Road to VR

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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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The Ghost Howls

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. Since VRTK was so deeply ingrained in the game, we ended up cloning the VRTK Simulator mode and creating a separate First Person SDK based on it.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Varjo XR-4 is on sale for enterprises, but the company has also opened up a waiting list for interested consumers (especially simulator fans, I guess). This headset costs €7,990 for the standard version and €13,990 for the focal edition.

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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. Originally drifting its way onto PC in April 2015, developer Codemasters took the plunge into rally simulation for the first time.

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InstaVR

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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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

Antony: Yeah, because the great thing about VR is that you can perform this training, realistically simulating the situation the person will be in. The more the simulation is realistic, the more this person who has to solve the problem will we be prepared to solve it. Oculus Quest is coming out.

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