VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2018

It’s been nearly two years since HTC first introduced the Vive VR headset, opening up an entirely new world of room-scale VR that’s had us dodging arrows and bumping into furniture ever since. Early hands-on demos with the Vive Pro were promising. Increased resolution without a cord. Now the Vive is getting an upgrade.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. Since HTC has always made announcements during the CES, I think it will be announced in January.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

After spending money to upgrade or buy a VR-ready PC and then drop hundreds on a VR headset like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive , the idea of spending even more money on games is a bit daunting. That’s why demos and free trials are so useful. Tagged with: defense grid 2 , demo , free to try Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

I’d wager most people who bought the HTC Vive love the unit but wish a new version would bring key improvements. HTC relies on Valve’s lighthouse tracking technology to make the Vive and its controllers work. HTC confirmed to UploadVR that it will not be announcing a “Vive 2” at this year’s show.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2018

We had a chance to go hands-on with Gumi and Yomuneco’s Sword of Gargantua at GDC back in March, and while an official write-up never materialized out of the hectic game-filled dev conference, a demo for the studio’s upcoming online action RPG is finally here for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Created by Paw Print Games , the studio known for VR side-scrolling co-op brawler Bloody Zombies (2017), the studio has just released a playable pre-alpha demo. Now available on Steam with support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the demo gives an early preview, featuring a single day and giving an introduction to the robotic world.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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VRScout

JULY 14, 2020

You can also try out a free 10-minute demo by subscribing to the official newsletter. The post Asymmetrical Co-op Puzzle Platformer ‘VR Giants’ Heads To Kickstarter, Free Demo Available appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Wolfgang Tschauko.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2018

HTC today announced a 6DOF controller tracking add-on for Vive Focus which brings 6DOF controller tracking to the device. Vive Focus, HTC’s standalone VR headset, had a full blown launch in China at the beginning of 2018, and was released as a development kit in the West in May. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Much like the first Budget Cuts demo, which was released on Steam back in 2016 , I was given a combat-flavored slice of Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, which revealed a few of the new components that promise to open up the game’s environment and somewhat change the nature of its stealth combat/ninja teleporting madness.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2019

After spending just a few hours with the Oculus Quest hardware, Pavlov VR developer David Villz (davevillz) confirmed yesterday via Twitter that the fast-paced multiplayer shooter will be heading to the standalone headset. As far as cross-platform support goes, don’t expect to be battling alongside your friends on the HTC Vive anytime soon.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

This short but ingenious video snippet from eye-tracking specialists Tobii was built to tease a social VR demo they’ve been working on for GDC next week. The post Watch: Tobii Tease Unnervingly Effective Vive Eye-Tracked VR Demo Ahead of GDC appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2020

Available for demo this September at the annual Sonic Amateur Games Expo , Virtua Sonic is a high-speed VR experience inspired by everyone’s favorite fast-footed hedgehog in which players zip across custom Zones as they gather coins and defeat enemies using a variety of special abilities.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2016

It wasn’t long ago that HTC and Oculus had a competing launch window for their VR headsets, with both systems selling out almost immediately and backorders piling up for months into the year. The demos are all open to the public, but you can probably expect a line.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, to let players get a taste of the experience the studio has released a demo via Steam. While the demo won’t include all the features of Viro Move it will allow you to test the main aspects of its gameplay, namely the shooting, boxing and swordplay elements.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The HTC Vive is a miracle of modern engineering. However, a good majority of that content is unfinished, early access, and lacking the level of polish that its competitors at Oculus and Sony are providing for their respective platforms. You came in here pretty fired up from that headline, huh?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

First announced a month ago, Van Bouwel has now published a working demo of Cubism , which gives you a quick slice of the sort of difficulty ahead. The demo, which works with SteamVR-compatible headsets, can be downloaded here.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2019

The full demo was around 15 minutes long, although for the sake of brevity I sped up a section where I forgot to properly arm myself with arrows, and also edited out one of my boring and senseless deaths. SEE ALSO Hands-on: 'Budget Cuts 2' Demo Brings a Bow and Arrow to a Knife Fight.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2016

Developer Digital Cybercherries has launched the New Retro Arcade Tech Demo on Steam for the HTC Vive. This is effectively the same game seen previously on the Oculus Rift, but now with support for the Vive’s roomscale capabilities and motion controllers, as well as support for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Image by HTC Vive). HTC expands its Cosmos offering and teases the future with Proton. This has been a pretty interesting week for HTC Vive. And it is nice that HTC with this new Cosmos line is satisfying the needs of a broad share of VR people : from the casual gamer that wants something cheap to the professional.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2021

We went hands-on with the Eye of the Temple’s demo back shortly after it was released on Steam in August, and we were really impressed with what we saw. The demo hosts a vast temple complex where you dodge and duck your way through perilous traps and genuinely head-scratching puzzles.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

That changed this week as Valve offered up a major information dump, showcasing the latest Knuckles dev kit with a significant design overhaul, alongside a new tech demo designed to demonstrate what the controllers are capable of. ” To demonstrate what the controller can do, Valve created a new tech demo called Moondust.

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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

JULY 7, 2016

When we first tried Oculus’ new tool Medium at Connect last Fall, we were blown away by how intuitive and natural sculpting in VR could be. Much like Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive, Medium gives you a virtual palette and tool to create in a 3D space. For the most part, everyone demoing Medium would sculpt a 3D face or maybe a potted plant.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Instead, this year’s E3 was a bit light for Valve, HTC, and the Vive in general. Virtually all of the Vive games we saw were just demos that happened to be running on Vives and weren’t really specifically targeted or marketed as Vive titles. Best HTC Vive Game of E3 2017: DOOM VFR. Runner-Up: The Talos Principle VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Eye of the Temple impressed us with its unique room-scale gameplay and inventive locomotion style back in its free demo last year. Fans of the surprisingly full-featured demo on Steam will be happy to hear that Indiana Jones-style adventure Eye of the Temple will be releasing on SteamVR headsets on October 14th, 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

He’s ready to answer with his HTC super powers. And I still remember that you have done boxing, so I agree with you in any case… HTC Vive Pro first impressions. Also, the controllers were the ones of Vive 1 and being used to my Oculus Touch , I felt back to the nineties. HTC Vive 1.0 vs HTC Vive Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 23, 2016

HTC Says “Oculus Is Not Our Competition” & Oculus Is Skeptical Room-scale Tracking is Absolutely Necessary for VR" Raymond Pao is the Vice President for new technologies at HTC. During the discussion, Pao said “Oculus is not our competition,” Pao said. In fact, room-scale isn’t really defined.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today, HTC has revealed their latest consumer-focused headset, the $499 Vive Flow. I had the chance to demo the headset in-person in San Francisco and my first impression of the device was around just how compact and well-designed the hardware appeared. Image credit: HTC. Other key details include the headset’s 1.6K

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VR Bites

JULY 17, 2016

It will be launching sometime in Q3 2016 on the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR. The demo has recently been made available, so if you currently have a CV1 or a Vive then I recommend heading over to the link at the end of this description and signing up for a demo to get a look at this one for yourself.

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MARCH 17, 2017

HTC might not have a big western developers conference like Oculus does with Connect, but it’s planning a big show for China in just over a weeks’ time. HTC has told UploadVR that it’s planning some new announcements for the show, though we don’t have any specifics just yet.

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