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Kite & Lightning’s ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’ Nabs Unreal Dev Grant

Road to VR

Kite & Lightning, the studio behind some of VR’s earliest experiences, is one of 13 developers receiving a portion of over $200,000 in ‘Unreal Dev Grants’, a program set up by Epic Games to showcase and provide financial support to projects using Unreal Engine 4. million in seed funding to expand the scope of the title.

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GDC 2018 ‘Day 1’ Roundup – Vive Pro Pricing, Magic Leap SDK, Nvidia RTX, and More

Road to VR

Here’s a roundup of news from ‘day one’ of our GDC 2018 coverage. Image courtesy HTC. HTC have finally revealed the price and release date of the anticipated Vive Pro , opening preorders globally at Vive.com and other retailers. Vive Pro headset launches April 5th for $800, original Vive drops to $500. Magic Leap announcements.

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GDC 2018 ‘Day 3’ Roundup – Oculus Go Details, Vive Focus Global Launch, New Qualcomm VRDK, and More

Road to VR

Here’s a roundup of news from the third day of our GDC 2018 coverage. Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo.

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Xiaomi Mi VR to Support Oculus Mobile SDK, 100% Rev Share in 2018 for Localized Apps

Road to VR

In order to support those other headsets, developers will need to build using the Mi VR SDK (which supports Unity and Unreal). ” – – — – – The Xiaomi Mi VR Standalone is expected to become available around the same time as the Oculus Go headset, which is planned for “early 2018” and priced at $200.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. So, are you ready? Let’s start! Vive Pro price and release date.

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‘Space Junkies’ to Rocket onto PSVR, Vive & Rift Next Month, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Space Junkies , the upcoming Unreal Tournament -style VR shooter from Ubisoft Montpellier, is headed to all major VR platforms starting March 26th. If that tickles your latent Unreal itch, check out a full match in closed beta to see just what’s in store.

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Developer Creates Scan of Apartment to Work Inside of VR for 30 Days

Road to VR

” Le Fons started his 30-day challenge shortly after the release of Steven Spielberg’s film Ready Player One (2018) , and although he’s nearing the end of his full 30 days, according to a SkarredGhost exclusive, he’s adding on another 15-30 days of multi-hour stints immersed in VR. image courtesy Enea Le Fons.

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