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MARCH 15, 2021

It’s because tomorrow the SXSW 2021 starts and together with VRrOOm we have created the virtual spaces for it on VRChat! 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. Top news of the week. and Facial Tracker. The Vive Tracker 3.0

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

VR Ears was successfully crowdfunded back in May, garnering nearly $200,000 over the course of its month-long Kickstarter campaign. VR Ears was slated to start shipping in December of this year, however now the Miami-based team says it will officially begin shipping on July 15th, 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC rises the hype for the launch of its new headset. For once, HTC seems to have organized the pre-launch of its new upcoming headset fairly well. HTC has said this headset will be amazing , so everyone is hoping for this to be true, even if we all know that the price will be high.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

’ HTC is partnering with famed Japanese artist Shu Yamamoto to bring his CAT ART series to life in VR for the first time. Over the course of his iconic career, Yamamoto has completed over 500 cat-themed paintings, either on canvas, illustration boards, or Photoshop. Image Credit: HTC Image Credit: HTC Image Credit: HTC.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

When HTC VIVE started teasing the HTC VIVE Flow way back in 2021 , it left some consumers a little confused. They were named the “best wearable tech” at the Esquire Gadget Awards in 2021. With that in mind, we decided to take a closer look at the HTC VIVE Flow to see whether it still holds up in the VR market.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2021

HTC VIVE is revving up its engines for a big year. Then of course there’s the upcoming Vivecon 2021 event as well as those cryptic tweets alluding to a new HTC Vive headset(s). Then of course there’s the upcoming Vivecon 2021 event as well as those cryptic tweets alluding to a new HTC Vive headset(s).

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Road to VR

MAY 13, 2024

We also use the cameras, of course, they work together as the IMU is higher frequency but lower accuracy. In 2021, Meta announced it was attempting something similar in a partnership with BMW , which would more accurately anchor virtual objects by hooking Quest’s tracking system into the car itself. Working on it!”

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2021

Megadodo Simulation Games, the Singapore-based startup behind the upcoming PC VR headset DecaGear , announced that its hip-based VR locomotion device DecaMove has generated over $350,000 in sales over the course of its month-long preorder campaign. Priced at $59, the company hopes to ship out its first consumer units starting in June 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also use the cameras, of course, they work together as the IMU is higher frequency but lower accuracy. In 2021, Meta announced it was attempting something similar in a partnership with BMW , which would more accurately anchor virtual objects by hooking Quest’s tracking system into the car itself. Working on it!”

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2021

Last week HTC announced a new accessory, the Vive Facial Tracker. HTC’s new Vive Facial Tracker accessory , set to launch later this month, promises to track “38 facial movements across the lips, jaw, teeth, tongue, chin, and cheeks.” — Mike – VRO (@vr_oasis) March 15, 2021. Shen Ye, the Sr.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. billion in 2021. billion in 2021,” states IDC’s report. The post Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021 appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARVR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Mixed Reality Here is a course from the University of Michigan. The HTC Vive headsets have its own SDK. This course from the University of Michigan focuses mainly on developing XR apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal — Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal Skill 5? Augmented Reality VR i.e

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2018

During my Chinese adventure, in the period that I was leaving Shanghai to go to Chengdu to watch pandas, I had the opportunity to interview via WeChat Qiyong Chen, one of the people leading the Virtual Reality R&D experiments at HTC. Who are you and what do you do in HTC? I’m Qiyong Chen, leader of HTC China Immersive Lab.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2021

At the all-digital version of SXSW 2021 today, Facebook’s Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, showed off an upcoming new version of its avatar system on Quest. In his chat with CNET’s Scott Stein, called The Quest Effect: Inside VR’s Next Chapter , Rabkin revealed the company’s next avatar system.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2021

But of course, there are many other things to consider, like the price, the available content, the quality of the tracking , etc… I guess we’ll discover them in the upcoming weeks. The headset is going to be launched on the Chinese market as a consumer device on May, 10th.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

HTC Launches Vive XR Elite Image courtesy HTC The News HTC launched its first real competitor to Meta’s Quest line earlier this year with a renewed effort toward getting top games onto its platform (a challenge the company long struggled with while trying to gain a foothold with its Viveport platform for PC VR).

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VRScout

MAY 15, 2021

Presented earlier this week during the 2021 Computer-Human Interaction conference, HairTouch, as it’s referred to by the team, features a unique, albeit complex design. In addition to fur, the HairTouch device can also be used to simulate various other textures in VR. Image Credit: Ray Tsai via YouTube.

