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As we edge closer to the now online conference, VRDays Europe 2020 New Horizons Edition , we reflect back to 2019 and the sentiments of both de Wit and Doornink as they pondered what they built together and what’s to come. I went to Oculus Connect One and that’s where a lot of the XR community solidified and I love it.”
Launched back in October 2020, Oculus Quest 2 effectively set the bar for standalone VR headsets by delivering a high-quality experience at a relatively low price. Quest 2 is capable of more than just playing games from the Oculus Store too. The post Target Price Drop Brings Oculus Quest 2 to $250 appeared first on Road to VR.
Following the announcement in September that Facebook will discontinue the Rift product line in 2021 , it appears the company is gearing up for a final sendoff by offering its latest PC VR headset, Oculus Rift S, for just $300. Oculus Rift S headset. Oculus Touch controllers (2). What’s in the box? Headset cable.
Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 headset launched in October 2020 in two flavors: 64GB and 256GB. Notably, LDCL is an official partner retailer of Oculus, which may lend credence to the report. Note that “Go” is French for GB, which shouldn’t be confused with the now discontinued Oculus Go standalone from 2018.
Today, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) announced it was initiating formal abuse proceedings against Facebook for its controversial policy of requiring new Oculus device owners to use a Facebook account. ” Back in September, Facebook halted sales of all Oculus products in Germany.
Swordsman (2020) , the physics-based combat sim for PSVR and PC VR headsets, is bringing its bloody sandbox battles to Oculus Quest at some point next year. Developers Sinn Studio announced in a recent tweet that Swordsman is slated to arrive on Oculus App Lab in early 2022.
Native hand tracking, PC/standalone hybrid functionality, and new games confirmed for the Oculus platform. That’s a wrap on Oculus Connect 6. Oculus Link launches this November ; Oculus will be offering its own official USB-C cable as well. . Image Credit: Facebook.
For season three, ESL & Oculus are giving their budding VR competitive series a fresh coat of paint. Along with new games, VR League is also offering more broadcasts of their weekly cups in both Europe and North America, all of which culminating with an inn-person grand final in Leicester, UK at the historic Haymarket Theatre.
Naturally, Zuck took his time throughout the presentation, waiting until the very last minute to reveal the long-awaited release date of both the Oculus Quest standalone headset and the upgraded Oculus Rift S PC headset. The Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest are available for pre-order now via the providers listed above.
Singapore-based studio Mixed Realms today released their high-flying ninja combat game Sairento VR (2018) in Europe on PSVR; the North American release is slated to arrive next week. Customers in Europe can either download ( PS Store link ) for £35/€40 or pick up a physical copy at retail stores starting today.
Some customers who ordered and are still waiting for an Elite Strap and Elite Battery Strap for Quest 2 have received an email from Oculus that maintains their shipments will be delayed, as the company is currently investigating user complaints likely surrounding premature breakage first spotted in late October.
SEE ALSO Oculus Go, Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus Standalone Headsets Compared. The post Vive Focus Dev Kits Cost €650 in Europe, Devs to Receive €200 Discount Until June 4th appeared first on Road to VR. We don’t have any information on US developer kit prices yet, but will update as soon as we do.
Samsung has sold over 300,000 Gear VR headsets in Europe this year. Continuing on the record pre-order sales in Europe for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Samsung has announced an exclusive Gear VR content package for new Galaxy S7 customers. Both numbers are milestones for Samsung, Oculus and mobile VR in general.
But it’s also success here in Europe. Just to give you an idea, in 60% of the Ray-Ban stores in Europe, in EMEA, Ray-Ban Meta is the best-seller in those stores. Notice that he’s not talking about the US, which is more advanced than Europe on the technology side. I mean, we, it’s an overall success story that we see.
Back at Oculus Connect 4 in 2017, it was revealed that Oculus Studios would be teaming up with veteran developer Respawn Entertainment [Titanfall 2, Apex Legends] on a new VR game exclusively for the Oculus platform. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will be available exclusively on the Oculus Rift/Rift S in 2020.
We’re just a few days away from the release of Oculus Studios and Respawn Entertainment’s ambitious WWII VR shooter, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond , on Oculus and SteamVR headsets. ” MOH recommended system specs from oculus. Image Credit: Oculus Studios.
If you’re looking to pick up an Oculus Quest after the holiday rush, you may be more than a bit disappointed to find out that online retailers across the board have listed it as ‘back ordered’, with Oculus US quoting an earliest delivery date well into February. Do you know where to find an Oculus Quest in-stock?
Compatible with SteamVR and Oculus headsets, Cybershoes allows you to physically walk and run in VR from a comfortable seated position. The company is also hosting an NFT Tournament open to all Cybershoes owners on the Oculus Quest on November 6th. More on that later!
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.
ESL, the world’s largest esports organizer, and Oculus announced that season three of the VR League will kickoff on March 24th. VR League: Season 3 will have weekly cups in both Europe and North America, and terminate in an offline Grand Finals event at Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, UK. McKelvy, head of esports at Oculus.
