The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

All the speakers have said very interesting things, but the last one, our dear “Mister President” has made a little public reveal of the upcoming strategy of HTC that interests us all. He has so confirmed the rumors of a new HTC headset coming in 2021. Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus Plus.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

First-person real-time strategy VR game Cosmic Trip will leave Early Access on May 24th. Since its launch on Steam Early Access in June 2016 for the HTC Vive, Cosmic Trip has seen regular build updates, adding major features such as new game modes, environments and weapons.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2017

Well, it seems that exclusivity may just be a timed arrangement according to some sources and we will in fact see an HTC Vive / Steam VR release. How long that timed exclusivity will remain in place is unclear, but this strategy makes a lot more sense, more inline with expectations. 1hr 3m) with a Sony rep at E3.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Following their highly successful Summer of Rift Sale, Oculus have announced a permanent price cut of the Rift headset and Touch controller package to $399. The new price was revealed by Hugo Barra, Oculus’ Vice President of Virtual Reality at the opening keynote to Oculus Connect 4.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

HTC revealed their new standalone Vive Focus headset today , poised to launch into the Asian market. Earlier this year the device was teased to be heading to Western markets as part of Google’s Daydream platform in 2017, but now HTC confirms they’ve canceled those plans. billion earlier this year.

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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.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Vertigo Games , the developers behind Arizona Sunshine (2016) , today announced their VR strategy game Skyworld (2017) is finally making its way to PSVR. Skyworld reimagines classic strategy gameplay for VR by combining turn-based strategy and real-time battles set in a variety of animated miniature worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. An ILM user in headset dropped TIE Fighters, Imperial Cruisers, and Darth Vader into a Star Wars-themed world, using nothing more than an on-screen GUI controlled with HTC Vive controllers.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2017

Recently launched on Steam, Warpaint is a turn-based strategy game that lets you customize your troops by painting them to your taste. Real-time strategy gaming seems to suit VR pretty well, but few developers have chosen the turn-based approach; Warpaint shows that the more sedate pace of turn-based strategy is a natural fit for VR too.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

HTC has announced the appointment of Yves Maitre as its new CEO. Cher Wang, who took over as company CEO in March 2015, is stepping down to continue as Chairwoman of the HTC board. HTC says she will focus on future technologies that both align with the company’s portfolio and vision of Vive Reality.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2017

Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are… in the works. Qualcomm says that the HTC Vive and Lenovo standalone headsets will be built around the latest version of the VRDK which uses the significantly more modern Snapdragon 835 chip.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg’s Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. HTC has been in financial difficulty for the past few years, with stock prices falling since their all-time high in 2011. controllers.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2017

Skyworld , a turn-based strategy game from Arizona Sunshine (2016) developers Vertigo Games, was initially introduced to the world as a demo during HTC Vive’s first public showing back in GDC 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2017

Launched for the Vive headset in December 2016, the game quickly received Oculus Rift support, and recently saw further optimisations for Oculus Touch. Now wanting to bring the game to PSVR, HTC is going a step above to demonstrate their commitment to platform agnostic VR content. Photo courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Superhot VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info The Vive Focus Vision has been released HTC has decided to release the Vive Focus Vision the same week as the Quest 3S. It seems that HTC has invested a lot in providing a standalone headset that is great for PCVR and so it features a lossless wired Displayport connection, very high display resolution, and integrated eye tracking.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2020

This past week the game also took home the award for “Best Sim / Strategy 2020” at The Game Awards 2020. Since launching on PC this past August, players have so far logged an astonishing 3.5 billion miles over 50 million flights ; not a bad number considering the game has been live less than 6 months.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

Simply put, OpenXR is a technical foundation for interoperability, but business decisions still dictate content, device, and platform strategy. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. OpenXR 1.0 is now available on GitHub. Epic says that it has previously implemented OpenXR 0.9

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Oculus screwed up pretty badly yesterday when they let a software certification expire, leaving Rift owners without access to any of their games for a full day. Hitman GO: VR Edition – is a turn-based strategy game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Old Enemies – HTC. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2021

Available now in beta on Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets via the Oculus App Lab, Pandemic by Prisms is an engaging and thought-provoking educational game experience designed to illustrate the mathematics of a global viral outbreak. Explore virus containment strategies hands-on. via Oculus App Lab , SideQuest , and Steam.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Project Stardust should work with any SteamVR compatible headset and can be played on the Quest using the Oculus Link cable or Virtual Desktop connected to a VR capable PC. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is available on the Oculus Quest and Rift , Playstation 4 , and on Steam for $24.99. Download Project Stardust for free here. Starblazer.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US. As I’ve told in some previous posts of mine, it is all matter of market positioning : HTC wants to position its device as a premium device, not as a consumer one. But f rom a business side, this is most probably the right price to fulfill its strategy. rating is due to the high price.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Cosmic Trip (normally $19.99) – Built exclusively for VR, Cosmic Trip is an award-winning real-time strategy game for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows MR headsets. Here’s a full breakdown of the games alongside their descriptions provided by the developers: For $1 or more to unlock – .

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2020

Platforms: SteamVR , Oculus Rift/Rift S , Viveport. Platforms: SteamVR , Oculus Rift/Rift S , Oculus Quest. Each level of SUPERHOT VR requires different movements and strategies in order to succeed. Platform: SteamVR , Oculus Rift/Rift S , Oculus Quest , PlayStation VR. Price: $19.99. Price: $24.99.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

Me wearing the Oculus Quest. On the other side, PC gamers are appreciating the high-quality Valve Index (even if it has some reliability issues ), and casual gamers are loving the Oculus Quest. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

A pioneer who helped kickstart VR’s renaissance is driving the strategy for Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, spanning both HoloLens and a collection of VR headsets rolling out later this year. UploadVR has now confirmed Bolas’ role. .

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2017

The game originally appeared as a launch title for the Oculus Rift in March 2016. Drawing direct inspiration from pioneering real-time strategy title Herzog Zwei , AirMech started life as a free-to-play game on PC in 2012, where it has remained an open beta.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

This is what the homepage of Oculus website shows now (Image by Oculus). As we were all expecting (also thanks to the amazing speculations of the Best Buy guys on Reddit :D), Oculus has launched both the Oculus Quest and the Rift S during the keynote of the F8 event , that happened at 10AM PT. Oculus For Business.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Anyway, he confirmed that the first smart glasses that will be released this year won’t have true AR and said that now Oculus wants to expand beyond the gaming ecosystem. HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices. So, what will be the HMD that HTC will launch this year? So it is a bit of a confusing statement :D. I’m curious….

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You’re going to have to think fast and develop effective strategies if you hope to outmaneuver these half-assed crazy clunkers. Creativity and strategy are a must. Gazzlers launches in Early Access on Steam in early 2022 with plans for Oculus and PlayStation releases in 2023. Image Credit: Banzai Studios.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2025

If you see the classification, you notice that there are some issues, like the mention of the Oculus website, that is no more. And the latest game by Owlchemy Labs, Dimensional Double Shift, which is free to play, just reached 500K downloads as a testament that this strategy works. MIXED) that are not mentioned.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2017

In a curious move, HTC has revealed a new mobile VR headset called Link that is not part of the company’s Vive brand. HTC is by now one of the world’s leaders in the virtual reality space. Instead the Link headset is designed to work with HTC’s newly announced U11 smartphone.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. With the cheaper experience-sell strategy that rivals PSVR, it’s likewise an “all-in” purchase.

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