VRScout

JANUARY 7, 2019

The 2019 Consumer Electronic Expo is off to an exciting start as HTC Vive debuted not only a new VR headset capable of inside-out tracking, but a new social platform, new subscription service, and new updates to their existing Viveport platform. You are transported to other worlds through what we call your ‘Lens’,” adds Bamford.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Oculus may be be closing out 2016 with a bang with the launch of its Touch controllers, but HTC is going to kick off 2017 with something special: a peripheral that makes its Vive headset wireless. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC. According to HTC, pre-orders go live at 7 a.m. Pacific on Friday.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A team of psychologists based out of Stockholm University has developed a piece of technology that allows players to smell the virtual world. Participants released the smells by pressing the trigger on their HTC Vive controllers, after which they could submit their answers via four virtual circles floating above the table.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2019

HTC might have given a first look at their new Vive Cosmos headset today, but they weren’t ready to offer many details. While the Vive originated from a deep partnership between Valve and HTC, in recent years HTC has made moves to be less reliant on Valve’s SteamVR ecosystem. Image courtesy HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2022

When I talk about virtual reality or the metaverse, there are always people that ask me about its intrinsic risks of escapism and addiction: “Is it possible that people will prefer to live in a virtual world instead of the real one?” ” is a very common question I hear. Professor Chen (Image by Chen Rui).

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2021

As people have had to adjust to working, shopping, and having fun at home, they discovered the benefits of escaping into a virtual world, where they can be anything they want: superheroes, fairytale beings, or simply humans with a complex destiny. Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR. Platforms: PSVR, HTC Vive.

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JULY 27, 2022

You’re often completely alone in a virtual world, with no one else around. HTC Vive Tracker. The first accessory that we will take a look at is the HTC Vive Tracker. The first accessory that we will take a look at is the HTC Vive Tracker. This allows you to bring those objects into the virtual world with you.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Now available in China, and quite possibly on its way to a wider release , HTC is prominently showing its new standalone Vive Focus headset at MWC 2018 this week. The controller, which only has a 3DOF-capable rotational sensor, was an entirely different story. “Premium” Photo by Road to VR. Photo by Road to VR.

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JULY 26, 2017

Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. Today, HTC announced it is producing a similar device for the Chinese market powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chipset. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC, in a prepared statement.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Starting tomorrow fans of the critically-acclaimed animated series Sword Art Online (SAO) can log into Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition and explore a sprawling virtual world featuring memorable locations from the show.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2018

base stations and controllers still not available to take advantage of new sensors on the headset, the value proposition isn’t yet entirely apparent. HTC impressed us with its debut headset, the Vive, back in 2016. base stations or controllers that the headset is optimized for) and high asking price make it an odd play by HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. And when I put the headset on, I could see the grey intro environment, with all the controllers moving regularly. , but sometimes it is still tricky and problematic. WTF SteamVR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

Two days ago, I’ve been at HTC Vive Chinese headquarters in Beijing. It has been a really amazing day, where I have been able to try some amazing HTC tech demos (more on this later on! I’ve been able to speak with three companies incubated in the Vive-X Beijing and also to know various HTC Vive employees.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Developed by Pillow’s Willow VR Studios in partnership with PSV and Sportscloud, Active Esports Eindhoven immerses players in the world of Exodus Burn, a combination VR escape room and digital obstacle course in which your body becomes the controller as you race against the clock to perform a variety of unique 1-minute challenges.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2018

SteamVR has provided its own tools to avoid breaking immersion, such as its Matrix-esque “Room View” mode or their handheld “Dashboard” camera, which provides a small color feed permanently attached to the right motion controller. The post FragmentVR Opens A Window To Reality Within The Virtual World appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2017

Today at CES 2017 HTC announced the Vive Tracker, a standalone tracking module that’s designed to attach to anything to become tracked in the virtual world. The Vive Tracker uses the same SteamVR Tracking technology that’s found on the Vive headset and controllers and is promised to have the same accuracy.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2019

