Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The included ‘Playground’ demo shown in the video features a functional shooting range in an underground bunker, littered with magazines to show the multi-object interaction of reloading a gun, along with many other features to highlight the hand animations. SEE ALSO 'Job Simulator' and the Magic of Hand Presence.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. ZedMini camera mounted to HTC Vive / Image Credit: Lee Vermeulen. The primary component is a ZedMini camera hooked up to an HTC Vive headset, that allows for AR pass-through while he is in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. To these, you have to add the companies that are already competing, like for instance HTC or HP. No one can compete now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

HTC 5G streaming. HTC was at MWC showcasing its new headset Vive Focus Plus together with a 5G network. There was a real 5G network created by HTC where on one side there were some special computers that mocked a rendering farm and on the other side there was a user wearing a Vive Focus Plus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

HTC today announced a partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to bring the HTC Vive to sites in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Sanya. More interestingly, they’ll also be able to try some of the content from HTC’s Viveport storefront in their own rooms. In a prepared statement, Alvin W.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC has had a busy day. If there’s one thing HTC loves, it’s a partnership. Cher Wang, CEO and Chariwoman of the wider HTC, will also serve as president. It’s easy to forget that HTC has its own mobile VR app store in Viveport M. Tagged with: htc , htc vive. Viveport M Updates.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2020

Launching on May 5th, the update will be available on all supported platforms, which includes Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows VR headsets, and PSVR. Its compact design allows for the shotgun to be holstered as either a sidearm or primary weapon — and reloads via magazine clip instead of individual shells.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

HTC Vive celebrates the holidays giving 100% rev share to developers. HTC Vive celebrates the holidays by announcing that all Viveport developers will receive a full 100% revenue share for November and December 2020, that are usually the most profitable months. More info (Unboxing video on Upload VR). News from partners (and friends).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Launching today for $10 on HTC’s VR app store, Viveport, Remembering Pearl Harbor commemorates the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1941 tragedy that led the US to join World War II. A collaboration between TIME’s LifeVR , HTC , and Deluxe VR , the experience is told through the eyes of Lt.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2019

I expected the convention area to be a bit bigger … but probably HTC didn’t want to make a bombastic event with thousands and thousands of people there, but preferred a more sober event with some hundreds of people in the audience and thousands following the online stream. Lip Tracking module for the HTC Vive Pro.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 23, 2023

The criminals stole Meta Quest, Pico, and HTC VIVE headsets, tablets, smartphones, controllers, and other devices. Penumbra XR Today recently interviewed Penumbra, a major VR firm using HTC VIVE headsets to rehabilitate patients with next-generational immersive tools.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Some magazines talked about thousands of people laid off, but Bytedance refuted that the scale of the operation was that big. Top news of the week (Image by Pico) Pico performs layoffs It seems that the news about Bytedance shutting down Pico was not true, but it is true that Bytedance is reducing its investment in Pico.

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2021

Digital Rise co-founder and Creative Director Villepoux freely adapted Philippe Foerster’s comic story “Paulot S’évade” (“Paulot Escapes”), published in 1985 by top-rated magazine Fluide Glacial. The MOR app is available only for users with Rift, HTC VIVE, Windows Mixed Reality, and Valve Index.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The Athena is an altogether more ambitious beast and promises recoil action, the ability to reload via a magazine pull-out / pull-in action, whilst also integrating standard joystick and button inputs. SEE ALSO Second-gen Lighthouse Chip Could Improve Tracking, Reduce Cost of HTC Vive 2.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I’m sure that there will also be other offers announced in the next couple of days , so be sure to check out the main VR magazines and communities to stay up to date about them. It looks like a good time to buy a new headset!

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A side effect to going the simulation route is more realistic gun-loading, as ‘D’ is seen fumbling a magazine in a tense scramble to kill one of the white blood cell-type enemies. At the time of this writing, the new video has already garnered more than 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. Even if it is not part of the Italian tradition, probably Halloween is the right festivity for me, since I’m a ghost :). People think it is a gaming device, but then the price doesn’t match their expectations, and so they get angry.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Furthermore, HTC already has a setup that works without SteamVR stations , and it is more expensive than this one, but HTC has more experience with trackers. This could be huge. But we need more hands-on impressions on them to see how much this could become feasible. Expect it to be pricey, though.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2017

The VR production team has previously worked with Viacom entertainment partners MTV and Paramount to bring projects such as the deconstructed VR music album for Hot Sugar’s The Melody of Dust ; an experience Rolling Stone magazine called “a new art form.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s my first time in such an important magazine and I’m incredibly happy about it! Reading the reviews from the most important magazines, I’ve learned that the killer feature of this headset is the new XR2 Gen2 chipset. Shipping will start on October, 10th. And as you can imagine, the leaks come from him, always him: Brad Lynch.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

“For the first time in generations, we’re witnessing the birth of a new major sport, and it’s happening with unprecedented speed,” says ESPN The Magazine, Senior Editor, Megan Greenwall. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019.

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Road to VR

JUNE 16, 2020

It exposes properties in hammer including models, effects, sounds as well as various values like damage and firing rates. […] They all can be overridden to make different looking and animating pistols.

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VRScout

JULY 31, 2018

Available now for the PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Pixel Ripped 1989 is an epic retro adventure centered around classic 8-bit video games of the late 80’s, early 90’s. Pixel Ripped is available now on the PlayStation VR , Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for $24.99. Especially when you consider the entirety of the game.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2016

That same year, Darg and Mooser were named two of Esquire Magazine’s Americans of the Year. While HMDs like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are now technically in-market, they provide a small fraction of the reach Facebook and YouTube have opened up for 360 video. Molly DeWolf Swenson kicking back on her throne.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

Virtual reality systems, such as the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive, use headsets and motion controllers to allow users to fully immerse themselves in a virtual environment.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

on HTC Vive, connected to a computer, for home training and presentations there is adapted for Oculus Quest. App programming (Unity) We developed a simple intuitive application that would help employees understand and remember a sequence of actions. All actions are predetermined, each new step is highlighted. Perfect during self-isolation.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2019

Simply remove the magazine manually and watch as a fresh clip is automatically inserted. Reloading, for instance, is as simple as emptying your clip and waiting for the game to automatically refill your weapon. Feel like loading in a new clip before hopping into that next firefight? Swapping between weapons has also been simplified.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Front Defense: Heroes (2017) , Fantahorn’s next installment of its WWII-themed shooter, is available in Early Access today for HTC Vive, now serving up multiplayer action in classic 5v5 shooter fashion. Available On: HTC Vive. Front Defense: Heroes Details: Viveport. Developer: Fantahorn Studios. Publisher: Vive Studios.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

No grey zones like HTC did in the past. I don’t know where all this comes from: it may be that Apple is fostering negative media for Meta, or that after the metaverse hype where all the magazines overhyped the technology, now they are starting to kill it because it didn’t become huge in 6 months as they expected.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.?—?Wikipedia Documentation What is WebXR? ? Wikipedia WebXR API Design Principles:

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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

AUGUST 28, 2019

at an enemy guard to make them stop in their tracks, filching a weapon right off of a distracted guard, and creating distractions with loose weapon magazines. Such interactions will include activating a ‘bullet-time’ mode while hanging off of a surface, yelling “Freeze!”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. On Reddit, the news has had an insane amount of upvotes (more than 10K) with all negative comments. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. HTC has just launched the Business Edition of the Vive Flow , the lightweight device meant for media consumption and wellbeing applications enjoyment. —?Road To VR) More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?Upload Upload VR) More info (Metaverse Standards Forum?—?NVIDIA

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