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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Unplugged is an upcoming VR rhythm game which makes use of full finger-tracking for a Rock Band -like experience, but with an ‘air guitar’ instead of a plastic peripheral. The game definitely builds on the vibes of classic instrument-based rhythm games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero , but this time without the plastic guitar.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The Game Developer’s Conference is right around the corner. For video game creators, both old and new, this means a lot of sleepless nights excitedly reading over the session list and carefully planning your trip. Arnold’s job is to work with game developers to create top-quality content for the Oculus Rift VR headset.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

VR was a big part of last year with new experiences, hardware and companies pushing the technology to the forefront of our everyday lives. Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.”

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JULY 15, 2017

Headset sales were much lower than every research report ever made on the subject, the killer VR app was not discovered by an eccentric band of game designers, and VR was not a mainstay in the marketplace. In the history of video game accessories, the Xbox Kinect was the fastest growing accessory in history.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Fans of smart home devices and accessories will be excited to learn about their trashcans can level up , while gamers will be excited to learn of new desktop and notebook options, such as the latest mid-range offering in Dell’s Inspiron 15 Gaming notebook. 5 in the U.S., starting at $799 USD.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We’re keeping an eye out for the best Windows VR headset deals during Black Friday 2017 through Cyber Monday as they come in. The best Acer Headset Black Friday 2017 deal we’ve found online so far is at Microsoft Store for $350 , a $50 savings which includes the headset and controllers. Windows VR Deal Baselines.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

VR Strategy Conference 2017. In addition to several new tracks at VRS 2017, the conference will feature a Solution Showcase & Expo. New to this year’s conference, the exhibition portion of VRS 2017 is where analysts, media, partners, and attendees connect to uncover the latest VR/AR technologies from top companies.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The 6th international VR Awards took place this past weekend in Rotterdam, Netherlands, celebrating the best VR games, films, hardware, companies, and influencers of 2022.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

VR may still be young, and adoption still low compared to the world of traditional gaming, but it can’t be ignored that mounting sales of the Playstation VR headset—effectively a very expensive accessory for the PS4—is adding up to considerable revenue. million PlayStation VR headsets through October 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Definitely not in 2017 and not very likely for 2018. — Tom Giardino (@tomgvalve) September 25, 2017. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games. Valve has said the hardware will be lighter, quieter, cheaper, more reliable, and require less power, but won’t work with current HTC Vive headsets on the market now.

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MAY 27, 2019

As Sony’s next big title after the hit platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) , the company is putting its best foot forward by featuring the action game in its own PSVR hardware bundle. Disc, and both Blood & Truth Disc and Everybody’s Golf VR game voucher.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The familiar black monolith bearing the Oculus logo will not be making an appearance at E3 2017. Partner developers will likely be using the event to showcase their upcoming Rift games. Last year, Oculus was poised to release a brand new hardware platform in Touch along with a full slate of launch titles to support it.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

2017 Summit , developers, press, and entertainment industry veterans gathered from around the world this week to discuss cutting edge technology and design principles. Their combination led to the creation of Squanchtendo, a brand new game studio, last year. At the D.I.C.E.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV is traditionally one of the largest tech events of the entire year and CES 2017 is no different. Consider this to be your consistently updated one-stop shop for all of the news from CES 2017 so far. Upload’s CES 2017 Predictions [ Link ]. Pre-CES News and Announcements.

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MAY 8, 2017

No hardware manufacturer in my memory has given away as much software for free as Oculus has in its first year.” “By being patient and strategic we have put ourselves in a position to have better hardware, and better content, at a lower price point. Jason Rubin (@Jason_Rubin) March 19, 2017.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

VR headsets have never been cheaper, and the games have never been better. With Black Friday 2017 upon us, here’s a look at the best VR Ready GPU deals out there. The Best VR Ready GPU Black Friday 2017 Deal – GTX 1080 or GTX 1060. The post The Best VR Ready GPU Deals for Black Friday 2017 appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Intel revealed at their CES 2017 press conference that Project Alloy, their standalone mixed reality headset and reference platform, would be productized “by” Q4 2017 in partnership with major OEMs. The post Intel Says Project Alloy VR/AR Headsets Are Coming in Q4 2017 appeared first on Road to VR. Photo courtesy Intel.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

