Road to VR

JULY 16, 2018

Amazon Prime Day is here; this year HTC’s latest VR headset Vive Pro is getting a special deal. From now until July 17th at 8:59 PM PT ( local time here ), US Amazon Prime Members can get a $50 Amazon gift card and $50 Viveport gift card with purchase of a Vive Pro VR headset. Amazon $50 Gift Card. Viveport Games.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The TPCAST Wireless Adapter for Vive has been available in China since December 2016, with pre-orders only opening up in Europe two months ago. TPCast for Vive is priced at US$300, and is sold on TPCast’s website and online retail sites including Amazon and NewEgg. It appears Amazon’s link isn’t active yet.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Sadly, no amount of tightening straps or repositioning can change the fact that Quest’s on-board battery and Snapdragon 835-driven computer have been placed in the front along with the displays and then combined with a similar head strap design used in the 2016-era Oculus Rift, replete with semi-flexible side and overhead velcro straps.

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MAY 11, 2020

The deal is also available through online retailers such as Scan, Overclockers, Curry’s PC World, Ebuyer, Box.co.uk, and Amazon. Vive Pro notably upped the resolution of the original 2016-era Vive and included the ergonomic audio headstrap as a standard feature.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The best Oculus Go Black Friday 2018 deal so far is the Oculus Go (64GB) for $229 from Amazon (an 8% discount). The deal is eligible for fast & free shipping with Amazon Prime , and will last through Cyber Monday (November 26th). The Wild Pack – $20 (50% discount).

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JULY 30, 2020

Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action.

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VRScout

MARCH 10, 2021

Available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, The Climb 2 is a direct sequel to 2016’s The Climb and features gameplay nearly identical to that of the original. It should be noted that I am by no means a health or fitness professional, just a borderline fitness enthusiast looking to avoid conventional exercise at any cost.

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MARCH 30, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. it began to retract.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Founded in Portugal in 2016, CEO and founder Prof. Veronica Orvalho created the platform based off her research in computer graphics, which have been used by Universal Studios, Sony, Microsoft, Amazon and other European-funded research projects. Throughout history, we have seen barriers be built, only to be torn down again.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Dollar-for-dollar, the best PSVR Black Friday 2018 deal so far is the new PlayStation VR Creed + Superhot bundle for $250 on Amazon (33% discount), which includes the newest PSVR headset, PS Move controllers, PS camera, and a copy of CREED: Rise to Glory (2018) [ our review (PC) ] and SUPERHOT VR (2016) [ our review (PC) ].

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. The company was founded in 2016 and has hosted virtual concerts featuring artists like John Legend, Imogen Heap, & Lindsey Stirling.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Launched last year as the first ‘consumer’ version of the Gear VR headset, the 2015 model is still a perfectly viable choice compared to the 2016 Gear VR model released last month, provided you’ve got one of the compatible Samsung smartphones: Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6, S6 Edge, S7, and S7 Edge.

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MARCH 20, 2020

If you’re wondering how to play HLA when it launches, you could of course pay the a markup through independent sellers on eBay and Amazon, but you might consider a few other SteamVR-compatible headsets currently available too. Check out our Rift S review here for more. HTC Vive Comos & Cosmos Elite.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

With a PS4 Slim console fetching $280 (regular price), you can now purchase everything you need to get into VR for less than $500, or just a little under the price of PSVR’s ‘all-in’ bundle at launch in 2016.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. Since its release in 2016, the kid-friendly multiplayer experience has expanded dramatically to include new games, environments, and items. Of course, you can’t talk about social VR without mentioning Rec Room.

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JULY 29, 2019

We’ve seen a lot of bizarre VR adaptations over the past couple of years, whether it be the confusing VR sequel to the classic 1993 Bill Murray film, Groundhog Day , or a surprisingly-physical location-based VR experience centered around the Jack Ryan Amazon series. .

