Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There’s been plenty to talk about in VR gaming over the course of 2018, with even more ambitious indie studios and AAA game companies getting into the medium for the first time. That said, 2018 has been a year of cross-platform pollination, so deliberation has been even more difficult this time around. Beat Saber.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

By employing a unique combination of haptic technology and hardware-agnostic software, Fundamental Surgery is able to deliver a genuine sense of touch when performing key surgical actions, interacting with specific medical tools, and operating on different tissue variants. Feature Image Credit: FundamentalVR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

MIRAISENS is Japan-based haptics company which is developing what they call 3DHaptics technology. I got a chance to try their latest demo this week at VRS 2018, which is able to achieve unique directional haptic feedback from a handheld device using relatively simple hardware.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The Mezo interactive art installation that will be the centerpiece of the show floor at VRLA 2018. Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tactical Haptics is debuting it's newly developed reconfigurable haptic controllers and new game content at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And as expected with our haptic controllers, the player can feel the heft of each piece of the turret as well as the snap as the turret pieces are assembled into place (see image).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The motors and weight are also used to create haptic feedback emulating the kick of shooting a gun. Rosado says he’s working on a similar prototype for the Oculus Touch controllers. So cool, #HTC haptic control at #freakend pic.twitter.com/RulZjTjfkb. JavierCantonFerrero (@jcant0n) February 10, 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2018

Today has been another interesting day: it has started with us running to try to enter the Cyberpunk 2077 booth (but with no luck) and has finished playing with an Oculus Go. It is a Korean company producing haptic devices for virtual reality. So, here you are what I did today. NVIDIA RTX 2080 videos and photos. That’s powerful.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Beat Games announced that PlayStation VR users should expect the PSVR version of the hit indie VR rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) to arrive sometime later this year. — Jaroslav Beck (@Sqeepo) September 3, 2018. While you wait, check out our Beat Saber Early Access review here for the skinny on what makes Beat Saber tick.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The PS5 is a big step forward for console gaming , and being paired with a next-gen controller like the DualSense, that provides realistic haptic sensations, it can give its players countless hours of fun. This is even more than the 20,000 concurrent users of early 2018 when the app went viral on Twitch. News worth a mention.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

This new motion controller is completely different the the Oculus Touch, Vive wands, or VR gloves. Estimated delivery is in March 2018. Perfect VR input needs precise control and realistic feedback, two things that are difficult to balance with modern technology. Hapto looks more like a bracelet for your hand.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Here’s the full press release for VRLA 2018 ( Road to VR readers can save 15% on passes, details here ): Announcing VRLA 2018 Keynotes & Expo Highlights. Passes are available now and start at just $30, and for the first time ever attendees can register in VR via the official Payscout VRLA Registration 2018 app.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion in 2017 and 2018. As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. billion, followed by $5.8

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Working closely with VR hardware leaders in the space, including Valve, HTC, and Oculus, Cloudhead Games continues to innovate, inform, and entertain. Knuckles EV2 is a pretty radical shift for users coming from the Vive wands or even Oculus Touch. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games. Obviously Knuckles is not the final step for VR input.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

While the Windows VR headsets are often criticized for the precision of their hand-tracking, I was surprised to find how well they hold up in practice even with a fast paced, highly active game like Beat Saber (2018). The same cameras are also used to look for glowing LEDs on the Windows VR motion controllers to determine their position.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2018

— Steve Bowler GDC (@gameism) March 22, 2018. Some of this can be chalked up to the game’s haptics, which create a satisfying buzz in your controller when you touch anything with your sabers. Even though the game doesn’t give out points for style, Beat Saber created an immediate need for me to be stylish.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. In the last photo, it is possible to see the date of this photos, that is July, 25th 2018. — Andreas Aronsson (@BOLL7708) November 10, 2018. Is this a new Valve headset?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2018

various high-quality VR games on Oculus or SteamVR. You can find it on Oculus Store , as well as recently released SteamVR version. With how popular Oculus Go and Mobile VR is in Japan, there have been more and more original IPs in this space as well. pic.twitter.com/SYkCF6Jc13 — SpicyTails@ (@spicytails) July 16, 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

