Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Now that turkey day has come and gone, holiday shopping season has arrived and we’re tracking the best Windows Mixed Reality Black Friday 2018 deals on the Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Samsung Odyssey headsets. The Best Windows Mixed Reality Black Friday 2018 Deal. Other Windows VR Black Friday 2018 Deals to Consider.

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VRScout

JULY 8, 2020

Available for pre-order via Amazon , both hardcover and Kindle, R eady Player Two will serve as a direct sequel to the original 2011 novel, returning players to the OASIS, a massively-multiplayer online universe used by those the world over as an escape from their bleak realities. In 2018, Warner Bros.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2022

As first reported by GMW3 , Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot. . Amazon US Prime members qualify for free shipping, which ought to arrive to those of you in the lower 48 in early June. Image courtesy Magic Leapgic leap.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 1, 2019

Smartglasses maker Vuzix made a big splash at CES 2018 with the inclusion of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant among the AR superpowers of its consumer-centric Blade smartglasses. Now, it's time to tell Alexa to make room, as Vuzix is bringing Google Assistant support to Blade. The app is now available via the Vuzix App Store.

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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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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Amazon’s a good place to get your VR experience going. Here’s a list of the ten most popular options currently available on Amazon. The Oculus Rift S is the number one seller in computer-powered VR headsets on Amazon. Buy on Amazon for $399. or used for $366 on Amazon. With an average score of 4.4

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2021

Note that “Go” is French for GB, which shouldn’t be confused with the now discontinued Oculus Go standalone from 2018. The general lack of 64GB variants across online retailers, notably via regional Amazon sites and Oculus itself, supports the possibility of the mid-generation refresh.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Launched in 2018, Hubs is an XR chatroom that runs directly in a browser, giving both VR headset users and standard monitor and smartphone users a place to connect. At the time, the company’s web-based social VR app Hubs was spared from the chopping block.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2018

My experience at the EBU Digital Media Days 2018 has been awesome. First of all , I learned a lot from the people talking before and after me : some of them were from EBU or from Amazon and Sky… so, as you can see, we are talking about people that know well what they say and from which I could only learn interesting things.

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Road to VR

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. First launched back in 2018, Vive Pro is now being discontinued in favor of the newer Vive Pro Eye, a version of the headset with integrated Tobii eye-tracking.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). After emerging from stealth in 2018, Spatial has been making news for its holographic enabled meeting platform.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. Despite being released all the way back in 2018, Beat Games’ VR rhythm game remains one of the most popular titles available not only on Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2, but PC VR and PlayStation VR headsets as well.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. — Daniel O'Brien (@obriend17) February 26, 2018. The post All the most interesting AR and VR news from MWC 2018 appeared first on The Ghost Howls. The number of announcements or important news has been close to zero. Who wants to go on a balloon ride?

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2019

Sensing this shift, Facebook chummed the waters further with the Oculus Go in 2018 , featuring celebrities like Leslie Jones and Wiz Khalifa in their commercials. VR has even made appearances in Hot Pockets and prescription drug commercials alike, reflecting the understanding that the average viewer knows what VR is.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 8, 2021

Elon Musk, the second richest person in the world, paid precisely $0 in federal income tax in 2018, according to an explosive new report from ProPublica. And Musk isn’t the only one. Read more.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We also listed the minimum specs below, although you’d do better with a flagship GPU from at least 2018 onwards. You can find this deal through official online retailers such as Oculus.com , Amazon , Best Buy , and NewEgg. Photo by Road to VR. Still, at $300 it makes Rift S one of the cheapest modern PC VR headsets out there.

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GizModo VR

JULY 14, 2020

Amazon opened its first cashless Go convenience store in 2018 before following that up with its first full-size cashless grocery store earlier this year. But for its next attempt to revolutionize brick-and-mortar shopping, Amazon is betting on a smart shopping cart. Read more.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Regional Amazon sites and Oculus.com currently reflect the new permanent price. Launched in May 2018 for $200/$250, Oculus Go was the company’s first standalone VR headset. Residents in the Euro Zone will find both Oculus Go variants for €160/€220, and for £140/£190 in the UK. Updated pricing is rolling out to all channels.”.

