Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Waltz of the Wizard has grown leaps and bounds since it was first released as a free demo for HTC Vive in 2016, where it first let players muck around in a tower-top alchemy lab. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

HTC is collaborating with Lamina1 to accelerate the realization of an open metaverse ecosystem for society. HTC's VIVERSE platform will be utilizing Lamina1's layer one tools to enable more efficient cross-world cross-platform asset distribution and management, so users can seamlessly keep their digital assets (avatars, clothes, artwork, etc.)

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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

MARCH 2, 2022

When I talk about virtual reality or the metaverse, there are always people that ask me about its intrinsic risks of escapism and addiction: “Is it possible that people will prefer to live in a virtual world instead of the real one?” ” is a very common question I hear. Professor Chen (Image by Chen Rui).

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2018

SteamVR has provided its own tools to avoid breaking immersion, such as its Matrix-esque “Room View” mode or their handheld “Dashboard” camera, which provides a small color feed permanently attached to the right motion controller. The post FragmentVR Opens A Window To Reality Within The Virtual World appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

MARCH 8, 2023

This year, Miro Shot partnered with HTC VIVE to immerse their audiences in a virtual world using HTC’s new all-in-one headset, the VIVE XR Elite. Last year, Miro Shot used older Android devices to drop attendees into a VR environment that reacted with the band’s instruments as they played live.

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ARPost

JANUARY 27, 2022

People of all ages found meaningful experiences in the virtual world and managed to fight off the negative impacts of isolation caused by stay-at-home mandates. Companies like HTC, Oculus (Meta), and Apple will continue to innovate and launch devices equipped with the latest technological developments. from 2020 to 2027.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2020

HTC is doing just that throughout the next few months in a live webinar happening every Tuesday, from now until mid-May. Starting on March 31st and going to May 12th, HTC is streaming live developer talks that it would have otherwise given during GDC 2020. Why live talks? SEE ALSO Watch All of Facebook's GDC 2020 Developer Talks Here.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

HTC’s VR app store is now live, giving you more options to discover and experience non-gaming content. Back in August at VRLA , HTC announced they would be opening a dedicated virtual reality app store called Viveport, which would be home to a host of largely non-gaming immersive content. Viveport Premieres.

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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 19, 2019

Combined with the headsets integrated eye-tracking functionality, users can supposedly expect lifelike virtual content featuring levels of detail not currently offered by other major providers. Premium cars can only be made with premium tools. To design in virtual reality, we need the high resolution of the Varjo device.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 6, 2017

Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example of a broad effort by developers and hardware manufacturers to make virtual worlds more responsive to human behavior. New Tools For Game Designers. The purple lines represent what caught my eye in that virtual world over that length of time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 6, 2017

And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group , complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Given the investment in this virtual space by companies including Meta, HTC, ByteDance’s Pico, and soon… Apple with their anticipated headset likely to be announced in 2023 , the AR/VR market is a major player in the music industry, even spawning the “Best Metaverse Performance” category in the 2022 MTV VMAs. Guest Post.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2017

Today Google is launching Blocks for free for both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in effort to let VR headset owners easily create low-poly 3D objects in the time it takes you to come up with an idea. Creations can be exported as a standard OBJ file so developers can easily plug them into their AR or VR projects. image captured by Road to VR.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

“We always say XR is something that can change the world and now, with this technology, we really could show the cultural things from one museum to the whole country.”. Best Collaboration Tool. Next, Hopscotch Interactive CEO, Emily Olman, presented the Auggie for Best Collaboration Tool. Best Creator Tool. asked Olman.

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2020

SABINNA – a designer who combines traditional handcraft with innovation to create timeless contemporary pieces to showcase how fashion can be a tool to reconnect with our mind and visions. Interactive, immersive digital experiences are the future of live events – whether to augment analogue experiences or pure-play digital events.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2017

Virtual world Second Life creator Linden Lab from has revealed what its like to create worlds within their new multi-user creative VR platform Sansar in this new video which follows Second Life veteran content creator Loz Hyde as he builds an elaborate virtual space using Sansar ‘s toolset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

” SteamVR and HTC Vive on Mac OS. While Steam has been Mac compatible for some time now, Apple announced that Valve will be bringing SteamVR to Mac too, allowing the HTC Vive to run VR games on Mac systems. .” Following that, the company “will be rolling out support to all of our customers in the months to come.”

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic showed us how valuable virtual tools are to virtually all industries. Tech companies increased their investment in telerobotics and remote tools in an attempt to keep production moving forward and connect with work colleagues around the globe.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Zero Days VR was based on the titular Oscar short-listed Participant Media documentary, and visualizes the story of Stuxnet in a way the traditional documentary simply couldn’t—by placing you inside a virtual world of computer viruses, which the studio says lets you experience “the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale.”

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2019

Mat Chacon , co-founder and CEO of Doghead Simulations , the company behind the VR tool Rumii, spent most of his life in remarkable shape. Whether it be biking, running, or walking, Chacon always seemed to be on the move; that is until he shifted his priorities to climbing the virtual mountain of business. “I Great 60 min.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

ZedMini camera mounted to HTC Vive / Image Credit: Lee Vermeulen. When asked about why he focuses more on AR, Vermeulen says , “I don’t want to completely escape reality, I don’t want to be in a complete virtual world. I just want to augment my world.”. “I nteraction has always been my main focus.”

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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. But for now, we are not sure at all this is going to happen.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In the future, users will access the Metaverse, a unified space integrating multiple virtual worlds on an interoperable platform. Regarding technologies, the Metaverse will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 15, 2017

A new tool from NVIDIA for benchmarking VR hardware and experiences should make it easier for buyers to figure out how systems perform in real world scenarios. Head-mounted displays like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive put heavy demands on the PCs required to power these headsets.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Flagship products such as the Meta Quest Pro, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Enterprise, and HTC VIVE Focus 3 and Flow devices have recently hit shelves, sparking interest in the emerging technology. However, when the pandemic struck in 2020, it became a critical tool for keeping people connected, engaged, and creative. Enhanced Headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

The reason why I think that this news is super-important is two-sided: On one side, it means that a platform with 50M of daily users is coming into virtual reality. Engage is one of the most appreciated virtual reality professional social ecosystems, and it is used a lot for enterprise meetings and presentations and for university lessons.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Electronauts is a music creation tool built within an “interactive sonic environment” where users can make, remix, and perform music, regardless of skill level. ” The title is planned to support SteamVR, HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Rift. Image courtesy Survios.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2019

Beach Body Bros is a four-minute room-scale VR experience for the Oculus Rift & HTC Vive. There is also an intense amount of camaraderie and encouragement which is great for the user to feel like they’re engaging with the virtual world and the characters in it.”

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For those that have purchased land through Somnium Space’s previous Initial Land Offering’s (ILO) the Builder tool will be enhanced to purchase or create new assets. “We are putting a lot of effort into the immersive aspect of our VR world. anyone to instantly monetize their creations.

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you. Feelbelt developed a patented process and a one-of-a-kind software to build out a tool that promises to deliver a new layer of immersion to VR, gaming, movies, and music.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We talked with The Park Playground CEO Peter Vindevogel, who shared his thoughts on these myths and misconceptions, shedding light on virtual reality technology. The Use of VR in the Field of Education Vindevogel goes on to say that VR will be a useful tool in the field of education.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With this, tech firms can provide innovative tools to entertain, communicate, work, collaborate, and learn. Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. In the next iteration of spatial communications, this will forever change the workplace.

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