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DECEMBER 2, 2017

Noire (2011) was delayed last month to much chagrin. The game, which promises to deliver 7 of the original’s case files in all of their immersive glory, is now officially coming to HTC Vive December 15th. Rockstar Games’ partial VR port of L.A. The post ‘L.A.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR. Thus, it was only to be expected that we’d have a VR version of the hugely popular 2011 single-player episode. Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Rift and Rift S, PSVR, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality. Platforms: PSVR, HTC Vive. Platforms: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

With the release of Ready Player Two —the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2011 science-fiction novel Ready Player One —just around the corner, social VR platform and VR theater experience Bigscreen VR today announced that it will be conducting a first-of-its-kind VR interview featuring series creator Ernest Cline.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Remember that amazing neo-noir detective action-adventure game from the creators of GTA released back in 2011? The post Rockstar’s LA Noire Comes To HTC Vive This November appeared first on VRScout. The blockbuster detective thriller gets its own VR rendition for the Vive in one of four new versions coming this November.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

HTC is continuing their commitment to invest heavily in the VR ecosystem and have their eye on one Oakland-based independent VR development studio. HTC is the company behind the Vive VR headset and have in past six months been investing heavily in initiatives to help grow the virtual reality space. Image Credit: Steel Wool Studios.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Steel Wool Studios has picked up a $5 million investment from HTC. The studio was formed in 2011 by Pixar and LucasArts alumni. Among the company’s future projects is Mars Odyssey , a “simulation” for the HTC Vive that’s set to launch on September 9th.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Fitting for Gorillaz, who are ‘virtual band’ consisting of four fictional characters, the group’s highly anticipated fifth studio album (and first since 2011), ‘Humanz’, saw the release of its first track (Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)) as part of an impressive 360 music video.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Based off the 2011 science fiction novel of the same name, the story follows unlikely hero Wade Watts in the dystopian future of 2044 as he searches for the immensely valuable “easter egg” hidden within a virtual reality universe known as the “Oasis.”. Ready Player One (2018) Tye Sheridan as Wade Owen Watts/Parzival.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

SKYRIM VR BUNDLE ($249.99) : Venture through one of the most popular worlds in gaming history with an all-in-one package that includes the HMD, Playstation Camera, two Move controllers, and a copy of Skyrim VR , a full version of the 2011 classic reimagined in virtual reality. Image Credit: HTC / Oculus / Sony PlayStation / VRcardboard.co.uk.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Bethesda recently announced that Fallout 4 (2015) is coming to HTC Vive this October, and Skyrim (2011) is soon to follow sometime in late 2017 on PlayStation VR. After all, SteamVR supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and OSVR natively.

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JULY 10, 2018

Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS , the VR visual novel game is targeting HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR. – Expelled from Paradise (2015) , Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011), and Blassreiter (2005). ” TOKYO CHRONOS’ director Haruki Kashiwakura previously created 3D graphics for anime such as Rakuen Tsuih?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Founded in September 2011 by 4 former PhD students from the IT University of Copenhagen, The Eye Tribe has since raised $3 million in seed funding, and has also lead a $4.4 The Eye Tribe has shown their eye-tracking technology working in a range of VR headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Gear VR. Is there much of a difference?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Doom VRF , id Software’s upcoming standalone VR game, is nearly here, coming December 1st for PSVR and HTC Vive. Unlike Skyrim VR for PSVR, which is a VR port of the 2011 title, the new VR Doom game is a built from the ground-up for VR headsets, and features a unique story line.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

20th Century Fox’s VR game division FoxNext VR Studio today announced that their Planet of the Apes- themed game for PSVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift is coming in April.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Valve hasn’t released a full-length single player game since 2011’s Portal 2 ; the game will also be the first entry in the Half-Life series in 12 years, with the last being Half-Life 2: Episode 2 released in 2007. . ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Will Run on All SteamVR Headsets, be Free for Index Owners.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The VR game, which targets HTC Vive, delivers seven of the original, self-contained cases from the hit neo-noir action-adventure game L.A. Noire (2011). Take-two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar Games, revealed in their earnings call that L.A As first reported by IGN , L.A.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Croteam, the minds behind the Serious Sam franchise, has released its fourth Serious Sam -themed VR game: Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE (2017) for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Supporting both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, you can bet you’ll want a room-scale tracking setup to get the most out of the 360 carnage.

