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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The Korea Economic Daily cites "industry sources" as saying that Mark Zuckerberg will meet with the CEO of LG Electronics on Wednesday to finalize the details of the partnership. This will be Zuckerberg's publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalise the Gear VR smartphone headset partnership.

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JULY 13, 2016

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The 2018 Winter Olympics is about to kick off in PyeongChang, South Korea today, and this year you’ll be able to watch a total of 30 events in VR, shared across live and on-demand 360/180 recordings. Samsung Gear VR – Oculus Store. image courtesy NBC. image courtesy NBC. image courtesy NBC. VR Headsets Required.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Available for free on the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, MelodyVR is home to on-demand musical performances from over 750 artists, including major acts such as Post Malone, Bebe Rexha, The Chainsmokers, and The London Symphony Orchestra. Image Credit: MelodyVR.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You’ll be able to stream all your favorite SteamVR and Oculus games wirelessly.” The developer told UploadVR that Virtual Desktop will release for Pico 4 in markets other than China, with the headset set to start shipping next month in Europe, Japan, & South Korea.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

North America continues to have the largest share of the VR market, but the Asia-Pacific market will expand the most, with India, China, Japan, and South Korea experiencing the highest demand for mounted gaming device screens. If you’re wondering what the Oculus Rift is, it’s a solid step into VR gaming and its immersive nature.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Samsung Electronics has recently signed a partnership with Korean VR studio FNI and Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of South Korea’s largest hospitals, to develop VR-based mental health diagnosis programs for Samsung Gear VR.

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APRIL 3, 2020

The event will still be providing select programming online including Tribeca Immersive’s Cinema360, with a range of virtual reality (VR) content being shown in partnership with Oculus. Additionally, Oculus will be releasing 2019 Tribeca Storyscapes Award winner The Key as an app for Oculus Rift/Rift S and Oculus Quest.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games is getting a big technology boost when it opens on February 9th in Pyeongchang, South Korea. STRIVR primarily uses an Oculus Rift for their training, as well as Samsung Gear VR for the times when the team is on the road. You can experience the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in entirely new ways.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

On Friday 13th in September, British virtual reality (VR) developer Fallen Planet Studios announced it was working on an Oculus Quest version of its popular haunted house title, Affected: The Manor. Since then the experience has been ported to the likes of Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus. Successfully funded projects will go into production in early 2017 and will be available on the Oculus platform. Hayoun Kwon. Isaac Cohen.

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JULY 18, 2022

Meta executives explained how Quest headset account logins went from Oculus to Facebook to Meta in less than two years. For those unfamiliar, Oculus accounts were the original way to log into standalone VR headsets from Facebook and buy content to play on them. The executives say the average number of Oculus friends per account was 0.5

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AUGUST 26, 2022

A booklet put together by Valve to mark Steam Deck’s availability in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong indicates VR headsets using Steam will “soon” have Steam Deck’s user interface. Valve is bringing the Steam Deck’s user interface to VR headsets.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. Barbados, South Korea, Norway, and Dubai have led the world in this new form of digital tourism with VR solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You may wonder why Nreal took this decision of going 3DOF, and the answer comes directly from Nreal CEO, that in the press release states that “[…] in Korea we’ve found that 78% of our users use Nreal Light to watch streaming content ”. Nreal Air’s roll out to other markets will continue through to 2022.

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JULY 23, 2016

Considering the non existent market that Samsung’s ‘Oculus Engineered’ mobile headset entered when it was released in it’s initial ‘Innovator Edition’ back in 2014 , the Gear VR has done remarkably well. The folks over at GalaxyClub.nl

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The report notes that the forecasted uptick hinges on various market leaders, including Google, Sony, Apple, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft, HTC, Oculus, Magic Leap, Blippar, and Upskill. However, Evolve Business Intelligence explains that China, Japan, South Korea, and India are “key markets” for AR/VR growth and adoption.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

There isn’t long to wait for Westworld Awakening as the title will launch across 400 arcades as well as on Steam and Oculus Store for HTC VIve and Oculus Rift/Rift S tomorrow, 20th August. It will be available in English in the US, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, and China (arcades only).

