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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s probably better for smaller groups, and maybe not the first game you grab as a crowd-pleaser, but definitely worth passing around to puzzle fans in the group. Get it on : Quest , PSVR 1 , SteamVR Wooorld Wooorld is like Google Earth for Quest. Find it on PSVR 2.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

TPCAST announced last month plans for an Oculus Rift version of their wireless module. At the SVVR Meetup #46 on Tuesday, TPCast showed the first public demo of their wireless Oculus Rift module. The demo they showed was Google Earth VR, and performance seemed perfectly acceptable. Image courtesy TPCast. Image courtesy TPCast.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Tilt Brush remains the definitive creative app for VR, and soon people will be able to more easily bring what they make in the app into other software. Google today released the Tilt Brush Toolkit , a set of scripts that people can download for free on GitHub that allow developers and creators to interpret.tilt files in different ways.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Edge of Nowhere.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space. Is HeadOffice.Space a Metaverse? Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Remember that Oculus is going to release Infinite Office and an AR SDK , so Valve had better replying to this move. Google drops support for Daydream. With a communication that has surprised no one, Google has dropped support for the Daydream platform, which won’t be supported in the upcoming Android 11. More info.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Already own a copy of Google’s VR creation tool Tilt Brush (2016) from the Oculus Store? Then you’ll be able to hop right into the company’s intuitive painting app with Oculus Quest, the upcoming standalone VR headset. “Most of our work porting Tilt Brush to Quest focused on performance improvements. .

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MARCH 13, 2020

Unity’s current version 2019.3 – which arrived back in January – has recently been upgraded to reduce that visual divide, making its High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) VR compatible. Unity’s HDRP targets high-end PCs and consoles, allowing creators to build high-definition and photorealistic visuals.

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Road to VR

JULY 16, 2018

If you’re already an Amazon Prime Member, or looking to become one starting today, Amazon’s annual Prime Day is here to help you spend that hard earned cash on at very least an Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch is the system’s dedicated motion controller. Oculus Touch is the system’s dedicated motion controller.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We expect Palm’s 5 million active user estimate includes only fully-featured VR headsets like PSVR, Quest, and PC VR, but not older and more limited headsets like Oculus Go and Google Cardboard. The post Resolution Games Estimates VR Has 5 Million Active Users appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Meta is rolling out update v37 for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 bringing quality-of-life improvements like interface tweaks and tracking support for the Apple Magic Keyboard. ” you’d either need to memorize the URL and enter it directly or memorize the name of the app and then Google it to hopefully find it inside the headset.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Having initially announced that their Vive Focus standalone VR headset would operate as part of Google’s Daydream VR platform in 2017, HTC later scrapped those plans ahead of the headset’s recent launch in China under HTC’s own ‘Wave Vive’ platform.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Meta Quest 2 (formerly the Oculus Quest 2) is absolutely crushing it this holiday season. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. More info (Definition of the metaverse) More info (Use of XR in the metaverse). Top news of the week.

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MAY 24, 2018

Written and directed by Nora Kirkpatrick ( The Office, Greeks ) and produced by AOL’s immersive film studio RYOT , the single-episode VR comedy will be available on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, PSVR, Google Daydream and Oculus Rift. ” Smoking weed with the janitor, played by Snoop Dog, sounds like a definite highlight.

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JUNE 28, 2017

When developing the first prototype standalone Daydream headsets, Google based their work on the Qualcomm VRDK, and, subsequently, both HTC and Lenovo’s standalone Daydream headsets will be built on the same foundation. SEE ALSO First Glimpse of HTC's Standalone Vive Headset Powered by Google Daydream, Launching Later This Year.

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JULY 7, 2017

It’s a pretty great week for free content for Oculus owners, which is ideal seeing as you’ve probably just lost a whole lot of money in the summer sale. We’ve got great new apps from the BBC and Google and there’s some cool content for Gear VR, too. New Rift and Gear VR Releases on Oculus Home.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. The answer may be Google, but only if it can commit. What we do know is the company is working with Google to provide software, and Qualcomm for its XR chip expertise.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Notably, Luxottica partnered with Google in 2014 to design and distribute additional frames for Google Glass in effort to make the smartglasses a high fashion item. The report mixes both terminologies, so it’s unclear exactly which end of the spectrum the proposed device should fall on.

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MAY 17, 2020

If it is too high, you have to ask the artists to reduce their definition, and also employ tricks like LOD, which is showing assets at different definitions at different distances. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. Very Silently, Oculus has changed the specifications of Oculus Link , which now doesn’t require anymore a USB 3.0

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg has been eyeing this potentiality since at least as far back as 2015 , which drove him to buy Oculus in the first place—in an effort to get out ahead of companies like Apple and Google in the nascent XR space.

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MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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JUNE 18, 2017

The leaders of tech juggernauts like Apple, Google, and Facebook have been making aggressive moves into the space while publicly endorsing the world-changing potential of AR. That’s definitely what we are building today with HoloLens.”. In 2016 alone, there was over $1.6 It’s a sign of the times. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Undoubtedly it stands to put pressure on Oculus who have suggested on a number of occasions that they don’t plan to release a successor to the Rift in 2018. In these sectors, HTC is already believed to have a strong lead over Oculus, and the Vive Pro could cement that throughout 2018. Lenovo Mirage Solo. Image courtesy Lenovo.

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MAY 3, 2018

I didn’t always find the control mechanic simple to use, as you have to tilt your motion controller in the desired direction, so it definitely takes some getting used to. Priced at $8, you’ll find Starbear: Taxi on Steam for HTC Vive, Rift and Windows VR headsets, and on Oculus Store for Rift.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

People find amazing new uses for Google’s Tilt Brush seemingly by the week, but this video featuring autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire is particularly impressive. Over the past year Google has been constantly updating the app to bring new features like audio-reactive brushes and more.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2020

Thanks to NVIDIA CloudXR SDK kit, users will be able to enjoy VR, AR, and MR experiences at the highest definition of graphics and sound on head-mounted devices or mobile devices. The tetherless XR streaming experience is available for both head-mounted displays and Android phones that support Google ARCore.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. See Also: The Best Virtual Reality Racing Games.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

SEE ALSO New Oculus Users Required to Use Facebook Account Starting in October, Existing Users by 2023. ” My answer is a definitive yes , and I think any honest person would agree. Before I thought about it much, when it came to privacy, I was roughly in the camp of ‘what’s to worry about if you have nothing to hide?

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JANUARY 26, 2017

The designer, who worked on both HTC’s smartphones and its Vive VR headset at its San Francisco office, yesterday confirmed that he was leaving the Taiwanese company to join Google, where he’ll work on the company’s new Daydream mobile VR ecosystem. Tagged with: Claude Zellweger , Daydream , google , htc.

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JULY 31, 2024

While gaming did not kick off business use of 3D graphics software, it definitely helped to drive investment and interest in related technology. However, it could be argued that this has always been the case for industry veterans and enthusiasts—from Google Glass to Samsung VR and the original Oculus models.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

We got a chance at this year’s Gamescom to pop into the unique little puzzler, which is slated to launch in the next few months on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. Marble Land is a physics-based puzzle game from Devious Technologies , a Bucharest, Romania based studio.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Options like the Oculus Quest 2 make it easy for anyone to jump right into virtual reality and VR gaming, and it’s nice to know you’re not alone. There’s a wonderful diversity in VR communities that definitely includes representation of adult gamers. Google Earth VR. Who Is Playing Games? Why Is VR Gaming Appealing to Adults?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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