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JUNE 22, 2023

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Currently major contenders are Meta, Sony, HTC, Valve, Pico, Pimax, and Apple starting next year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. IDC themselves predicted in 2011 that by 2015, Microsoft’s then new (and now dead) Windows Phone platform would overtake Apple’s IOS as in the mobile phone market.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Noire (2011), which has had a number of its missions reworked specifically for VR. Rockstar Games, the mega studio behind Grand Theft Auto , Red Dead Redemption , and plenty more, has launched its debut VR title, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files. The game is an adaptation of L.A. Expect a full review of the title from Road to VR soon.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Like many of the game’s other levels, ‘Dark Skies’ takes inspiration from a few works of fiction, namely the airship scene in Ninja Gaiden, The Rocketeer (1991), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Broomhandle Mauser, anyone? Image courtesy Cloudhead Games.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Steel Wool Studios – an independent VR development studio formed by creative veterans of Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, and Telltale Games – today announced that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding from HTC Corporation. In April, the studio launched Quar: Battle for Gate 18, an action strategy title, on Steam for the HTC Vive.

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MAY 4, 2018

Even at this early stage of development, it’s already won over the VR community enough to place it just above Valve’s Portal 2 (2011). At the time of this writing, Beat Saber boasts a 99% positive score with 1250 reviews, giving it an ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ rating.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Space Pirates and Zombies 2, a single player, space-based survival-exploration game from indie studio MinMax Games , is officially heading out of its year and a half-long stint in Steam Early Access on November 7th, including its fully featured VR port that supports the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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JULY 31, 2019

He built the first prototype of his VR headset in 2011 and announced it on Kickstarter in 2012. The sales of the other players on the VR market were pretty much flat across the year – the Oculus Rift (the PC tethered version), the Samsung Gear VR, the HTC Vive, and the Vive Focus showed limited sales growth.

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JUNE 6, 2017

The title is the latest numbered entry in the series after 2011’s DiRT 3— a more accessible, ‘arcade’ offering compared to the more recent, simulation-style DiRT Rally. Today, retail copies of DiRT 4 are available for consoles in the US, while everyone else has to wait until June 9th.

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MARCH 27, 2017

HTC Vive and Warner Bros. If you’re not familiar with the book, Ready Player One is a 2011 sci-fi action thriller written by Ernest Cline that takes place in the year 2044. The exclusive arrangement between HTC and Warner Bros. Miller, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. Pictures, Amblin Partners and Village Roadshow Pictures.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Although not as robust as the HTC Vive controllers, the wand-like controller is easy to use… and fun. APPLE’S 2011 AUGMENTED REALITY PATENT FINALLY MADE PUBLIC. First filed in 2011, the patent was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office with minimal changes. Not only did Snap, Inc. …and more.

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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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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Noire which launched as a non-VR game way back in 2011. ” Not entirely unexpected for a title which was ported to VR from 2011 source material, we didn’t find the 2017 PC VR version of the game particularly compelling due to clunky gameplay and immersion-breaking design. In our review of L.A.

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APRIL 2, 2018

Skyrim VR (2017), Bethesda’s premier virtual reality port of the hit open-world RPG Skyrim (2011) , has finally made its way to PC VR headsets after its November 2017 launch on PlayStation VR. Available On: Oculus RIft, HTC Vive, Windows VR, PSVR. Reviewed On: Oculus RIft, HTC Vive. Developer: Bethesda.

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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. Below is every car you can expect to get behind the wheel of when the game launches on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in two months’ time.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Even though the game originally came out back in 2011 it still holds up incredibly well as one of the absolute best and most popular roleplaying games of all-time. Interestingly, Fallout 4 VR is currently only slated for the HTC Vive. It’s really happening.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2016

Right now, the team claim The Wolfe is compatible with the following Apple computers: MacBook Air 11-inch, Mid 2011–2015. MacBook Air 13-inch, Mid 2011–2015. MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011–2015. MacBook Pro 15-inch, Early 2011–2015. Mac mini, Mid 2011–2015. iMac, Mid 2011–2015. Mac Pro, Late 2013-2015.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Both median deal size and total number of deals in 2016 outpaced those in 2015, with a 58% increase in average deal size and 30% more deals, according to year-end analysis from Greenlight Insights of individual deals back to 2011. “In Encouragingly, there is a growing list of notable investors committed to the space.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Balancing Roiland’s comedy prowess with some significant experience in the world of game development is co-founder Tanya Watson who spent some 10 years with Epic Games, working across Associate and Executive Producer positions on games like Unreal Tournament 3 (2007) , Gears of War 2 (2008) and 3 (2011) , Bulletstorm (2011) , and Fortnite.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Noire which was released in 2011. Available On: HTC Vive ( Steam , Viveport , Rockstar Warehouse ). Available On: HTC Vive ( Steam , Viveport , Rockstar Warehouse ). Noire when it released back in 2011 but didn’t complete the game and haven’t revisited it since. Noire: The VR Case Files Details: Official Site.

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