Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2019

It seems one of two things is happening at the moment: either Oculus Rift has been selling like hotcakes and going out of stock simultaneously all over the Internet, or the company is tuning down production for some unknown reason. Oculus Quest, Image courtesy Oculus.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Amazon’s US store is either the first, or the only retailer currently to offer the Oculus Rift for its Black Friday-reduced price of $350, a $50 discount off the now normal MSRP of $400. Oculus Touch controllers (2). Oculus Sensors (2). Oculus Rift headset. Photo by Road to VR. What’s in the Box.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We’ll be keeping an eye on Oculus Rift deals throughout Black Friday 2017 and Cyber Monday. Oculus Rift Baseline. Without an special discount, the Oculus Rift + Touch bundle costs $400/€450/£400. The total price of the games comes to $110. The Best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2017 Deal. Microsoft Store.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2020

With the recent release of Half-Life: Alyx , VR has been thrust into the spotlight of the mainstream gaming audience. But Index is the Ferrari of the VR world, and there’s many other headset options that cost less than half as much but play all the same games. That’s like investing in a new game console!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

100 Gift Code With Oculus Rift. Black Friday may be a great time to pick up an Oculus Rift. The Microsoft Store will be giving $100 gift codes with the purchase of the Oculus Rift. You can buy the Rift for its normal price of $599 and will receive a $100 digital coupon good towards Oculus VR apps and games.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Oculus dropped prices on several VR titles on their store for Thanksgiving with those prices likely to persist through the weekend until Cyber Monday. Particularly effective with a steering wheel controller, this game is both punishing and rewarding. Audio Arena – $7 (30% off) – a fun music-based action game.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Companies like Ikea, Target, and Amazon have already used ARKit, mostly for placing virtual furniture in a room to see if it fits. Microsoft’s tagline: “Work smarter with mixed reality.”). Facebook Connect: The AR Angle.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I have had terribly busy days with the launch of our game HitMotion: Reloaded that will happen tomorrow on Viveport M. I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Oculus Quest 2. The Oculus Quest 2 standalone virtual reality headset is the best in all categories given its room-scale VR capability, a large library of games, fast performance, and good resolution, especially for its price point. Buy on Amazon or directly from Oculus. And they all make great Christmas gifts.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The deal ($50 off MSRP) can be found at Oculus.com , Amazon US , NewEgg , Microsoft Store , Microcenter , and B est Buy. Oculus is still running its Rift & Go referral program , which will get you an added 10% off the $350 sale price. The total price of the bundled games comes to $110. The Cheapest Deals.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (11/26/16).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Now at a discount, Viveport subscription brings together a specially curated collection of apps and games. Microsoft ‘Mixed Reality’ Headset Discounts. Microsoft’s Windows “Mixed Reality” headsets are now on sale for up to $100, bringing the cheapest among them to just $300. Shop on Amazon. Oculus Rift Discount.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

VR developer ForeVR Games today announced it has raised an additional $7 million in seed capital, bringing its total raise to $8.5 The studio says it’s going to use the dough to launch more games like its debut title ForeVR Bowl on more platforms. XR Training & Gaming Startup Touts $5.2M Yes, I watch too much baseball).

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VRGames

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft has not expressed interest in joining the VR wars anytime soon but a recent patent filing might be evidence that Bill Gates’ outfit was just being coy with its future plans. Of course, as The Sun points out, none of this means that Microsoft is bringing anything definitive to the next Xbox in the way of VR gaming.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft has not expressed interest in joining the VR wars anytime soon but a recent patent filing might be evidence that Bill Gates’ outfit was just being coy with its future plans. Of course, as The Sun points out, none of this means that Microsoft is bringing anything definitive to the next Xbox in the way of VR gaming.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are making slow, but steady headway on the platform. Windows also hosts WMR-only games on the Microsoft Store.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

The Upload Summer Showcase brought news about VR games. Like last year, also this year the Upload Summer Showcase has brought some interesting news about VR games. As usual, this event hasn’t delivered any mind-blowing announcements, but a big series of small news about VR games.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. 3 big titles are showing the current trends of VR gaming. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

It can be a game-changer for the whole digital world, so I thought it was worth sharing my thoughts about what it could mean for XR. This means that it wouldn’t be possible to use the data of your Oculus Quest games and your Facebook account together, because they are two different services. Digital Markets Act.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Announced at Bethesda’s standalone event at E3 last year, then later used as a way to build hype for Microsoft’s forthcoming Project Scorpio console (just yesterday christened Xbox One X), Fallout 4 VR is in the face of it the answer to many VR gamer’s desires. and will be available in Q4 of this year.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. But Pokémon Go, an augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic, changed the way we used to play Pokémon games. Source: CBINSIGHTS. Guest Post.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Do you want to read them? Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Even though they’re not the only VR headsets on the market, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift attract the most attention and command the mainstream media presence. When announced, Oculus Rift launch price of $599 presented a main advantage over HTC Vive’s $799. Oculus Touch controllers to cost £190 in the UK.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It is intriguing that many companies are already experimenting with this new chipset, and one of these partners is Niantic, that is thinking about going the AR hardware route after all its hard work on gelocalized AR games like Pokemon Go. Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. Adobe acquires Oculus Medium.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This week has been pretty epic for me because us of NTW have finally launched our passthrough-MR game HitMotion:Reloaded , and it has even been featured on VR Scout !! Image by Beat Games). Facebook acquires Beat Games. Facebook acquires Beat Games. Let’s see all of this in detail…. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

MARCH 8, 2021

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. Rumors surface about a new Oculus Quest Pro VR HMD.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! XR is going to conquer the consumer market.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Facebook – NASDAQ: FB – Oculus VR, VR headset, VR Camera, VR content, VR platform. Starbreeze Games – NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: STAR – VR headset & VR games. Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming). Unconfirmed.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

RealMax's AR and VR device with hand tracking by Leap Motion and an epic 102-degree field of view, was used for a multiplayer AR game which involved grabbing fish and knocking over boxes. AWE is a snapshot of a developing industry, though it does not have participation from major players with developer conferences of their own.

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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