Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As holiday shopping jumps into full swing, Oculus Quest is sold out at many retailers, driving the resale price of the headset up to 157% of the retail price. Oculus Quest (64GB) – $400 MSRP . The highest asking price, presently, is $680, or 170% of the MSRP. Oculus Quest (128GB) – $500 MSRP .

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

More info (PSVR 2 controllers on Vision ProMark Gurman) More info (PSVR 2 controllers on Vision ProUpload VR) UploadVR Winter Showcase presented many pieces of news about VR games Upload VR hosted its usual Winter Showcase , with many pieces of news about VR games. No announcement was mind-blowing, but all of them have been interesting.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2019

Luckily there’s a path forward—the Rift S design is relatively modular, allowing both the headstrap and the face gasket to be removed, meaning that Oculus could (and should) offer accessories to improve the experience. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift S Review – A Good Choice for VR Newcomers, a Difficult Choice for VR Vets. Rift S Audio.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The bundle can be purchased as Amazon , Best Buy , GameStop , Newegg , Sam’s Club , Target , and Walmart. You can grab this bundle over at Amazon , Best Buy , GameStop , Newegg , Target , and Walmart. OCULUS RIFT ON SALE! Image Credit: HTC / Oculus / Sony PlayStation / VRcardboard.co.uk. 27, at 11:59 p.m.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Fallout 4 is available to pre-order via Amazon right now (in the US) and direct via Steam , and its price reflects the years of development that went into the original game, in this case a cool $60. in-game movement akin to the traditional game, without teleporting) is present and correct. and will be available in Q4 of this year.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Quest 2 is the first Oculus headset to get official head strap accessories. It’s about time Oculus started offering accessory upgrades for its headsets. For the first time with Quest 2 you can get the Elite Strap ( priced at $50 on Amazon ) and the Elite Battery Strap ( bundled with a case for $130 on Amazon ).

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The EarthXR section on Samsung XR debuted this week with 12 free 360 short films which can be viewed in web browsers, on iOS or Android , or immersively through the Samsung XR app on Oculus ( Rift , Quest , Gear VR ), Windows Mixed Reality , and Daydream. The Hydrous Presents: IMMERSE. The Amazon is burning. Under the Canopy.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

Engage is one of the most appreciated virtual reality professional social ecosystems, and it is used a lot for enterprise meetings and presentations and for university lessons. Evaluating platforms for a cloudy “future potential” has little meaning, and only present verifiable users count should be given high credit. Other news.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. to Oculus headsets. .” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In a post to the company’s official blog , Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms he’ll be stepping down from the company’s top position to head the new PC VR group. At present, that leaves Oculus without a executive head. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. Founder Palmer Luckey will also land in a new role.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. On The AR Show’s annual projections episode , McDowall presented his research from Facebook S-1 filings, showing an R&D spending inflection. 608 billion.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The FTC has opened an investigation on Meta about its anti-competitive practices related to applications that propose services similar to its ones on the Oculus Store (Pepperidge Farms remembers when YUR was de facto cloned by Oculus Move). It is just a bit more expensive than the $300 needed to buy an Oculus Quest 2.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Oculus’ dedicated motion controllers Touch launch officially on December 6th, but some lucky pre-orders have already been delivered. The Oculus Rift VR headset launch in March this year was viewed almost universally as poorly handled. But there are worrying signs that launch day delivery may not happen for others.

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Road to VR

MAY 23, 2017

Following a recent Christmas break where he says he studied a robot vacuum cleaner, tested all available voice-input devices for the home (such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers), and watched every Black Mirror episode, it was voice control that excited Sony’s head of Magic Lab the most.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 21, 2017

The decision to tell rather than show presents a mixed bag for gameplay, but a new partnership will give the creative team an opportunity to world build in a different way. 1 is due to release on Oculus Rift exclusively sometime this year. My Name is Viktoria is currently available to preorder on Amazon for $0.99

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9/29/19.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 18, 2017

The VR project from Sanzaru Games and Disney’s Marvel is coming to the Oculus Rift exclusively next year and represents one of the biggest name projects ever to come to virtual reality. The Tick: Amazon lists a “virtual reality escape room” as part of its promotion of the live-actions version of The Tick. Warner Bros.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