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

With HTC Vive the sensor window has been part of their design language since the first Vive SteamVR kit in 2016, this was continued with Vive Pro, Vive Trackers, and Vive Pro 2. Holoball, 2016, £10.99, free demo. While holding the Vive Tracker it’s very easy to see the sensor locations placed across the entire device.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Upcoming films include Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), Interstellar (2014), I Love You, Man (2009), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Top Gun (1986), and Terminator 2 (1991), to name a few. Image courtesy Bigscreen.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Since NVIDIA introduced their near-desktop performance Pascal range of ‘mobile’ GPUs in late 2016, gaming laptops (and by extension, backpack PCs) have become more viable for VR, with even the ‘mobile’ GTX 1060 GPU meeting the ‘VR-ready’ spec. Latest pricing from Amazon: Full overview and specifications can be found via the VR One webpage.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Millions of people were introduced to VR in 2016 whether it be through TV commercials, hands-on demos, or one of the countless cheap viewers that are found in bargain bins and checkout lines at various big box retailers around the world. Homido Grab (targeted at children, first released in September 2016) has sold 63,000 units total.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. it began to retract.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2016

Back in February, Samsung announced that the Gear 360 would be shipping sometime in Q2 2016. I do realize that there’s more than one week left in the month before we hit Q3 2016, but you would think we would have heard an announcement about pre-orders by now. There is one problem though. Is The Gear 360 Delayed?

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Amazon has revealed its best-selling products for the holiday season, and Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR has come out on top for our budding new industry. Oculus did previously announce that over a million people had used that headset in April 2016, though that doesn’t necessarily mean over a million units have been sold.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

And, as we found in our full review , we weren’t big fans of Quest 2’s soft headstrap, so we’d highly recommend dropping the extra $50 for the Elite Strap accessory [Amazon] if you’re serious about playing PC VR games. Image courtesy Sony.

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JANUARY 11, 2020

Star Trek Beyond (2016). Think of the service like renting a movie from Amazon, but you watch virtually in a public theater in the style of the movie. January 10th to 16th. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). Interstellar (2014). January 17th to 24th. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It’s very likely that we’ll also see the same deal replicated elsewhere, including Oculus’ own online store and a host of official retailers such as Best Buy, Amazon, NewEgg, and more. Launched back in May, Rift S is more of a remaster than a sequel to the original 2016-era Oculus Rift. Image courtesy Lenovo.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016,” said Mike Boland, technology analyst and founder of ARtillery Intelligence, in a recent report. Instead, the user interacts entirely through Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

As reported on Gamecrate , Parry responded to a question in the RSI forums that asked if the switch to the Amazon Lumberyard game engine would facilitate VR support and he responded with this: “Sorry to say, do not hold your breath for this.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Well, today I fulfill that promise by interviewing Tommaso Di Bartolo, serial entrepreneur, marketing expert, and mentor , who during the summer of 2016 suggested me to start a blog to promote my startup of that time, Immotionar. The book can be bought on Amazon , by the way. ” On the 15th of August 2016, I started my blog.

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JUNE 13, 2016

release date of the PlayStation VR headset as October 13th, 2016. At Sony’s E3 2016 press conference the company gave the final U.S. release date for the PlayStation VR headset as October 13th 2016. Sony says that that PlayStation VR will have 50 titles by the end of 2016. Sony has announced the U.S.

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APRIL 22, 2017

IMAX’s first quarter earnings are down significantly from the same time in 2016. In the age of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and many other online video streaming services; it’s simply less likely than ever that a family will chose to leave home and pay the infamously high prices of a movie theater.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. A first step for Amazon.

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JUNE 4, 2017

While Amazon is busy figuring out infrastructure for its Prime Air drone empire, augmented reality startup Edgybees has launched Drone Prix AR, an AR racing game for drones. Edgybees in fact draws from Amazon’s talent pool; Menashe Haskin, a former manager at the Amazon Prime Air office in Israel, helped cofound it in 2016.

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JULY 4, 2022

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Pluto leverages Amazon Web Services, which has servers worldwide, so Pluto is available as long as there is a server near you. Cas & Chary Present. PlutoSphere.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Also starting today, you can also order through Amazon UK , should you prefer never to leave the house. — Nick Summers (@nisummers) September 20, 2016. If you’re looking to demo the Oculus Rift, you can check here for locations , but it appears most of the retail stores right now are in London at a few select stores.

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JUNE 12, 2016

Considering the Gear 360 was scheduled to launch in Q2 2016, we’ll take it as a good sign for the rest of us internationally looking to pick up a camera, that the UK now has availability. If you need a Gear 360 right now, you can buy an international version for $449 on Amazon. They will even include free express delivery.

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JULY 9, 2016

At GDC 2016 earlier this year, Sony announced that PSVR would cost $399 as the ‘Core Headset’ package which doesn’t include the PlayStation VR camera of PlayStation Move controllers. The company has since offered a ‘Launch Bundle’ which does include the aforementioned for $499.

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