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JULY 24, 2017

We’re just over halfway through 2017, and it’s been a rollercoaster for VR. The first version of Valve’s SteamVR platform provided us with superior 360 degree room-scale tracking and position-tracked hand input at the hefty price of $799 via HTC’s Vive. Will HTC cut Vive’s price? When is SteamVR 2.0

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JULY 29, 2019

The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is presently supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players like Magic Leap. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. OpenXR 1.0 The post OpenXR 1.0

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Old Enemies – HTC. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Claude Zellweger, HTC’s VP of Design, is making the switch from PC VR to mobile VR. Claude Zellweger (@Claudibus) January 26, 2017. HTC itself confirmed to UploadVR that Zellweger had parted ways with the company, stating: “HTC can confirm that Claude Zellweger has left the Company.

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JUNE 1, 2018

E McNeill, an indie developer behind strategy games Darknet (2015), Tactera (2016) , and Skylight (2017), announced his real-time strategy game Astraeus , an Oculus Go launch title, is coming to HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PC on June 7th.

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JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Superhot VR.

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JULY 18, 2017

Players must use strategy and skill to fire upon enemies with a wide array of high-powered weapons while protecting their allies from onslaught. Archangel garnered “Best VR Game” Awards at E3 2017 from Geek Citadel, MMOGames, and MEUPS4. A location-based version of the game will also be made available in IMAX VR Centres in August.

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MAY 16, 2019

Funktronic Labs , the studio behind funky real-time strategy game Cosmic Trip (2017) , unveiled their next VR project that aims to let you explore fantastic worlds while doing what the team calls “creative gardening.”. Called Fujii, the game aims to be a musical gardening adventure with a meditative vibe.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Teams have to use intelligent communication, informed strategy and an array of realistic firearms to either protect or capture each map’s objective. We recently had the chance to speak with Buckley again to discuss how the game has grown since we last interviewed him and what new features fans can expect him to add in 2017 and beyond.

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JULY 17, 2017

The six week Oculus Rift sale has made tangible waves within the VR community with its ‘best-yet’ $400 price point. For the next six weeks, the price for an Oculus Rift bundle (Oculus Rift headset with Oculus Touch controllers) is $400. Image courtesy Oculus. Guest Article by Colin McMahon.

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Apple believes this lawsuit is Epic’s “project liberty” media strategy, despite Epic’s claim regarding the App Store raising prices due to Apple’s share of profit. Or, as Philip Rosedale posited in this 2017 Forbes interview, a Ferrari. Guess who’s number #19 on HTC Vive’s list of its Top 100 VR Influencers? That’s right, baby.

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JUNE 13, 2016

E3 gaming announcements are in full swing this week, with Bethesda revealing that Fallout 4 for HTC Vive is coming next year and Microsoft taking the wraps off their Project Scorpio , a 4K-capable Xbox One with VR support. Superhot: Superhot is an over-the-top, stylistic FPS that blurs the lines between cautious strategy and unbridled mayhem.

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JULY 17, 2018

More than just the latest in a long line of niche gadgets, Oculus Go represents the linchpin of Facebook’s lofty goal of putting one billion people into virtual reality. SEE ALSO Oculus Go Review: Standalone VR Priced for the Masses. SEE ALSO China's Oculus Go Variant Sells Out in Minutes, 50,000+ Await More Stock.

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JULY 3, 2020

And how can VR software developers and hardware players optimize product strategies accordingly? We believe this will be led in future waves by Oculus Quest, VIVE Focus, and other standalone headsets that enter. Speaking of Oculus Quest, it performed well but lower than expected, with 13 percent usage among respondents.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Play Offensively or Defensively… Should you use skill with weapons to fight back the DroneCorp onslaught, or should you use strategy to place traps to most effectively stop the drones in their tracks? Balance your preferred gameplay style against your resources during fun, fast paced action! Why not both?

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MARCH 3, 2017

There’s also quite a bit of strategy to blocking, and after playing a few matches I was trying to deflect the opposing ball at a more shallow angle with as little rebound force as possible so I could then whip my ball faster than my opponent’s projectile would return so they wouldn’t have the benefit of a shield.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. Oculus had already set everyone’s expectations. Pre-Release and Pre Release. Expected Expense.

