Remove Amazon Remove Microsoft Remove Simulation
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2025.01.21): The XR autumn continues, Windows 11 update kills WMR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This week we had many news confirming my previous impressions: The studio behind PowerWash Simulator VR announced the end of the updates to the game , just 14 months after the launch, because the development is costing more than the revenues. The same negative trends regard the Black Friday sales on Amazon.

article thumbnail

Black Friday 2021 Deal Roundup – VR Headsets & Games

Road to VR

Amazon (enter OCULUS50 at checkout). Amazon (enter OCULUS50 at checkout). Microsoft – $450 (25% discount). Amazon – $900. Amazon – $1,100. Amazon – $600. Amazon – $650. Amazon – $400. Microsoft – $600. Job Simulator. Available until November 29th. HP – $400 (33% discount).

Gaming 363
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Facebook’s Customer Base Spells Success For The Oculus Quest

VRScout

Oculus’ whirlwind Kickstarter success led many to believe that established entertainment companies such as Sony, Microsoft, or even tech giant Google might look to buy the company, but Facebook’s decisive choice wasn’t something anyone could have predicted. Image Credit: Benjamin Formaker-Olivas.

Oculus 406
article thumbnail

Facebook Slashes Price of Oculus Rift S to $300

Road to VR

Games not on the Oculus Store like Half-Life: Alyx (2019), No Man’s Sky (2016) , and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) are all playable on Rift S through Steam. You can find this deal through official online retailers such as Oculus.com , Amazon , Best Buy , and NewEgg. What’s in the box? Oculus Rift S headset.

Oculus 364
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

The Ghost Howls

On social media, people have already started sharing images from the simulator , which gives you a quick glimpse of how the device will be. On social media, people have already started sharing images from the simulator , which gives you a quick glimpse of how the device will be.

Unity 363
article thumbnail

Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun

GizModo VR

Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations of what Earth could look like by the middle of this century. But this effort on Amazon’s servers represents one of the first attempts to do modeling on the cloud and could… Read more. Normally, climate models run on supercomputers.

Amazon 145
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2021.01.25): Facebook plans “a big shift” in privacy, Apple VR headset rumored, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Furthermore, the comparison with Microsoft doesn’t hold well: Microsoft was a software company that just didn’t have high standards, so it made products with many bugs. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra. More info (Use Google Translate).

Apple 473