VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The most popular web publishing platform is giving bloggers even more options for publishing 360-degree images and video with the launch of support for all blogs hosted by WordPress.com. And the best part of it all, if you have VR headset or Google Cardboard lying around, you can fire it up for a more immersive experience.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

OSC data can be both sent and received between compatible software on the same network,” said VRChat in an official blog post. This past December, the company teased Avatar Dynamics , a highly-anticipated update that promises to introduce a suite of new avatar interactions to the ever-growing social VR platform.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Believe it or not, Super Bowl LVI 2022 is shaping up to be a significant day for the VR industry. Last week we learned that Meta will be airing a 60-second ad for Meta Quest 2 and Horizon Worlds , the company’s growing VR metaverse, during the big game. For more information take a look at the full Oculus blog update.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Meta’s popular VR battle royale experience POPULATION: ONE will be available free-to-play next month as part of a new update for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro headsets. Credit: Meta, BigBox VR In addition to the aforementioned bundle, BigBox VR will be releasing a number of game-wide updates next month.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2023

Last week Meta announced new parent-managed Meta accounts for families, allowing parents and guardians to better manage their children’s VR activities on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets. That said, Horizon Worlds , Meta’s own social VR metaverse, will remain a 13+ app in the US and Canada and an 18+ app in Europe.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2023

The company’s new VR game, Move Fast , demonstrates major improvements in latency. Available free on App Lab, Move Fast is a rhythm-based VR game similar to that of existing titles like Beat Saber or Litesport , only instead of motion controllers, you punch, chop, and block targets using your own two hands.

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VRScout

APRIL 12, 2023

You can now watch shows like The Office and Saturday Night Live on the go in VR with the launch of Peacock for Meta Quest headsets. Whether it be a VR experience with The Office or an iconic film franchise, a live sporting event, or the next breakout Peacock original, there’s something for everyone.” .

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Ryan Schultz

JULY 31, 2022

It was exactly five years ago today—on July 31st, 2017—that I wrote my first blogpost on this blog. It was to announce the public beta of the social VR platform Sansar , which at the time was owned by Linden Lab (the makers of the still-popular virtual world, Second Life). Over 450 blog subscribers via email or WordPress.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2022

This year, event organizers have partnered with Meta to bring the long-running event to life in VR on Meta Quest 2 headsets. “Filmed in July 2022 at the Just For Laughs festival in Montréal, Surrounded is set in the round—a simple yet effective format where the audience inspires the jokes,” said Meta in an official blog update.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Oculus Touch is almost with us, but as launch day now approaches, how exactly did the unique half-moon VR controllers come to be? Road to VR ‘s Ben Lang will be live blogging from the Oculus Connect 3 show floor. The post Oculus Connect: Talk “Designing Touch” Live Blog @6pm PST appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

GDC 2018 is in full swing and we kick of Wednesday with a Live Blog of Oculus’ “Inside Oculus 2018” session, which is set to give developers an insight into the Facebook owned VR company’s hardware and software road map for the year.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2023

Perhaps that explains my intrigue with Space Salvage , an upcoming VR game for Meta Quest and PC VR headsets. Space Salvage is scheduled to launch on Meta Quest and PC VR headsets later this year. For more information check out the official developer blog. Those interested can try a demo of the game here.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s been a bumpy ride for social VR platform Neos VR over the past two years partly due to being removed from Steam for heavily featuring its own cryptocurrency. The two have completely parted ways, with Hulec still managing Neos while Mariančík has headed a new team developing Resonite. .”

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In addition to major announcements regarding console and PC games, VR also showed up in full force. AMONG US VR. Amon g Us is officially heading to VR on the Meta Quest 2, PC VR, and PlayStation VR headsets! For more information on Among Us VR check out Meta’s official blog post.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And for this reason, very frequently people ask me for pieces of advice on how to succeed as AR/VR bloggers or developers. XR Blogger Your readers are your priority Blogging is not my main job, and this is the reason why I produce less content than the VR Youtubers out there. What about you?

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2021

Thanks to jaw-dropping VR films like Space Explorers: An ISS Experience and educational games such as Mission: ISS , anyone with a VR headset has the ability to experience life aboard the International Space Station. According to NASA, Hoshide used a VR headset to study how astronauts visually translate motion in microgravity.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Thankfully, Sony has chosen to resurrect the futuristic title as an original VR game for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation VR2. Jörg Tittel, director of RapidEyeMovers, revealed the news earlier this week via the official Sony blog. ” Those interested can download a demo of C-Smash VRS on March 23rd via the PlayStation Store.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2021

In a post released yesterday via the official Oculus blog , the company announced its first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase, an upcoming live stream event that will center entirely around gaming on the Oculus platform. The post Oculus To Host First-Ever VR Gaming Showcase Next Week appeared first on VRScout. Feature Image Credit: Oculus.

