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JANUARY 24, 2020

Finland-based startup Varjo , maker of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has built an impressive product and charted a rapid growth, seemingly similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with 150 employees and some $46 million in venture funding, Varjo is aiming to make its headset lineup more widely accessible. Image courtesy Varjo.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

DiRT Rally (2015) started out as an exemplar of a PC rally racer, but after adding Oculus Rift support last year, the game has since become a hit in the VR community for its varied tracks, cars and true-to-life driving physics. Take on the legendary hillclimb of Pikes Peak, the snowy thrills of Sweden, and the epic scenery of Finland. .

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JUNE 20, 2017

Finland-based Varjo has announced a new display technology for AR and VR which the company is calling “the first human eye-resolution VR/AR/XR immersive display.” Below: the same view (and limited portion) of the Oculus Rift | Image courtesy Varjo. I could read individual filenames in the folders on the virtual desktop.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. They retrofitted an Oculus Rift with an extra layer of lenses inside the unit. An OLED microdisplay projects an image onto a glass plate over the Oculus lenses. A video of a prototype back in Finland showed how this tech can work with AR.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 3, 2017

Following a two-week exclusive debut on PlayStation®VR, Skydance Interactive has now made its award-winning first person shooter Archangel available for purchase across all premium VR platforms, including HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Download for Oculus: [link] Download via Steam: [link] · Download for PSVR: [link].

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In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. The Helsinki, Finland-based firm’s latest headset provides industry-leading immersion for aviation professionals with such realism, they can earn credits for their pilot licence training.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

on the very day it launches for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for the same price. Whatsmore, Archangel is also launching on PSVR in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and Turkey today. Skydance is dropping the game to $29.99

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MARCH 31, 2017

Featuring a soundtrack by lead singer and composer Ville Valo, of gothic rock band HIM, 3rd Eye Studios Downward Spiral : Prologue launches on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive is now available on the Oculus store for Oculus Rift and Steam for HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The actions coming from the US are not much related to VR and Oculus, but mostly to the social space. This could also mean splitting the Facebook Reality Labs into a separate company (a new Oculus?), In Germany, instead, the legal action regards the mandatory Facebook login for Oculus Quest 2. Oculus Rift S now costs $300.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In this VR concert hosted by Sony , viewers around the world were able to share in “Madison Beer Immersive Reality Concert Experience,” by watching the concert using VR devices such as PlayStation VR and Oculus VR. © Sony Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have a clear set of recommended specs. The Finland-based studio today launched VRMark on Steam and its own website. However, any avid PC gamer knows it doesn’t stop there.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. Oculus Quest hands tracking is being a success among developers. Since hands-tracking is being so successful, Oculus has made two things to help developers. PSVR game Ghost Giant has come to Oculus Quest on February, 20th. News worth a mention.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

MeKiwi is a very interesting indie studio in Finland : they have published a very popular VR game like Cave Digger, and they have also experimented with something artistic with ArtPulse. Recently, they also made something quite unique in the ecosystem: they have ported their VR game Cave Digger back to flat-screen Desktop PC.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The consumer market without a Quest moment The biggest difference between the Chinese VR ecosystem and the Western one is the lack of the Oculus/Facebook/Meta/Horizon/whatever Quest. These are the same sentiments that I’ve found in all the parts of the world I’ve traveled, from the US to Finland to my home country Italy.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2020

Finland-based startup Varjo, makers of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has charted a rapid growth, similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with some 150 employees, Varjo wants to make its headset lineup more widely accessible by reducing prices so that smaller businesses can justify the cost.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! That last development isn’t too big of a shocker, given Gear VR requires Oculus technology running on a Samsung phone, an untenable long-term arrangement given Oculus’ own focus on VR headsets. When would you choose to use this feature?

