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‘Half-Life: Alyx,’ Valve, FundamentalVR Win Big At The 2020 VR Awards

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Walt Disney Animation, Qualcomm, ILMxLAB are just a few of the winners announced during the 2020 VR Awards. Each year over 70 experts in immersive technology come together to meticulously inspect everything from innovative new hardware to groundbreaking VR experiences to other colossal advancements that will push VR into brand new directions.

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‘Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR’ Beta Updates Hint at “Upcoming hardware releases”

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Updates to the beta version of Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, the official integration which allows Windows VR headsets to be used with SteamVR, hint at “upcoming hardware releases.” There’s at least a chance that the G2 is not the only headset among the “upcoming hardware releases” for WMR.

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HTC is Teasing New VR Hardware in Cryptic Tweets

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It’s been a year since we’ve seen new hardware from HTC. It was back in March of 2020 that the company launched Vive Cosmos Elite, a variant of the Cosmos headset with SteamVR Tracking. Nor does it appear to be teasing the Vive Proton, a prototype standalone VR headset that the company revealed in early 2020.

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Is 2020 Virtual Reality’s Breakout Year?

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After decades of speculation, anticipation, hype, and disappointment, is 2020 virtual reality ’s breakout year? Bulky hardware and unsatisfying software experiences stunted the industry up until the mid 2000s, but recent advances on both fronts are reason to be optimistic about the potential for virtual reality in this decade.

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Nine Incredible-Looking VR Releases Still To Come In 2020

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With just four months to go in 2020, we still have plenty of VR gaming to look forward to. It goes without saying that 2020 has been a rollercoaster of a year so far. In contrast to 2019, 2020 will continue to be a little quiet in terms of hardware, with major brands like Facebook and Lenovo having launched new headsets just last year.

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OC6: Oculus Unveils Native Hand Tracking On Oculus Quest, Coming Early 2020

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Zuckerburg reveals hand and finger tracking without the need for additional hardware. During this morning’s highly-anticipated keynote presentation, Zuckerburg revealed that upcoming software updates to the Quest’s onboard cameras allowing for native hand tracking without the need for any additional hardware. .

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2020 Spatial Predictions: VR Makes Incremental Gains

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This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. At the precipice of 2020, that leaves the question of where we are now? Following our deep dive on #1 , #2 , #3 , and #4 , we’ll now drill down on #5: VR’s 2020 fate. Apple Glasses Don’t Arrive in 2020.

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