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APRIL 9, 2018

We expect stand-alone headsets like the Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus to ignite a new wave of growth that will help broaden the appeal of virtual reality, particularly with businesses and in education,” says George Jijiashvili, CCS Insight’s senior analyst for wearables.

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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. Platform : PSVR, Oculus, Steam (Spring 2018). ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017).

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MARCH 19, 2017

GDC 2017 is starting to fade into the distance and the VR industry is settling down again once more before the next big week of events. Oculus Touch Doubles Rift Steam Users. The launch of Oculus’ Touch controllers doubled the number of Rift owners that used Steam, no doubt hungry for new content to play.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Phaser Lock Interactive , the studio behind VR titles Final Approach (2016) and Twisted Arrow (2017), are bringing their WWII-themed real-time strategy game Final Assault to Early Access next week.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

With its eye on producing its own enterprise-facing headsets housing what Varjo calls a ‘Bionic’ display, the company says a Varjo-branded VR/AR/XR products will begin shipping to professional users in late Q4, 2017. Varjo’s prototype hiding inside of an Oculus Rift, image courtesy Ubergizmo.

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JULY 12, 2017

VRX 2017, one of world’s premier conferences on the subject of business and technology needed for Virtual Reality, announced the first speakers for a two day event. Confirmed speakers are as follows: Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality, HTC. Marcus Kühne, Strategy Lead, Immersive Techologies, AUDI.

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MAY 21, 2017

At Google I/O 2017 developer conference this week, the company announced a standalone Daydream VR headset in partnership with Qualcomm , with Lenovo and HTC slated to release commercial versions later this year. The company later shared more details, including what developers can expect in Daydream 2.0.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The game is available on Steam for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive through the Oculus store. It’s a whole new way to think about play in VR, combining the strategy of building defenses with the intensity of first-person attack. The full version is expected to hit market in Q1 of 2017. throughout the early access period.

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Having started production on its first title even before the original Oculus Rift DK1 development kit was sent to developers, Canada-based Cloudhead Games is one of the world’s most veteran game studios dedicated to virtual reality. The studio has staked its very existence on its ability to build compelling VR games.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. ObEN is one of 33 companies in the HTC VICE X accelerator program – keep an eye out for their product launch in 2017. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A.

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JUNE 13, 2016

” said Pete Hines, Bethesda’s VP of Marketing, after revealing that an incarnation of Fallout 4 (2015) and Doom (2016) are in development for virtual reality on the HTC Vive. ” That’s when Hines revealed that Fallout 4 be coming to the HTC Vive in 2017.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Last week the studio announced that Space Junkies was coming to 100+ VR arcades later this month , which may serve as a potent marketing strategy, appealing to would-be VR eSports players looking for the next Echo Combat (2018). Cross-platform multiplayer hasn’t been confirmed at least for PSVR and the PCVR versions.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Phaser Lock has made a name for themselves in the VR scene by being one of the first developers with a fully-realized game concept that was ready for launch with the HTC Vive early last year. My strategy was to teleport up behind sandbags, kneel down on the ground, and pick off enemies from a distance.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Vertigo Games - creators of the award-winning VR shooter Arizona Sunshine - and Wolfdog Interactive today announce their VR strategy game Skyworld will release October 17, 2017 on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality. Pre-orders are available from today via Steam and Oculus Home.

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MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

But VR has only grown in 2016 and so it’s only fair that our 2017 list grows too. So without further ado we present the 50 VR games we can’t wait to play in 2017. Supported Headsets: Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, HTC Vive. Supported Headsets: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR. Ace Combat 7.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Slowly but certainly, Intel is unveiling its “Merged Reality” strategy. Project Alloy is best described as a VR Headset in the class of HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but with the ability to “cut the VR cord”, since it features mobile processing similar to the one used on Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience. . “The strategy has become clear. Microsoft, however, may be one step ahead.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Vertigo Games , the developers behind Arizona Sunshine (2016) , today announced their VR strategy game Skyworld (2017) is finally making its way to PSVR. Skyworld reimagines classic strategy gameplay for VR by combining turn-based strategy and real-time battles set in a variety of animated miniature worlds.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

million pixels per eye, almost three times more than what HTC and Oculus offer today (2.84x more). There are six locations planned for 2016, and an astounding number in 2017 and 2018. This is all a consequence of an “content immersion” strategy which is being brought forward by the movie studios.

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