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JULY 7, 2016

When it comes to Google searches, “HTC Vive” has recently matched “Oculus Rift” and may be continuing to rise. “HTC Vive” didn’t exist as a search term until the headset’s relatively recent reveal back in early 2015.

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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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MAY 10, 2017

The company’s studio, Overkill Software, is behind Payday 2 (2013) , a well regarded FPS that focused on four-player co-op action. The trailer heading this article shows Payday VR in action running on the HTC Vive, though it isn’t clear what other platforms might be supported.

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MARCH 11, 2017

Cyan’s spiritual successor to Myst is launching with all-new motion control support on March 22nd for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. The original VR support for Oculus Rift began as a stretch goal during the game’s 2013 Kickstarter campaign , and arrived in October 2016, a couple of months after the standard game launched on Steam.

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VR has come a long way since the launch of the Oculus DK1 in 2013. Similar to the Quest 2, a handful of built-in cameras power inside-out tracking, removing the need for external trackers like those needed for the HTC Vive, another PC VR headset. The headset features a killer 2160 x 2160 per eye resolution and 114-degree FOV.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Payday 2 (2013) , Overkill’s 4-player bank heist co-op shooter, has offered a VR mode in beta for the past few months, but now it’s off the beta branch and pushed out as a free DLC to the main game.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Payday 2 (2013) , the popular FPS with four-player co-op, has now updated to include access to the VR beta for HTC Vive. The beta is free, and will see updates in discrete phases, the first of which is now available for owners of the game. The goal behind the beta is to give players on PC and VR access to the same Payday 2 content.

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MARCH 23, 2017

The popular racing simulator previously only supported the Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive owners had to use the Revive hack to launch the game in VR. Assetto Corsa has a long history with virtual reality, having supported the first Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013 , back when the simulator itself was in its early stages.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Border Patrol is an upcoming first-person virtual reality take on Papers, Please (2013), putting you in the shoes of a booth operator at an AI travel border who must accept or deny entry to robots trying to enter the region.

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JUNE 20, 2016

Last week at E3, we were invited by LA VR studio Survios to check out their progress on Raw Data , their co-op action combat game for the HTC Vive. Founded in 2013, Survios is a Los Angeles-based virtual reality studio focused on building connected VR experiences with emergent interactivity, social multiplayer, and visceral play.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Like its 2D forebears such as GeoGuessr (2013) , Go Guess tasks you with investigating the captures by hunting for clues. Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

” Job Simulator was included as a launch title for HTC Vive when it was initially released in April 2016. 2013) and a collaboration between Adult Swim entitled Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality. With an early wave of built-in users, buzz surrounding the madcap VR simulator spread primarily through YouTube.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Lead by industry veteran David Wessman, famous for his work on the classic X-Wing series, developer Impeller Studios has been working on this passion project since 2013.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

million copies of PS4 games” both at retail stores globally and through digital downloads since it was released in November 2013. Neither Oculus nor HTC have released solid numbers on cumulative sales to date. This, Sony says, has led to the sale of “more than 617.8 image courtesy Sony.

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The psychedelic-inspired experience was originally an installation at Burning Man in 2013 and has transformed into a more accessible immersion with play-through lasting between 15 – 60 minutes for most users; stay in for at least 10 to experience a captivating pseudo-trip. have to evolve.”.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Google Glasses were the first arguably-AR glasses on the consumer market, coming out in 2013. A lot of people who see this headline might say that they’ve seen it before – and they might have seen it in 2013. This kind of model has already been explored in consumer VR by HTC VIVE. But, we think that this year is different.

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MARCH 8, 2017

The headset can also run with a native 90Hz refresh rate (matching the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive). Hitting such a high framerate, especially on the PS4’s 2013-era hardware, takes careful optimization. According to developer Mark Taylor, Korix will be the first game on PSVR to run natively at 120Hz, on both PS4 and PS4 Pro.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Longer, in fact, than the platform its debuting on today, the HTC Vive. Since a cancelled Kickstarter campaign in early 2014 — which raised $66,294 of its $250,000 goal — Sixense has refined MakeVR, expanding beyond its initial Oculus Rift support and adapting its controller support to include the HTC Vive wands.