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ARPost

JANUARY 21, 2022

We had a lot of news in the XR space in 2021, and a lot of trends could be distilled from that news. See Also: 21 Most-Read ARPost Articles of 2021. We’re talking, of course, about Google Glass. After a deeper dive, we actually realized that the company might have been shut down in November 2021. And we’ve been wrong.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2021

Of course, you can’t control an RC car without an RC car controller. — Rice/3D Commissions Closed (@rice_baller_) June 29, 2021. Can't wait to cook up some mods for them :3 pic.twitter.com/YMmI78tu2G — Tater (@taterthefurry) June 30, 2021. I feel like im about to beg my mom to buy me s**t WTF my childhood???

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

million by the end of 2021. As for the share of headsets on Steam, we can see competition heating up over the course of 2020. HTC’s headsets still hold onto 20.8% A naïve projection (simply drawing out the line), suggests the number of monthly-connected headsets could hit 4.5 Share of VR Headsets on Steam.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2021

2021 has just started and we’re all curious to know what are the big XR surprises it will gift to us. The first filter released this way is one to celebrate the beginning of 2021 and it is really amazing. I can’t wait for what new kind of filters we’ll see in 2021…. Top news of the week. Image by CES). It feels so incredible.

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VRScout

AUGUST 2, 2021

Jetpack Vacation arrives on SteamVR headsets on October 20th, 2021. Equipped with handheld jetpacks, you can fly, dive and shoot your way through a collection of fun jetpack-based mini-games. Prepare for takeoff!”, ”, states the company on their website. For more information visit here. Feature Image Credit: Tourism Infinity.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2021

Rebellion, developer of the Sniper Elite franchise, announced its bringing Sniper Elite VR to all supported platforms on July 8th, 2021. In addition to the franchise’s iconic x-ray kill cam, the game also offers free movement locomotion for greater immersion, and of course a host of WWII weaponry besides your trusty sniper rifle.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2021

This of course only works for headsets equipped with eye-tracking tracking, which is not common in consumer-grade VR headsets today, but is expected to become more widespread in the future. In the future we hope to see support added for HTC’s Vive Pro Eye and Varjo headsets, both of which include eye-tracking hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Welcome 2021! 2021 has been greeted by many virtual celebrations. One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. Of course, they work by being connected to a smartphone. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Of course, we have to see how it will be because we currently have no reviews about it, but for sure it looks interesting. October, 12th won’t be remembered in history books only as the day America was discovered by Columbus (that was Italian, of course, :D), but also as the day that Lone Echo 2 launched. Don’t panic.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2019

At ChinaJoy today, HTC has just announced a little but very important news: the Vive Focus Plus will be able to connect to Viveport on PC and play all its games via Wi-fi streaming. Today HTC has unveiled an official streaming solution for Viveport on the Vive Focus Plus. HTC hopes to deploy it for October. All natively.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2021

As we move into 2021, both the VR and AR industries exhibit a plethora of career development opportunities for aspiring developers. Let’s discuss how to do so properly, as well as cover some of the paths you should consider pursuing in 2021. Image Credit: HTC Vive. Set yourself up for success within the immersive industry.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2021

Then, of course, there are multi-ball opportunities where you can light up the scoreboard brighter than an exploding Death Star. Of course, the game of pinball is all about the leaderboards and having your initials at the top. As you continue to rack up points you’ll hear encouraging soundbites from your favorite Star Wars films.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We can expect this to happen in 2021. As for the delays, the company says that of course the coronavirus has had its impact, but now the cause is mostly the demand being much higher than expected and the production not being able to cope with that. Nreal Light consumer kit for sale in Korea for $586 (Image by Nreal).

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

The most popular devices include currently: Meta Quest 2, Pico G2 / Neo3, HTC VIVE Focus and Flow (coming up as the glasses?—?size The best ways depend of course on the audience and objectives of the movie / project. Showtime VR Story at VR Days 2021 in Amsterdam The of such system has no limits. Hardware ?—?you size headset).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Pictures from FBEC 2021 (Image from VRTUOLUO) Who will be the most important speakers?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2021

Other dangerous enemies include zombie bots which can be revived repeatedly over the course of each round, guardian bots capable of delivering powerful shields to other bots on the field, and devastating lasers, just to name a few. A SteamVR release is scheduled for Summer 2021. with support for cross-buy.

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