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JULY 17, 2019

Over the course of 2019 the WCG has been running preliminary matches with players from around the world including North America, the Netherlands, Poland, Australia, South Korea, and China. ” Final Assault supports cross-play between Oculus Rift/Rift S, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The news of the week is that also Meta is moving fast for its Meta Quest Pro 2 : Zuck is expected to fly to South Korea to speak with the CEO of LG to finalize the partnership. But the release of the Apple Vision Pro has completely shaken up the industry and now many players are focusing on launching a competitor of Apple’s headset.

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JULY 26, 2019

While America seems to be the hub for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content – a great deal of news comes from there anyway – one country that’s wholeheartedly embraced these technologies is South Korea. And VRFocus just so happened to be there to give you a look around the event.

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JULY 30, 2019

Or for those in Asia, one of the regions biggest events, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in South Korea which takes place in October is now accepting virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) submissions. Image credit: Busan International Film Festival.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Post Acquiring Oculus from Palmer Luckey the company scaled rapidly, adding billions to their kitty. Similarly, , South Korea has a “strategic blueprint,” said Deloitte, to foster the metaverse industry, with an initial investment of $177.1 million for the endeavor. The metaverse is inevitable.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Even with the advent of headsets like Oculus Quest making it easier and cheaper to step into VR, for a lot of consumers, the price is still a hefty leap. You can also step onto the Extreme Machine with Oculus Rift S headsets attached. Namco Funscape is one of the few places in the UK you can try Beat Saber Arcade.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To no one’s surprise, pre-orders for the recently announced Oculus Quest 2 VR headset are already backordered on the official Oculus website. According to research by RoadtoVR , Germany and South Korea are straight out of luck when it comes to availability. Image Credit: Facebook.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Skonec Entertainment , a South Korea-based company, is one such company among many. At the show they had an updated build of Mortal Blitz VR, a shooter that’s already available on the Oculus Home Store for Gear VR , but this time it was adapted for a larger roomscale complete with a gun peripheral.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Which means, of course, that I am not tainting my personal cellphone by installing the Oculus/Meta/whatever-the-hell-they-are-calling-it-this-year app on it! Please note that according to the terms of service, you must be at least 13 years of age to set up a Meta account (14 if you live in South Korea or Spain).

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Global here refers to Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China – Pico 4 isn’t sold in North America or Australia & New Zealand. It’s the same kind of breathable fabric that was used for Oculus Go, rather than the cheap-feeling face-hurting foam that comes with Quests. It’s noticeably boxier and heavier.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the eve of the Oculus Quest 2 launch your favorite retailer might be backordered or out of stock of the headset, but have you looked elsewhere? Oculus Quest 2 Announcement with Full Specs and Details. New Oculus Users Required to Use Facebook Account Starting in October, Existing Users by 2023. Media Markt. Komplett.dk.

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MAY 8, 2019

Oculus has been using Beat Saber as a way to benchmark the quality of its new inside-out tracking system, ensuring that the new headsets can handle the game’s most advanced modes. . But Beat Saber isn’t just helping sell VR headsets, it’s changing how the systems are built.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Though it has held fairly steady since its launch in October, the stock of Oculus Quest 2 is starting to dwindle heading into the Black Friday holiday shopping season. Oculus Quest 2 & Rift S Stock Check. South Korea. Where to Buy Quest 2 and Look for Stock. Price: 64GB (€350 EUR), 256GB (€450 EUR). Media Markt.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

After being backordered by weeks in many regions, Oculus Quest is now “unavailable” from Oculus in 17 out of 23 regions where the unit is sold, including the United States, Canada, and much of Europe. South Korea. Facebook says the Coronavirus outbreak is to blame. United States. Netherlands. Switzerland.

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MARCH 13, 2020

With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. South Korea. The post These Are the Countries Where You Can Still Buy Quest & Rift S Direct From Oculus appeared first on Road to VR. Iceland. ×.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe. Meta (then Facebook) released the 3DOF standalone Oculus Go in 2018 in China thanks to a manufacturing partnership with Xiaomi, branding the headset as the ‘Mi VR Standalone’.

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APRIL 17, 2017

However, there’s a precedent for adding some of those elements already – Slots Million has an entire VR casino with 1,000 machines to play while Oculus launched their own Casino VR Poker as a multiplayer version of the popular card game that includes functionality for bluffing and player chat.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

The 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), one of the most significant film festivals in Asia, is taking place in Busan , South Korea from Oct. 4th to Oct. What you don’t want to miss on BIFF. ‘VR

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