One of the videos from Oculus Connect 5 that stuck in my mind till tody is when Michael Abrash showed a real space transformed into a virtual one that has exactly the same shape, but a different mood. This video is from 2018, but I still dream about it today. In that moment, I regret not having visited it before.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2018

Available On: Steam (Vive, Rift, Windows VR), Oculus Home (Rift). Release Date: May 1st, 2018. Nuts and bolts-wise, the game’s haptics give you the sense that your lightsabers have a definite shape as they make contact with barriers, blocks and even themselves. Beat Saber Details: Official Site. Reviewed On: Rift, Vive.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. It was not until 2018 when the first all-in-one headsets entered markets, transitioning from a futuristic dream to a mainstream reality by 2021.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

billion in 2018 and is expected to reach approximately US$814.7 Facebook invested heavily in Oculus Rift to bring in believable character avatars using generative models through deep learning. See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S. billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 63.01% between 2019 and 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Controller : Weight : 23g Tracking : 3DoF Connection : Bluetooth Controls : Touchpad, Click, Haptic feedback. The unit runs over a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Chipset , offering so more horsepower than the Oculus Quest. The Oculus DK2 crashed continuously, and had a very simple runtime, for instance.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Both controllers offer what you might call ‘casual-level’ input—neither match the precision of what we’ve come to expect from the current bar set by Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. SEE ALSO Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back. FinchShift – Full FOV, But Lacking Precision.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 2, 2020

What has changed is the addition of greater hardware support including Oculus Quest and glove features, with haptics now available. The company actually revealed the addition of Oculus Quest a couple of months back but CES 2020 will be used to officially announced the haptic feedback Forte Data Glove version.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At HaptX, our team is celebrating a milestone-filled 2018. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In April 2018 HTC introduced the Vive Pro headset, Pro controllers, and Vive Tracker 2.0 cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. released in 2018, it’s not compatible with Vive gun perfectly, that missing function below: 1- Unusable with trackpad function on vive gunVR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 31, 2020

Another was Bebop Sensors, showcasing its latest Forte Date Glove, which had built-in haptics and Oculus Quest compatibility. Bebop Sensors has attended CES for several years now with VRFocus last testing the Forte Data Glove back in 2018. Hence its latest update adding Oculus Quest compatibility.

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2018

Last month at E3 we got our first hands-on time with Beat Saber on PSVR and found a promising adaptation generally works well, but isn’t immune from issues caused by the headset’s limited tracking area: At the game’s first showing on PSVR, here at E3 2018, Beat Saber made a promising impression.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. It seems that according to it, Oculus Quest , considered by many the first VR headset that can become mainstream, has sold only 180,000 units in Q3 of this year, for a total number of 400,000 units sold since launch. Oculus starts its Halloween sale.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. Price (Updated January 2018). Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. April 2018.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2018, Moss released for the original PlayStation VR headset. A few months later, the game came to PC VR and then it was available at launch for the original Oculus Quest in 2019. The release of PSVR 2 is a bit of a full circle moment for Polyarc. A comparison between Moss on PSVR and PSVR 2, provided by Polyarc.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This year was going to be the year of augmented reality, but by the end of 2018 market analysts were pointing to 2020 or 2021 as the “golden year” of AR. Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. The company’s direction is unclear.

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HaptX

JANUARY 18, 2018

A few years later, New Frontier saw its biggest transformation yet with the debut of the Oculus Rift prototype. The piece used an early prototype of the Oculus Rift, which would launch its record-breaking Kickstarter several months later. “It The latest breakthrough technology to debut at the show is HaptX’s haptic device.

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HaptX

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The new trailer had dropped, and it showed a set of haptic VR gloves worn by protagonist Wade Watts. Having read the book, I wasn’t surprised to see haptic gloves featured in the movie; I was surprised to see them shown prominently in the trailer. VR Gloves become Haptic Gloves. The Clownfish Boom of ‘03. Warner Bros.

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