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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. ” This week Provencher affirmed that Unity Slices: Table will be released as a demo on Oculus Quest for anyone to try.

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MARCH 4, 2021

‘First Steps With Hand Tracking’ and ‘Tiny Castle’ are available now via the Oculus App Lab. It was back in 2019 that Facebook first began rolling out support for hand tracking on the Oculus Quest. Feature Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Facebook.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Developers can now share their apps with Oculus players without Store approval. Oculus today announced the rollout of update v25 for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets, introducing a slew of long-sought-after features that make the companies line of all-in-one standalone VR headsets even more attractive.

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JUNE 16, 2021

We went hands-on with the game’s new demo, which again puts you in hot seat for another round of Bond-flavored puzzling. If you want to play the demo yourself, you can grab it starting today on Steam as a part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out my full hands-on with the demo below. Check out the game’s trailer here.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

Available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, Black Hole Pool is a VR sports simulator that lets you go head-to-head with both human and AI opponents in realistic games of billiards from your own immersive pool hall. There’s also a free demo you can try before you buy. Brought to us by EagerLogic Ltd.,

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Oculus is now giving free demos of MARVEL Powers United VR, the upcoming super hero adventure for Rift, across its many partner retail locations. If you’ve had a chance to try out Rift in a store lately, you might just be able to secure a demo for Powers United at the same location. Captain Marvel.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

This past July Facebook released its experimental Passthrough API into the wild, allowing developers to harness the Oculus Quest’s built-in cameras to create engaging mixed reality experiences. There’s no official release date as of yet, though Hackle promises a “playable demo APK within the next days.”

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Today I attended the first demo event in search of the truth. As the time of the first demo slot approached, which I was set to be part of, none of the event staff seemed to know what was going on. The demo area was guarded by security and partially, but not fully, occluded by a black curtain. Critics claim it's a scam.

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MAY 24, 2023

It’s partially funded by Meta, but founders got in with Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov long before Facebook bought the company (and subsequently changed the name of both companies to “Meta”). Insights From the In-App Demo I met with McCloskey and fellow co-founder Sam Hessenauer within a free trial of the platform’s academic version.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. The following VR games and apps are available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 100% free of charge via the Oculus Quest Store, App Lab, and SideQuest: COUCH. Couch is available free on Oculus (Meta) Quest via the App Lab. NEVER BOARD.

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JULY 31, 2019

We’ll finally get a full reveal of Respawn’s upcoming Oculus exclusive VR title at Oculus Connect at the end of September, including the first opportunity to actually play the game. The game is being developed by Respawn and published by Oculus Studios, which means it’ll be exclusive to the Oculus platform.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Try the free demo available free via SideQuest. The Oculus Quest platform is in desperate need of some quality survival crafting games. At the moment FlodLab is offering a free one-hour demo of OceanCraft , including the ability to save your games and voice chat with other players. Image Credit: FrodLabs.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Since 2016, in a move that can only be described as past meeting present, Sony has been channeling the spirit of late 1990’s, early 2000’s gaming with the release of two different Playstation VR ‘demo discs.’ How about a SteamVR ‘Demo Bundle’ including bite-size samples of Budget Cuts, GORN, Skyrim VR, and Pavlov VR ?

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MARCH 9, 2018

GDC, hosted later this month in San Francisco, has long been an important event for Oculus. This year the company says they’re bringing brand new VR demos to the show and will host a session exploring the company’s plans for 2018. Oculus’ 6,000 square foot booth is among the largest in the event’s South Hall.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Best Buy is rolling out Touch controller demos in-store. During Oculus Connect 3, Oculus finally revealed a release date and pricing on the long awaited Touch motion controllers. Check out some of the new Touch content revealed at OC3 below: The post You Can Now Demo Oculus Touch At Best Buy appeared first on VRScout.

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MAY 12, 2020

When he’s not serving as the head of AR & VR at Shopify, Daniel Beauchamp, better known by his online handle “ Push Matrix “, is pushing the boundaries of Oculus Quest hand tracking technology and sharing his wild experiments with the online community. Image Credit: Danial Beauchamp (Push Matrix).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Last week Oculus launched the App Lab , a brand new service for the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 that allows developers to share their works-in-progress with users without the need for official Oculus Store approval. SMASH DRUMS DEMO. The post Top 5 App Lab Games Available Now On Oculus Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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JULY 22, 2022

on PC VR, including an updated demo for anyone to try. “I am immensely proud of what Compound has become and I invite you to try the demo so see what it’s like!” Nearly four years after its early access debut, indie VR gem COMPOUND has launched version 1.0 The game is expected to come to Quest as well later this year.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to the leaked documents, the VR port of RE4 is scheduled to launch May 2021 on Oculus VR. While it’s unclear which headsets the document is referring to specifically, based on the age of the now-classic third-person shooter, I doubt the game would have any difficulty running on the Oculus Quest platform. September 2021.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Last month Oculus launched App Lab for Quest which allows developers to distribute their games on the headset without going through Oculus’ curation process. For additional context, the number of Oculus PC applications sits around 1,800, with Go applications also at 1,800, and SteamVR applications around 4,900. Harvest VR.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