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Next Reality AR

JANUARY 5, 2018

If CES 2018 is the starting gate for this year's race to release smartglasses, then Vuzix is already racing down the augmented reality track with its Blade smartglasses.After a "surreptitious" preview and a pre-order launch in 2017, Vuzix Blade will make its "official" debut at next week's CES event in Las Vegas (Central Hall Booth #17147).VuzixVuzix

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2018

You can pre-order Lenovo Mirage Solo on Amazon for $400 with a release date of May 6th. We went hands-on with Lenovo Mirage Solo back at CES 2018 in January, and while the system clearly has strong fundamentals, the price point puts it in a weird segment that may ward off many.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amazon announced Thursday that the price of its Prime subscription service is set to increase. It's the first Prime cost increase since 2018 , and comes at a time when people are more reliant on deliveries than ever following two years of pandemic life. SEE ALSO: I quit Amazon Prime a year ago. I don't miss it.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Brand new units, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller, were being liquidated for the barn burner deal of $550 via Amazon subsidiary Woot. It’s uncertain how many developers and enterprise users will be affected by the shutdown, however they do have a little over a year to figure out a replacement strategy.

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ARPost

JANUARY 25, 2021

ThirdEye launched their X1 enterprise AR glasses at CES 2018. The cloud-based solution developed with Amazon Web Services went through additional security checks to become HIPAA certified. ARPost learned more about the announcements in a recent remote interview with ThirdEye CEO and founder Nick Cherukuri.

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Digital Trends

JULY 7, 2020

It's a showdown for the 2019 Amazon Kindle and the 2018 Paperwhite. Find out which is the better e-reader.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2018

We have worked diligently to bring our advanced video codecs to the Amazon Cloud and to demonstrate the potential for cloud media and virtual reality.” The company says they’ll be migrating to their upcoming AV1 codec implementation later in 2018 for “even higher compression.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The very same PSVR sale is back in time for holiday 2018, including the newest PSVR bundle. Other PlayStation VR Deals for Holiday 2018. PSVR Aim + Firewall Zero Hour Bundle – $60 at Amazon (25% discount). If you missed out on the great PlayStation VR deals around Black Friday, you’re in luck.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

This represents a 64 percent increase over the number of patents granted to the company in 2018 however, which consequently bumped the company up the rankings by an astounding 22 places. 2018 Grants. Amazon Technologies Inc. 2019 Grants. Rank Change. International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Sold exclusively through Amazon , the Vive Tracker + Hyper Blaster bundle includes a copy of Duck Season and will set you back $150. In addition to the titles already listed, HTC says they’re working with 10 additional developers to integrate the Blaster by Q1 2018. Racket Sports Set. image courtesy HTC.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Quest 3S From Amazon & Target Comes With A $75 Gift Card For Black Friday Amazon and Target are giving a $75 gift card with Quest 3S headset purchases until the end of Sunday. UploadVR David Heaney For Black Friday 2024, Amazon and Target are giving a $75 gift card with Quest 3S headset purchases until the end of Sunday.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

— Val Vacante (@valvacante) October 31, 2018. MekaMon are available via Apple (in-store and online), Amazon among other retailers. He quickly learned that robotics and gaming captured students’ attention, making learning infinitely more engaging. – Silas Adekunle, CEO Reach Robotics. Image Credit: Reach Robotics.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The company has worked with Pixar to create a special file format called USDZ which can take AR content and bring it into the real world in a way that seems more natural and just recently during Apple’s 2018 Keynote , Apple CEO Tim Cook showed off two impressive AR-based experiences that would run on the company’s ARKit2.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2019

During the 2018 conference, Amazon Studios set up a VR obstacle course in support of their new Jack Ryan original series, offering attendees the chance to zip line and repel from a helicopter while in VR. Don the cowl and glide through Gotham City in pursuit of a dastardly villain.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2019

Beat Games, the studio behind the popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) , today released a free update that brings with it six new playable tracks to the game, and a few new features and improvements too. 3 from multiple services, including Apple Music, Google Music, Amazon, Spotify, and more. The OST Vol.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 17, 2020

The pressure was on to make a bigger, better Echo Show device, and Amazon delivered at a reasonable price.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Amazon is raising its Prime membership prices. Amazon says the reasons behind the rises include higher wages , increased transportation costs, and costs associated with the expansion of Prime's services, including video, pharmacy, and more. SEE ALSO: How to maximize the perks of Amazon Prime. Credit: Amazon.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2018

Wireless solutions such as TPCast are already available for the Vive and Rift, and the announcement of an official Vive Wireless Adaptor from HTC at CES 2018 indicates further momentum in this area , but the backpack PC still has valid use cases. Latest pricing from Amazon: Full overview and specifications can be found via the VR One webpage.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 22, 2022

On Monday, Washington State's department of labor and industries cited Amazon for "unsafe labor practices" at one of its fulfillment centers related to the "pace" Amazon requires its workers to keep up. For some context, Amazon is currently worth $300 – $400 billion. The punishment? And it has received a fine. Of $60,000.

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