During the Q&A section of the company’s Q3 2024 fiscal year earnings call, Guillemot said the VR game markedly underperformed though, which has led Ubisoft to pull back on further VR investment. Released in November, it was well primed for strong holiday season performance on Quest 2 and the new Quest 3 headset.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Thanks to Steam’s hardware agnostic approach, it’s become the defacto repository of all things PC VR (excluding Oculus exclusives, of course). So you may be wondering, what are the best VR games for SteamVR headsets that came out this year? Now, in no particular order, our top 10 best games for SteamVR headsets.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Here’s our roundup of news from ‘day 4’ of E3 2017. New The Walking Dead games were revealed, Bethesda clarifies VR platform exclusivity stance, we go hands-on with Ace Combat 7, and try out DisplayLink’s XR wireless solution for the HTC Vive.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Bethesda had plenty of big VR projects to showcase at E3 2017 this week, but there’s been a little confusion as to when you’ll get to play what on which platforms. It’s been fun bringing our style of games to VR. BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) June 13, 2017. We plan on supporting as many platforms as we can.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Snap Inc, the company behind the ever popular Snapchat, plans to raise $1 billion in short-term debt to further develop the content, gaming, and AR features of its platform. The post Snapchat to Raise $1 Billion to Further Build Content, Gaming, and AR appeared first on Road to VR.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. What about the announcements?

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JANUARY 4, 2017

CES 2017 is officially “begins” tomorrow but the behemoth conference is already revving up in Las Vegas. On this week’s episode of our VR news podcast, we discussed CES 2017 at length. What We Know: In our world its easy to forget sometimes that Sony is much more than just a gaming company. Vive (HTC).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Following the release of Vision Pro, it has become apparent that Apple has a serious game plan for its XR line of devices. The two-hour conversation apparently saw LG executives trying Meta’s latest XR hardware, Quest 3 and Ray Ban smart glasses. In 2017 LG was on the cusp of launching a PC VR headset for SteamVR.

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JULY 24, 2017

We’re just over halfway through 2017, and it’s been a rollercoaster for VR. One of the most interesting VR narratives of 2017 so far has been the pricing strategy of Facebook’s Rift. This is one of the most important questions of 2017. Hopefully we’ll find out in the coming months.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Ultrawings is an arcade VR flight sim that’s been on the market since 2017 and has become something of a classic in its own right. Now developer Bit Planet games says it’s “all-in” on the sequel, Ultrawings 2 , which is poised to launch in early 2022 on Quest and PC VR. Image courtesy Bit Planet Games.

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JUNE 22, 2023

At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017.

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JUNE 16, 2017

As E3 2017 draws to a close, here’s our final roundup of news. However, as he acknowledged the powerful new hardware is more than capable of VR, this stance is one that could easily change in the future. The development kit is due by the end of 2017. Hands-on with Ubisoft’s VR shooter Space Junkies : image courtesy Ubisoft.

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JANUARY 7, 2017

While VR as a whole is thriving at CES 2017, there’s been nary a whisper from the Rift. The Rift is less than a year old, we know a lot of games that are coming our way in the next 12 months, and Touch just released. Tagged with: CES 2017 , facebook , oculus , virtual reality , VR. This year is a different story.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Now do you remember Project Arena from CCP Games last year, the Tron-like versus game that resembled Tron’s disc battles? After our early experiments with standing VR gameplay, we were excited by the idea of building an original sport designed for the current generation of VR hardware. Of course you do.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Rift games and apps. Some apps may have benefited from hardware bundling (like Robo Recall and Lucky’s Tale). Some quick qualifications before we get to the data dump: Paid and free apps are separated. Early access titles are not represented. Rating (of 5). Release Year. Beat Saber.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Ever since Epic Games opened its Unreal Engine 4 technology to the world, new use cases have been coming in fast and furious. The latest example of just how far real-time video game engine technology has come will be on display at GDC 2017 this week. Those cars are built like we would do a video game asset,” Libreri said.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

While the company usually rules the headlines on the Monday morning of the biggest week in gaming, this year it’s putting itself even further ahead of Sony’s traditional Monday evening conference (assuming it takes place at that time again), airing on Sunday, June 11th, at 2:00 PM PDT. Xbox (@Xbox) February 15, 2017.

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MARCH 25, 2019

With a history of developing some of the greatest games ever made— Half-Life , Portal , Counter Strike , Team Fortress , to name a few—the VR space has high hopes for the three VR games that the company has confirmed it’s developing. The layoffs are believed to have largely impacted the company’s VR hardware group.

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JANUARY 6, 2018

According to a report by Silicon Era , Sony expects to increase the number of PSVR games from 150 to 280 over the course of 2018. PSVR has a little under a tenth of the number of non-VR games currently listed on PSN. SEE ALSO Sony Releases PSVR's Top 10 Most Downloaded Games of 2017, 'Job Simulator' Tops the Chart.

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APRIL 8, 2019

The immensely popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) reigns supreme once again as the most downloaded PSVR last month. Beat Games’ continued release of free tracks for Beat Saber and its recently released DLC song pack, Monstercat Music Pack Vol. Superhot VR (2017). Arizona Sunshine (2017).

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