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DECEMBER 28, 2016

The Eye Tribe , a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they’ll be joining the ranks of Facebook’s Oculus VR. Both Oculus and The Eye Tribe today confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch ‘s Josh Constine. Is The Eye Tribe staying exclusively within Oculus? Is there much of a difference?

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

The Lost Bear (2017), Odd Bug Studio’s cinematic 2D VR platformer for PSVR, is making its way to Oculus Rift headsets in time for Christmas. The studio says in their Rift support announcement that one of their biggest inspirations is Playdead’s hit indie side-scrollers Limbo (2011) and Inside (2016).

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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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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.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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Road to VR

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. On top of that, the company has made no official mention of Oculus Rift support for any of their upcoming VR titles. We plan on supporting as many platforms as we can.

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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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JUNE 13, 2016

Oculus today announced a new exclusive, Wilson’s Heart , a first-person psychological thriller slated to arrive on Oculus Home in 2017. The game uses Oculus Touch controller so you can examine clues and manipulate in-game objects naturally. Wilson’s Heart is the studios first foray into VR development.

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JULY 28, 2021

You may also recognize the concept from Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One, which was brought to life in Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film adaptation. Vivek Sharma, h ead of Facebook Gaming, will be leading the team behind the company’s still in-beta social VR platform, Facebook Horizon.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Noire (2011), the hit neo-noire adventure game for PC and console, is coming to VR in a series of cases taken from the original game that Rockstar says are being “rebuilt specifically for virtual reality.” Noire: The VR Case Files, the game will deliver seven of the original, self-contained cases from L.A.

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AR Insider

APRIL 26, 2021

Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge 2, coming to Oculus Quest later this year. ILMXLAB Oculus shows off 12 VR games at its gaming showcase. But the chances of that are… about the same as a $50 bitcoin in 2011 becoming a $50,000 bitcoin today. Our hypothesis is that crypto billionaires live in another reality.

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Road to VR

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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Tech Trends VR

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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APRIL 7, 2018

Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she’s been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more engaged, more present, and more alive. Or are you centered in your head of thinking about the strategy of your next action in achieving a goal in a game (yang)?

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We are eagerly waiting to see what the scheduled release of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X later this year will do to AR/VR gaming! While we wait, we compiled a list of the most exciting video games that feature different use cases of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) as key plot devices. Pick up any of these games!

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VRScout

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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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus. Successfully funded projects will go into production in early 2017 and will be available on the Oculus platform. Daniël Ernst. Eliza Mcnitt. Nick Pittom.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2019

Founded back in 2011, independent Canadian recording company Monstercat has spent the last eight years developing a massive catalog of genre-defying EDM, in the process becoming one of the most prominent and well-respected dance music recording labels in the world.

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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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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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Road to VR

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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Road to VR

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. Many chalk it up to poor marketing, lack of brand cache, and not enough music to choose from.

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

Rockstar Games’ partial VR port of L.A. Noire (2011) was delayed last month to much chagrin. The game, which promises to deliver 7 of the original’s case files in all of their immersive glory, is now officially coming to HTC Vive December 15th. Pre-orders are now available on Steam for $30.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Founded in 2011 in London, Masters of Pie started out as a service company creating R&D prototypes and products for blue chip companies using the tools and knowledge from the gaming industry. According to Crunchbase , the latest round brings Masters of Pie’s total funding to £5.2 million (~$6.8

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The Oculus Rift doesn’t have much going for it this week, and it’s more than likely because we’re now just three weeks away from the launch of Oculus Touch, and there’s going to be a content blowout when it does hit. Salvaged, from Opposable Games. Motorbike, from baKno Games. Can you hear that?

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Road to VR

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. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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Road to VR

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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The pair shared a love of movies, TV, video games and the internet, and established their YouTube channel in 2009 when they were still in junior high. “I The two-minute short, “Chalk Warfare,” was a live-action film featuring teens shooting at each other in a video game that comes to life after they draw weapons in chalk on the pavement. “We

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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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Road to VR

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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VRScout

MAY 19, 2020

Originally released back in 2011 on iOS and Android, Mini Motor Racing X has finally made its way to the Oculus Quest, offering what could easily be considered the most satisfying VR racing experience available on the standalone headset at the moment. It is here you can also cycle through the various game modes.

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Road to VR

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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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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OCTOBER 11, 2016

It’ll be someone inside an Oculus Rift calling the real world using Facebook Messenger. Franklin had been a vice president at EA since 2011, and headed up work on the The Sims 4. As we demonstrated, we have ambitious goals and have lots to do, so if you are a game developer, designer, or artist … come join us!

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ARPost

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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APRIL 25, 2017

Take a look at Twisted Pixel Games’ past releases such as Splosion Man and Comic Jumper , and you’ll notice common themes like interesting characters, vibrant settings, and unique gameplay mechanics. Wilson’s Heart is now a part of the new GeForce GTX Oculus Rift Bundle , too. The Heart of the Matter.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); 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. This post originally appeared on VentureBeat.

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