VRScout

JULY 15, 2021

The popular PC VR RPG experience A Township Tale has finally arrived on Oculus Quest headsets, and the game is already creating some serious buzz among players. Set in a classic medieval fantasy world, the game begins with you working in various professions, such as blacksmithing, woodcutting, mining, and archery.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Meta is going to hand the design of its headsets to Goertek , and gradually stop working on hardware altogether, to concentrate on the Horizon OS platform. Boz also denied that the whole VR hardware division of Meta is going to be laid off. I still think that there may be some true parts of the rumor , though.

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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2021

Oculus Quest and Quest 2 owners are finally getting several features they’ve been asking for since launch: support for multiple accounts and app sharing. App sharing, on the other hand, allows anyone with a secondary login access to every VR game and app on the primary account. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2021

Those familiar with massively multiplayer online games are no doubt familiar with Roblox. Originally released back in 2006 on desktop PCs, the wildly popular multiplayer sandbox game has since expanded onto multiple platforms, amassing a rabidly loyal fanbase of mostly younger players in the process. Image Credit: Oculus.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Valve just updated the Steam Hardware Survey to list Quest 3S - but only from Steam Link users. What Is The Steam Hardware Survey? The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is offered to a random sample of Steam’s user base each month. Yesterday we reported on the release of the November Steam Hardware Survey data.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2021

Oculus Air Link is an integrated way to play PC VR games (on Oculus PC or SteamVR) wirelessly on Quest 2. Just like Oculus Link allows you to plug into a VR ready PC to play PC VR games, Oculus Air Link allows you to do so wirelessly. Oculus Air Link only supports Quest 2. Here’s the breakdown.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Over the past decade, online gaming has exploded in popularity. Today, virtual reality promises to take online gaming to new heights as it delivers an immersive interactive experience to gamers around the world. VR companies are developing hardware: helmets, sensor gloves, hand controllers, and more. Immersive Gaming Experience.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The following subcategories are considered part of the metaverse: Virtual reality; Augmented reality; NFT; Crypto; Blockchain; Gaming platforms (this is far-fetched, but it is true that the whole 3D modeling part is based on the gaming industry, as well as much of the interaction programming).

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2020

And although revolutionary hardware such as the Oculus Quest is slowly lowering the entry-price, the most visually-impressive and technologically-advanced VR games still require the power of a high-end gaming PC. One of the biggest issues prospective buyers have with modern VR technology is its price.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2020

Link up with seven friends and jump into select games together. The Oculus Quest is a fantastic VR headset, but for a piece of hardware built by the most dominant social media company in the world, it’s social capabilities have been surprisingly lacking. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2021

Co-founder Dave Baszucki says the Oculus Quest makes “perfect sense” for the popular online multiplayer game. Could Roblox be heading to VR via the Oculus Quest? per share with an overall evaluation of $41 billion; not bad for a free-to-play children’s game. Image Credit: Roblox Corporation.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This week Facebook announced the launch of cloud-streamed games from Facebook Gaming. These are games which are rendered in the cloud and then streamed to your computer. Cloud-based gaming has been seen by the industry at large as a way to make games more widely accessible by making them playable on less powerful hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Today I’ve played around with Oculus Quest , trying to hack it a bit via command-line tools (ADB), hoping to activate some cool features. with which we of NTW have created the first mixed reality fitness game, HitMotion: Reloaded. Oculus Go was codenamed “Pacific”, instead. Oculus Assistant.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook today announced that it’s working with Rockstar Games to bring Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) exclusively to the Oculus Quest 2 headset. The company said in its Facebook keynote today at Facebook Connect 2021 that it has been working “for years” to bring the game to VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 is way too new for any real hardware discounts this holiday, it seems. It’s been one year since Oculus released beta support for Link, the company’s compatibility software that lets Quest users play Rift exclusives on PC. Make sure to download the Oculus PC app first, and connect your Quest 2 with a USB 3.0

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Quest Pro is here and brings with it some welcomed hardware improvements but a dubious value proposition that’s highly dependent on someone else making the right apps. If you plan on gaming just like you do on Quest 2, Quest Pro is in most ways the superior device. The former is pretty straightforward. Did the first bar close?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2021