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JUNE 17, 2018

Featuring the cute bots first seen in The Playroom (2013) , Sony Japan Studio’s upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses similar controls and gameplay mechanics as any other 3D platformer, but it has been created from the ground up with VR in mind. An HTC spokesperson confirmed that the device was on track for a late summer launch.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Well before the announcement of the HTC Vive or Rift CV1 and their VR motion controllers, pioneering VR developers were cobbling together Oculus Rift development kits with third-party motion controllers like the Razer Hydra to experiment with games built around motion input rather than a gamepad. r ap Cenydd, was Crashland.

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The game itself isn’t new as it’s been out since August of 2013. The footage shows people playing on an HTC Vive, but it seems reasonable to assume support for the Oculus Rift and Touch will be included as well. Soon, you can rob banks and jewelry stores like never before with the team-based crime-spree game, Payday 2.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The game is due to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in early 2018. Archiact has been crafting immersive VR entertainment since 2013,” said Kurt Busch, Studio Head at Archiact. With Evasion , the team is using everything we’ve learned and weaving our experience into a truly genre-defining AAA title.

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MAY 3, 2018

The game, which appears to be a cheeky cross between Papers, Please (2013) and Job Simulator (2016), is slated to arrive on Steam for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR Headsets on May 17th. TSA Frisky is an upcoming room-scale game that turns the tables on travelers and their would-be airport security officers.

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MAY 19, 2021

The lead role – Felix – went to Barry Johnson, an actor who specializes in playing animated characters, known for his work in Beyond: Two Souls (2013) and Blacksad: Under the Skin (2019). The MOR app is available only for users with Rift, HTC VIVE, Windows Mixed Reality, and Valve Index.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

White Lotus Interactive have announced that their VR-enabled adventure title XING: The Land beyond is now coming to the HTC Vive with full motion control support. ” As ever, to deal with the introduction of HTC Vive’s room-scale brings with it locomotion challenges, so the team have integrated two methods from which to choose.

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MAY 15, 2017

Half-Life 2: VR , a revamped version of an older mod which will adapt the beloved Half-Life 2 for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has been green-lit, signifying Valve’s official acceptance of the mod for distribution on Steam. Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

The space-based arcade dogfighter was one of the most influential VR games from the very beginning, back to the first time we get our hands on an early version at Gamescom 2013 , right after the studio changed its name from EVE-VR and committed to releasing it as an actual VR title. image courtesy CCP Games.

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MAY 11, 2017

A reborn mod project is bringing compatibility for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with full motion input support, remastered visuals, a made-for-VR UI, realistic weapon interactions, and more.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Starting out in VR development is 2013, McNeill has since produced four VR games, including the early Gear VR hit Darknet. And while it promises a single-player campaign, which will include duels, tournaments, and exhibition matches, the game is also targeting cross-platform multiplayer, featuring online and LAN-based modes.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

In Oculus’ case, that successful litmus test gave them the momentum to raise a $16 million Series A in 2013 and a $75 million Series B later that year. Questionable marketing aside, these display resolutions are quite a bit higher than Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which both offer dual 1080 × 1200 OLED displays.

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JULY 27, 2017

Founded in 2013, the social VR platform was one of the first to come online and connected tens of thousands of users monthly across a range of headsets. This evening AltspaceVR has announced it will be closing its doors for good on August 3rd. AltspaceVR brought people together into shared virtual spaces to talk, play, and share.

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Launched initially in 2013, the device was praised for its impressive hand-tracking, but failed to find a killer use-case when used as an accessory for PCs. Years before the modern era of VR, Leap Motion set out to build a hand-tracking module that it hoped would revolutionize human-computer interaction.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Impeller Studios formed in 2013, launching their initial Kickstarter campaign for Starfighter Inc. VR support is comprehensive, covering all the major PC hardware – the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and OSVR. TIE Fighter (1997) , is one of the most interesting space combat simulation projects currently in development.

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” Virtuix is a Texas-based start-up founded in 2013 best known for developing the Omni VR treadmill. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019. Our core players come back every week.”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Xing: The Land Beyond has come a long way since its 2013 Kickstarter days, releasing on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and traditional monitors back in late 2017.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Publisher nDreams announced today that their gory virtual-reality beat-em-up, Bloody Zombies, will hit Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4/PSVR on September 12th for $14.99. Founded in 2006 and the developer/publisher shifted their focus to virtual reality in 2013. Developed by Paw Print Games and set in the UK (Get it?

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