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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Fantasynth (2017) is an upcoming VR music experience for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that takes you on a surreal ride through an abstract world of sharp geometric shapes and eye-catching neon lights.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Market research reports have shown that in 2015 the revenue was $0.66 As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are expected to reduce the prices for their game products in the coming years.

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Sony has appended a 12+ age restriction for PlayStation VR. Oculus has included similar warnings, as their guidelines for both Rift and Gear VR is set at 13+, although Oculus ex-CEO Brendan Iribe admitted back in 2015 that Oculus adopted Facebook’s the 13+ age requirement when they were acquired.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Before the calendar ever turned over from 2015 to 2016 people were already dubbing this as the “year of virtual reality.” It may seem hard to believe now, but just a few months ago the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR HMDs were available active developers only. ” This monicker was given for good reason.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. A decade later, Oculus VR is gone “ for now ” and the earliest faces to rally developer and enthusiast support for the imminent consumer revival of virtual reality have moved to other startups.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. Still no news on Oculus For Business program and Multiplayer SDK for Quest.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

The young organization managed to carve out a name for itself during the early days of the emerging VR industry and that first to market approach earned it a $65 million fundraising round in 2015 that was led by none other than the kingmaker of modern media itself: Disney. Tagged with: jaunt , playstation , PS VR , sony.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

In 2015, China saw 200-300 firms jump to produce their own VR HMDs. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 Expectedly, the many seized the opportunity for a feeding frenzy. The first bit to point out, of course, is that 90% of startups in any industry fail.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

We don’t have a clear idea on precisely how many units have been sold for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Daydream View, or any other major headset on the market. Homido mini (pocket-sized solution, first released in 2015) has sold 244,000 units total. million headsets in 2016 compared to 450,000 Google Daydream Views.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

We saw quite a few multiplayer Vive setups, but we also saw Move controllers on heads, branded headsets and even headsets that look like a Vive controller and Oculus Touch controller had a baby! Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google. Wait, is Freddie Prinze Jr.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

The game has actually been in development for some time, starting life as a PS3 title with PlayStation Move motion controller support before being reannounced for Sony’s newest console in 2015 under a new developer, Granzella.

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Road to VR

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. Platform : PSVR, Oculus, Steam (Spring 2018). Platform : Oculus, Steam (Early 2018). Platform : Oculus (February 28, 2018). Platform : Oculus (2018).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The freeplay area, located away from the main convention center on the 4th floor of the Seattle Westin, will be open throughout the long weekend and will have both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive available to try out. Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift). HTC Vive, Oculus Rift). Oculus Rift).

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2016

The first brand to deploy the new Snapchat feature was Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) who released a campaign to promote their latest thriller called ‘Don’t Breathe’. Sony created this initial video with the help of AvatarLabs , a Los Angeles based digital agency. Snapchat integrated AR overlays after acquiring Looksery in 2015.

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Road to VR

MAY 28, 2016

However, the report adds momentum to recent rumors suggesting that Microsoft is preparing an update to its Xbox One console, and with it, further pursuing its partnership with Oculus, possibly to bring support for the Rift headset to the system. For some time now, the Oculus Rift seems to make sense for the eventual VR play on Xbox.

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MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. With the company’s next VR headset not expected to launch until at least 2022, it’s unclear if the Sony took up the offer.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Emteq Ltd was founded in 2015 to improve lives through the development of facial sensing healthcare solutions and is applying its technology to VR. He was tech lead on the BAFTA-award-winning Monument Valley (2014) and co-directed Gear VR hit Land’s End (2015). Solomon Rogers – Founder, REWIND. Pete Short – CTO, Breaking Forth.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Guerrilla Cambridge, the Sony-owned developer behind PlayStation VR multiplayer FPS, RIGS: Mechanised Combat League [ Review: 8/10 ], was confirmed to be closing just a few months on from the game’s launch last October. I was one of the first people to play RIGS following its reveal at E3 2015.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Another Bethesda title, Doom VXR however, is coming to Sony’s VR headset and you can read all about it here. The game itself offers the full Fallout 4 game as released toward the end of 2015 plus “all-new combat, crafting, and building systems fully re-imagined for virtual reality.”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The service shut down yesterday — it had launched in beta in March 2015 and raised $2 million total. The startup was competing against Jaunt, Littlstar and giants like Google’s YouTube to host 360-degree immersive content.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. November 2015. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Check out our article for what comes next. Samsung Gear VR. Zeiss VR ONE Plus.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Available On : Oculus (Rift). Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studios brought Asgard’s Wrath to life as a part of the Oculus initiative to fund less, but bigger titles for the Rift platform. Available On: Steam (Index, Vive, Rift, WMR), Viveport , Oculus ( Rift , Quest ). Available On : Oculus ( Quest , Rift ).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

