The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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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.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

TPCast, the eponymous company producing a wireless VR transmitter, is now offering its HTC Vive-specific device for pre-order in US and Canada. 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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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

HTC today announced that the Vive Pro headset only (without controllers or base stations) will cost $800 and launch on April 5th; the headset is now available for pre-order. After announcing the Vive Pro headset back in January, HTC left the VR sector in suspense as to what the price would be and precisely when it would launch.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

At CES 2017 today, VentureBeat reports that Samsung Electronics America chief Tim Baxter has officially stated during the company’s press event that they’ve officially sold 5 million Samsung Gear VR headsets, which are powered by the Oculus Home platform.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This week’s films include 3D versions of Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon (2017) and Ghost in the Shell (2017), and 2D versions of Star Trek (2009) and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

A fully immersive experience in the cosmos using the HTC Vive VR platform, SUBPAC, and headphones. The Tick: Amazon is bringing a virtual reality escape room to Comic-Con for their upcoming original series. The post Your VR and AR Event Guide to Comic-Con 2017 appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

HTC Vive Fallout 4 Bundle. value) in addition to the current Fallout 4 VR bundle, which launches on December 12, 2017. Only available in Microsoft retail and online stores in the US and Canada, the sale goes on until 11:59 PM PST on November 27, 2017. Shop on Amazon. Sold on Samsung and Amazon.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

At Bethesda’s E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Fallout 4 VR is available on the HTC Vive headset via Amazon (US only currently) or direct via SteamVR for $59.99

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Road to VR

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). Also check out the top Black Friday 2018 deals on Oculus Rift , HTC Vive and PSVR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2019

Six different companies have offered one or more Windows VR headsets—Samsung, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, and Acer—since the introduction of the Windows Mixed Reality platform back in 2017. Previously, many of these headsets could be found at Microsoft’s online store and elsewhere. Image captured by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 2, 2017

Amazon announced VR support for Lumberyard , their free of cost CryEngine-based game engine, at last year’s GDC, but this year the company is pushing the feature specs of the engine, maintaining that Lumberyard is the first game engine to directly integrate temporal anti-aliasing, specular anti-aliasing and order-independent transparency.

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AR Insider

JULY 24, 2020

Not the silver bullet it was trumpeted to be during the circa-2017 hype cycle, AR will add value to some shopping scenarios (furniture, fashion) more than others (consumer electronics). But what about the ability for Walmart and Amazon to capture and distribute 3D models for millions of SKUs? Here Today.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2019

And there’s already precedent in the VR market for this sort of thing; in 2017 HTC release the Vive Deluxe Audio Strap which upgraded the headset’s soft strap to a rigid strap with headphones. The company could release on-ear headphones which snap onto the headband, similar to the Mantis headphones for PSVR [Amazon].

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

CES 2017 will have around 2 million square feet of exhibit space. John Curran, managing director for communications, media, and tech at Accenture, has come up with his annual predictions of the prevailing themes at CES 2017. Valve and HTC have the Vive. VB: Trend number two you said was intelligent assistants.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Announcements from CES 2017 on VR & AR 1) Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ Demo Brings Actual Hands Into VR on Oculus Rift Intel demoed 2 things at CES: 1) they demoed Intel’s technology to bring your hands into VR, no controller required, with Intel’s Merged Reality RealSense. 2) They demoed Project Alloy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

The headset’s ease-of-use, solid game library, and reasonable price has pushed it to become Oculus’ best rated headset on Amazon thus far. While the company had originally collaborated with HTC to create the Vive, this time around Valve opted to handle everything on their own. Image courtesy HTC. Vive Cosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. From the talk, it is clear that HTC is betting a lot on these new technologies and envisions a future where all of us will wear these devices every day. The Vive Focus is waiting for 5G networks… (Image by HTC Vive).

