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The 5 Best VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift & HTC Vive

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We’ve compiled a list of our top five favorites for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Sim racing has successfully migrated from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage as one of the first gaming genres to embrace VR (the first-generation consumer headsets). That, however, was not the case.

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VR Sales Analysis: Rift and Vive to Sell Under 500,000 in 2016, PS VR to Top 2 Million

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The age of high-end, commercially available virtual reality began on March 28 with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, and the software is already being devoured by the ravenous fans of each respective platform. million in 2008 and over 100 million in 2012. The Apple iPhone , for example, sold only 1.39

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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in 2008, 2.1 Rome Reborn® was honored to be the featured project at SIGGRAPH 2008 , where it was exhibited in a booth that was 110′ x 30′ at the entrance to the LA Convention Center. . We succeeded in recruiting him to apply his software to ancient Rome. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. An Oculus Rift headset has been modified and certified for use in space by French space agency CNES. ZENIMAX TRIES TO SHUT DOWN OCULUS. The report also says that Pokémon GO brought in the lion’s share of all AR software revenue in 2016 with a whopping 96% of earnings.

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Sony, Facebook, Google, and Samsung Dominate VR, With Over 50% Market Share

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Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); Darius Lahoutifard is founder of 01consulting and a serial entrepreneur in enterprise software, SaaS and Internet. Tagged with: facebook , market share , oculus , sony htc. This post originally appeared on VentureBeat.

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Sinespace launches VR beta

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Now, users who own an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or a Windows Mixed Reality headset can explore the platform in immersive virtual reality. There is a way to emulate the Oculus Rift with a smartphone, using a program that mirrors the PC screen to the phone. Both require the SteamVR software to work. Sean O’Callaghan.

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5 Case Studies showing the ROI of AR/VR in Industrial Manufacturing

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The Oculus Rift headset allows employees to enter the vehicle and feel the facilities. JLR started using VR in 2008, and has saved over USD 8 million on vehicle development costs. AR glasses were used by engineers to repair or assemble parts of machines using educational software. Ford Motor Company. Jaguar Land Rover.