units since its release at the end of 2015– not bad for a headset that is only compatible with six of the most recent Samsung phones. OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. An Oculus Rift headset has been modified and certified for use in space by French space agency CNES. The popular Gear VR has moved 5.5M

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Peter Graham

MARCH 27, 2020

Originally released back in 2016 for HTC Vive, the app has made it to most VR headsets including Oculus Quest in 2019 but PlayStation VR was always notably left out. When you think of creativity in virtual reality (VR) one app that’s surely going to come to mind is Google’s Tilt Brush.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

As 2015 progressed, it looked increasingly likely that fans would need a small miracle for that to happen, and no such miracle came. Ultimately Oculus stole headlines at CES — for both better and worse — with the launch of pre-orders for the Rift. Oculus had already set everyone’s expectations.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Founded at Carnegie Mellon in 2015, the company created an app (now unavailable) called Intraface – which could recognize seven different emotions (anger, fear, joy, etc.). NOKIA AND SONY GET TOGETHER FOR 360 VIDEO. FACEBOOK BUYS AR COMPANY THAT ANALYZES YOUR FACE. GE USES AR TO TALK TO MACHINES IN MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

video game industry when the Oculus Kickstarter campaign began? NB: The biggest win for Oculus was being able to get John Carmack and Gabe Newell in the Kickstarter video. With Oculus, VR had a tremendous amount of buzz. NB: There’s no room for shovelware in Sony, right. When Oculus first started it was all shovelware.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. November 2015. Thanks to LibreVR/Revive project, Vive users can also play some of the Oculus Rift exclusive titles. Oculus Rift. Oculus Touch. Oculus Home. Check out our article for what comes next. Samsung Gear VR. Zeiss VR ONE Plus.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 5, 2017

It was founded by Dave Ranyard, the former head of Sony London Studio. The funding platform is an outgrowth of René Pinnell’s VR showcase, which debuted in 2015. Vaqso is a Japanese invention consisting of a small device that clips to the bottom of your Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or PlayStation VR (PSVR). Read more here.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. The game was bundled with Vive headsets for a period when it launched but generally sells individually for $30 on Rift and Vive and $20 on PSVR.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

Streaming services Netflix and Hulu have been in the VR space for a while (Netflix announced their app for Gear VR all the way back in the fall of 2015), and Sony-owned Crackle is attempting to catch up. THE STREAMING SERVICES BATTLE IT OUT IN VR: CRACKLE ANNOUNCES THEIR PLANS.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 20, 2022

In the time since the April 2021 event, Facebook the company re-branded as Meta and, in a corresponding move, replaced "Oculus" with "Meta" in the names of its popular Quest VR headsets. If you're not familiar with Cities, it's helpful to think of 2015's Cities: Skylines as if it's SimCity for urban planning and development nerds.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Not only are these devices cheaper than the Oculus Rift and Vive, but Microsoft says they’re better too. ” Windows VR represents a strategic move on Microsoft’s part, especially considering the close relationship they have with both HTC Vive and Facebook / Oculus Rift. Stay tuned.

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VRWorld

MARCH 21, 2017

While PC and console gamers have been able to plug products such as HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Sony PlayStation VR into their devices and enter a new world, Mac owners haven’t had this luxury. Unless you’ve opted for mobile VR and some unsupported apps, the entire Apple ecosystem is excluded from VR.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds. It is rumored that the Oculus team will spend a considerable amount of time discussing Project Santa Cruz at the event in California.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company.

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