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JUNE 18, 2017

Despite its primary competitor, Oculus, making a major price cut to the Rift & Touch earlier this year, HTC’s Vive headset still sits at a hearty $800. The company’s GM of VR, Daniel O’Brien, tells us why HTC hasn’t cut the cost of their headset in response. Price Point. Price Leader.

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AUGUST 11, 2018

Steam is chocked full of free games that support HTC Vive, but it may be difficult with all that choice to know exactly which games to start out with, especially if that shiny new HTC Vive or HTC Vive Pro blew out your remaining games budget. Released : 2016 – Steam store link. Thousands have died. Still not sold?

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

A new commercial-focused hardware bundle including Rift headset, Touch controllers, three Sensors, and three facial interfaces was revealed at Oculus Connect 4 this week. HTC introduced a $1,200 Vive ‘Business Edition’ in June 2016 , dominating the enterprise sector for well over a year.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It was a hard decision, but you’ve decided to go with the HTC Vive as your first ‘serious’ VR headset, a room-scale device that released early 2016 as a result of a decisive collaboration with Valve. Valve’s The Lab (2016) is without a doubt among the best games, free or otherwise, so we just had to add it.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

An official release for the Oculus Quest is scheduled for 2019. Released back in March of 2016, Virtual Desktop is a handy utility application that allows users the ability to view and access their desktop computer from the comfort of their Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or WMR headset. Image Credit: Guy Gordin.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2020

Oculus is reportedly readying a Quest successor which will iterate on the existing headset with a smaller form-factor, faster refresh rate, and new controllers. Rather than an outright Quest 2, it seems Oculus may be aiming first for a Quest S. SEE ALSO Oculus Reveals New VR Headset Prototypes with Major Advances in Optics Form-factor.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today at HTC’s Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that’s not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of HTC’s VR headsets, past and present.

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JUNE 21, 2019

” Responding to the rumor, HTC tells Road to VR that the price is “incorrect (and high).” Following the info that HTC revealed today, YouTube channel MRTV reported a rumored price for the headset at $900 , citing a “trusted industry insider.” Image courtesy HTC.

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MAY 21, 2019

What’s on deck for the Oculus Quest? After what feels like eons of waiting, the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is finally available to the public, along with over 50 immersive launch titles. Let’s take a look at five ambitious VR experiences coming soon to your Oculus Quest: Vacation Simulator. The Under Presents.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2020

Oculus Quest is an awesome achievement in engineering; no other standalone VR headset offers the quality, rock solid positional tracking, ease of use, and competitive price point as Quest. Quest (left) compared to the 2016 Rift (right) – Photo by Road to VR. Let’s face it. FrankenQuest. Counterweights & Extra Straps.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka ‘ Skarred Ghost ‘) got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn’t answer the question on everyone’s mind—”how much is Vive Pro going to cost?”—we Base Stations.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Rikard Steiber, Viveport President and Senior VP of Virtual Reality, is departing HTC at the end of the year. Having joined the company in February 2016, Steiber oversaw the launch of Viveport in over 60 markets, HTC’s digital distribution platform for VR games and experiences.

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JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Superhot VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Viveport , HTC’s storefront for SteamVR-compatible headsets, is again celebrating the holidays by giving developers 100 percent of revenue for the rest of the year. Launched in August 2016, Viveport has changed quite a bit since it arrived as a direct competitor to Steam.

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MARCH 26, 2020

on all OpenVR compatible headsets, including HTC Vive, Valve Index, Oculus Rift/Rift S, Oculus Quest, and Windows Mixed Reality. Whenever I receive messages or notification, I see them directly in my headset” Holoswitch is available now for $5.99 Setup is fairly easy.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR. Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Rift and Rift S, PSVR, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality. Platforms: PSVR, HTC Vive. In this VR adaptation of the 2016 DOOM game, players will encounter new challenges and a different storyline. Platforms: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive.

