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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Google founder Sergey Brin wearing Google Glass (2013) | Image courtesy Google One such prototype, which The Information reports is code-named ‘Betty’, had a monocular display—conceptually similar to the now discontinued Google Glass.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Set a few months after the events of 2013’s Arkham Origins, you’ll go hand-to-hand with baddies and meet a cast of friends as you strive to prevent the Day of Wrath’ Look forward to interacting with Dr.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

” Founded in 2013, the Vancouver-based studio has developed a number of recognizable VR games, including the VR port of ID Software’s DOOM 3, Journey to Foundation, Freediver Triton Down, Evasion, and early AR game Marvel Dimension of Heroes, which released on the smartphone-based Lenovo Mirage AR headset.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

As a canon entry in the Arkham series timeline, set a few months after the events of Arkham Origins (2013), you’ll use your trusty detective vision to see hostile opponents through walls, lob batarangs and smoke bombs, and POW! and THWACK! on everyone from petty gun-toting street thugs to the game’s main villain, Rat King.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It’s been nearly five years since we played the Border Bots VR demo, then called ‘Border Patrol’ , which first introduced the game’s undoubtedly Papers, Please (2013)- inspired border guard simulation. Now the full VR game has an official launch date on PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Slated to be a no-holds-barred canon entry in the Arkham series timeline, and set a few months after the events of 2013’s Arkham Origins, we got a chance to go hands-on with Batman: Arkham Shadows , noting the Quest 3 exclusive definitely delivers on immersive combat and the franchise’s patently gritty narrative.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Having taken up VR game development full-time in 2013, the studio went on to release a slew of VR titles complimenting nearly every major headset release, including games such as The Assembly (2016) , Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) , Fracked (2021), and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2023).

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VRScout

JUNE 8, 2023

The original Trivia Crack app launched in 2013 on iOS and Android devices, garnering an impressive 600 million downloads worldwide and more than 150 million active users annually. Since then Etermax has released a number of spin-off games, including Trivia Crack Adventure and Trivia Cars.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

If real, Project Iris would be the company’s first AR device since the ill-fated Google Glass, which was released in 2013 to underwhelming reception. This was followed by Google Daydream View in 2016, a mobile VR headset compatible with Pixel devices. For more information check out The Verge’s full report here.

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APRIL 29, 2024

WoVR has been in on and off development for over the past ten years, as it was originally conceived on the original Oculus Rift DK1 back in 2013. It’s been a long road to get there too. “This mod not only converts the game to be playable with motion controllers but also aims to add quality of life improvements from FF14.”

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APRIL 21, 2023

Founded by Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël in 2013, the studio has created a number of original immersive film productions, including The Space Explorers series, Traveling While Black , and Strangers with Patrick Watson.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Initially released in 2013, Leap Motion was one of the first viable hand-tracking modules to come to market. “This decision has not been taken lightly, but it is necessary for us to adapt our business to better serve our market and our customers.

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MAY 9, 2023

Released exclusively in Japan back in 2013, “Horizons” will be available to the rest of the world for the first time. The first AR experience, available tomorrow, offers fans the chance to discover a track “hidden in plain sight” for 10 years.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Founded by Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël in 2013, the studio is known for original immersive film productions such as the Emmy Award-winning The Space Explorers series, Traveling While Black, Jurassic World: Blue , Cirque du Soleil, and immersive videos for Fox Searchlight’s Wild and Isle of Dogs.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Airbus, a Microsoft HoloLens partner, developed the software for its A350 XWB line of planes, which first took to the skies in 2013. The Japanese airliner purchased 31 A350s in 2013 and will be the first to take advantage of the software. Microsoft demonstrated JAL’s app last year.

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MAY 17, 2020

Originally released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 back in 2013 followed by the PC in 2015, GTA V has since gone on to become one of the highest-grossing video game titles of all-time, due in no small part to Rockstar’s GTA Online service and lucrative microtransactions, referred to in-game as “Shark Cards.”

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JANUARY 26, 2023

In 2017, Gemba grew out of executive training company The Leadership Network, which was founded in 2013 by CEO Nathan Robinson and Chairman Victor Lewis. The latest funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, now valuing the UK-based company at $60 million.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Star Wars Pinball (2013) has been available on console, mobile, and PC for a while now. Developers Zen Studios recently announced the game is being adapted to VR for all major headsets, and it’s landing next month. Star Wars Pinball VR not only includes eight pinball tables, but also mini-games and plenty of familiar faces.