Acting as a hub for a wide range of VR and AR experiences, VR Con brings attractions from the likes of Paramount Pictures and NBC Universal, as well as a presentation from The Black Eyed Peas for their new AR experience based on the graphic novel “Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles” (Marvel), with AR hardware partner Mira.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

8th Wall recently partnered with Amazon Sumerian on a WebAR ad experience where, with just a click of a banner ad, an AR experience placed a 3D Spiderman into your space for you to interact with directly in your mobile browser. With spatial computing, all the world’s an ad. The Evolution of Brand Identity.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2020

Optimism is still present but AR and VR players continue to be tested as high-flying prospects like ODG, Meta and Daqri dissolve. And Oculus Quest is a beacon of hope on the VR side. This category also includes developer tools such as Unity and AR democratization tools such as Amazon Sumerian or Adobe Aero. AR at Work.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. cable extender of the same style from Amazon for £10, it was easy to use the USB extension cables to place two Vive Tracker dongles right into my playspace, by passing under the door alongside the headset tether. Image by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2018

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. Amazon Sumerian characters.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

There it has presented a lot of news regarding all Facebook companies (Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, etc…) and of course, among these pieces of news, we had some AR and VR ones. Oculus Go launch. We all knew that Oculus Go would have been launched at F8 and this has been the case. I’ve purchased my Oculus Go!

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2016

AMD also announced the least expensive VR-ready PC that meets Vive’s and Oculus’ minimum specifications with the CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR for $720 now available on Amazon. In order for VR to be successful AMD is helping to support initiatives to make more accessible for consumers to try.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Cybernetic enhancements, robotics, unique weaponry, stealth, RPG elements and interesting factions are all present and develop during the story of Scraper. I don’t think there are any Humech robots in that story like the Scraper: The Rise of Cifer novel, which is available on Amazon.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On August the 9th, Facebook announced that the Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset storage would double from 64GB to 128GB. And the only way for users who already bought their headsets to increase their storage is to buy the new ones since Oculus storage doesn’t support memory expansion. Storage size counts a lot when it comes to VR.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And it is all thanks to Respawn who is working on bringing their own take on the game to Oculus VR headsets. As The Verge points out, gamers can expect battles such as D-Day and maybe even Market Garden to be events in this game and that there will be a premium on combat and simulation that wasn’t present in the previous games.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 18, 2019

And it is all thanks to Respawn who is working on bringing their own take on the game to Oculus VR headsets. As The Verge points out, gamers can expect battles such as D-Day and maybe even Market Garden to be events in this game and that there will be a premium on combat and simulation that wasn’t present in the previous games.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

“The Hydrous Presents: Immerse” – The Hydrous, featuring NatGeo Explorer Erika Woolsey. “We get to show audiences not only the beauty of nature but inspire support for pressing current issues, like firefighters taking on wildfires and Indigenous communities in the Amazon protecting their land from deforestation.”

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Even though they’re not the only VR headsets on the market, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift attract the most attention and command the mainstream media presence. When announced, Oculus Rift launch price of $599 presented a main advantage over HTC Vive’s $799. Oculus Touch controllers to cost £190 in the UK.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook. While the company didn’t have any announcements on the AR/VR front, it’s clear that it’s only a matter of time before they enter the fray. Acquisitions.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

His presentation, titled “Are You Ready For Spatial Computing,” featured variations of his usual themes: the AR cloud, a visual wikipedia for the real world, with some new insights into spatial computing. Enterprise continues to be the main focus, with integrators with SaaS platforms out in force and seeing heavy traffic to their booths.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

Mostly 3D printed motorized “shoes” you wear while playing a virtual reality game by u/braingame26 in oculus Example Reddit post with DIY motorized shoes I could build a version that works for my giant US size 14 shoes and then woe to be anybody who’s got a women’s 6 and trying to put that version on [laughs].

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s not too late to order virtual reality presents for the holidays — and they don’t have to cost a lot of money, either! Get it for $25 on Amazon. This headset is just $6 on Amazon. Buy it for $14 at Amazon for the older one, or $30 on Amazon for the new one. Get a blue one for $10 on Amazon.

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