The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2019

I have some exclusive news on the Vive Cosmos , one of the most awaited headsets of 2019, that I want to share with you. Me under the Vive logo in the big hall of HTC headquarters in Taipei. After the check in, I started various meetings with some HTC’s engineers and project managers where we talked about HTC’s VR devices and SDKs.

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

From asymmetrical party games to epic sci-fi RPGs, 2019 was one hell of a year for VR gaming. The final days of 2019 are almost upon us, marking the end of arguably the biggest year for VR gaming so far. Before we wrap-up the decade, let’s take a look at some of the most impactful VR releases of 2019.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Resolution Games ( Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, Bait!, Narrows ) has revealed a brand new VR multiplayer couch party game that uses smartphone devices to offer a unique, asymmetrical gameplay experience that’s as intuitive as it is silly. I mage Credit: Resolution Games. Image Credit : Resolution Games.

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DECEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 VR Holiday Gift Guide is here to help! With the launch of the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S in 2019, VR has gone from inaccessibly expensive and complex, to a much more approachable technology (comparable to traditional game consoles). Or maybe you’re looking for some new, fun, joy-filled content?

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JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. AIXR has announced the 2019 nominees for their third annual international VR Awards , an event dedicated to celebrating outstanding achievements in the VR industry. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

LONDON, September 15, 2019 — VR Intelligence, a leader in senior level conferences and content for the extended reality (XR) industry, announced today the release of the XR Industry Insight Report 2019-2020. Get the XR Industry Insight Report 2019-2020 here. Press release. said the same for AR/MR.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Vertigo Games showcases The Damned DLC gameplay, reveals August release date. This year’s annual Electronic Entertainment Expo officially kick-off tomorrow and already we have an enormous list of new games and exciting updates on the way for major VR headsets. Image Credit: Vertigo Games. Image Credit: Vertigo Games.

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JULY 15, 2019

At San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) this year, Oculus and BBC Studios are giving US crowds their first chance to demo the upcoming VR game Doctor Who: The Edge of Time. The post SDCC 2019: ‘Doctor Who VR’ Game Lets You Pilot a Fully Functional TARDIS appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Stay active under lockdown with these fitness-focused games & apps. Sports undeniably took a big hit and though some professional leagues are still running, it doesn’t beat those amateur games with friends. . For some of us, that’s enough, and with new headsets like Oculus Quest 2, it’s easier than ever to get involved.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

HTC teases new information regarding their upcoming 6DoF headset. Last month the Consumer Electronics Expo 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, HTC announced the latest addition to their VR hardware line-up, the HTC Vive Comos , a combination PC/mobile 6DoF headset featuring inside-out tracking and a flip-up visor.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Yesterday, I have dressed as a fortune teller and I have given you my predictions for augmented reality in 2019. And how it will be in 2019? Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). Oculus has been the king of standalones , because it is selling devices at very low prices that offer great content.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Facebook’s fifth annual Oculus Connect event was arguable its biggest as the company revealed a plethora of updates to its ever growing catalogue of VR software, not to mention an entirely new standalone headset, the Oculus Quest. Dance like nobody’s watching. More details coming soon via @Orpheus_SCE ! .

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MAY 21, 2019

What’s on deck for the Oculus Quest? After what feels like eons of waiting, the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is finally available to the public, along with over 50 immersive launch titles. Let’s take a look at five ambitious VR experiences coming soon to your Oculus Quest: Vacation Simulator. The Under Presents.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to reports by Dutch website Mobielkopen , Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC has officially filed protection for the phrase “Vive Cosmos” at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as several other agencies in both Switzerland and New Zealand.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Looking for some free PC VR games to play on Quest? Viveport, HTC’s storefront for VR games and apps, is throwing out free promo codes to owners of Oculus Quest and Quest 2 which will let you play all of the games enrolled in its Infinity program for a whole month. Image courtesy HTC.

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JULY 17, 2019

ILMxLAB has been hesitant to call this a full game, instead referring to it as a type of interactive cinematic experience that focuses on the life and motivations behind one of the galaxies most feared villains as opposed to just combat. Featured Image Credit: ILMxLAB / Fable Studio.

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MARCH 15, 2021

Image by Road To VR, from HTC images). HTC launches Vive Tracker 3.0 HTC was not teasing a new standalone headset, but a new Vive Tracker. I know that many of you won’t be excited by this news, but remember the Vive Tracker is one of the most successful accessories ever created by HTC. Come and visit it!