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JULY 29, 2021

Founded in 2006, nDreams first transitioned to its role as VR developer with the release of a demo called SkyDIEving for the Oculus Rift development kits back in 2013. The studio has since released a host of VR titles targeting all major platforms including Bloody Zombies, Shooty Fruity , The Assembly , and meditation app Perfect.

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MAY 4, 2021

ElementalVR – E3 2013. This collaboration between Weta Digital, the VFX studio behind Lord of the Rings , and Epic adapted assets from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) to transport you players deep into the halls of Erebor to face the mighty dragon himself. A Brief History of Epic's VR Tech Demos.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“The internet not only connects us to our friends, families and communities, but it is also the foundation of the global knowledge economy.” - Mark Zuckerberg, Aug. Read more.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2013, AWE has […]. The metaverse has arrived — or that was the vibe last week, anyway, at the 2021 installment of the Augmented World Expo (AWE) conference. Many speakers also acknowledged that the metaverse is still in its early days, but the consensus was that after decades of gestation, the metaverse is now born.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Horsthuis published his first fractal video back in December 2013, however we’re more familiar with Foreign Nature from 2015, which was his first 360 fractal video made especially for VR headsets. Horsthuis says Recombination explores “various themes in Physics, Math and Biology.”

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Originally aired in 2013, the story follows a close group of childhood friends as they struggle to survive a nightmarish world inhabited by man-eating giants referred to as “Titans.” ” The show touches a variety of genres, from action-adventure to political thriller.

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JULY 9, 2021

VorpX has been available in active development since at least 2013 and has seen regular updates adding new features and growing the list of supported games. It supports all Oculus, SteamVR, and WMR headsets.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Originally released in 2013 on the original Oculus Rift DK1, the HL2VR mod allowed early adopters to play through the entirety of Half-Life 2’s single-player campaign in VR with support for the Razer Hydra motion controllers.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Having been exclusively building VR games since 2013, nDreams stands as one of the most veteran VR-exclusive game studios to date. Starting in 2013, O’Luanaigh has navigated his company from the earliest days of the modern VR era to now, which he believes is VR’s biggest moment so far—and growing.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Released in 2013 for flatscreen platforms, Slender: The Arrival is the successor to Parsec Production's Slender: The Eight Pages, and it focuses on the protagonist, Lauren, searching for her missing friend.

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JULY 6, 2020

Noire (2011) to the medium, so it’s also possible we could be seeing a VR-adapted re-release of an extant Rockstar title such as GTA V (2013) or Red Dead Redemption. The dedicated VR studio cut its virtual teeth on adapting the non-VR version of L.A.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Listed below, the music pack spans the band’s early 2000s period as well as more recent tracks from when it returned from its 2009 – 2013 hiatus. The American rock band announced the news via Twitter , and included a full tracklist too. Thnks fr th Mmrs. This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race. Immortals. I Don’t Care. Dance, Dance.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. There are times in life when you have to chose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. For him, it… Read more.

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JULY 14, 2022

Founded in 2010, The Game Kitchen are known for their point-and-click adventure The Last Door (2013) and critically-acclaimed indie title Blasphemous (2019), both of which were successfully funded through Kickstarter campaigns. is said to arrive this Holiday season, available exclusively for Kickstarter backers.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

” Founded on the back of a successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2013, OpenBCI creates consumer-grade biosensing systems built with open-source software and hardware. We are providing the world with a playground for experimentation and development using multi-modal biometric data in tandem with next generation wearable displays.”

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Despite having originally released all the way back in 2013, Rockstar’s fifth entry in their beloved Grand Theft Auto video game series is more popular than ever. The free “R.E.A.L” PC mod adds full VR compatibility to Rockstar’s beloved franchise.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Young Justice is a pretty good show most of the time, and after it got cancelled by Cartoon Network in 2013, fans eventually managed to secure a third season some years later for HBO Max. Between that and its recently premiered season four , you’d think the passion of the fanbase would’ve already secured a fifth season… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 7, 2022

As many as 150 people may have developed unexplained neurological symptoms dating back to 2013, including cases… Read more. A possible cluster of a mysterious brain illness afflicting people in New Brunswick, Canada may be larger than officially reported, according to an investigation published by the Guardian earlier this week.

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