VRScout

MAY 10, 2017

After strapping on a Samsung Gear VR headset and buckling into their seats, riders are transported to a crumbling city under siege by hordes of giant mutant spiders. The virtual reality coaster also used Oculus-powered Gear VR headsets which were synced to the action of the coaster.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2017

Altair have produced an application called ‘ Fulldome Cinema ‘, now available for the Samsung Gear VR, which renders a digital representation of a planetarium theatre inside VR, complete with 200 virtual seats and a 20 metre, domed projection screen.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The only notable exception to Jaunt’s availability on the various hardware platforms was Sony’s PlayStation VR headset.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2017

So when it comes to specs and tracking performance, you can expect the headsets from Acer, Dell, Asus, HP, and Lenovo to be very similar. The one major exception is Samsung’s Odyssey Windows VR headset which appears to have taken a more custom approach with unique lenses, displays, and integrated audio.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The head-tracking based interface of the Gear VR is completely intuitive. Toy Clash is now available on the Samsung Gear VR through Oculus Home for $2.99. Tagged with: gear vr , oculus , strategy , tactics , toy clash. Even still though, Toy Clash is charming enough to be fun for the most part.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

FOVE has announced that their first eye-tracking VR headset, the FOVE 0, will open for pre-orders on November 2nd, and has also released the final specifications of the device. Much like Oculus, FOVE began as a successful Kickstarter which raised $480,000 , nearly twice its goal, back in mid-2015. Tracking: Head Tracking.

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JUNE 17, 2024

The first VR headset to ship after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014 was the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition, using the Note 4 smartphone as its display, processing center, and battery. enjoy a simple head-tracked game like Proton Pulse inside a literal cardboard box – just as you can today on a $3500 Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I mean, on the Oculus Touch you have a middle finger trigger, that is used to grab stuff by closing your hand and the index finger that is used to trigger actions: when you use a VR gun, everything is more or less like in the real world. The Oculus Quest touch controllers: this is how I want manual interface in XR. Should you buy it?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz ‘Prototype 2’ standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. Image courtesy Oculus. Oculus told me that tracking on the P2 had been a major focus since the P1 was shown last year.

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Headjack

JANUARY 12, 2015

All the big names in tech are working on their own devices, including Apple, Sony, Samsung, and Google. This is a massive overkill, since the latest Oculus Rift Crescent Bay edition contains a 1440p display. However, Oculus does aim for content shown at 80fps! Do you know why so many Oculus Rift DK2’s can be found on eBay?

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Since its announcement at Google I/O earlier in the year, Daydream has been positioned as a potential usurper to the mobile VR throne currently occupied by Samsung and Oculus with Gear VR. Head tracking, app selection, and overall performance inside View were all top notch. The Remote.

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