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VRGames

DECEMBER 8, 2021

HTC VIVE – Virtual Truth System ?Amazon Amazon : [link] 4 ? THE Links ARE DOWN Listed here 5 ? Oculus Rift + Touch Virtual Truth Process … source.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

VRX 2017, one of world’s premier conferences on the subject of business and technology needed for Virtual Reality, announced the first speakers for a two day event. Confirmed speakers are as follows: Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality, HTC. Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This was 2017. The book can be bought on Amazon , by the way. In these six years of blogging, I managed to meet some cool people like the president of HTC China … I interviewed people from Nvidia , from Facebook , even the “inventor” of the pitch of the The Lion King , Charlie Fink. He is always very energetic.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 1, 2022

Other participants include Qualcomm, Amazon Alexa Fund, HTC and Pokémon GO maker Niantic, as well as existing investor Mayfield, which has been backing TRIPP for a while. Eden’s acquisition is funded by an $11.2 million Series A extension led by gaming-focused investment firm BITKRAFT , Reeves said. Its investors hope so.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Knockout League (2017) is a single-player, arcade-style boxing game that promises to get your heart pumping as you duck, block, and punch your way to victory. Available On: Oculus Touch, HTC Vive ( Oculus Home & Steam ). Reviewed on: HTC Vive. Release Date: January 24th, 2017.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

COMPATIBILITY: The 2017 edition of Samsung’s Gear VR is only compatible with Samsung smartphones, specifically these devices: Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge. from Amazon. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung. Sony Playstation VR.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Originally an HTC Vive title which arrived in 2017 , BoxVR has grown to offer a variety of workouts and routines based on boxing. USD through Amazon , GameStop and Target , and is coming soon to retailers including Best Buy. Now the pair have confirmed a date for the North American edition.

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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 9, 2019

Last week HTC Vive launched their much-heralded Viveport Infinity subscription service. Noda has been one of my favourite educational VR apps since 2017. link] 7/ Amazon Odyssey. A wondeful journey into the Amazon Rainforest where students learn about its various inhabitants and document their discovery using a camera tool.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the same time, AMD and NVIDIA are working with Oculus, HTC and others to enable access to VR to as many users as possible, with the recent launch of affordably priced $499 system from CyberPower PC , or a more realistic $699-799 price range with AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Holiday shopping season is here and we’re keeping an eye on the best HTC Vive Black Friday 2018 deals. HTC Vive Deal Baseline. The Best HTC Vive 2018 Deal. Unfortunately HTC isn’t offering any official deal on the original Vive; you’ll find it for $500 on Amazon and elsewhere as usual.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the US, this includes Amazon, Best Buy, New Egg, Microsoft Store, and Micro Center. Rift + Touch got its first big price cut at Oculus Connect 4 back in 2017, bringing it from $500 to $400. This widens the margin even greater between Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, with the original Vive still priced at $500.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

on PSVR and HTC Vive, a far cry from the non-VR game’s original launch price of $59.99 ” The game is currently available for pre-order now through the PlayStation Store , Steam and Amazon. Published release dates appear to be placeholders, as Bethesda’s only mentioned a Q4 2017 launch window. just last year.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

We had all the indications that this Q4 would have been good again, like the fact that the Meta Quest companion phone app was the first on the iOS store, that 1 Million people had played Batman Arkham Shadow, or that the Quest was the most sold console of 2024 on Amazon. Orbus VR , the first VR MMO (it dates back to 2017!)

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The stylish, escape room puzzle game I Expect You To Die originally launched for the Oculus Rift in late 2016, quickly expanding to the PlayStation VR platform in December, and finally to the HTC Vive via Steam in April 2017. They have been so supportive of the game.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 30, 2025

If you think this is bad, wait to discover the second one, The HTC Vive, which was the best headset around in 2017 and is now dead, too. There are then some examples of VR platforms that Italian companies may use for their production processes. The first mentioned is the Oculus Quest 2, which is dead.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2021

Originally released on PC back in 2018, Green Hell drops you dead center of the Amazon Rainforest where you’re tasked with surviving the elements, including wild animals, tropical sickness, and crippling loneliness. Last month we learned that a VR release of the popular open-world survival game Green Hell is currently in the works.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known. April 2016.

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