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.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2018

Stifled is coming July 10th, and will be available on Rift, Vive and PC through Steam , Humble , Itch.io , GreenManGaming and Razer Game Store, and for Rift on the Oculus Store.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. 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. So, we are at premium 1st gen levels.

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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.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The company built the technology behind the magnetically tracked Razer Hydra controller which was one of the only consumer-available 6DOF controllers available when the first Oculus Rift development kit (DK1) started shipping. Image courtesy Oculus. Sixense was once a name central to the early VR community.

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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. It’s available for $399 and boasts a new 2160×1200, low-persistence OLED display running at 90 frames per second. Read more here.

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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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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. OSVR is the third VR platform supported by Steam after the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. The OSVR has been announced by Razer in 2015, along with a first development kit with full-HD screen. Supported games: The Brookhaven Experiment. PolyRunner.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. OSVR is the third VR platform supported by Steam after the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. The OSVR has been announced by Razer in 2015, along with a first development kit with full-HD screen. Supported games: The Brookhaven Experiment. PolyRunner.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!), Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. Razer Synapse.

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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. With the launch of the Rift only a few months under their belt, don’t expect anything new in the hardware department from Oculus.

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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. Click the link above for the full list.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Even if you put aside its decidedly bug-eyed appearance, the leaked HTC Vive Flow is a baffling headset. By all accounts, it’s supposed to be a standalone consumer VR device that’s made for activities like meditating and streaming media. It also will allegedly come with its own take on the metaverse. In a somewhat… Read more.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR. While SteamVR is primarily the home of the HTC Vive, it also supports the Oculus Rift and Touch controllers, making it easy to developers to release games that work with both headsets.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2019

Cloudhead Games have been at the forefront of VR development ever since the studio brought a 2013-era prototype of The Gallery: Call of the Starseed (2016) to the Oculus Rift DK1 and Razer Hydra motion controllers. ” SEE ALSO HTC Confirms Vive Cosmos Will Support OpenVR/SteamVR. From all major players. Bla, bla, bla.”

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VR Bites

AUGUST 30, 2016

All within the HTC Vive using the Vivecraft mod! 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! Join us as we attempt to survive in a perilous world, fighting monsters, hunger, and not trying to kill ourselves!

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

HTC – Vive. Oculus – Rift. Razer – OSVR. Oculus – Touch. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience. Nominees for VR Headset of the Year. Sony – Playstation VR. Starbreeze – StarVR. Samsung – Gear VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

We know that now with the Oculus Touch and the HTC Vive, but even when VR was simply a screen strapped to your head many felt that hands were the future. We began to develop The Gallery on the first Oculus devkit with the Razer Hydra (a Sixense technology) to deliver surrogate hand tracking and body presence back in 2013.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2016

at GDC in March, Epic Senior Designer Nick Donaldson schooled us on some of the intricacies of Unreal’s new VR Editor, modifying a pre-built demo scene using the Oculus Rift and Touch controller in the Epic booth at GDC. The HTC Vive of course, ships with motion controllers and is available to buy now (give or take a week or two).

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Road to VR

JULY 20, 2016

At least in terms of on-paper display specs, the new display puts the HDK 2 on par with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. See Also: Razer Want to Make OSVR the “De Facto” VR Platform in China. Sold in its basic configuration for $399, the new HDK 2 will be largely the same as the HDK 1.4, ’s 1920×1080, 60 FPS OLED.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

save for a new and improved display which increases the resolution and frame rate to 2160×1200 and 90 FPS, respectively, matching the paper specs of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. See Also: Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. The new HDK 2 will be nearly identical to the prior most recent HDK 1.4,

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Road to VR

JULY 20, 2016

At least in terms of on-paper display specs, the new display puts the HDK 2 on par with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. See Also: Razer Want to Make OSVR the “De Facto” VR Platform in China. Sold in its basic configuration for $399, the new HDK 2 will be largely the same as the HDK 1.4, ’s 1920×1080, 60 FPS OLED.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

How well do the Oculus Touch controllers work with SteamVR apps that are only designed with Vive in mind? Of those 800, all of them support the HTC Vive officially, whereas only 180 support the Oculus Rift. You can still get to Oculus Home by pressing the right-handed menu button, just like you would in any VR app through Home.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2016

See Also: Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. The HDK 2 display has a 2160×1200 resolution, matching the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and is also OLED, allowing for a 90Hz refresh rate and low-persistence to reduce motion blur. x headsets.

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VRWorld

JUNE 13, 2016

Razer is the driving force behind the OSVR, an Open Source Virtual Reality industry initiative. This initiative was one of key reasons why Razer became a unicorn, and perhaps a first gaming hardware company to do so (it’s closest competitor, Corsair’s comes in with approximate valuation of $650-800 million).

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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. Alcatraz: VR Escape Room.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Now Batman is taking over virtual reality with Batman Arkham VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Good news lie ahed though, as Thursday brought the release of Batman Arkham VR for the PC , supporting not just HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift, but also smaller 3rd party vendors such as OSVR initiative from Razer.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2016

SEE ALSO HTC Announces Vive 'Business Edition' for $1200. Sensics, who is a co-founder of Razer’s OSVR initiative, has naturally used the foundation of the OSVR HDK2 headset in creating the Goggles for Public VR. Pre-production models of the Sensics Goggles for Public VR use the familiar OSVR headstrap.

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VRWorld

AUGUST 17, 2016

About a year and a half ago, Intel invested in Razer bringing the valuation of the said company to north of $1 billion. Today, Razer is bringing Hacker Development Kit 2.0 Intel claims to bring room scale VR and “global VR” without the need for external sensors such as HTC’s Lighthouse or Oculus Constellation.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Oculus Go. visit website Razer OSVR HDK 1. visit website Oculus Rift. visit website Oculus Rift S. visit website Oculus Quest. visit website Razer OSVR HDK 2. visit website HTC Vive. visit website Genbasic Quad HD. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). Standalone. Motion Controller.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Oculus Go. visit website Razer OSVR HDK 1. visit website Oculus Rift. visit website Oculus Rift S. visit website Oculus Quest. visit website Razer OSVR HDK 2. visit website HTC Vive. visit website Genbasic Quad HD. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). Standalone. Motion Controller.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

score on the Oculus App Lab now. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store…. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store….

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Couple of months ago, Razer unveiled their external graphics box , Razer Core. So, if you want to use Intel Skull Canyon NUC for any games, or VR, you should probably buy an external graphics card. Sadly, that product is only available in limited markets and the asking price ( $499.99 ) almost matches what Intel is asking for this NUC.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Originally released in 2013 on the original Oculus Rift DK1, the HL2VR mod allowed early adopters to play through the entirety of Half-Life 2’s single-player campaign in VR with support for the Razer Hydra motion controllers. The mod will be available on up-to-date Oculus Rift and SteamVR headsets. Source: RoadToVR *.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Oculus Rift DK1 with Razer Hydra motion controllers | photo by Road to VR. After the project went dormant for years as the developer focused on Ocean Rift (2016) , today we learn that Crashland is about to blast onto Quest after being revived and revamped.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Image by HTC). Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2017

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. Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1. ” Sadly, it wouldn’t last.

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