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MAY 7, 2020

Because VR teleportation is so 2016. VR has come a long way over since launch of the Oculus DK1. According to the team, AgileVR will be compatible with the following PC VR headsets at launch provided the company reaches its funding goals: Oculus Rift/Rift S, Quest with Oculus Link, HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, Valve Index, and Pimax.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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MAY 23, 2019

A new era in VR technology arrives with the Oculus Quest standalone headset. The Oculus Quest shouldn’t exist—at least not at this price. Most importantly, the Oculus Quest ditches the past complexities and considerable expenses of modern VR, ushering in the dawn of true consumer-level virtual reality.

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MAY 30, 2021

Back in 2018, it was revealed that the popular VR party game Werewolves Within was being developed into a full-length feature film produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the same team responsible for 2016’s Assassin’s Creed film.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

Looking for an Oculus Rift S? Rift S stocks persevered up until just last week in the only remaining regions where you could order direct from Oculus , which included Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan. Now every supported country is out of stock, leaving only a few Oculus Quests in some last holdout regions.

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MAY 7, 2018

Oculus today announced it’s rebranding Oculus Research, the company’s R&D lab, to the newly created Facebook Reality Labs (FRL). The company announced the change via a Facebook post by Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash. Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Facebook.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

Some of VR’s best games however are exclusive to Oculus’ content library, though savvy Vive owners know that the unofficial ‘Revive’ workaround opens the door to playing Oculus games on the Vive, and the same could be true for the Windows VR headsets. Blok has been developing Revive in his free time since 2016.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus who left the company in 2017, recently published an article with his thoughts on what it will take for VR to reach the mainstream. Perhaps not coincidentally, the piece published on Luckey’s personal blog this week comes just after reported priority shuffling at his former company, Oculus.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Using your Oculus Touch controller, you’ll have full control over a variety of light types, including Spray, Spiral, Starburst, and Point Cloud Stamp. Originally released in 2016, Cosmic Sugar has continued to evolve since it was first launched. Cosmic Sugar is available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets for $9.99

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

To thank developers, and further attract more games to its PC VR app store Viveport , HTC is temporarily bumping up its developer revenue share for the full year.

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APRIL 4, 2018

HTC impressed us with its debut headset, the Vive, back in 2016. Offering a room-scale experience with motion controllers out of the box, its $800 all-in price was plenty premium even at the time, though through competition with Oculus and others, you can now pick up a brand new Vive system for a quite reasonable $500.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I’ll be honest with you, I’m very excited for the release of Arizona Sunshine on the Oculus Quest. Despite having released all the way back in 2016–or the “The Year of VR” as I affectionately refer it — Vertigo Games’ VR zombie shooter remains one of my favorite immersive experiences to date. via the Oculus Store.

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MARCH 1, 2022

Called HP ExtendXR, the software as a service (SaaS) was built in collaboration with ArborXR , an AR/VR device management company that came out of the VR arcade space in 2016. HTC has its own Vive Business Device Management System for its own devices. HTC has its own Vive Business Device Management System for its own devices.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Duck Season is a first-person adventure game created by Stress Level Zero , developers of multiplayer shooter Hover Junkers (2016). According to Duck Season’s Steam page (Oculus Store link coming soon), the game has seven unique endings, seven mini games to play on your Kingbit Entertainment System (i.e.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Founded in 2009, the Orange County-based startup broadcasts stereoscopic video of live sports and music to a wide swath of VR headsets, including Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, PSVR, and PC VR headsets such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S. According to CrunchBase , the company’s total funding comes to $115.5

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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JULY 6, 2021

Originally released back in 2016 on PC VR headsets before arriving on Oculus Quest in 2019, Waltz of the Wizard has you casting a variety of unique spells using natural movements designed to immerse you in the game’s dark fantasy world. Image Credit: Aldin. For more information visit here. Feature Image Credit: Aldin.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award – Cher Wang, CEO and Chairwoman HTC. As a co-founder of HTC, Cher Wang’s driving force was to provide a tool for people to keep in touch with their loved ones. Wang’s original commitment to HTC is the backbone of the Vive’s success.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

While it might be considered ‘late’ to the creative VR party, the likes of Google’s Tilt Brush and Oculus’ Quill have a more artistic flavour, focusing on freeform brushstrokes, while Oculus’ Medium has a distinct ‘virtual clay modelling’ approach, so there is certainly room for a specific design-oriented offering.

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