Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2025

Five years after Half-Life: Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, the company has continued to shape the VR landscape through steady updates to SteamVR, integration with standalone headsets like Quest, and whispers of new hardware and games.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 11, 2025

Moreover, GIGABYTE announced VS AI Street Fighting Arcade, a text-to-image prompt-based service for creating gaming and immersive experiences. These PCs include integrated hardware such as a Z790 AORUS MASTER motherboard and GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs to help drive forward GIGABYTE’s innovation solution.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 21, 2025

In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. Reddit is a great place for users to learn about the latest news and insights regarding specific hardware.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2023

Not only will this hardware advancement shrink the projector module by more than 50%, but it also enables the development of lightweight and high-resolution AR glasses with seamless Rx integration and outdoor brightness, paving the way for smaller, feature-packed AR glasses with Rx compatibility. The future, quite literally, is looking up.”.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Google has technically hosted XR games on Play in the form of Cardboard apps since 2014, which use Android smartphones as ad hoc VR displays—something that was big in kickstarting user interest in the early days of consumer VR, but not so much in the day of standalone headsets like Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2025

Niantic, the company behind hit mobile game Pokmon Go (2016), announced the sale of itsgaming division to Scopely for $3.85 It’s since been integrated into a host of the company’s location-based games, such as Pokmon GO, Ingress , and Peridot. billion, confirming a previous Bloomberg report.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2022

Through our preliminary experiments, it is found that metaverse addiction does exist and its influence appears more rapidly and has a greater impact than that of traditional gaming addiction. According to this study, VR is 44% more addictive than traditional gaming (Image by HTC Vive). What are the practical effects of it?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 21, 2025

In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. Reddit is a great place for users to learn about the latest news and insights regarding specific hardware.

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VRScout

JUNE 14, 2023

Add some style to your game with this limited-edition accessory. This includes a comfortable grip, self-tensioning lanyard, adjustable hardware trigger, and a swappable grip system. There’s even an exclusive in-game cosmetic. For more information on Walkabout Mini Golf VR , including the upcoming iOS release, visit here.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2025

Citing data obtained by independent analyst Omdia, Game Developer (via Forbes ), notes that downloads of the Meta Horizon app fell by 27% on Christmas Day 2024 when compared to 2023, which is historically the app’s yearly peak for downloads. Image courtesy Omdia via Game Developer That’s not the whole story though.

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VRScout

AUGUST 2, 2022

This week, Immersive Gamebox announced yet another major partnership, this time with Netflix’s Squid Game. The experience is composed of six games in total (as provided by Immersive Gamebox): Red Light, Green Light – Use 3D motion tracking to navigate your way around various obstacles and get to safety.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 29, 2024

update doesn’t actually bring full hand-tracking support to SteamVR’s UI, but rather allows Quest users to DIY their setup for each game by experimenting with input bindings. “We continue to focus on OpenXR as our preferred API for new games and applications,” Valve says.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 9, 2022

We recommend installing both versions but using Citra Nightly as it is the more stable version; only switch to Citra Canary whenever you come across a ROM (a digital copy of a game) that doesn’t work as it should with Citra Nightly. Just remember to only increase the resolution as far as your hardware will allow. 3DS Emulator Settings.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2024

Tyler McVicker, YouTuber and one of the leading voices dedicated to deciphering Valve’s various internal developments, however now reports that not only is the company’s long-awaited standalone VR headset still coming, but it may arrive alongside its own Half-Life game.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Interestingly, the new $400 MSRP affects both its basic PSVR bundle, which includes the headset, two Sense controllers, and headphones, and the Horizon Call of the Mountain hardware bundle, which was priced at $600 at the headset’s February 2023 launch.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming’s fomative successes, Braid , has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game. Before Fez (2012) , before Limbo (2010) , and before Minecraft (2009) , Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes in the formative years of indie game development and distribution.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Even though Quest 2 also launched at $300, Quest 3S is an even better value because Meta’s headsets have only become more capable, while the range of games and apps has grown and improved since the launch of Quest 2. The small sweet-spot doesn’t matter too much for most VR games.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2025

I love PS5, I love the games that are coming out on this platform. At farewell party yesterday pic.twitter.com/hpiPWQIO1z Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) January 14, 2025 “Ive been with PlayStation from the beginning, and this is my 31st year with PlayStation,” Yoshida said in a PS blog interview. You know, the companys been doing great.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2024

update to MYST (2020), the VR-supported remake of the classic ’90s point-and-click adventure game, which includes performance boosts and improvements to stability for PC VR users. update, such as resolving a height change bug when teleporting and menu visibility issues in certain game areas. Cyan Worlds has released its big 2.0

