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APRIL 13, 2021

In a post released yesterday via the official Oculus blog , the company announced its first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase, an upcoming live stream event that will center entirely around gaming on the Oculus platform. Tune in to the official live stream on April 21st to catch a glimpse at new games and updates to fan-favorite titles.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

At farewell party yesterday pic.twitter.com/hpiPWQIO1z Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) January 14, 2025 “Ive been with PlayStation from the beginning, and this is my 31st year with PlayStation,” Yoshida said in a PS blog interview. “And when I hit 30 years, I was thinking, hmm, it may be about time for me to move on.

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APRIL 19, 2017

Announced today via the official Vive blog , HTC now has three VR bundles available with 6, 12, and 24-month financing plans in an effort to help customers afford the high upfront cost of the system and the required hardware. Bundles now include the option of a graphics card, laptop, or desktop PC to compliment the Vive system.

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JULY 21, 2017

A survey sponsored by HTC America is currently open on SurveyGizmo , with the option to enter a prize draw, which includes three Vive systems and seven gift cards worth $100 – $150. The sweepstakes is open to US residents, ending August 4th; full terms and conditions are detailed on the official Vive blog.

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MAY 25, 2018

At the Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) in Shenzhen today, HTC announced new VR initiatives in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and McLaren Racing, the Formula One racing team. HTC also announced a long-term strategic partnership with Formula One team McLaren to jointly produce VR products and VR/AR content.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Oculus parent company Facebook today announced it’s bringing Spaces , the company’s own social VR app, to HTC Vive. Facebook’s extension of Spaces to HTC Vive somewhat clashes Oculus’ with historical practice of creating exclusive content to drive headset sales. And the same makes sense for Facebook Spaces.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

Meta’s blog post also touched on the exposure that its Meta AI has already had: “Millions of people have already tried Meta AI via Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, the web, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and we’re thrilled for even more to tap into the power, intelligence, and utility of Meta AI on Quest 3.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As detailed in a recent entry on the official Vive blog , both games are second entries from Vive Studios development partners 2 Bears Studio and Fantahorn Studio, creators of Arcade Saga (2016) and Front Defense (2017) respectively.

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JANUARY 6, 2019

HTC dropped a big hint recently that the company has new VR gear to show off at CES 2019 , and we may be getting a first-hand look during a special press event that’s taking place Monday. HTC tweeted earlier in the week that “[t]he cases are packed with some new gear we can’t wait to unbox for you.” Image courtesy HTC.

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MAY 31, 2017

As we reported back in January , HTC is partnering with Intel to create one of these wireless solutions, named WiGig. WiGig’s tech uses a 60GHz band, which HTC promises will deliver “pristine video quality” along with minimal latency. In fact it’s not even the only one developed with the help of HTC.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Now on Steam , the game is set to support both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift (with Touch). Here’s the devs explaination, posted on the studio’s blog. The post ‘Killing Floor: Incursion’ for HTC Vive Sees Minor Delay, Now Launching November 14th appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole , who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers , a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index , and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole).

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MARCH 25, 2020

HTC is doing just that throughout the next few months in a live webinar happening every Tuesday, from now until mid-May. Starting on March 31st and going to May 12th, HTC is streaming live developer talks that it would have otherwise given during GDC 2020. The company has also provided a description of each talk via its blog post.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Now HTC says an update should be headed out at some point this month that looks to address a number of tracking issues that currently plague its latest PC VR headset. HTC says in a recent blog post that the update looks to improve low-light tracking in Cosmos, and do it with better prediction during fast movements.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

More info (HTC VIVERSE WorldsRoad To VR) More info (HTC VIVERSE WorldsUpload VR) AMD is launching its new graphics cards AMD is now launching the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards it had announced at CES. Its for sure an interesting approach and it will be interesting to see if this differentiating factor will pay off.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Firefox Reality is set to be removed from app stores within the coming weeks, Mozilla says in a blog post , with the newly announced Igalia Wolvic taking its place starting as soon as next week. The company says its also hoping to support Qualcomm and Lenovo XR devices in the future.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Firefox Reality , Mozilla’s made-for-VR web browser, has been available on standalone devices for some time now, featuring support for Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Pico standalones. Now Mozilla has brought its WebXR-capable browser to PC VR headsets with its new PC Preview version.