As promised, Facebook today introduced its new 128GB version of the Oculus Quest 2 headset for $300, entirely replacing the 64GB base model launched in October last year. You’ll find the 128GB model offered direct from Oculus , as well as from official partners including Amazon , Best Buy , Target , and Adorama in the US.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Because of his work, he finds himself working every day on XR headsets in professional settings, and he was one of the first people to share a photo of the Oculus Quest 2 For Business on my Linkedin feed. Here you are my chat with him about Oculus For Business! What are the advantages that Oculus For Business has given you?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! But of course, the technology is still not there: the Oculus Quest is still uncomfortable, we can’t read texts in it, and so on.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2021

The change comes just in time for Oculus developers, as the company recently announced it’s fully moving open to the OpenXR standard for VR development going forward. Since Unreal Engine 5 itself isn’t ready for prime time, Epic Games is continuing to update the production-ready Unreal Engine 4.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Unplugged is an upcoming VR rhythm game which makes use of full finger-tracking for a Rock Band -like experience, but with an ‘air guitar’ instead of a plastic peripheral. The game definitely builds on the vibes of classic instrument-based rhythm games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero , but this time without the plastic guitar.

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VRScout

MARCH 8, 2021

.” During a recent podcast interview with The Information , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shed some additional light on the future of Oculus, teasing everything from future hardware improvements to updates regarding the companies long talked-about AR headset. Image Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. Looking to learn all about PSVR 2 before it launches this month?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Despite having originally released all the way back in 2013, Rockstar’s fifth entry in their beloved Grand Theft Auto video game series is more popular than ever. Regular DLC updates have kept GTA Online feeling fresh; meanwhile, veteran players continue to spend absurd amounts of real-world money on in-game currency.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Resolution Games, a leading developer of XR content, has acquired Zero Index, the studio which helped bring Odd Raven Studios’ VR co-op game Carly and the Reaperman (2018) to the Quest platform earlier this year. Zero Index is a game studio and consulting firm focused on B2B services within both the game and IT industry.

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Road to VR

MAY 10, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with CNET for an interview where he speaks about the company’s progress on its next generation of VR devices, namely what it might include in the ‘Oculus Quest Pro’ standalone headset. What isn’t clear is how much it will cost, and who the target market will be.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 launches tomorrow, bringing along with it higher resolution, higher refresh rate, and a cutting edge Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset to drive native VR games on the company’s most powerful standalone headset yet. Developer: Fast Travel Games. Developer: Vertigo Games. Release date: May 21st, 2019.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We’re talking of course about awards season, XR gaming maximalists, and data harvesting walled gardens. Apps, Hardware, and Immersive Experience Showcases. Unfortunately, some of these events have required specific platforms or hardware that have excluded some individuals. For example, LFF Expanded required an Oculus headset.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 7, 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. Of course, these are just the specifications recommended by the company for the ideal game experience. Image Credit: Oculus Studios.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This moving target is the case for all kinds of immersive experiences but it’s most evident in gaming, given the category’s early popularity (especially in VR). We have first-person shooters, rhythm games like Beat Saber, cockpit experiences, and 3D puzzlers among other formats. Cracking the Code.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Tilt Five is a startup working on eponymous AR glasses that are focused on board games. It has been founded by Jeri Ellsworth , a former Valve employee that worked directly with Michael Abrash in the lab that was experimenting with AR and VR before Oculus was even a thing. The board and the controller necessary to play Tilt Five games.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. At launch, XR Casino will feature multiplayer games, public and private rooms, and text and voice chat.

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VRScout

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week we caught our first glimpse of Saber City , an upcoming VR game for Quest that utilizes Passthrough technology to immerse players in a mixed reality arena. In my Oculus Quest game Saber City your iPhone can capture mixed reality game footage AND deploy enemies. Follow the Kickstarter (Link in Comments)!

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FEBRUARY 9, 2025

In a post on X , the former Oculus CTO once again clarified his position on standalone and PC VR, a position he has held for more than a decade. More AAA PC VR Games is the way to win!. And in 2013, while CTO of Oculus, Carmack even described this ideal headset as running a version of Android.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

Today SteamVR is still the gold standard for what concerns PCVR tracking and many enthusiasts have Lighthouses installed in their rooms to play VR games on their Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Pimax Crystal Light. Tracking range Visual representation of the field of view of the tracking of the controllers on the Vive Cosmos.

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