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AUGUST 31, 2016

HTC is continuing their commitment to invest heavily in the VR ecosystem and have their eye on one Oakland-based independent VR development studio. HTC is the company behind the Vive VR headset and have in past six months been investing heavily in initiatives to help grow the virtual reality space. Image Credit: Steel Wool Studios.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

With the release of Ready Player Two —the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2011 science-fiction novel Ready Player One —just around the corner, social VR platform and VR theater experience Bigscreen VR today announced that it will be conducting a first-of-its-kind VR interview featuring series creator Ernest Cline.

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JULY 10, 2018

Japanese VR studio MyDearest and Los Angeles-based Sekai Project are launching a Kickstarter campaign today to fund the development of a new VR manga game. Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS , the VR visual novel game is targeting HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR. MyDearest is a Tokyo-based VR developer specializing in adventure games.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rockstar Games, the mega studio behind Grand Theft Auto , Red Dead Redemption , and plenty more, has launched its debut VR title, L.A. The game is an adaptation of L.A. Noire (2011), which has had a number of its missions reworked specifically for VR. Image courtesy Rockstar Games. Noire: The VR Case Files.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Steel Wool Studios – an independent VR development studio formed by creative veterans of Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, and Telltale Games – today announced that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding from HTC Corporation. Huang is a board member at Steel Wool Studios.

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JUNE 22, 2023

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Currently major contenders are Meta, Sony, HTC, Valve, Pico, Pimax, and Apple starting next year.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Based off the 2011 science fiction novel of the same name, the story follows unlikely hero Wade Watts in the dystopian future of 2044 as he searches for the immensely valuable “easter egg” hidden within a virtual reality universe known as the “Oasis.”. Ready Player One (2018) Tye Sheridan as Wade Owen Watts/Parzival.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Take-two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar Games, revealed in their earnings call that L.A The VR game, which targets HTC Vive, delivers seven of the original, self-contained cases from the hit neo-noir action-adventure game L.A. Noire (2011). As first reported by IGN , L.A.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Pistol Whip (2019) , the VR rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a new dielselpunk-inspired update, available now on Oculus Quest and SteamVR-compatible headsets. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games. The update also includes three wartime-era pistols, and a new metal finish for all available weapons. Broomhandle Mauser, anyone?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Doom VRF , id Software’s upcoming standalone VR game, is nearly here, coming December 1st for PSVR and HTC Vive. It looks like the studio is turning up the nostalgia to 11 with the latest revelation that the game will also feature classic maps lifted from the original Doom (1993).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Croteam, the minds behind the Serious Sam franchise, has released its fourth Serious Sam -themed VR game: Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE (2017) for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The game supports a few teleportation styles as well as smooth movement presets, with or without comfort mode. .

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

20th Century Fox’s VR game division FoxNext VR Studio today announced that their Planet of the Apes- themed game for PSVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift is coming in April. The studio’s second VR game based on the Alien franchise is also currently in production.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

With a name that could only have come from the mind of Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, Squanchtendo is a VR game studio founded by Roiland and former Epic Games producer Tanya Watson to “[combine] edgy, mature comedy with refined, high-end gameplay mechanics and stories.” I'm obsessed. I will get funding.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Bethesda recently announced that Fallout 4 (2015) is coming to HTC Vive this October, and Skyrim (2011) is soon to follow sometime in late 2017 on PlayStation VR. Consider the following tweet though: It’s been fun bringing our style of games to VR. After all, SteamVR supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and OSVR natively.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The knuckles controller is being designed at the same time as we’re designing our own VR games,” he wrote. Valve and HTC worked closely together to create the HTC Vive VR system. We think VR is pretty important as a tool for interesting games.” Valve’s Gabe Newell. Photo courtesy Kotaku.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Noire which launched as a non-VR game way back in 2011. The VR version of the game is getting a surprise launch on PSVR today, Sony announced during its State of Play presentation. While we haven’t seen the game actually hit the store just yet, we expect it to be priced near $30 (the current price of the PC VR version).

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JULY 31, 2019

He built the first prototype of his VR headset in 2011 and announced it on Kickstarter in 2012. His prototype sparked the interest of ID Software game developer John Carmack who announced that his company’s upcoming game Doom 3 BFG Edition would support the emerging product.

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JULY 19, 2016

Among more than 9,000 games on Steam, Valve’s VR title The Lab is heading the platform’s list of top rated games. For many with the HTC Vive, the game has become a go-to starting point to introduce friends and family to VR thanks to its polish and breadth of experiences.

