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JUNE 25, 2018

Coatsink , the studio behind VR titles A Night Sky (2017) and Augmented Empire (2017), announced they’re bringing their first mobile VR title, Esper (2015), to PlayStation VR, Oculus Go and Xiaomi Mi on June 29th. Esper is also slated to launch on HTC Vive via Steam on July 6th.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Epic Games is opening its own digital distribution platform in hopes that its industry-leading revenue share split will attract developers. Inaugurating the new Epic Games Store, the company is giving away underwater survival game Subnautica (2018) for free. The game normally retails for $25.

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JULY 20, 2023

With the company’s innovative approach to entertainment, people are enjoying the passenger seat with a library of hit gaming titles. Additionally, holoride has created a name for itself by significantly reducing motion sickness while gaming as a car passenger.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Every major PC VR headset is supported through the SteamVR platform, including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Pimax, and Windows VR headsets; not to mention Oculus Quest, which thanks to Oculus Link lets you play PC VR games from the Oculus Store, Steam, and Viveport. The 10 Best SteamVR Games of 2019. Pistol Whip.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. CLASH OF CLANS PARTNERS WITH FACEBOOK TO BRINGS AR TO FANS.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

Since its foundation in 2015, haptic technology company bHaptics has released several VR-ready haptic suits compatible with over 100 games and apps, from VR rhythm games like Beat Saber to action-adventure games like Half-Life: Alyx , with the list growing every day.

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MAY 17, 2020

Epic Games continues its streak of killer freebies with Rockstar’s best-selling action-adventure game. Every Thursday at 8am PT, video game and software developer and publisher Epic Games offers players a new free game available via the Epic Games Store. More information available here.*.

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JULY 16, 2016

The SteamVR powered HTC Vive virtual reality system may see an updated “HTC Vive 2.0″ The HTC Vive, powered with technology developed by gaming giant Valve, had an impressively short gestation period. See Also: HTC Vive Review: A Mesmerising VR Experience, if You Have the Space.

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JULY 1, 2016

This week at MWC Shanghai, HTC announced the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA), a consortium of 28 venture capital firms focusing their funds on virtual reality. The group is headed by HTC’s China Regional President of VR, Alvin Wang Graylin. And it looks like things are only continuing to grow.

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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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AUGUST 23, 2017

Skyworld , a turn-based strategy game from Arizona Sunshine (2016) developers Vertigo Games, was initially introduced to the world as a demo during HTC Vive’s first public showing back in GDC 2015. Image courtesy Vertigo Games. Image courtesy Vertigo Games.

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JULY 20, 2018

Now’s your time to pick up some great deals on top VR games, some discounted at more than 50% off. Your wallet may have just recovered, but some deep discounts are now available on Green Man Gaming , an authorized reseller of Steam codes. DiRt Rally (2015) – $50 $40 (-20%).

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JUNE 14, 2017

Skybound Entertainment in partnership with Skydance Interactive have confirmed that multiple interactive VR games based on the hugely popular The Walking Dead franchise are in the works. I think that’s what people who either read the comic, watch the show, play the games,” says Murray in the IGN interview.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Kat VR, the China-based company behind the original Kat Walk VR treadmill Kickstarter in 2015, is bringing its new consumer-focused VR treadmill ‘Kat Walk C’ to the crowdfunding platform on June 21st. SEE ALSO Back-compat PSVR Games on PS5 Could See Improved Frame Rates, Resolution, & Loading.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Tabletop Simulator (2015) and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) are the two virtual reality-enabled games nominated for the very first Steam Awards. Neither are VR-only games, but both support the HTC Vive, while Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes also lists Oculus Rift and OSVR support.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017). Ace Combat 7. Platform : PSVR (2018). Platform : PSVR (2018).

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Now, a little under four years since the big names in hardware released their first generation consumer headsets, we live in a time when a number of VR games have actually approached the best that any gaming platform has to offer. Without further ado, Road to VR’s 2019 Game of the Year Award winners: Asgard’s Wrath.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Founded in 2015, Pimax is best known for its first Pimax “8K” headset Kickstarted in 2017, a consumer PC VR headset that included dual 4K panels providing an estimated 200-degree FOV, by far one of the largest in the industry at the time.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The most anticipated VR game to date is now just one month and ten days away, and Valve has released some new screenshots to whet your appetite. Half-Life: Alyx will launch the week after GDC, an annual game developers event which Valve has regularly attended, and where the company first debuted its VR initiatives way back in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The perennially avant-garde singer-songwriter Björk has brought her entire 2015 album, Vulnicura , to virtual reality. The Vulnicura Virtual Reality Album is now available Steam (Oculus Rift, Valve Index, HTC Vive) priced at $30. Vulnicura isn’t the first occurrence where prominent music gets re-released in some form with VR visuals.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