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JANUARY 30, 2017

We already saw Futuremark’s VRMark launch last November, but today sees the release of VRScore from Finland-based Basemark, developed with the help of AMD, Intel and NVIDIA. Currently the Oculus Rift is the only headset to support the former, while the HTC Vive and OSVR both support DX11.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Road To VR) More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Upload VR) Valve releases its own version of Quest Link Out of the blue, Valve has launched Steam Link, which basically is… Oculus Air Link offered directly by SteamVR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Until then, Finland-based VR startup Varjo is using a combination of macrodisplays and microdisplays to put high density resolution to the center of your view without giving up the wide field of view. Alone, it would look almost identical to the fidelity you’d expect from the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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MAY 3, 2017

If you already have an Oculus Rift and Touch controllers, you can join the early open beta and dial in your parents via Facebook Messenger. Although Spaces is currently limited to only a few activities, and it’s only compatible with the Oculus Rift VR hardware, expect to see more virtual amusements as well as accessible hardware… eventually.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2016

Available on the Oculus Store today (and via an update for the existing Steam version), DiRT Rally is the latest driving game to receive a VR makeover with Oculus Rift support. Available On: Oculus Home (Rift), Steam (Rift). Reviewed On: Oculus Rift. See Also: How to Boost Rift Image Quality with the Oculus Debug Tool.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Researchers in Finland are experimenting with brainwave analysis as a method for content curation. We all want to live our Jedi dreams, but the Oculus Touch controllers are not quite “the Force.” VR also stands to benefit from BCIs by dramatically reducing the barrier to true “presence.”

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MAY 18, 2018

So while titles such as Starcraft 2 and Overwatch may be positioned seemingly permanently at the top of the current esports food chain, the popularity of last years VR Challenger League, a VR-dedicated esports competition hosted by Oculus & ESL, has shown that fans may be ready for immersive esports sooner than we thought. .

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

After being backordered by weeks in many regions, Oculus Quest is now “unavailable” from Oculus in 17 out of 23 regions where the unit is sold, including the United States, Canada, and much of Europe. Facebook says the Coronavirus outbreak is to blame. United States. Netherlands.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Though it has held fairly steady since its launch in October, the stock of Oculus Quest 2 is starting to dwindle heading into the Black Friday holiday shopping season. Oculus Quest 2 & Rift S Stock Check. Where to Buy Quest 2 and Look for Stock. It seems likely that Quest 2 stock is going to become scarce this holiday season.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the eve of the Oculus Quest 2 launch your favorite retailer might be backordered or out of stock of the headset, but have you looked elsewhere? Oculus Quest 2 Announcement with Full Specs and Details. New Oculus Users Required to Use Facebook Account Starting in October, Existing Users by 2023. Media Markt. Komplett.dk.

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MARCH 13, 2020

With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. Finland. ×. The post These Are the Countries Where You Can Still Buy Quest & Rift S Direct From Oculus appeared first on Road to VR. Beglium. ×. Denmark. ×.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2018

Oculus Go, the company’s recently launched standalone VR headset, is already on store shelves starting at $200 for the 32 GB version. The company is currently only shipping to the US, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. New details on the Lynx MR headset.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. Is it Finland? That’s another driving factor.

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MARCH 3, 2023

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” And so when the Oculus Quest came out, we kind of said, “We’ll just wait, it’s not going to be as good.” ” But I recently tried it about a month ago, and I was very, very impressed with the Oculus Quest. .”

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JANUARY 17, 2020

And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.” And so when the Oculus Quest came out, we kind of said, “We’ll just wait, it’s not going to be as good.” ” But I recently tried it about a month ago, and I was very, very impressed with the Oculus Quest. .”

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

After Oculus, that has expressed concerns on the manufacture of the Quest, this week Tilt Five has stated that it will have difficulties in shipping devices to the first backers, while nReal , that is based in Beijing, has completely stopped its production. Add custom environments to your Oculus Quest… if you can.

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JULY 22, 2019

Oculus Quest is coming out. The Oculus Quest is a great device that is coming — very polished by Oculus, it will be quite cheap, only $400. There is also the Oculus Go, that is already on the market; it’s just a viewer of 360 content. With the Oculus Quest, we’ll see what kind of services they provide.

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JULY 22, 2019

Oculus Quest is coming out. The Oculus Quest is a great device that is coming -- very polished by Oculus, it will be quite cheap, only $400. There is also the Oculus Go, that is already on the market; it's just a viewer of 360 content. With the Oculus Quest, we'll see what kind of services they provide.

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