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MAY 22, 2020

Created by the newly launched company Adventure Lab , Dr. Crumb’s School for Disobedient Pets is a live-hosted multiplayer game brings to life the fantasy tabletop role-playing genre in a way only VR can. Games are hosted daily with different time slots available each day. This was in 2019, right before the Oculus Quest launched.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

With the new year upon us, let’s take a look at the VR headsets that caught our attention in 2019. Though we will also be looking at one VIVE headset, Oculus rules the road when it comes to standalone VR headsets. Oculus has a number of standalone models. If you want a quicker comparison, Oculus prepared this one themselves.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Me at VEC 2019. Today I will start telling you the main news from the event , and in the next posts, I will tell you how the VEC is and how it has been launching a game there. Some games are impressive when played this way; Streamlink lets your Vive devices connect to your consoles. These has been crazy days. Are you ready?

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AUGUST 20, 2021

The change comes just in time for Oculus developers, as the company recently announced it’s fully moving open to the OpenXR standard for VR development going forward. Since Unreal Engine 5 itself isn’t ready for prime time, Epic Games is continuing to update the production-ready Unreal Engine 4.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Facebook today announced it has acquired Beat Games, the studio behind the hit VR rhythm game Beat Saber (2018). Beat Games is joining Oculus Studios as an independently operated team based out of Prague. We’ve reached out to Beat Games to clarify this, and will update when/if we hear back.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Predictions for Augmented Reality in 2019. Let’s see how AR can evolve in 2019!

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MARCH 4, 2019

Viveport Infinity, HTC’s unlimited Netflix-style game delivery service for Vive & Rift, is set to launch on April 2nd. You just have to answering three questions and provide a valid email address, and HTC promises to send out a 30-day free access code which should arrive via email on March 20th.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Rikard Steiber, Viveport President and Senior VP of Virtual Reality, is departing HTC at the end of the year. Having joined the company in February 2016, Steiber oversaw the launch of Viveport in over 60 markets, HTC’s digital distribution platform for VR games and experiences.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. By the end of 2019, it had been expected to reach $15.1 VR In Gaming.

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JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. Douglas Dominguez, a plumber from Hampton, GA who is part of a Facebook Oculus Quest group, shared a Facebook post about a gentleman he knows who is confined to a wheelchair.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

‘Project 4’ will utilize the same physics-driven game mechanics featured in Boneworks. This past September VR developer Stress Level Zero ( Boneworks, Hover Junkers, Duck Season ) announced it was working on a brand new VR game for the Oculus Quest. Boneworks is available on SteamVR and Oculus for $29.99.

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MAY 23, 2019

After spending just a few hours with the Oculus Quest hardware, Pavlov VR developer David Villz (davevillz) confirmed yesterday via Twitter that the fast-paced multiplayer shooter will be heading to the standalone headset. — davevillz (@davevillz) May 22, 2019. — davevillz (@davevillz) May 23, 2019.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Oculus first announced that it was developing a high-end standalone headset, codenamed Santa Cruz, way back in 2016, and ever since there’s been great anticipation for the device which aims to offer 6DOF head and hand tracking with no reliance on external sensors or a host PC. Image courtesy Oculus. Stay tuned!

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Rovio’s Angry Birds defined the early days of mobile games. Called Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, the game is set to debut early next year on “all major VR platforms,” the studio says. Angry Birds VR is slated to arrive in early 2019 on “all major VR platforms.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

HTC today announced that it’s released support for 5Ghz WiFi streaming for Vive Focus Plus, as well as all 6DOF standalone headsets supporting the Vive Wave platform. Much like Oculus Quest’s Link functionality , Vive Focus Plus can now play PC VR titles through Viveport, albeit without the need of a cable.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

This is shaping up to be one hell of a year for VR gaming. Whether you’re on the Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or a SteamVR headset, you’ll find there’s plenty of VR gaming to look forward to over the next 12 months. Here are 10 VR games we’re excited to play in 2021: AFTER THE FALL.

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MAY 5, 2020

Oculus is reportedly readying a Quest successor which will iterate on the existing headset with a smaller form-factor, faster refresh rate, and new controllers. Rather than an outright Quest 2, it seems Oculus may be aiming first for a Quest S. SEE ALSO Oculus Reveals New VR Headset Prototypes with Major Advances in Optics Form-factor.

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MAY 30, 2019

This past week, Briant Tate, creator of Beat Saber modding group Beast Saber , was able to modify Beat Saber on the Oculus Quest to support custom tracks not included as part of the original song packs. — Beat Saber (@BeatSaber) May 29, 2019. Now it appears as though official support is on the way to the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos (Image by HTC). The Vive Cosmos is the latest PC VR headset announced by HTC at CES 2019. HTC has been able to create some hype towards th is device, that has appeared intriguing since the beginning. HTC has not revealed any additional details about the phone connectivity of the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2019

The Vive Cosmos… we are all a bit curious about it (Image by HTC). The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Testing out the new Mixed Reality fitness game Hit Motion Reloaded at #VEC2019 on the #ViveFocusPlus. pic.twitter.com/T5m2wJGm1Y — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) March 28, 2019.

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