures, HTC and Samsung, but now join Horizons Ventures, Twentieth Century Fox, Evolution Media Partners (backed by TPG and CAA), China’s Shanghai Media Group, Youku Global Media Fund and LDV Partners. SEE ALSO Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio 'Baobab'.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. Speaking of the Metaverse… say hi to Metaworld.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Owlchemy Labs originally began in the mobile and PC game space back in 2010. The team created the highly entertaining and successful VR game Job Simulator, which launched as a day-one launch title on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR with motion controllers. The game was a big hit with Rick And Morty co-creator Justin Roiland.

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Road to VR

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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ARVR

JULY 6, 2020

Since around 2010 modern day VR has come out through the companies of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the Sony Playstation VR. Created in 1838 this device used an image with two pictures that when looked at very closely created a sense of depth and field for the viewer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 31, 2017

Sony’s positiontally-tracked wands bring your hands into VR with relative accuracy, but they pale in comparison to the HTC Vive’s wands or Oculus Touch controllers. It shows a peripheral that links the Move to its companion device, the Navigation Controller, that launched alongside the main unit in 2010.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2016

Polynomial 2 , the sequel to the 2010 original, brings its trance inducing, laser fuelled musical charms to virtual reality. The original Polynomial received some reserved critical reaction on its release back in 2010.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Owlchemy Labs Raises $5 Million On Pioneering Interaction Technology When Alex Schwartz and Devin Reimer received the first Oculus Rift development kit back in 2013, they spent a month getting their first experience up and running.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Grab’s new VR game, Knockout League, is coming to Steam, Oculus, and Viveport in January. Our team spent 4 years at Konami working on a variety of products & platforms, and in 2010 we left to start Grab Games. Los Angeles game developer Grab Games is coming out of stealth mode. Knockout League: First Look.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 8, 2016

Owlchemy Labs secured a $5 million Series A led by Qualcomm Ventures with participation in the round also coming from HTC, The VR Fund, Colopl VR Fund and Capital Factory. he company recently received quite a few headlines when it announced that it would be bringing the absurdist TV show Rick and Morty into the VR world.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

VR investments have broken into the billions of dollars with reports showing as high as $4-5 billion since 2010 and $2 billion in the last 12 months alone. Facebook – NASDAQ: FB – Oculus VR, VR headset, VR Camera, VR content, VR platform. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming).

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AllThingsVR

MAY 23, 2017

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here. Read more here. months away!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Originally a launch title for the Oculus Rift, the game will now be available on all three major VR platforms. We take a look at Pinball FX2 VR on the HTC Vive. Available On: Oculus Home (Rift), SteamVR (Vive, OSVR HDK), PlayStation VR. Reviewed On: HTC Vive. Pinball FX2 VR Details: Official Site.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 5, 2017

Developer Slightly Mad Studios has sparred no detail in bringing a realistic driving experience to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and that includes an exhaustive list of drivable cars, revealed today. RX Supercar Lite. Touring Car. Zonda Cinque Roadster. Zonda Revolucion. Track Day A. Esperante GTR-1. 911 GT1-98. 911 GT3 R (991).

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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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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In 2010 we made Mahjong Deluxe which really took off and we did more mobile videogames for quite some time. We have already a VR only version for the HTC Viveport store and are working now on a version for Oculus Rift. Renzo Racer is now live on Steam , Windows Store and HTC Viveport. Looking towards the future.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. It was also in 2010 that 18-year-old Palmer Luckey created the first prototype of Oculus Rift, the famous VR headset. Two years later, in 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR company for 2 billion USD.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

With Oculus Go arriving in early 2018 and HTC Vive an official partner of RPO, headset-makers see a huge upside, regardless of whether the movie is commercially successful. bought the script to Ready Player One back in 2010, two years before the Oculus Rift Kickstarter. Warner Bros and a Wise Buy. Warner Bros.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Check out a few of the VR experiences below making waves in this immersive space: AltspaceVR ( Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, Windows Mixed Reality). Mondly (Oculus Go, Gear VR, iOS, Android). Argotian (Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Mistakes in doing everyday business led to a $500 million verdict against Facebook’s Oculus division in a legal battle with ZeniMax. ZeniMax sued Oculus, Facebook, and well-known virtual reality leaders John Carmack and Palmer Luckey for misappropriating trade secrets after Carmack left ZeniMax’s id Software and went to work at Oculus.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Series A was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also involved The VR Fund (contributors to The Wave’s round as well), Colopl Next, Capital Factory, HTC, and more. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO. Owlchemy Labs , creator of popular VR titles like Job Simulator, and the Rick and Morty Simulator for Adult Swim, raised $5M. is excited about VR.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. 7- Alvin Graylin. 12- Tipatat Chennavasin. It was called “the most intense AR experience” by Fast Company.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the three to four years since the release of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the number of VR headsets available on the market has grown. A world designed by and for men: The Oculus Rift, of course, provides a much more powerful, high-end VR experience than the Go.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

ARPorntube defines it as, “Watching, interacting and living out sexual fantasies with life-sized erotic virtual holograms in the real-worl d” Companies have been tinkering with the idea of 3D holographic girls as far back as 2010 ever since ARToolKit was ported to Adobe Flash. Checking out the app.

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