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Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Created by developer Justin Moravetz, Proton Pulse was first built for the Rift DK1, the very first headset released by Oculus for developers.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack today announced he’ll be moving to a “consulting CTO” role in order to reduce his time spent at the company to a “modest slice.” Carmack was a key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story and is a widely known and respected software engineer.

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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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MAY 3, 2018

Besides the fact that Oculus is undoubtedly working on a second flagship PC VR headset, nothing is known about it thus far. ” In response, Mitchell had this to say: “[Maria Fernandez Guajardo, Head of Product Management, Core Tech at Oculus] covered a bunch of areas of long term research for us. Image courtesy Facebook.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Star Wars Pinball (2013) has been available on console, mobile, and PC for a while now. You’ll also be able to “build the ultimate fan cave,” the studio says in an Oculus blogpost. You’ll also be able to “build the ultimate fan cave,” the studio says in an Oculus blogpost. Pinball Tables.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

million to their name, the company has reached arguably a more important milestone: they’ve surpassed the original Oculus Rift Kickstarter, becoming the top funded VR headset campaign in existence. Even though Pimax technically surpassed Oculus’ Kickstarter, historical context matters. image courtesy Pimax.

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MAY 3, 2017

As one of the first game genres to embrace VR, sim racing has been successfully transitioning from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage (the first-generation consumer headsets). The HTC Vive launched on April 5th 2016, a week after the consumer Oculus Rift. Assetto Corsa.

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MAY 4, 2021

Epic was an early mover in the VR space, having worked closely with Oculus on several VR prototypes and adding support for VR headsets to Unreal Engine. The company’s most recent and most lauded title is Robo Recall (2017) , an Oculus exclusive that has long stood among the best rated titles on the Oculus Rift.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At E2 2012, Carmack got a chance to go hands-on with an early Oculus Rift prototype running Doom 3: BGF Edition, a remastered version of the iconic shooter released in 2004. “I had some hope, but that was still too small potatoes to make anything happen in a Microsoft company.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Robin Hunicke, executive producer on Journey (2012) and now co-founder of game studio Funomena , is creating a visually rich new Oculus Touch title that wants to be played by anyone and everyone. ” The studio has four games currently in the works, one of which is Luna for Oculus Touch. The post Exec.

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JULY 29, 2021

.” nDreams hasn’t tipped its hand yet, however one of the most successful genres in VR right now is fitness titles featuring either annual or monthly subscriptions, which typically target the Oculus Quest platform.

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MAY 14, 2017

Having founded Oculus in 2012 and been an important face for the company throughout its growth from fledgling startup to $2 billion acquisition by Facebook and beyond, it was a shock to see Palmer Luckey leave the company just two months ago. Palmer Luckey throws swag to the crowd at Oculus Connect 2 | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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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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AUGUST 30, 2021

Here’s how Bye says it all started in 2014: The first Oculus Developer Kits (the Oculus DK1) were shipped in March of 2013, and I bought my DK1 on January 1, 2014.

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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. The post Searches for “HTC Vive” Have Caught up with “Oculus Rift” and May Be Accelerating appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s been a while since we last wrote about Julius Horsthuis, a visual effects artist who authored a series of fractal 360 videos for VR which are simply mind-blowing—both now and back in the good ol’ days of the Oculus Rift DK2 when we first experienced them.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

.” Although Ironlights is said to be nearly finished, with launch slated for Spring 2020, the studio is searching for $15,000 in extra funding via a Kickstarter campaign , which promises a 25% discount off the full game ($20 MSRP) when it goes live later this year on Oculus Quest, Rift, and SteamVR headsets.

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JULY 10, 2017

Veteran horror director Alexandre Aja , known for his work on The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Pirahana 3D (2010), and Horns (2013) , is teaming up with Oculus and VR production studio Future Lighthouse to create a 360 live-action horror series entitled Campfire Creepers that takes you into long-forgotten childhood fears.

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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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JANUARY 2, 2022

VR has come a long way since the launch of the Oculus DK1 in 2013. The standalone VR headset, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), was one of, if not the hottest item of the holiday season, with the Oculus companion app becoming the #1 download on the Apple App Store.

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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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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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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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APRIL 2, 2017

.” Arizona Sunshine [ our review ] is one of SteamVR’s top rated games, and soon it’ll be compatible with the Virtuix Omni , a VR treadmill which got its start after a successful 2013 Kickstarter. Virtuix got its start in 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign that raised $1.1 Photo by Road to VR.

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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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MARCH 16, 2017

ElementalVR – E3 2013. Shown during the debut of the Oculus Rift DK2, Couch Knights put players in the body of an avatar sitting in a contemporary room. Showdown – Oculus Connect 2014 | Read More. Bullet Train – Oculus Connect 2015 | Read More. Fast forward to 2015, the Oculus Connect 2 developer conference.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

John Carmack, legendary programmer and key player in the Oculus gensis story, announced he’s left Meta, writing in a memo to employees that he “wearied of the fight” of trying to push for change at the highest levels of the company. ” Carmack demos an early Oculus Rift prototype at E3 2012.

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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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Founded in 2013, Jaunt became known not only for producing its high-quality 360 video for consumers, but also a 360 camera dubbed Jaunt One (formerly NEO) aimed at idustry professionals looking to get into immersive video capture. SEE ALSO Hands-on: Oculus Link Makes Quest Feel Like a Native PC VR Headset.

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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Oculus Rift DK1 with Razer Hydra motion controllers | photo by Road to VR. Initially revealed all the way back in 2013 , the game had players facing off against waves of terrifying spiders that reacted in beautifully grotesque ways as they were dispatched with bullets and explosives. r ap Cenydd, was Crashland.

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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. SEE ALSO Oculus Go is Facebook's Affordable Standalone Headset Priced at $200, Shipping Early 2018. Neither Oculus nor HTC have released solid numbers on cumulative sales to date.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Carmack joined Oculus in 2013 and worked with Palmer Luckey to develop and launch the original Oculus Rift. Reality Labs Consulting CTO John Carmack will take the stage for an unfiltered, unscripted conversation on technology.

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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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MARCH 13, 2018

” Leap Motion controller mounted on an Oculus RIft DK2, image courtesy Leap Motion. The Controller has been available since July 2013, although has since seen a major software upgrade in 2016 that has refined its made-for-VR hand-tracking engine.

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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. Oculus Rift users will have to do an extra step to emulate the Vive’s controller and remap Touch’s buttons however. Some users have reported that Windows VR headsets work fine as well.

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MAY 11, 2020

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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