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VRScout

MARCH 4, 2021

Doom 3 is officially heading to PlayStation VR headsets and it’s going to be over 15 hours of pure hell as you make your way through dark corridors and cramped rooms filled with unholy monstrous creatures. Well, technically, Doom 3 is already available on the Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 thanks to the efforts of prolific VR modder DrBeef.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming VR survival horror game here. During the Resident Evil Showcase this past April, Capcom revealed Resident Evil 4 VR , a full VR port of the classic 2005 survival horror game coming soon to Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Resident Evil 4 VR arrives on Oculus Quest 2 headsets on October 21st.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most popular teleconferencing programs in the world joins Facebook’s new VR co-working platform. The platform makes excellent use of the headset’s many unique features to offer a one-of-a-kind VR co-working solution unlike anything currently available on the market. Image Credit: Zoom Video Communications.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Meta announced it’s finally giving Horizon Worlds users the ability to file an appeal when suspected of breaking the social VR app’s Code of Conduct. link] The post Meta Finally Lets Users Appeal Bans in Social VR App ‘Horizon Worlds’ appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2022

Synch your Quest headset to Apple Health for an enhanced VR fitness experience. Compatible with a wide range of VR games and apps, including Thrill of the Fight and FitXR , the system-level fitness tracker offers a variety of unique capabilities, including estimated calorie tracking as well as customizable fitness goals.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Facebook—now called Meta—is purchasing WITHIN, developer of the popular VR fitness platform Supernatural. Released exclusively on Oculus Quest in April of 2020, Supernatural has established itself as one of the most prominent fitness experiences available on VR headsets. Image Credit: Within. Feature Image Credit: WITHIN.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2024

Disney is billing it as “the world’s first multi-person, omni-directional, modular, expandable, treadmill floor,” saying in a recent blog post that HoloTile is capable of letting any number of people have a shared VR experience, walk an unlimited distance in any direction, and never collide or walk off its surface.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2023

Today my blog becomes 7 years old. Instead here I am, some years after, with this blog still up and running, and with lots of new friends I have only thanks to this platform , which helped me a lot in connecting with the other people in our community. In 7 years many things happened in VR. It’s 7 years that VR is dead.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Road to VR Executive Editor Ben Lang will be manning the keyboard, so get ready for speedy fingers and insightful commentary. We’ll update this page with our live blog closer to the talk, so keep the page up and refresh if it doesn’t automatically appear.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2022

VR world-building just got a whole lot easier. Meta today announced that it is rolling out a dedicated asset library for its Horizon Worlds VR metaverse in an effort to simplify the world-building process. ” This latest update could be a game-changer for Meta’s VR social platform. Image Credit: Meta.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A recent update on WordPress.com’s official blog confirmed that virtual reality media is now supported. This means that any website powered by WordPress.com can embed photospheres and videospheres, allowing viewers to wear their favourite VR headset and view the embedded content with the correct scale and perspective through the headset.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In an effort to boost engagement, Ramen VR , developers behind VR-exclusive MMORPG Zenith: The Last City (2022), announced the game will soon feature a free-to-play mode and premium in-game currency as it rebrands to Zenith: Nexus. ” The studio is also looking at ways to reward players for having grinded for items.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I deleted the entire subsection on those virtual worlds and social VR platforms which incorporated blockchain, cryptocurrencies, or Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). In this editorial blogpost, I will explain why, moving forward, I will no longer write about any blockchain-based metaverse platforms on the RyanSchultz.com blog.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

This past September VR developer Stress Level Zero ( Boneworks, Hover Junkers, Duck Season ) announced it was working on a brand new VR game for the Oculus Quest. According to a Steam blog post discovered by RoadtoVR , however, it appears as though the game will be arriving on major PC VR headsets as well.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2023

To date, Meta’s growing fleet of acquired first-party studios includes Beat Games ( Beat Saber ), Sanzaru Games ( Asgard’s Wrath ), Ready at Dawn ( Lone Echo & Echo VR ), Downpour Interactive ( Onward ), BigBox VR ( Population: One ), and Within ( Supernatural ).

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VRScout

JUNE 22, 2020

In an official Oculus blog post published earlier today, the company revealed its acquisition of Ready at Dawn Studios , the team behind hit VR titles including Lone Echo , Echo Arena , and Echo Combat. This past February the company purchased Sanzaru Games , developer behind the popular VR RPG Asgard’s Wrath.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Brought to us by Felix & Paul Studios and Time Studios , the third and latest installment of the Emmy-award-winning VR series delivers over 100 mind-blowing minutes of incredible 3D 360-degree footage of the International Space Station, something that only a small number of people have ever experienced. Image Credit: Felix & Paul.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Mozilla is shutting down its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality, and handing off the project to third-party team Igalia. In the following years, Mozilla also brought it to Quest and PC VR headsets. The company says its also hoping to support Qualcomm and Lenovo XR devices in the future.

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Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2023

Masterpiece Studio, the developers behind the titular PC VR creative suite, released a new version of its software built natively for Quest 2, something its creators hope will appeal to people looking for an easy way to make models, avatars, and other 3D assets.

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