TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

For the investment firm Bitkraft Esports Ventures , the surge in interest means a vast opportunity to invest in the businesses that continue to reshape entertainment and develop technologies which have implications far beyond consoles and controllers. Increasingly, investors are willing to come along for the ride.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

From its incredible, trailblazing debut in 2000, through a questionable sequel in 2003 the first person action RPG has more recently seen a return to form in the hands of developers Eidos Montreal and publishers Square Enix. That is, there’s no teleportation in this experience whether you play with motion controllers or not.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

It channels the edgy street racing vibe of 2003’s Need for Speed: Underground , a game fondly remembered by fans of the franchise. Whereas that title had you holding the headset’s motion controller horizontally, here you’ll still hold it with one hand, pointing it forward like you would do with many Daydream apps.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 26, 2022

I have a frankly lamentable history of jumping feet-first into new social networks ever since the early days of Friendster, circa 2003 (more details here and here ). I am, however, getting much better at diagnosing the problem when it happens, and this time around, I figured it out within 24 hours, which is actually an achievement!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Instead of using keyboards and buttons to control processes, we use gestures, eye movement, and voice commands detected by sensors. You’d have to use a separate mouse or controller instead. Think of how headset trackers and cameras allow you to interact with digital content without controllers. Is Spatial Computing just VR?

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Mashable VR

MAY 15, 2022

First there was Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel The Time Traveler's Wife. The Time Traveler's Wife emphasizes that Clare and Henry are stuck in a situation over which they have very little control, raising the age-old question of fate vs. free will. Then there was the 2009 film adaptation starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

And while he did nod to the delayed rollout of the Rift and Touch controllers in 2016, he believes the company’s efforts in kickstarting VR content is “coming at a reasonable clip.” The analogy I always use, the first Smartphones came out in 2013—sorry, 2003—the Blackberry and Palm Treo.

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Mashable VR

MAY 19, 2022

Attached to that central part is a long, oval-shaped stem with a small, circular touch panel that enables simplistic playback controls. You can download firmware updates, remap the touch controls, and adjust some basic equalizer settings if you don’t like the default sound output. Think AirPods Pro , minus the stem.

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Veative

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Children with ADHD have trouble paying attention, difficulty in concentrating on and remembering what they are told to do, and controlling impulsive behaviors, or they may be overly active, all factors which can affect their quality of life and impede academic progress. 2,2, 2003, pp.104-13. How can VR help children with ADHD.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2022

I can make an analogy to what happened in 2003, when most people believed that Windows and Palm were destined to control the mobile market, but instead, an obscure Linux-based OS named Android (running on a small number of ultra-premium phones, like the T-Mobile Sidekick) actually beat them to it! 100% keyboard controllable.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2018

Konami’s 4K/VR remastering of Zone of the Enders 2 (2003), called Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS, now has an official street date: September 4th in the US and September 6th in the EU and Japan.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Once controlled, all players believe they are playing a game when they are actually acting in real life. Console: Resembling the perfect mix of an Xbox controller and silly putty, circuitry has been replaced by living game pods. The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Creative Control (2016).

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2017

Sansar is the next-gen virtual world platform from Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life (2003). That means everything from teleporting locomotion to native support for VR motion controllers. There’s no denying that Linden Lab did some things right with Second Life , a $500 million GDP in 2016 is a testament to that.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Since its formation in 2001, London Studio is responsible for a long string of PlayStation titles, including the SingStar franchise, several titles for 2003’s PlayStation EyeToy camera, the ahead-of-its-time PlayStation Home (2008) , the augmented reality Wonderbook peripheral, and plenty more.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 20, 2019

HELM Systems has already confirmed that players will have access to fully controllable dragons, horses and ships, both for travel and combat. All interactions also have consequences regardless of the level of importance, so being good or needlessly killing will affect the experience.

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