VRScout

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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Road to VR

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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 13, 2016

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VRScout

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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 24, 2022

Users can pair their devices with the Oculus mobile App to enter their account information. Meta users logging in with an email must provide birthday data to meet minimum age restrictions of 13 years old and 14 years old across South Korea and Spain. Meta Moves, Major Challenges.

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ARVR

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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The Ghost Howls

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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Upload VR

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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VRScout

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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Upload VR

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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Upload VR

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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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Upload VR

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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The Ghost Howls

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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Road to VR

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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Upload VR

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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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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Peter Graham

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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Peter Graham

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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Peter Graham

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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Peter Graham

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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

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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Upload VR

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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Peter Graham

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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XROM

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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Peter Graham

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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TechCrunch VR

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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Peter Graham

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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2019

Devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus, with their easiness of use, can really foster the adoption of VR among consumers and enterprise customers. I tell them she should make money by suing VR arcades in Korea, she laughs]. I’ve been there, I saw it after I founded the company, by the way. [I

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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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VRWorld

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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VRScout

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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

There is another reason that will make medium-big studios happy: from now on, there won’t be any revenue share with Epic until $1M of revenues of your game, a limit that raises to $5M if your game is published on Oculus Store. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. More info (Oculus Link works with Usb 2.0?—?Road port and cable.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Last year, Facebook announced that it was going to release in 2021 a new side content distribution platform for the Oculus Quest. Echo VR , the VR sports game available on Oculus headsets, is getting a ‘battle pass’ system called Echo Pass. A post worth reading.

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VeeR VR

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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Road to VR

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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Road to VR

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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