Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

Today at the Intel Developer Forum event in San Francisco, Intel revealed Project Alloy, an all-in-one mobile virtual reality headset which the company says will launch in 2017 as an “open platform.” That’s good news, as we’ve found Sony’s headset to be among the most comfortable out there.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Sony’s E3 press conference saw a rush of reveals coming to the company’s PlayStation 4 headset PSVR, including a full release of Skyrim VR coming in November and a list of VR exclusives soon to follow. Among them is the stylized and the ever so cool Superhot VR (2016) finally coming to PSVR. Every pull of the trigger counts.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Overall, global sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets shrank 12 percent in 2022, according to research from CCS Insights , from 11 million units sold in 2021 to 9.6 million units its first year, back when it was released in 2017. Today, more than 300 public worlds run on OpenSim, plus thousands of private worlds.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2021

Instead of relying on artificial locomotion, this Indiana Jones-style puzzler has you navigating the virtual world by moving throughout your real-world environment. Oculus’ narrative-driven sci-fi adventure was dripping with personality, offering one of the best cinematic VR adventures of 2017. LONE ECHO 2.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017). While it may have been delayed by the China-based Snail Games from the previously slated late 2017 release, the mix of dinosaur-themed factual and fictional elements has certainly tickled our curiosity. Also: you can ride a dinosaur.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Google Cardboard.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 24, 2017

During the 2017 edition of CES in Las Vegas, we’re starting to see an appearance of new Virtual Reality applications, as businesses see VR as a new medium. Many technologies are vying to be the next big thing, and Virtual Reality is one of the new mediums that can deliver that message. Facebook and the Virtual World.

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

Indeed, at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Final, physical attendees and those watching the live broadcast enjoyed an extended reality (XR) experience, courtesy of Riot Games. The XR stage in Shanghai featured numerous LED screens and used augmented reality to create a 360- degree virtual world. million by 2023.

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AIXR

APRIL 21, 2023

Indeed, at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Final, physical attendees and those watching the live broadcast enjoyed an extended reality (XR) experience, courtesy of Riot Games. The XR stage in Shanghai featured numerous LED screens and used augmented reality to create a 360- degree virtual world. million by 2023.

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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. One easy way to enjoy a dose of reality in a virtual world is to take advantage of live dealer games.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. The Holodeck Year 2: Growing the VR Ecosystem in 2017. Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment). Virtual Insanity: Lessons Learned from Creating a Virtual Reality Engine.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

Sony is going to try to put PS VR’s in 53 million homes this year too and the price of PCs capable of running nausea-free room-scale VR will undoubtedly continue to drop. At a ‘vSports’ event hosted by VirZoom at CES 2017, the startup placed two lighthouses on either side of eight exercise bikes set up side by side.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. from PC) to join its virtual worlds , too, so that to increment the user base. Disney is working on glasses-free virtual installations.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Fallout 4 VR Fallout 4 VR was one of the biggest VR title of 2017, and seems like it will continue to be in 2018. In this game, you will be able to experience Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic PRG in virtual reality, and you will be free to explore Boston Wasteland with detailed environments and engaging gunplay intact.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Sony’s Richard Marks weighs in on where we might come to find it. Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. Dr. Richard Marks.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Fallout 4 VR was one of the biggest VR title of 2017, and seems like it will continue to be in 2018. In this game, you will be able to experience Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic PRG in virtual reality, and you will be free to explore Boston Wasteland with detailed environments and engaging gunplay intact. Fallout 4 VR.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Standalone virtual reality headsets are an all-in-one device that can power virtual reality on their own, with no computer or phone needed. In December 2017, IDEALENS officially launched the third generation of VR all-in-one HMD IDEALENS K3 basic and VR education scheme at the Education Equipment Exhibition in China.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2020

These dance moves quickly became popular beyond the gaming community shortly after Fortnite’s launch in 2017. The virtual world is full of opportunity. The post Powering The Next Generation Of Virtual Music Experiences appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Zoan.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Developer(s) : Mojang, Microsoft Studios , Sony Computer Entertainment. Publisher(s) : Sony Interactive Entertainment. Fallout 4 VR was one of the biggest VR title of 2017, and seems like it will continue to be in 2018. SUPERHOT VR is a unique concept game that time in the virtual world only moves when you do.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

People have started wondering if Virtual Reality will ever become mainstream, and the metaverse has become kind of a joke, about which even Meta took some steps back. The digital world helps us in overcoming many of the physical limitations of the real world, and we are already enjoying all of this.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2020

No wait, is 2017… or maybe 2018, ah no, VR is dead… in 2019 there is the Quest, so VR will be mainstream! Sony for sure with Resident Evil 8 is going to blow their minds, and a new market for premium content can appear. The new upcoming PS5 (Image by Sony). Of course, on a PC VR setup, the game looked overly simple.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). The Arcade head mounted display has the profile of ski goggle and includes eye holes for assumed pass through vision. Did we miss any?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

People instantly rallied around past comments in which the company inferred the cost would be much lower than $599, the same price that infamously put Sony in hot water with its PlayStation 3 launch over a decade ago. It’s just what Rift needed heading into 2017. The Battle Begins. Surprise Shake Up.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

But it was too early and there was no clear applications for them, if not for some makers or enterprise projects, and so the project was shut down in 2017. Regarding the compatibility of older PS4 titles (including VR ones), Sony has clarified that most of titles will be compatible, but some of them won’t work on Day 1.

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