Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2017

The OSVR HDK 2 sits in a unique position in the market, aimed towards developers of VR software and hardware, but also offering an interesting alternative to the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive for enthusiasts willing to take the risk on a not-consumer-ready device. SEE ALSO OSVR HDK 2 Headset Gets Detailed Teardown – Scores High in Repairability.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Today Razer is announcing a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. This gives developers a minimum expectation of ROI when building for OSVR and incentivizes Razer and OSVR to help co-market developers projects in order to sell those pre-purchased keys.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2016

Razer Chief Executive and co-founder Min-Liang Tan has stated his company’s intent to dominate China’s rapidly growing virtual reality market, with new products built around the OSVR platform, tailored to the region launching next month. See Also: Razer Announces $199 ‘Hacker Dev Kit’ VR Headset as Part of OSVR Initiative.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Otherwise, contact HTC support to have your Vive fixed (good luck with that). So, the first thing to do if the various reboots didn’t work is trying opening a SteamVR game and see if there the controllers work (you can see and move them). Razer Synapse. There are anyway other tools that can help in configuring it properly.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit. Lone Echo). But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Upload VR Showcase has been full of announcements about VR games. Upload did it again: on December, 2nd, the big XR magazine has streamed a big showcase of many news about VR games. This one has been richer than the previous one, and we had both news on existing games and announcements of new upcoming titles. Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

Praised as one of the greatest games ever made, the 13 year old Half-Life 2 is a lauded piece of gaming history. A reborn mod project is bringing compatibility for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with full motion input support, remastered visuals, a made-for-VR UI, realistic weapon interactions, and more. Watch the trailer above.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The THXAAA chip, as the company calls it, is an ASIC chip that’s being made in conjunction with Triad Semiconductor , a firm who has also worked with Valve to create components of the HTC Vive’s Lighthouse tracking technology. The THXAAA chip is the company’s first step into component offerings.

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2017

Half-Life 2: VR , a revamped version of an older mod which will adapt the beloved Half-Life 2 for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, has been green-lit, signifying Valve’s official acceptance of the mod for distribution on Steam. Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1. Watch the trailer above. A made for VR UI.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2019

Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger recently tweeted what appears to be an unreleased VR headset and motion controllers using SteamVR 2.0 ” SEE ALSO HTC Confirms Vive Cosmos Will Support OpenVR/SteamVR. Whatever the case may be, it’s clear Cloudhead Games is continuing in its tradition as an early VR pioneer.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We don’t know if it is just a reference design for external partners (like HTC) or it is an actual headset that Valve is producing. Someone hypothesizes that Valve may produce the headset by itself because: HTC has started its own store, Viveport , and so it is not pushing Steam as an official store anymore.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 20, 2016

Razer opens pre-orders for OSVR HDK 2 virtual reality headset Today, Razer announced that it is opening up pre-orders for the company’s second OSVR development kit, called the HDK 2. Consumers who order a device through July 28 will receive two free bundled games, Descent: Underground and Radial G: Racing Revolved.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

the GPU power of the previous model , and the comparison of the various games in their before vs. after versions is impressive. Finally with this chipset, games don’t appear just as flat colors anymore, but some real-time lighting becomes possible. Meta has also revealed that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is coming to Quest in December.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2016

This particular experience was built for HTC Vive, with room-scale and accurate motion controllers giving trainees that all important ‘hand presence’ throughout. Earlier work include this high voltage switching experience built for the Oculus Rift DK2 and Razer Hydra motion controllers (see above).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The Razer-fronted Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) platform was announced along with its very first flagship hardware, the Hacker Developer Kit (HDK for short). At MWC in Barcelona in March that year, HTC unveiled the Valve/SteamVR driven Vive headset and arguably went on to dominate the Game Developer Conference (GDC) show which followed.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. Games that support the platform, now have an icon next to their name. OSVR is the third VR platform supported by Steam after the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Supported games: The Brookhaven Experiment. Abduction Episode 1: Her Name Was Sarah.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. Games that support the platform, now have an icon next to their name. OSVR is the third VR platform supported by Steam after the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. Supported games: The Brookhaven Experiment. Abduction Episode 1: Her Name Was Sarah.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2016

E3 2016 kicks off this week; it’s the first E3 since the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and the last before the launch of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. What does the year’s biggest consumer gaming show hold in store for VR fans? Here’s what to expect.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2016

Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. Yesterday Razer announced a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Oculus Touch Launch Lineup Will Top 30 Games, ‘Oculus Medium’ Bundled. Are ‘Backpack PC’ for VR a thing yet?