The Walking Dead Onslaught launches September 29th on PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive; just in time for the season 10 finale October 4th on AMC. This digital launch will be followed by a physical release on PSVR October 2nd in Europe and October 13th in North America. Visit your local retailer for additional details and availability.
Last week we started seeing reports that users couldn’t find Oculus Quest 2 across a range of Amazon EU websites. The headset is still unavailable in many Amazon Europe sites as of this week, but Oculus isn’t saying why. Oculus has dealt with this issue previously.
Meta also teases other “brand new accessories” that will “enhance your Quest 2 gameplay experience” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oculus (@oculus). That said, tomorrow’s celebration only extends to those in the United States (sorry Europe and Asia). “It’s almost Quest Day.
Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive to finally launch on PSVR. Europe – CUSA18231_00. Japan – CUSA18283_00.
If you’ve used your Oculus Rift since the beginning of February, you likely already have a small surprise waiting for you in your account. Important to note : Oculus Store credit has shelf life of 12 months from the date it was posted to your account, so if you wait too long hoping for a sale, you may forfeit it entirely.
For example, LFF Expanded required an Oculus headset. Similarly, the recent VRDays Europe didn’t require a headset but did require multiple separate desktop applications. Again, this is increasingly true given user skepticism of Facebook and Oculus. Other examples require prohibitively expensive tethered headsets.
See Also: Virtual Reality Documentary Tells the Story of the Band That Changed History in Eastern Europe. Using a VR headset such as Oculus Rift, you can step into the prison yards, cells, and classrooms in the camps. In 2014, Zero Point was released as the first 360-degree movie made for the Oculus Rift.
Not only did a new version of Samsung and Oculus’ mobile VR headset release with a new motion controller , but there were updates on the software side, too. When the new Gear arrived, so too did a new version of the Oculus Home hub that Gear VR users enter every time they boot the headset up, much like they do on Rift.
We’ll be keeping an eye on Oculus Rift deals throughout Black Friday 2017 and Cyber Monday. Oculus Rift Baseline. Without an special discount, the Oculus Rift + Touch bundle costs $400/€450/£400. The Best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2017 Deal. In Europe and the UK, the package is selling for €400 and £350 respectively.
Rezzil Secures $2.75M Investment for Oculus Sports Training App “Player 22. ” Facebook Finally Opens Oculus Quest Passthrough Feature to Developers. “At this rate, we won’t even be surprised if John Deere began pitching the prospect of a FarmVille-inspired tractor metaverse,” commented Morningbrew Emerging Tech. Full nerd alert here.
Soon you’ll be able to walk into a regular store in Europe and Canada and pick up an Oculus Rift headset, according to a tweet from the company’s CEO Brendan Iribe. Rift hits retail in Europe and Canada Sept 20, in-store Touch demos begin in October. pic.twitter.com/dJxx8rFsyY.
HTC hosts a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Vive for free. In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers. Oculus Rift, Touch, and Gear VR.
In addition to Above and Beyond’s single-player campaign, you can master the distinctive handling of a host of WWII weapons and test yourself against opponents in five multiplayer modes on sites across Europe. Oculus has said it’s also looking into the possibility of bringing the game to Quest 2 in the future.
Lenovo, a global leader in tech solutions, announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe on Wednesday it had launched its novel all-in-one virtual reality (VR) enterprise solution. Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial Virtual Reality at Lenovo, addresses audiences at the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Europe in Madeira, Portugal.
The highly anticipated Oculus exclusive, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is finally due to launch this holiday. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond has been in development by Respawn Entertainment for nearly three years, making it one of the most anticipated Oculus exclusive titles to date.
This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively to YouTube and DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app.
It will be available on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and Steam VR. Following the digital launch, you can get your hands on Perp Games’ PlayStation VR physical editions on October 13 in the US, and October 2 in Europe. Players can now pre-order The Walking Dead Onslaught on Oculus Home , Steam , and select retailers.
The company’s original Reverb headset is well known to industry users, but is less popular among casual users than models by companies like VIVE and Oculus. Don’t worry – preorders open across Europe and Asia on July 6. However, the launch of their second-generation headset is drumming up a lot of buzz.
Through the brutalist concrete blocks of the notorious Aylesbury Estate, the biggest social housing estate in Europe, audiences will enter its world from its construction to its controversial redevelopment today. ” Image Credit: MOR Museum Inc.
Not only did we get our hands on Oculus’ long-awaited standalone headset, the Oculus Quest, but we also received the Oculus Rift S as well as Valve’s flagship VR headset, the Valve Index. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond launches on Oculus Rift/Rift S in 2020. 2019 was one hell of a year for VR hardware. LONE ECHO II. (Q1
Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience. And for these reasons, Pico has been bought by Bytedance in 2021 … a move that many compared to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook. VR Expert ).
At the time of this writing, new units are still available direct from HTC in select markets, including Europe, Australia, Taiwan, and Japan. I suggest you to check with resellers if they have it available,” an HTC service representative confirmed with Road to VR, echoing the statement provided to Kody1996.
Gatekeepers are defined as companies with huge revenues (in the order of billions) in Europe, which have many EU users, a dominant position that is predicted to last over many years, and act as intermediaries between the users and other companies providing services.
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