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‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ in Development for Oculus Quest 2

Road to VR

Noire (2011) to the medium. This follows a trend of established studios reformatting older games, such as Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 (2005), for the Oculus Quest 2 hardware.

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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Interactive Storybook Features 3D Studio Tour, Headcrab Sound Mixer, And More

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In 2011, the series received a makeover in the form of a new digital storybook for the iPad. Valve Time: An interactive timeline details Valve’s software and hardware projects over the past decade – including previously unknown projects. Rhys Darby: Exclusive interview with Rhys Darby (“Russell”), one of the stars of Half-Life: Alyx.

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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

Road to VR

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. Even with viable hardware on your side, it’s not an easy thing to do.

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Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership

Road to VR

The company began running its own Android app store in 2011 to capture revenue from Google’s Play app store and to reduce the company’s reliance on Google for its own ‘Fire’ tablets. Other details are thin at present, but this won’t be Amazon’s first rodeo for selling apps.

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Open Compute Project: An Interview with Intel's Rebecca Weekly

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In 2011, combined with Intel and Rackspace, the Open Compute Project was launched to enable a set of open standards that could benefit all major industry enterprise players. When Facebook was scaling its technologies and pivoting to completely public use in the late 2010s, it started an internal project around data efficiency and scalability.

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Nintendo President Says The Company Is Exploring New Ways To Use AR

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Our hardware development teams evaluate all kinds of new technologies available thus far and consult with our software developers. “Something I do not want the public to misunderstand is that we are not turning our backs on new technologies – we are constantly researching and developing,” states Furukawa during his interview with Nikkei.

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‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ Now Available, Rockstar’s Debut VR Game

Road to VR

Noire (2011), which has had a number of its missions reworked specifically for VR. Rift Support, Minimum Specifications, and Hardware Incompatibility. Rockstar Games, the mega studio behind Grand Theft Auto , Red Dead Redemption , and plenty more, has launched its debut VR title, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.

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