If you missed it, back in April, Bosworth publicly argued with Luckey and John Carmack on X over the issue of Luckey's political views in relation to him being fired from Oculus by Facebook back in 2017. I mentioned this in person, but I also wanted to publicly apologize for my previous comments about your time at (then) Oculus.

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MAY 15, 2023

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus who left the company in 2017, appears to have insider knowledge of upcoming Apple XR headset, which is expected to be unveiled at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month. To Luckey, Apple’s hotly awaited entrance into the space is apparently “so good.”

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JUNE 5, 2017

Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. This was a number that ILM shared was reached during their on stage demo. Notably missing from the Apple keynote was any presence of Facebook’s Oculus Rift.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Today I woke up to read this letter from Oculus, sent to me because I’m a developer: Hello, Today, we announced our plans to sunset Oculus Go as we focus on driving forward the future of VR with 6DOF platforms like Oculus Quest. Goodbye Oculus Go. Image by Oculus).

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JUNE 1, 2023

Othergate, a studio founded by former Oculus Studios game designers, announced their first VR game during Meta’s Quest Gaming Showcase today, revealing a co-op dungeon crawler for Quest 2 called Dungeons of Eternity. There’s no definite release date for now, although Othergate says it’s coming at some point this year.

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JULY 22, 2020

A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects. build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support, both of which are considered ‘experimental’ at this time. The feature was quietly released in the recent 10.2

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Oculus today introduced a program called App Lab, a new effort which will allow developers to distribute their VR apps on Quest without being subject to a quality review ‘curation’ process. With Quest, Oculus introduced a ‘curated’ approach to the headset’s app store. Descent Alps – Demo by Sutur.

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APRIL 12, 2020

We’re not even half way through 2020 and so far this year is shaping up to be a big one for standalone location-based VR thanks to the Oculus Quest. Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset is contributing heavily to the rise of arena-scale location-based VR, due primarily to its affordability, convenience, and wireless 6dof capabilities.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Standalone 6DoF VR arrives on the Oculus platform Spring 2019 for $399. Oculus Connect 5 is officially underway in San Jose, California, and the company wasted not time this year as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to unveil the next generation of Oculus VR technology, the Oculus Quest.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Windlands (2016), one of the founding pioneers of modern VR gaming, has made the quiet leap to Oculus Quest this past week where it lives on to finally serve up its dizzying heights and grappling hook-based movement scheme to the standalone headset.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. The proof is the fact that if you look for passthrough content on SideQuest, you just find a bunch of demos (like Cactus Cowboy and Crazy Kung Fu ), and nothing more. Mild interest of the community.

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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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OCTOBER 23, 2018

in May 2017, 3DNesVR is finally heading to Steam, with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR headsets. 3DNesVR automatically turns NES games into a sort of ‘pop-out’ 3D version of the 2D game (not included), and lets you play it natively via SteamVR and Oculus runtime. Circus Charlie. Elevator Action.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Augmented Empire revives the Oculus Go narrative strategy game next month with mixed reality support on Quest, and we went hands-on. Developed by Coatsink, Augmented Empire is a 2017 turn-based strategy game initially developed for Oculus Go and Gear VR. 0:00 / 1:20 1× Augmented Empire gameplay footage on Oculus Go.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

So let me show you how you can develop an AR app for Oculus Quest 2 using Oculus Passthrough APIs in Unity. Oculus Passthrough APIs video tutorial. Oculus Passthrough APIs textual tutorial. Do this in the project settings to enable Oculus VR. Create and configure the project. Wait for Unity to do its boring stuff.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Oculus is pulling demo stations for its Rift virtual reality headsets form certain Best Buy stores. While this might be seen by some as confirmation that VR and/or Oculus is struggling, it looks to us like an attempt to maximize success rather than run from failure. Tagged with: best buy , demo , oculus , rift , startegy.

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