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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Valve’s flagship VR title will be available on all PC VR headsets March 2020. In terms of accessibility, Half-Life: Alyx will be available to play on any PC VR headset. Hopefully, the experience is worth the price tag. Image Credit: Valve Corporation. Feature Image Credit: Valve Corporation.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Eric Alexander, founder and CEO of Soundscape VR , thinks that the Vision Pro is strong for a mobile headset but still pales in comparison to PC VR. Retailing at $3,499, the cost of the Apple Vision Pro is several times over the $499 price tag of the Meta Quest 3. However, some experts aren’t that impressed.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2020

Instagram posts are tagged with #FOMO inducing lifestyle destinations. So how does VR play into this then, when the assumption is it either requires us to be hardwired into a gaming PC or safely contained within the strict four walls of our Oculus Quest guardian boundaries? VR now has an opportunity to be that gateway drug.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It looks as though the front-facing cameras on your Vive Pro will finally begin seeing some use as HTC reveals plans to launch native support for hand and finger tracking on their high-end PC VR headset.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

So to quantify the VR industry today and projected forward, ARtillery’s Intelligence’s latest revenue forecast does a deep dive on market sizing, growth drivers and strategic implications. But Quest 2 carries a mainstream-friendly $299 price tag. Altogether we project PC, console and standalone VR hardware unit sales to go from 5.4

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Whereas existing motion capture systems tend to include a complex setup process and expensive price tag, AXIS promises a more affordable solution, one that’s aimed at everyone from consumers to professionals, which is great news for all you amateur creators out there.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Hard data on the VR market is often difficult to come by, while broad ‘industry reports’ are often so general that it’s difficult to see what things look like ‘on the ground’ To get a sense of VR’s outlook in 2021, we’ve collected 14 of the most recent and concrete indicators for your perusal.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Japanese tech giant Canon today unveiled its next enterprise-focused AR headset which aims to replace its MREAL Display MD-10 , which the company launched in Japan in mid-2016 for the astounding price tag of ¥9 million (~$82,300). The news was first reported by Japanese publication MoguraVR (Japanese). Image courtesy Canon.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

Unfortunately the backpack unit doesn’t include the computer hardware necessary for the VR headset itself, so users will still need to be tethered to a PC or use a wireless solution. Image courtesy HaptX. Beyond the smaller Air Controller and improved manufacturing, Rubin says the DK2 has a handful of other improvements.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Plus, you can find tools specifically designed for particular industries, like the aviation or healthcare sector. Tools like the Meta Quest 3 bring enterprise-quality features to companies using VR for customer support and collaboration without the high price tag.

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2020

I love covering this industry, the pace of innovation is awesome, and watching companies large and small vie for market share with powerful and revolutionary tech is inspiring. The latest HMD launched by Finnish company Varjo steps into that gap by offering industrial-grade “human-eye resolution” plus hand and eye-tracking.

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MAY 5, 2017

PC gaming hasn’t always had the strongest presence at E3 historically, which is disappointing considering the 1.2 Thankfully, for coming up on three consecutive years now, the PC Gamer Show has showcased some of what the powerful medium has to offer for the gaming industry. Last year’s major Partnerr was AMD.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 18, 2022

Gamescom is set to take place in Cologne, Germany this month with a huge list of attendees across the gaming, extended reality (XR), and developer industries. The ByteDance-owned XR firm announced sales of the Neo3 Link in May at the Laval Virtual Europe 2022 in France, where it debuted the novel headset with a price tag of £399.

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MAY 21, 2017

The benefit of a tethered, desktop-powered virtual reality setup is that you can get significantly more visual fidelity from a PC with a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card plugged into a power outlet as opposed to the tiny, battery-powered GPU in a phone. Tagged with: Seurat Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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JULY 5, 2017

It could be reasonable to believe that China is poised to dominate the nascent VR industry. There are distinct differences between the VR industries in Asia and the West that will shape the development of both markets. As a result, mobile VR hardware is significantly more popular with Chinese consumers than PC or console VR hardware.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

There are no wires connecting the headset to the PC behind the monitor. ” Wireless PC-based VR is the third type of tether-less VR headset to emerge in the VR industry, the others being devices that use mobile phones and entirely standalone systems. Tagged with: htc vive , TPCAST , untethered , wireless vr.

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MAY 18, 2017

Given processing restraints, mobile VR obviously isn’t able to measure up to the kind of visual fidelity we’d expect on PC, but a new development tool from Google is helping to close the gap a little. The company is also adding an Instance Preview tool that allows for changes made by PC to quickly be reflected in-VR.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Ricoh will be offering the camera only in development kit form initially, allowing developers the opportunity to create software that could benefit various industries. One of the first industries that may leap at the opportunity this type of device affords is security. You can find more information on Ricoh’s official website.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 18, 2022

Gamescon is set to take place in Cologne, Germany this month with a huge list of attendees across the gaming, extended reality (XR), and developer industries. The ByteDance-owned XR firm announced sales of the Neo3 Link in May at the Laval Virtual Europe 2022 in France, where it debuted the novel headset with a price tag of £399.