VR/AR development company Schell Games today revealed the highly-anticipated sequel to its multiple award-winning spy-themed VR puzzle game I Expect You To Die. Zor has in store,” said Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games in an official release. “We Image Credit: Schell Games. “In Image Credit: Schell Games.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Announced back in October 2015, Earthlight, the first-person space simulator from Opaque Space that puts you aboard the International Space Station (ISS), was eventually supposed to come to HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PSVR. Instead, the developers opted to only release the game in arcades, dubbing it Earthlight Arcade.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Videogame tie-ins to movies are usually pretty bad, but LA-based VRWERX is hoping the same isn’t true for VR tie-ins; the company has just announced a new VR game based on the Mission: Impossible franchise. Mission: Impossible VR is coming to the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift. An official name has not been revealed.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

We first tried Fallout 4 in VR all the way back at E3 2016, and we really liked it, even if it had the same problems we usually see in full-scale first-person games. Howard recognized those concerns, noting that locomotion was “definitely the hard part” of bringing the 2015 game into VR.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. The Metaverse. Metaverse as a Service (MaaS).

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JUNE 7, 2020

Kat VR, the China-based company known for kickstarting its original Kat Walk VR treadmill in 2015, is once again returning to the crowdfunding platform to launch a new product later this month, this time serving up a VR treadmill called ‘Kat Walk C’ that promises to appeal to at-home consumers.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

CCP Games (developer of EVE: Valkyrie, EVE: Online , and others) has launched Gunjack 2: End of Shift (2016) , for the Samsung Gear VR on the Oculus Store. The title is the sequel to 2015’s Gunjack which had debuted on Gear VR. As with the Daydream version, the game can be played using the headset’s controller.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Kite & Lightning, the studio behind some of VR’s earliest experiences, is one of 13 developers receiving a portion of over $200,000 in ‘Unreal Dev Grants’, a program set up by Epic Games to showcase and provide financial support to projects using Unreal Engine 4. The game is currently in closed beta.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Most interestingly, Valve’s Jeep Barnett wrote “the number of Rifts playing VR games through Steam doubled in December with the addition of optional motion controls.” This is despite the fact that new sales for the DK2 ceased in late 2015. The data suggests 6.5

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AUGUST 8, 2019

2019) today has finally brought VR support to the game. Now available for $60 on Oculus and Steam, the game offers support for Rift, Index, and HTC Vive, though developer Codemasters also confirmed that PSVR support won’t come to the PS4 version of the game. The game’s 1.7 An update to DiRT Rally 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

When I bought my HTC Vive in 2017, I already had a list of games and experiences I wanted to try first. Experiences giving you magical powers were at the top of that list, followed by games like Job Simulator and Star Trek: Bridge Crew. Microsoft’s flagship social VR platform brings its unique brand of events to the Quest.

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JULY 28, 2019

There’s a few short VR experiences that just stick with you, and one of my favorites is the 2015-era VR music video Surge. You can download the VR experience for free on Steam , which includes support for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Valve Index.

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MAY 8, 2017

VirZOOM , makers of VR arcade exercise games and the VirZOOM Bike Controller, recently announced a partnership with AMD that promises to provide the graphical horsepower to drive VirZOOM experiences in gyms and arcades, bringing their collection of VR games to gym-quality upright and recumbent bikes around the world.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Paranormal Actvity: The Lost Soul, as the game is called, will be launching in Early Access on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on March 14th 2017, with a PlayStation VR version coming later down the line. That is according to a new trailer for the game, hosted by IGN, that you can see below. PAVRGAME (@pavrgame) January 10, 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Valve famously skipped 2015’s Dev Days, which was one year after the conference’s inauguration and first showing of Valve’s VR headset prototype. Had Dev Days 2015 taken place, it would have come only a few months after Valve unveiled its first version of the HTC Vive. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games.

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APRIL 19, 2017

This hopefully also means we’re getting something Oculus promised as a feature back when Home was initially announced for the consumer Rift back in the summer of 2015: 360 video previews of games. The SDK plugin is said to be compatible with multiple game engines including Unity and Unreal, and even native engines.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

You might have caught a glimpse of the Feelreal mask prototype when it made headlines back at GDC 2015 , the smell-o-vision add-on for VR headsets that promised to bring plenty of scents to your nostrils and haptics to your face. of games and movies. Image courtesy Feelreal Inc. “We’ve chosen distinct scents?

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