Road to VR

AUGUST 11, 2018

Steam is chocked full of free games that support HTC Vive, but it may be difficult with all that choice to know exactly which games to start out with, especially if that shiny new HTC Vive or HTC Vive Pro blew out your remaining games budget. Unleash creative or destructive wizardry upon a fully interactive virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Starting tomorrow fans of the critically-acclaimed animated series Sword Art Online (SAO) can log into Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition and explore a sprawling virtual world featuring memorable locations from the show.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To bring your entire body into the virtual world, Ikimasho turned to Barbara Chane-Kane, who was responsible for all of dance choreography featured in Ubisoft’s Just Dance VR game. Chane-Kane’s design approach connects you with the game not only physically, but on an emotional level as well. Image Credit: Ikimasho.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

You see, Tux is my artificial pet dragon in the virtual world of Beast Pets. Launched in early access on SteamVR and the Oculus Store in 2019, Beast Pets allows players to play with and care for virtual pet dragons. Though new to the world of VR, the idea behind these digital companions was spawned over a decade ago.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2021

is a Virtual Reality Creative Studio based in Tokyo that creates virtual spaces. So far, we have developed our own VRSNS [VR Social Networked Space, I guess] “virtual world ambr” and virtual spaces for enterprises. Secondly, cross-play is possible on xambr , including Oculus Quest 1&2.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

Two days ago, I’ve been at HTC Vive Chinese headquarters in Beijing. It has been a really amazing day, where I have been able to try some amazing HTC tech demos (more on this later on! I’ve been able to speak with three companies incubated in the Vive-X Beijing and also to know various HTC Vive employees.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

Mixed reality is a way to give spectators a window into virtual experiences, showing how the player inhabits a virtual world. Recently Oculus announced via their blog that they’ve added native MR support to their flagship PC VR headset, the Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The post New ‘High Fidelity’ Partnership Makes it Easier to Host Your Own Virtual World appeared first on Road to VR. Check out this handy guide on how to deploy your own domain using DigitalOcean’s cloud tech.

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VRScout

APRIL 10, 2021

Ekholm’s NFT VR experience is designed to be used on the most common VR headsets, such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. I think this is a market that will get quite big in the future, and we’re just right at the start of it now,” said Ekholm. Bidding starts April 12th over at Opensea.io.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 12, 2021

What people required the most in a new VR headset, according to a survey proposed by HTC Vive. In the first one, you can read what are the features that people that HTC interviewed were asking for a VR headset : HTC has used these data to design its new headset and accompanying software ecosystem so that to fulfill these requests.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2021

Build-A-Burn offers browser-based virtual worlds, which Burners can explore and create for other community members. In the meantime, Burners can enjoy the Virtual Worlds starting on August 22. Most VR headsets are compatible with the live event, including HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Quest 1, and Quest 2.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2018

HTC impressed us with its debut headset, the Vive, back in 2016. Offering a room-scale experience with motion controllers out of the box, its $800 all-in price was plenty premium even at the time, though through competition with Oculus and others, you can now pick up a brand new Vive system for a quite reasonable $500.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

As a player, you don’t even notice the full-body workout, because you are completely absorbed in the virtual world. ”. Active Esports Arena Eindhoven sets itself apart from existing VR esports facilities due to its heavy focus on spectator interaction, live match broadcasting, and the games’ real-world presentation.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The team at VRrOOm developed the worlds and functionalities in VRChat , working 24/7 to ensure that every artist’s work was correctly uploaded and accessible. The virtual worlds of Venice VR Expanded became a forum for discovery of the virtual world and the people who are in them.