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Along with categories that you would expect, such as gaming and entertainment, I was excited to see a category for VR education and training. HTC – Vive. Razer – OSVR. Nominees for VR Game of the Year. Owlchemy Labs & Adult Swim Games – Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Oculus – Rift.

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VR Bites

AUGUST 30, 2016

All within the HTC Vive using the Vivecraft mod! My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world!

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VR Bites

OCTOBER 10, 2016

from Razer. The result was somewhat disappointing, so Razer assisted to show me their latest model. Razer helped me out of that illusion. Also website like WEARVR get a chance to grow without the company software distribution platforms, I see that there are appearing more OSVR games every week. Controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

This article is a contribution from Denny Unger, Co-Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery: Episode 1 – The Call of the Starseed and Episode 2 – Heart of the Emberstone. . We now have new possibilities for game mechanics and design that haven’t and couldn’t have been done before.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn’t work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2019

When I visited HTC’s Headquarters in Taipei, I didn’t only get some exclusive info on the Vive Cosmos , but I have also been able to try the Vive Pro Eye. The Vive Pro Eye is the latest enterprise product by HTC, that is a Vive Pro with embedded the eye tracking by Tobii. Vive Pro Eye. It was fully hackable.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2016

Epic Games’ popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 Clearly in the above demo, Donaldson is immersed with the Oculus Rift and using Oculus Touch controllers, but the original unveiling was done on the SteamVR powered HTC Vive. now sporting Google VR ‘Daydream’ and OSVR native support.

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VRWorld

JUNE 13, 2016

Bethesda announced that is bringing the world of Fallout 4 into Virtual Reality and there will be a series of VR experiences and games announced during this ‘media frenzy’ week. Razer is the driving force behind the OSVR, an Open Source Virtual Reality industry initiative. The post Did Razer Just Won the VR War?

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2016

The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never before—and just in time for The International. See Also : Limited Edition DOTA 2 Championship HTC Vive Now Available. Other avatars zoomed around me and idly chatted as we watched a match in progress.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Over the past three years, Melbourne, Australia-based startup Zero Latency has been refining its multiplayer virtual reality arcade platform, which currently has three playable games for up to six players with plans to add eight-player support by the end of this year. Vandonkelaar said it takes between seven and nine months to create a game.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. It’s impossible to test each and every game on Steam using Touch simply because there are nearly 1,000 VR supported games and applications on Steam right now, over 800 of which feature some type of tracked motion controller support.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

After a launch presentation that included a live demo of Gears of War 4 running at 4K on Ultra settings on a GTX 1080 notebook, and Doom running on a mobile GTX 1080 overclocked to 2GHz, we were given some hands-on time with an impressive range of Pascal-based notebooks from Acer, Asus, EVGA, HP, MSI, and Razer.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Electronic Entertainment Expo will open its doors from June 14-17 and with all the deliberate and non-deliberate leaks, there will be a significant lack of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality gaming titles. Do note that there isn’t a smidgen of mainstream gaming studios. experienced in VR. appeared first on VR World.

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VRWorld

MAY 5, 2017

It is normal to buy or lease a car for a few hundred dollars a month, to own a thousand dollar phone with a monthly pay-off plan, but such clever price-reducing strategies were not the part of HTC or Oculus strategies and we all know what happened afterwards. The post HTC VIVE Evolves to a Subscription Model appeared first on VR World.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

From comics to movies to games and television shows, Batman is one of the few DC Comics properties that is almost guaranteed to be a success. Now Batman is taking over virtual reality with Batman Arkham VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. What is interesting about this new game is the possibilities that it will give fans.

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VRWorld

AUGUST 22, 2017

Regardless of are we talking about smartphones, eSports, conventional multiplayer games or even VR, any network-induced lag breaks the user experience. The WRT32X router works in tandem with Killer-enabled computers to prioritize important gaming and video networking traffic above other devices in the home. ” concluded La Duca.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

Many of the world’s midrange enterprise headsets like the Meta Quest Pro, HTC VIVE Elite XR, and Pico 4 Enterprise are priced well below $1,500. Meta even lowered the Quest Pro’s price to $1,099 after receiving backlash on its cost, with HTC VIVE pricing the Elite XR similarly.

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