Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Elite Dangerous (2014), one of the first truly massive VR-compatible space sims, is releasing its biggest DLC for free today to all players who own the base game. The free update includes all supported platforms, including PC ( SteamVR , Oculus PC ), Xbox and PS4.

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Road to VR

MAY 3, 2017

As one of the first game genres to embrace VR, sim racing has been successfully transitioning from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage (the first-generation consumer headsets). The HTC Vive launched on April 5th 2016, a week after the consumer Oculus Rift. Assetto Corsa.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Steam’s annual winter sale is already in full swing, bringing big savings to top VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) , Star Wars: Squadrons (2020), Elite Dangerous (2014) and more. Vacation Simulator. $30. The sale is already in effect, and lasts until January 5th, 2020 at 10 AM PT ( local time here ). Until You Fall. $25.

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Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2020

Anyway, here’s our roundup of a few great VR flight games, which span simulator and arcade subgenres. Digital Combat Simulator World is another great free-to-play title focusing on authentic and realistic simulation of military aircraft, tanks, ground vehicles and ships. Platforms : SteamVR , Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2018

Quill , Oculus’ VR painting and drawing tool, recently saw a major update which added animation tools to the software, allowing users to create animated sequences directly in VR. A resident artist at Oculus has taken to the tool to show the incredible potential of drawing and animating in VR. Strong Winds.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2022

Government agencies like NASA and the US Airforce used elements of the metaverse for training purposes and simulation exercises as early as 1986. Despite this long history, it was Facebook’s purchase of Oculus in 2014 that signaled the beginning of what has been an eight-year gold rush for AR and VR.

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VR Geeks

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Virtual reality racing simulators are some of the most immersive experiences available today, but finding the best ones can be difficult. We’ve compiled a list of our top five favorites for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. There are several intriguing options to test now that the bulk of PC racing simulators support VR.

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ARPost

JANUARY 18, 2022

As supporters of the modern metaverse continue to envision future users both working and indeed living within an online universe, the future could see us traveling across the world, meeting friends, and staying connected all via online simulation. The question is, just how far away are we from it? Could It Become The Future?

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2019

Unlike Technolust however, which is an Oculus platform exclusive, IRIS VR founder and indie VR veteran Blair Renaud says via Twitter that Low-fi is slated to support Oculus Rift, SteamVR headsets, Windows VR headsets, and PC at launch. We’ll keep you posted on all things Low-fi leading up to the campaign.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2023

The “Skarredghost” project The Skarredghost logo In 2014, the management of our company understood that virtual humans may become one of the biggest trends of the future. ” “Can you improve the pixels of the Oculus Rift?” We so hired a person to simulate being the Skarredghost during the in-person events.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2018

Frontier Developments today announced an open beta test for the upcoming update to the third season of Elite Dangerous (2014), the open-universe space simulator for VR and non-VR players. For VR players, Elite Dangerous can be purchased both through Oculus Home (Rift) and Steam (Vive and Rift).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Oculus brands disappears. And most importantly, the Oculus brand will disappear and will just become Meta : Oculus Quest will be the Meta Quest (yes, it sounds terribly, I know). He says that “We all have a strong attachment to the Oculus brand, and this was a very difficult decision to make”, but I don’t believe him at all.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Announced as “The Official Blancpain GT Series Game” , the sim brings many technology upgrades over Assetto Corsa (2014) , thanks in part to the move to Unreal Engine 4. Assetto Corsa supports Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Unreal Engine’s comprehensive VR support could benefit the new sim in these areas.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s Head of Content, Jason Rubin, announced that Oculus Studios will be publishing a Rift exclusive title made by Respawn Entertainment , the studio founded by ex- Call of Duty, and the creators of Titanfall. Though you’re in a simulation, you feel like you’re there.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Kick back in the semi-authentic 90’s office-den simulation and read original writing about the screensaver phenomenon. It will be available on Steam for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows MR owners. Physically manipulate digital worlds! Warp through stars like never before! Experience and endless starfield in HD!

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Imagine if you could make the ‘Honest Trailer’ for the Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter campaign with the last four years of hindsight. From mid-2012 to early 2014, Oculus seemed like the only real player in the industry. Ball Parks And Back Orders.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The Kickstarter pitches the game’s premise as such: LOW-FI is the street name given to those who cannot merge with The Platform, a ubiquitous virtual reality simulation where most of the population now live their lives. 850,000 – Oculus Quest Port! 80,000 – Unlock the Wastelands. 100,000 – LOCKED. 120,000 – LOCKED.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2017