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

This year has taken us, the VR scene, from a hopeful group of dreamers to a viable, commercially released segment of the consumer electronics industry. VR headsets, both PC and mobile powered, have now left the pages of sci-fi novels like Snow Crash and Ready Player One by officially landing on the store shelves of places like Best Buy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft lays off 10,000 employees and shuts down its mixed reality projects This is seriously a bad period for the tech industry in general, and of course also for mixed reality. Long story short, this means that no one should buy PSVR 2 and expect to use it with his own PC. This is fun.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

For starters, PC games are normally cheaper and the breadth of available titles is truly astounding. You can use your PC to play the latest strategy and simulation games, as well as the top offerings in eSports and first-person shooters. SEE ALSO: The absolute best gaming desks for your PC setup. Why, though?

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JANUARY 5, 2017

HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PS VR, Samsung Gear VR, and Google’s Cardboard and Daydream platforms are all the most recognized names when it comes to virtual reality across the powerful home units and mobile markets, but there are still a handful that keep the industry competitive and honest. Tagged with: CES , Headset , Neo CV , Pico , VR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

With high-end VR platforms currently priced around $400 – $800 and requiring a powerful gaming PC running anywhere from $800 – $2,000 to operate properly, standalone VR (headsets that don’t require a tethered PC or smart device to function) is poised to become the next big advancement in VR/AR technology. STANDALONE VR.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

So to quantify the VR industry today and projected forward, ARtillery’s Intelligence’s latest revenue forecast does a deep dive on market sizing, growth drivers and strategic implications. But Quest 2 carries a mainstream-friendly $299 price tag. Altogether we project PC, console and standalone VR hardware unit sales to go from 5.4

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JULY 24, 2017

We have Viveport, and having a store dedicated to non-game content, and the growth of things like subscription…We’re using a lot of different tactics to actually grow the industry.” A new PS4 system to use their headset is still noticeably cheaper than a VR-ready PC, though. Do you own an HTC Vive?

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JANUARY 5, 2017

In fact, a criminally underappreciated video game was made that’s loosely based on Sun Wukong and his journey called Enslaved: Odyssey to the West , developed by Ninja Theory and released in 2010 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Tagged with: CES , digital domain , episodic , monkey king , qualcomm , series.

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MAY 15, 2017

Virtual reality has a resolution problem but according to one of the industry’s most active corporations, we may only be a couple decades away from 100% believable digital worlds. NVIDIA’s GPUs are what power many PC-connected VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The year of virtual reality has been full of ups and downs for our young industry. ” Worth noting is that he is decidedly agnostic in his praises of the industry, not naming any particular manufacturers or content creators. Tagged with: industry , microsoft , otto berkes , VR , xbox.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

And so, our question to you on the precipice of launch day is this: what does Oculus Touch mean for the VR industry as a whole? PS VR is a host unto itself as the borders between the console and PC space are already well established. Tagged with: community download , discussion , oculus , oculus touch , touch.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

More info (XREAL announces Air 2) More info (Differences between XREAL Air 1 and Air 2) Bigscreen Beyond is shipping Bigscreen has announced that its lightweight Beyond PC VR headset is now shipping in the United States, with international shipping coming in mid-late Q4 of this year. has been released on all the major VR platforms for $19.99

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MAY 10, 2017

Some of the most common questions asked by people interested in the VR industry are: What headset is selling the most? Tagged with: PSVR Facebook Twitter Reddit More. What content gets downloaded? And is it worth it for me to buy now? It’s only a matter of time before a headset lands right in the sweet spot.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 25, 2018

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. This tends to make it well suited for onsite industrial applications.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

When you’re Newell, an industry icon that’s commanded a massive fan following, a relatively large turnout is expected. Newell has long been a champion of the VR industry. Tagged with: AMA , Gabe Newell , gaben , reddit , valve , Vive. Newell will likely have to pick and choose which ones he answers.

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MAY 8, 2017

Some industry players have already talked about the death of the smartphone , but those groups also missed out on the smartphone altogether so they’re ambitious to move on to the next platform. Hololens is Microsoft’s most mobile product as of recent and the PC VR and AR headsets need quite a bit of horsepower to run smoothly.

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JUNE 8, 2017

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest. Things are changing though.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

From apps to tech, the industry needs to push on with breakthroughs both big and small. Six months on from its reveal, Microsoft’s Project Scorpio remains a promising mystery for the VR industry. I want to see big studios get involved in this industry. Tagged with: 2017 , htc vive , oculus rift , project scorpio.

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