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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While Magic Leap pivoted to enterprise in 2020, ostensibly forcing Metanaut to shelve its AR edition, it was clear Gadgeteer would translated well to mixed reality. Gadgeteer is the ideal game for mixed reality,” says Creative Director, Peter Kao.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

This past July Microsoft confirmed that Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 , the latest iteration of the companies legendary flight sim experience, would be receiving official VR support shortly after launch. Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 is available now for $59.99. Step into the cockpit this December. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is one of the most moddable VR games out there, which has spawned high-quality DLC and some impressively detailed levels. Now, the developer behind the ‘Gunman Contracts’ —one of the best HLA mods out there—says we’re getting a full, standalone title next year.

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MARCH 26, 2025

In August 2020, London-based virtual concert company MelodyVR acquired Napster for $70 million, which hoped to bring immersive video concerts toVR headset users. Interestingly, Immersive Reality also isn’t the first XR-focused company to purchase Napster either.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In comparison to the previous bhaptics TactSuit X40, which launched at $499 in 2020, the new TactSuit Pro technically features fewer haptic motors, reducing the count from 40 motors to 32, as the name implies. Like TactSuit X16, bHaptics is offering two colorways: Onyx and Ash, both of which carry the same $249 price tag.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Onward (2020) , the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive , is getting a big 2.0 Initially released onSteam in Early Access in 2016, and later released in early access on the original Oculus Quest in 2020, Onward focuses on realistic squad-based gameplay and unrelentingly faithful reproduction of real-world weaponry.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

First released in Alpha on Steam in late 2020, and one year later on Quest, Iron Rebellion lets you build and customize your mechs for immersive squad-based battles, including the ability to control your mech by physically reaching out to grab sticks and flip switches, making for some pretty handy in-cockpit controls.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2025

What’s more,industry veteran Jon West is creating Virtual Skate , cofounder of Easy Day Studios and lead developer behind its PC and console skating game Skater XL (2020). Info is still thin, however the teaser shows off an in-game recording feature so you can capture your friend’s tricks when in multiplayer.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Sony released its PlayStation Camera Adapter for free in 2020 to help bridge the gap for PSVR users looking for a console upgrade to PS5, which notably didn’t offer full PSVR support out of the box.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Image courtesy Immersion Games As a new entrant in the VR fitness subgenre, it all sounds like a pretty attractive package for anyone who doesn’t gravitate towards rhythm-based games, such as Beat Saber (2018) or Synth Riders (2019), or guided workout games, like Supernatural (2020) or Les Mills Bodycombat (2022).

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MARCH 4, 2025

Rockstar never publicly announced Video Games Deluxe was involved , likely owing to the fact the port was cancelled shortly thereafter, however in a 2020 job listing the studio tipped its hand by announcing it was creating aAAA open world title in VR for Rockstar. ” The post Rockstar Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘L.A.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In contrast to Thief Simulator VR (2020) , which was developed by GameBoom VR and released only on PC VR headsets, Greenview Street focuses solely onthe titular neighborhood. Since the release of Greenview Street , 3R Games has however released a series of paid DLCs, including expansions Richie R.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

” Established in 2020 under the name YVR, Play For Dream has already launched two generations of standalone VR headsets, its YVR 1 and YVR 2, both of which were released in China in 2022. Play For Dream MR doesn’t have a firm release date or pricing yet, however the company has said it will come in under $2,000.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As a subscription app similar to Supernatural (2020) , Alo Moves XR features top instructors, including Ashley Galvin, Annie Landa, Bianca Wise, Kirat Randhawa, and Susy Markoe Schieffelin, who lead sessions across immersive destinations such as Spain, Norway, and Thailand.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

According to an initial report from 36Kr (Chinese), the investment round was led byZhuji Jingchuang Rong Investment Co, and supported by previous investor Ivy Capital, which took part in the company’s $20 million Series B in 2020.This This brings to company’s overall outside investment to $82.7

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since when I started this blog, I have had the tradition of wishing people the best for the Winter Holidays and for the new year, but this time it is a very difficult task because of the damn 2020. Anyway, let me try to do it the same.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2020, DSR said its then-latest varifocal prototype, which featured static varifocal displays and folded optics, was “almost ready for primetime.” ” The prototype was developed by the company’s Display Systems Research (DSR) team led by Doug Lanman, who is also known for his work on varifocal prototypes.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

update to MYST (2020), the VR-supported remake of the classic ’90s point-and-click adventure game, which includes performance boosts and improvements to stability for PC VR users. Cyan Worlds has released its big 2.0