Record yourself in the virtual world with Oculus’ official MRC kit. Yesterday, Oculus launched its official set of Mixed Reality Capture Tools for the Oculus Quest, allowing users to record high-quality gameplay footage where real-world objects and people appear in VR.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

HTC is soon launching a new VR headset without controllers and their own metaverse called “Viveport Verse”. October is really the month of virtual reality this time. This thursday HTC is going to present a new VR headset to the public and beating Facebook by doing so. The name of the device is “HTC Flow.”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One of the most important aspects of truly immersive VR is the ability to use motion controls to interact with the virtual environment. However, when it comes to searching and communicating while in a headset, these same motion controls can hinder many keyboard-based experiences.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

The omnidirectional treadmill is one of a handful of locomotion methods shown in Ready Player One’s future world, but are any of these actually possible? How is modern technology setting us up to move around the virtual worlds of the future? Fortunately, there are a handful of companies hoping to make this a reality.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2023

Lopes and his team created a mechanical backpack called JumpMod that can help enhance the sensation of falling and jumping in the virtual world by moving your weight up and down through simulating forces on your body. The JumpMod utilizes a belt drive and an encoded mechanism for quick and precise movements.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Developing with a VR headset doesn’t necessarily mean you’re developing a VR app; the HTC Vive is finding unexpected use as a camera for virtual worlds, too. It allows developers to create multiple shots within a scene with intuitive controls, and then hit record to film gameplay or cutscenes in a cinematic fashion.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. Brain-computer interface systems like Neurable’s VR game Awakening uses an electrode-laden headband, connected to an HTC Vive HMD, to track brain activity.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2020

XRSpace’s Peter Chou believes 5G will usher in “the social reality of the future” Peter Chou, ex-CEO and co-founder of Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC, has some bold opinions regarding the future of VR technology. “There is a chance that 5G will make the experience of VR much more relevant to consumers.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

The HTC VIVE (yes, they now capitalize all the letters in VIVE) is getting itself in front of millions of new online shoppers perusing the virtual aisles of Amazon. HTC has announced that the virtual reality system can now be purchased from Amazon.com in the United States and is priced at $799.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

The oversized Lego blaster shoots a “Lego brick from a physical Lego gun, through the virtual world, but then back into the physical world to hit physical targets.” This allows him to peek into the virtual world. The entire blaster uses HTC Vive tracking and a Vive controller attached to act as the trigger.

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MAY 17, 2017

We’ve just confirmed with Google’s Clay Bavor that its upcoming standalone headsets from HTC and Lenovo will use the Daydream controller with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and upcoming headsets from Microsoft have controllers offering full six degrees of freedom (6DOF).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group , complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was after I tried Tilt Brush that I saw the possibilities of what 6DOF controllers could bring,” said Vermeulen, adding , “It brought a sense of depth and spatial awareness in a way that didn’t exist before.”. Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. I’ve tested it with my Leap Motion Controller, the Oculus Quest, and a lot of scotch tape and I was very satisfied by the results.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example of a broad effort by developers and hardware manufacturers to make virtual worlds more responsive to human behavior. The purple lines represent what caught my eye in that virtual world over that length of time.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Her latest work with Taiwanese artist-programmer Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom , lets you float through a virtual world made of letters while the O Superman singer narrates. ” Various rooms will present activities ranging from creating 3D dimensional sounds to drawing and sculpting with the HTC Vive’s controllers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

Since announcing the ‘Knuckles’ controller prototype all the way back in 2016, Valve has been relatively quiet about its progress outside of a select group of developers who have been experimenting with early development kits. If you haven’t been following closely, let’s recap up to this point.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The virtual worlds of Venice VR Expanded became a forum for discovery of the virtual world and the people who are in them. Having so many contacts in the virtual world, and then stepping outside and people are wearing masks and keeping their distance, it’s an amazing contrast.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2022

XR gaming brings real-world elements and virtual elements together to create interactive 3D experiences. It encompasses all immersive technologies that bring the physical and virtual worlds together. It covers everything from virtual reality and augmented reality to mixed reality. See Also: VR Gaming for Adults.

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