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What to Expect From VR at VRDC and GDC 2017

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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 to Expect from Oculus.

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The VR Society’s ‘On The Lot’ is Back—and Fully Augmented

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

” In addition, Unreal Engine will premiere The Giant: Michelangelo’s David in VR to the public, which lets audiences get up-close with the iconic statue unlike ever before. — guyal of crypto (@cryptoguyal) August 3, 2017. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game

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APRIL 26, 2017

If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. Bleszinski in the Oculus Rift Kickstarter video | Photo courtesy Oculus. — Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) March 15, 2017.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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E3 Spotlight: Microsoft Aims For A VR Sweet Spot In 2018

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JUNE 8, 2017

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest. Things are changing though.

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Epic Floated the Idea of Building a Launch Title for Sony’s Next VR Headset

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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. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing.

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Skybound Wants You To Make The Tough Decisions In Walking Dead VR

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JULY 4, 2017

At E3 2017 earlier this month we got the chance to discuss the announcement with Skybound’s president, Dan Murray. The partnership itself is very fresh and the game is still in a conceptual stage, so there’s not much to say about the finer workings of the game other than it will be running in Unreal.

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How To Make The Best Games In VR With Co-founder And CEO Of Survios Nate Burba

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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: Raw Data started when we wanted to switch to Unreal Engine. So let’s go back to Survios.

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Is Oculus Quest killing PC VR?

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AUGUST 4, 2020

The launch on Quest has gone pretty well , and the game has had good feedback from the press (apart from some graphical glitches that can be solved in future updates) and very positive reviews on the Oculus Store. Now there is the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus).

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He’s worked on the tech since before the Oculus Rift was invented and, with his team, since released some of the best games for it. The Holodeck Year 2: Growing the VR Ecosystem in 2017. Cass Everitt (Oculus), Joe Ludwig (Valve), Nick Whiting (Epic Games), Devin Reimer (Owlchemy Labs), Yuval Boger (Sensics, Inc.),

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EDITORIAL: Reports of the Apple Vision Pro’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated—And We Need to Compare Apples to Apples (Pun Intended)

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APRIL 28, 2024

All three sources reported that Sony, the supplier, can only produce enough microdisplays for less than 500K headsets in 2024. If you take a look at programs that truly utilize graphics processing, they are really decades-old apps: Photoshop( 1987 ), Unreal Engine (1999), 3Dmax ( 1988 ), Blender ( 2002 ) and others.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) from 4 years of VR at CES to gauge how far the industry has come and look for clues as to where it goes from here. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years.

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E3 2017: Everything You Need To Know About VR And AR At This Year’s Show

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MAY 3, 2017

This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (e3 2017) will officially begin on Tuesday, June 13th, and run until Thursday, June 15th, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This is everything we know (so far) about which VR companies and content will be making an appearance at E3 2017. Oculus (Facebook). Vive (HTC).

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Epic Floated the Idea of Building a Launch Title for Sony’s Next VR Headset

Skybound Wants You To Make The Tough Decisions In Walking Dead VR

How To Make The Best Games In VR With Co-founder And CEO Of Survios Nate Burba

Is Oculus Quest killing PC VR?

12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

EDITORIAL: Reports of the Apple Vision Pro’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated—And We Need to Compare Apples to Apples (Pun Intended)

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