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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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VRScout

MAY 13, 2023

In addition to navigation and safety, the Deep Reality Display also offers various entertainment options for passengers, including AR gaming. There’s even gaming content for drivers designed to keep their attention on the road. There’s even gaming content for drivers designed to keep their attention on the road.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Initially launched in 2019 on Steam , the critically acclaimed Boneworks had remained a PC VR exclusive despite the follow-up game, Bonelab , also arriving on Quest. Pre-production for the next game. 25 goals: Release Patch 7, 8, 9 for Bonelab with Marrow 2, 2.1, 25 goals: Release Patch 7, 8, 9 for Bonelab with Marrow 2, 2.1,

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

There is a bit of turmoil in the VR developer communities because developers are experiencing more difficulties in making their games noticed on Quest. So when App Lab was eliminated and all the games were merged into the main (Quest) Horizon Store , I was very happy. And these are all lost sales for the developer of that game.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2022

008, a respected Chinese supply chain analyst, Chinese hardware manufacturer Goertek will soon begin mass production of Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 headset. Since then the company has refrained from sharing too much beyond the existence of the hardware itself. According to a report by ????008, Image Credit: Future.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2025

“We feel that no game has truly taken advantage of the power of standalone VR hardware,” says Charlie Shenton, Mage’s engine programmer and other half of the two-person team. “Nothing ruins our immersion more than laggy games barely hitting 72Hz, with blurry visuals, and spongey physics.”

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2023

Acclaimed video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company Valve are currently in the development of new VR hardware, according to a recent report. Image Credit: Valve When asked about the rumors of new VR hardware, Coomer stated, “I can tell you for sure that we’ve been working on a VR headset lately.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Cloudhead Games is one of VR’s most senior and most successful studios. Having not launched a new game since Pistol Whip in 2019, the studio tells Road to VR that two brand new VR games are in development. Cloudhead Games might be old-school as far as VR studios go, but it has always been forward-looking.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The gamification trap… XR is always linked to gaming, whether business like it or not. The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. Especially in the past 20 years, when gaming has become massively mainstream.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Organizers behind the VR Games Showcase last month announced they’re putting on a new livestreamed games event next week focusing on independent developers and studios “both big and small.” ” Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It is its Reality Labs division, the same one working on XR headsets, that is developing the hardware and the software for these AI-powered robots that can handle everyday household tasks. Microsoft will still provide the Azure cloud, but all the hardware and software should be provided by Luckeys startup.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Continued: “It is a favourite among titles such as simulator games or for anyone who values the highest clarity of consumer VR. “It “It has glass aspheric lenses and a Display Port Cable so that the visuals from the PC get delivered without visual compression.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Stress Level Zero's Brandon J Laatsch described inside-out body tracking as "the most game changing feature of VR hardware since tracked controllers in 2016", and said "Other hardware players either need to step up and develop it or concede the space to those who do because it will create an insurmountable divide."

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2025

When the app launched back in August 2024officially enabling PSVR 2 to play SteamVR games for the first timethere were widespread complaints of controller tracking issues. The latest update to PlayStation VR2 App (v3.0)

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Meta Quest 2 is a standalone VR headset, which means no additional hardware is required in order to operate. Released back in October 2021, Armature Studio’s remake of the massively-popular action-horror game is arguably one of the best single-player experiences available on VR headsets at the moment.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Beat Saber is 2024's most downloaded game on PlayStation VR2. After releasing December's charts nearly two weeks ago, Sony's now revealed 2024's top downloads across PS5, PS4, free to play flatscreen games, and PS VR2. As such, November 2024 was the last time Sony recorded the top performing PSVR games.

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2022

The absurdly popular battle royale game Fortnite may receive official VR support for Meta Quest headsets, according to HYPEX, a well-known Fortnite leaker with a solid track record. References to the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 were supposedly found in the latest update for the game’s third season. Image Credit: Epic.

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VRScout

APRIL 4, 2023

Available for purchase next month, the ELF-SR2 is a 27-inch 4K display that can supposedly deliver immersive 3D content without the need for additional hardware, such as augmented reality (AR) glasses or a VR headset. Sony announced a new addition to its growing lineup of Spatial Reality Displays. For more information visit here.

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