The infamous store chain has a history with the technology, having experimented with a ‘ virtual catwalk ’ back in 2014, streaming a 360-degree broadcast of the AW London Fashion Week show live to shoppers at its Oxford Street store. I mean, if you’re going to make a waterslide simulator you might as well go all out.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The German luxury automobile manufacturer is finally ready to bring their VR dealership experience to customers, having spent the last three years working on the simulation tool. Prototype use of the Audi VR experience began in late 2014 but Audi only recently completed their last pilot phase in the past few months.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Available On: Oculus Quest , Oculus Rift , Steam , PSVR. Available On: Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest. You can also play with gamepad, which is fun too since the game offers up arcade controls instead of pure simulator-style flying like you might find in Elite Dangerous (2014). Phantom: Covert Ops.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2018

Vox Machinae first appeared on our radar all the way back in 2014 —back in the Rift DK1 and DK2 era, and long before motion input. The studio says players can expect the following: A unique mix of weighty and tactical simulation with responsive action. Immersive physics simulation drives movement and combat.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2023

Oculus Connect. Started by Oculus in 2014, Connect was where the earliest of early adopters could meet and learn how to make their games and apps happen for the first consumer VR headsets. Facebook Connect. Meta Connect. Why is that? Starting in 2020, Connect was exclusively livestreamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2017

Oculus and 360fly booths can also be spotted. The show’s VR wiz kid, Keenan Feldspar, bears a striking resemblance to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey (if you were on the fence, the Hawaiian shirts are the dead giveaway). Photo courtesy HBO. Silicon Valley’s interest in virtual reality doesn’t end there.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Pinball FX2 VR’s timed exclusivity with Oculus shortly comes to an end, with the game due to arrive on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on November 29th. The game was particularly suitable for VR, due to simulating a stationary real-world activity, and one that is enhanced by physically standing up.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2016

Anderson is told he’s being stalked by guardians of the digital simulation he’s a part of, and that in no uncertain terms he needs to get the hell out of there, right now, guided only by Morpheus’ voice on a cell phone. You can check out the Steam Greenlight page here and hit it up on Oculus Home right here priced $9.99.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Black Box VR – VR Workout Simulator. Birdly – Flight Simulator.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

You may not have first thought of submarine simulations when you theorized about the prospects for multiplayer virtual reality games. “Back in 2008 I suddenly discovered that I liked submarine simulations,” Airapetjan explained over email. In 2014 we were lucky enough to get a tour of the Valve offices.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

We already knew that Meta should manufacture its first AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2014 , and that they should be built with high-end features and be manufactured in the US. But the news of the day is that Meta should assemble only around 1000 units and keep the glasses for internal usage and demos. The startup just raised $1.6

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VRScout

JULY 5, 2016

The experiential is powered by Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 1080 graphics cards and Oculus Rift headsets. Last year, Stella Artois gave fans a chance to fly like Wimbledon’s resident bird of prey , Rufus, over the tennis courts in a multi-sensory experience that included a Rift and hydraulic simulator with fans blowing in your face.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2018

Fall 2013, Oculus DK1 + Razer Hydra. It was the era of the DK1, the first of the Oculus Rift prototypes available to Kickstarters, offering only rotational head tracking during its initial foray into the rebirth of VR. Spring 2014, Oculus DKHD + Razer Hydra. The First Climb. The Bigger Picture.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Sure, there had to be a good reason why, they didn’t have infinite money, but as the head professor of the games courses had just purchased a $50k simulator chair basically on a whim, I figured I might just ask. And then the Oculus Kickstarter happened. And Oculus did hold on to that exclusivity for quite a while.

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JULY 5, 2017

Project Cars 2 is gearing up for its September 22nd release date, promising to be one of the most fully featured racing simulations for VR headsets yet. 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. Aston Martin. Vantage GT4. Aston Martin.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Elite Dangerous (2014), the popular open-universe space simulator, is getting a beta near the end of the month which will bring both VR and PC players the fourth and final chapter of the game’s third season, Beyond. You can read more about Chapter Four in this lengthy update post.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The Room: A Dark Matter is an upcoming VR puzzler from Fireproof Games , the same minds behind The Room (2014), its beloved predecessor for PC and mobile, and VR shooter-adventure Omega Agent (2016). Lighting is excellent and the sheer volume of well-made textures really helps sell each room.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

was later presented at the Boston Festival of Indie Games in 2014, taking the award for Best Single Player Game. The team has releases a port for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift available at the link below. alien-makeout-simulator. Initially created in 48 hours for the Boston VR Jam using experimental VR hardware from Valve.It

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year was awesome for VR gaming, but 2019 is looking even brighter with a slew of highly polished titles coming to PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. In this exciting Oculus exclusive, the enemy will stop at nothing to gain an advantage. ” Vacation Simulator. Check out out hands-on with Vacation Simulator to learn more.

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