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ARPost

MAY 9, 2022

Each experience presented at Tribeca’s immersive exhibition encompasses a standalone reality, represents a cause, or serves as an embassy to a world where users have agency — a chance to act: bear witness, make a statement, reach out, or simply play,” said Tribeca Festival’s Immersive Curator, Ana Brzezi?ska, ska, in a press release. “

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Explore a whimsical recreation of the infamous Austin-based festival on your Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or SteamVR headset. Similar to the Sundance virtual celebration conducted this past January, SXSW Online XR allows you the chance to experience this year’s festivities from the comfort of your home using the power of VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2021

million from HTC to expand Engage , the company’s platform which allows educators and enterprise customers to create bespoke VR experiences for both small and large format events across a variety of devices, including SteamVR headsets, Oculus Quest, Vive Focus Plus, and Pico headsets. In May 2020, VR Education secured $3.3

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2020

Beginning July 29th, those with PC VR headsets can sign-in to the Museum of Other Realities , available free on both Oculus and Steam, and immerse themselves in a next-gen fashion showcase. “This project will reimagine the live show experience and offer an inspirational glimpse into the virtual future of fashion.”

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2018

Set in a dystopian 2044, Ready Player One follows Wade Watts as he leads an army of VR users in a battle to save the OASIS, a virtual world that allows them to escape their dreary reality. Some of these virtual locations are absolutely jaw-dropping and include features that more often than not bend the laws of physics.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2022

XR gaming brings real-world elements and virtual elements together to create interactive 3D experiences. It encompasses all immersive technologies that bring the physical and virtual worlds together. It covers everything from virtual reality and augmented reality to mixed reality. See Also: VR Gaming for Adults.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Oculus Research’s director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of “reactive displays” and their role in unlocking “next-generation” visuals in AR and VR headsets. An eye-tracking addon for the HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2018

As an official partner of Ready Player One , HTC has been using the film to highlight its VR wares. In addition to releasing several VR experiences inspired by the movie , the company has released a behind-the-scenes short showing how immersive virtual reality was used in the production process.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

The omnidirectional treadmill is one of a handful of locomotion methods shown in Ready Player One’s future world, but are any of these actually possible? How is modern technology setting us up to move around the virtual worlds of the future? Driving and Flight Simulators. With the SteamVR 2.0

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2019

VR is not only a visual experience, but very much a physical one where your movements in the real world are matched in the virtual world. Depending on the workout, Chacon would use either an Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, or an HTC Vive to pump up his cardio. Interested in joining Chacon for his next workout?

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Embark on an epic pint-sized quest September 23rd on On Oculus, SteamVR, and Viveport. After five grueling years of development, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Jon Favreau ( Iron Man, The Mandalorian ) is finally set to launch his long-awaited dream-like VR adventure Gnomes & Goblins later this month on Oculus, SteamVR, and Viveport.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2017

Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world Second Life , is today launching successor Sansar into open beta, this time built for the VR era. While Second Life was built as one giant world, Sansar’s architecture is more like a platform. Image courtesy Sansar.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The only difference is that where VR headsets such as the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are designed to transport you to different virtual worlds to explore, this headset is designed to purely play the game Simon. It looks like Hasbro is attempting to get in on the VR craze with their own head-mounted entertainment device.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2020

Technology can augment the world around us, it can enhance the human experience, our capabilities, and also extend our reality to digital and virtual worlds. Brain-computer interface systems like Neurable’s VR game Awakening uses an electrode-laden headband, connected to an HTC Vive HMD, to track brain activity.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Lasting around 20 minutes, this bizarre location-based art project had me interacting with a live actor represented as a friendly scarecrow in the virtual world. Here, I took part in a chaotic fairy-tale adventure that had us fighting off virtual crows, painting 3D art, and performing a handful of magic tricks. SCARECROW VRC.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Valve dropped some interesting VR user data onto its community pages during GDC, providing an easily missed but important update about how people are using the Steam platform for virtual reality in the wake of Oculus Touch. ” Tagged with: oculus touch , rift , steam , Vive.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

VRChat is an immersive social platform that allows VR and non-VR users to socialize in a connected virtual world while exploring user-generated spaces and activities. VC firm Makers Fund joins the round as a new investor alongside prior investors HTC, Brightstone VC, and GFR Fund. Having raised $5.2

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset. Oculus for Business is an enterprise platform that introduces and streamlines virtual reality programs into the workplace, assisting in everything from training to prototyping.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

But before talking about it, let me invite you once more to visit the Venice VR Expanded virtual worlds that we did in VRChat for the Venice Film Festival. Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. Walmart seems to have leaked the price of the upcoming Oculus Quest S.

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