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MARCH 27, 2017

HTC Vive and Warner Bros. If you’re not familiar with the book, Ready Player One is a 2011 sci-fi action thriller written by Ernest Cline that takes place in the year 2044. The exclusive arrangement between HTC and Warner Bros. Miller, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. Pictures, Amblin Partners and Village Roadshow Pictures.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Founded in September 2011 by 4 former PhD students from the IT University of Copenhagen, The Eye Tribe has since raised $3 million in seed funding, and has also lead a $4.4 The Eye Tribe has shown their eye-tracking technology working in a range of VR headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Gear VR.

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MAY 4, 2018

After only 3 days since launch, Beat Saber (2018) , the VR rhythm game that puts two lightsabers in your hands, is now the highest rated game on Steam—not just the highest rated VR game, but the highest rated game out of all titles, flatscreen games included. million views.

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JULY 5, 2017

Developer Slightly Mad Studios has sparred no detail in bringing a realistic driving experience to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and that includes an exhaustive list of drivable cars, revealed today. Below is every car you can expect to get behind the wheel of when the game launches on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in two months’ time.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Both median deal size and total number of deals in 2016 outpaced those in 2015, with a 58% increase in average deal size and 30% more deals, according to year-end analysis from Greenlight Insights of individual deals back to 2011. “In Encouragingly, there is a growing list of notable investors committed to the space.

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AUGUST 27, 2016

Arrowstorm Entertainment is what you might call ‘serial Kickstarters’, as they’ve successfully completed 13 different campaigns on the crowdfunding site—mostly focusing on small budget sword and sorcery flicks starring the likes of Kevin Sorbo from Hercules (1995) and Kristian Nairn (aka Hodor) from Game of Thrones (2011).

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JUNE 6, 2017

Codemasters’ new entry into their long-running rally game series launches this week for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The title is the latest numbered entry in the series after 2011’s DiRT 3— a more accessible, ‘arcade’ offering compared to the more recent, simulation-style DiRT Rally.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Even though the game originally came out back in 2011 it still holds up incredibly well as one of the absolute best and most popular roleplaying games of all-time. Luckily at E3 2017 this week we were able to go hands-on with the game and step inside the boots of the Dovahkin for the very first time.

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MARCH 19, 2017

. “While there was clear demand coming primarily from technology enthusiasts, what became readily apparent were the use cases for enterprise users across multiple verticals and for consumers with gaming and content consumption.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

It might cost a little bit more…” By “180 FPS internally,” Bell is referring to the workload the hardware will need to perform in order to deliver the requisite 90 fps to the dual displays in standard PC VR headsets such as Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Mad Box will be the game studio’s first foray into hardware.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Are you looking for new titles to add to your collection of immersive games? Then prepare for loads of action, because we have prepared a list of 5 VR games you should play this year if you haven’t already. Focusing on these ideas, our team picked some of the most exciting virtual reality games you should add to your “to-play list.”.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

And HTC is close behind with its high-end headset, Vive, thanks to its partnership with Valve and the very popular Steam platform. Content providers, mostly game makers, as well as technology providers come next. The result of this effort will be more VR games and applications in the coming months and years.

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

Noire: The VR Case Files is the debut VR title from Rockstar Games, and a remake of unique action-detective game L.A. Noire which was released in 2011. Developer: Rockstar Games. Available On: HTC Vive ( Steam , Viveport , Rockstar Warehouse ). Image courtesy Rockstar Games. Image courtesy Rockstar Games.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

This strange little feature, included as part of the company’s upcoming Entertainment Hub storefront, takes AAA games and ‘upscales’ them to run inside the HTC Vive. In one corner of their show booth sat one of their new laptops with a Vive, running 2011’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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MAY 19, 2016

Portal Stories: VR is a free Portal 2 (2011) “mini story” recently released for the HTC Vive. See Also: Valve’s ‘The Lab’ is a Wondrous Playground Full of VR Toys on HTC Vive. The second is to act as the portals did in the Portal games, creating an interesting way of moving around the environments and puzzles.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Last year, the Oculus Rift (Facebook), HTC Vive (HTC and Valve) and the PlayStation VR (Sony) all debuted, and Samsung just announced 5 million of its Gear VR headsets have shipped. But it was also a telling move considering that the last game Cambridge released was RIGS: Mechanized Combat League for PlayStation VR.

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JUNE 20, 2016

I have been attending E3 since 2011 and in 2013 I had my first experience with Rift DK 1. Miller seemed to be really enjoying himself while also spreading the word about his new game Obduction. In fact several demos were available to play including one of my favorite VR games, Time Machine VR.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Whether it be film, television, video games or any other form of entertainment, music has the ability to make or break an experience. The award-winning composer has worked on everything from film and television, to video games and other forms of new media. This is especially true for VR, a medium that relies heavily on deep immersion.

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