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MAY 19, 2021

DecaMove is said to support SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest (via Link), HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive/Pro, HTC Cosmos, Samsung Odyssey, and DecaGear 1. The device clips to your belt, sends data over to an included Bluetooth dongle, and essentially eliminates thumbstick-based locomotion.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The blog Aggiornamenti Lumia claims to have uncovered a photo of the headset , which it refers to as the “Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition.” HTC, for instance, announced a mouth-tracking camera for its Vive Pro headset last year. The photo also shows a small glimpse of an electrode embedded in the facepad.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 19, 2024

Open Blocks In an Open Blocks Docs blog post, it reveals that Open Blocks will soon be available on Steam, as the original version is too. It was originally released for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. So we developed Blocks, a VR app for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that lets you easily create beautiful, 3D objects in no time.”

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MARCH 26, 2020

The three-day event featured videos and special blog posts. Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar. On Tuesday, a post went live on the VIVE blog detailing what their digital GDC alternative offerings will look like. All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Vive Cosmos, HTC’s latest PC VR headset and replacement for the original Vive, launches today for $700. If you happen to already own Vive Wireless and are looking to use it with your new Vive Cosmos, you’ll have to wait for official support which HTC says in a blog post should arrive later this month.

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JUNE 17, 2017

Cloudhead Games have confirmed the second episode of their fantasy game The Gallery will launch on HTC Vive and Oculus Touch in September. Heart of the Emberstone promises to be considerably larger than the first entry, Call of the Starseed. Now that the second entry has been pushed to September, it sounds like the experience has grown again.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2019

But now, the blog is three years old, and I have more VR friends! Tomorrow will be the birthday of my blog : these have been three years full of lots of good and bad things. Blogging is a hard process : it seems easy from outside, but it requires lots of time and dedication. Happy birthday The Ghost Howls!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 18, 2024

Key Info for Google Blocks Creators According to a recent Google Open Source blog post, Google Blocks will no longer be actively developed, and no pull requests will be accepted. It was originally released for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Anyone can use, share, and make changes to the Blocks code, provided they adhere to the Apache 2.0

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2017

With the Oculus Rift anniversary sale soon coming to an end , it’s now time for the HTC Vive—which launched just a week after the Rift—to get in on the celebration. To celebrate the headset’s launch and all that’s happened, HTC has a few things in store: $100 Discount. Free Game – Arcade Saga.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

HTC introduced a $1,200 Vive ‘Business Edition’ in June 2016 , dominating the enterprise sector for well over a year. Oculus still doesn’t doesn’t offer a commercial/enterprise app platform, something that Valve and HTC have been focusing on lately through Steam and Viveport.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, when we had the possibility of collaborating with HTC Vive China for a launch title of the Vive Focus Plus, we remastered HitMotion to work on a 6DOF standalone headset, in pass-through augmented reality : HitMotion: Reloaded was born. …or to directly download the game on SideQuest: [link]. Have fun with HitMotion!

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JULY 18, 2017

HTC continues to expand the app selection on its Viveport subscription service, adding 8 new games for July, detailed on the official Vive blog. The $7/month service allows unlimited access to any 5 titles each month from a selection of over 150 games and apps.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This is how Mister President has wished a happy new year to everyone (Image by HTC Vive). Regarding my Chinese new year, I have decided to start with a little restyling of my blog (have you noticed the new annoying popups and sharing buttons?). I will try to continue mixing different kinds of topics, to continue pleasing everyone.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, Supermedium is a new, fully VR browser from the creators of VR web framework ‘A-Frame’ and part of the original Mozilla team behind the WebVR initiative. The Web breathes freshness and diversity into the VR content ecosystem,” writes the team in their blog entry. “A

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Detailed on the official Oculus Blog , the $399 package still includes the same hardware bundle of headset, two sensors, two Touch controllers, and “six free apps” – although there are actually several more free apps available on the Store.

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MARCH 6, 2019

HTC and the American Museum of Natural History announced that the Manhattan-based institution’s upcoming ‘T. The project was also undersigned by Vive Arts, HTC’s program to help cultural institutions fund and develop VR installations. The experience, dubbed T. The experience, dubbed T. rex skeleton bone-by-bone.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

The headset is said to come with a detachable x86 compute pack which will arrive with the company’s SimulaOS open-source VR window manager installed by default, the very same which can be installed and run on SteamVR headsets such as Valve Index and HTC Vive Pro.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The company says in a blog post that anyone with the know-how will soon be able to develop new VR experiences for its location-based attractions using its upcoming SDK. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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MARCH 8, 2018

HTC today announced it’s bringing 8 VR experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player One to its official South by Southwest (SXSW) event. HTC says in a blog post they’ve partnered with “many of the top developers in VR to build experiences that capture the essence of the Ready Player One universe.”

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