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2021

The 2020 Olympics are finally here after being delayed due to the global pandemic. ” You can see Reynolds, Raboutou, and Marks each compete in their sport during the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Washington Post uses AR and interactive video to showcase three new Olympic sports debuting in Tokyo.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The company revealed its first iteration of Project Aria back in 2020, showing off a sensor-rich pair of glasses which the company used internally to train its machine perception systems, ultimately tackling some of the most complex issues in creating practical, all-day augmented reality glasses of the future.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

The chart below, courtesy of Omdia and Sensor Tower , also tracks some of the biggest moments in Meta’s successive Quest releases, including the launch of Quest 2 in October 2020 and its record-setting sales the following year, the release of Quest 3 in October 2023, and release Quest 3S in October 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 30, 2020

So what could be the best way of celebrating the end of this 2020 if not with a fantastic virtual reality concert happening at midnight of the 31st , available on all platforms, all for free, and with a legend of electronic music like Jean-Michel Jarre? Well, tune on VRChat on December, 31st 2020 at 11.25 Header image by VRrOOm).

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Launched in 2020, Supernatural gamifies fitness with some very Beat Saber- inspired orb-smashing mechanics, which is set to the beat of a poppy soundtrack led by personal coaches in a variety of picturesque locales. Now, Meta has released its first user figures for Supernatural, saying in a blog post it now counts 110,000 users of the app.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” To boot, the studio says all PSVR 2 hand-tracking features are available in Quest version now, which got its own hand-tracking update in 2020. The new hand-tracking guidebook, Handbook, will be added in a separate Quest update in “the near future” however.

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JULY 22, 2021

Many people who attended the Virtual Burn in 2020 said they found community and a sense of belonging. Thousands of people who had never participated in an in-person Burning Man event dove into the Virtual Worlds in 2020. What were your stats for 2020? Here are some numbers from the 2020 Virtual Burn.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

In late 2020, a crowd-funded group, which even attracted cash from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey , spurred on the race to jailbreak Quest 2, which, at the time, led an apparently successful method. At the time of this writing, there is no widely publicized, confirmed jailbreak for Quest 3, although there have been attempts in the past.

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APRIL 18, 2025

Founded in 2016, Sandbox VR is one of the few out-of-home VR attractions to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, having reemerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late 2020 after being forced to lay off a majority of staff and effectively close doors for much of that year. million players across its growing slate of global locations.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Announced in 2020, Aria doesn’t include AR displays of any type. Now, Meta revealed it’s released Project Aria to a number of third-party research teams aiming to tackle some of the most complex challenges in creating practical, all-day AR glasses of the future.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Meta announced in 2020 it was working with UK-based AR display maker Plessey , which was tapped to provide Meta with AR displays over the course of multiple years. Now the companies have announced they’ve developed what they’re deeming “the worlds brightest” red microLED display for AR glasses.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Valve’s Next VR Headset Based on images courtesy Valve After the 2019 launch of Index, the first serious hints that Valve was working on a new VR headset came in the form of patents that filed in 2020. ” Valve’s Next VR Game Image courtesy Valve Half-Life: Alyx launched back in early 2020 to near universal acclaim.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Ready the siege engines and charge the catapults (or trebuchets), because hit physics sandbox Besiege (2020) is coming to Quest next month.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The app was delisted from Steam in 2020, ostensibly pointing to the company’s ambition to turn its once consumer-oriented platform into a enterprise toolset.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2025

Fireproof Games, the studio behind The Room VR: A Dark Matter (2020) , is sharing more info on Ghost Town, its upcoming VR puzzle-adventure for Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets Trebuchet is tossing out more info on Prison Boss: Prohibition , its sequel to the 2017 prison-based VR crafting and trading game.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Founded in 2020, the nonprofit organization is “committed to democratizing access” to XR and AI, Ibrahim stated, via education, training and research, and with a goal to “build a thriving and inclusive tech community on the African continent.”

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Countries in the European Union bloc have indicated a decrease in AR/VR spending in 2020. In a survey conducted by Perkins Coie in 2020 , before the pandemic, the biggest trend noted among decision-makers in the business sector was the diversification of monetization strategies in the future. billion in 2021, an 88.6%

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2021

Back in October of 2020, MF DOOM broke new ground with sale of the first AR NFT alongside blockchain auction and minting platform Illust Space. Owners of an NFT have the right to sell, distribute or license their content however they’d like and are usually purchased using cryptocurrency such as Ethereum (ETH).

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MARCH 7, 2025

Mighty Coconut just released a new course for Walkabout Mini Golf (2020) , letting you putt-putt your way around the home of the gods: Mount Olympus. As the game’s latest paid DLC, the Mount Olympus map brings two 18-hole courses (one easy, one hard) intertwined around classical Greek temples.

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