Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2020

Now online retailers Amazon and Best Buy have slashed the price of the smaller starter kit + Labo VR Blaster in half to just $20. The starter kit includes the Nintendo Labo software, VR Goggles (Nintendo Switch not included), and the make-it-yourself VR Blaster. Image courtesy Nintendo.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

SAVE $330: The 65-inch Amazon Omni series Fire TV is on sale for just $499.99 (normally $829.99) as of Feb. Amazon slashed the price of its 65-inch Omni series Fire TV to a new all-time low of $499.99 Credit: Amazon. Amazon Fire TV 65-inch Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV. A huge 4K smart TV for under $500?

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2019

Whether you need to spice up your presentation, make a training exercise or simulation come to life, or enhance a game – modern VR creation tools allow you to dive into the world of VR development, minus the years of specialized schooling. Image Credit: Amazon. Sumerian by Amazon. Image Credit: Varwin.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Doom VFR , the VR-compatible game following Id Software’s recent Doom (2016), is now available for pre-order for $29.99 on PSVR and HTC Vive, a far cry from the non-VR game’s original launch price of $59.99 Only in a recent blog post does Bethesda call Doom VFR a “standalone VR game.”

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2019

Referencing emails sent to Oculus developers by Facebook, it’s been suggested that the Rift S will make an official appearance at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, alongside the Oculus Go and upcoming Oculus Quest headsets. Oculus Quest / Image Credit: Oculus. Oculus Rift / Image Credit: Oculus.

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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. The report says this device could cost thousands of dollars and be available only in low volumes — more typical of a test platform for software developers than the mass-market products Apple usually releases.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Seagate wants a piece of that and has hopped on the PlayStation 5 train with the new Game Drive PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD series, officially licensed for Sony's current-generation gaming console. Seagate's Game Drive SSDs, like the WD_Black SN850P, stick to the PCIe 4.0 The Game Drive SSDs utilize Phison's PS5018-E18 PCIe 4.0

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2018

They Suspect Nothing (2018) , the Oculus Go & Samsung Gear VR title from Coatsink Software , is getting its first big DLC since it initially launched back in May. Dubbed ‘Overclocked’ DLC, the expansion is coming free to owners of the game on August 3rd, 2018. Image courtesy Coatsink Software. 8 new mini-games.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Software Development Engineer AR/VR. Senior Game Designer. Senior Software Engineer. Seattle, WA. Frontend Engineer – AR/VR. Click Here to Apply. Seattle, WA. Click Here to Apply. Washington D.C. AR/VR Prototyping Architect. Click Here to Apply. Seattle, WA. Sumerian (AR/VR) Architect. Click Here to Apply. Katowice, Poland.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2021

You’ll find the 128GB model offered direct from Oculus , as well as from official partners including Amazon , Best Buy , Target , and Adorama in the US. Road to VR’s monthly rundown of the top 20 most popular and best-rated games on Quest is a great place to start if you’re looking to see what everyone else is playing.

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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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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. See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 24, 2020

That advantage is generally felt throughout the software world, especially for anything that supports digital communications (zoom) or entertainment/escapism (gaming). Will Amazon Accelerate AR Shopping’s ‘Next Normal?’ And because it piggybacks on ubiquitous hardware, its delivery is in bits rather than atoms.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But among large cloud service providers as well as emerging devices like software defined vehicles (SDVs) there is a global trend towards custom silicon. The new division aims to address a wide range of sectors including automotive, gaming consoles, data centers, telecom, and others that could benefit from tailored silicon solutions.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While many of the popular use cases of AR and VR are still in the realm of gaming and entertainment, other industries are finding practical use cases unique to their sectors. Autodesk also collaborated with game developer Epic Games to streamline workflows and tools for AEC designers. XR technology is evolving quickly.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Honestly, from my experience with similar simulators (the one for the HoloLens was great, too), I can tell you that these pieces of software are nice to verify the overall logic of the application, but they can’t give any insight about its UX and usability. is releasing its first game, Galactic Catch, on June, 29th.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2021

Motion capture technology has become so accessible, in fact, that you can easily create your own character using a variety of free software. According to N-ko, she’ll be promoting new anime series streaming on Netflix, interacting with fans as well as the Vtuber community, playing video games, and even singing from time to time.

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2019

As first reported by Variety , Rift is out of stock all over the Internet including US online retailers New Egg, Best Buy, Microsoft Store, Micro Center, as well as several European retail partners including Media Markt, Curry’s, and Game. We don’t comment on future products, but are excited about the year ahead.”.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. This will be possible when exact data around the player’s position and ball on the ground is available throughout the game.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Android is a semi-open software platform. And since then, it has failed to build its own software development platform besides a fragmented series of integrations for game engines like Unity, nor has it built out its own suite of vital first-party applications beyond Horizon Workrooms.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Every year I like to play the speculation game about what to expect from there… and every year I predict a lot of things wrong (like that year that I said that the Quest Link was not going to happen… shame on me). Tomorrow is the day the Meta Connect starts! This is a tradition I can’t skip this year, too.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Skin in the Game. After examining Amazon last week, it’s time to zero in on Microsoft. ’ It turns out that its motivations are similar to Amazon’s. Android came along as a free (loss-leader) alternative and won that game. But what’s everyone else doing? But as always , the first question is ‘why?’

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Together with this announcement, Sony has also announced 11 new games that will be compatible with the console, including 4 titles that have never been released before. Since PSVR 1 games won’t be compatible with PSVR 2, Sony has to build a content catalog for this headset from scratch, and this will require time, money, and commitment.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

That includes things like scaling up to usage surges and creating the compelling game mechanics we’ve examined. Similar to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) inception, Niantic built its engine primarily to power its own product. They were built to support the applications of Amazon and Google.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2019

The company is marketing its Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses to both the enterprise and consumer markets, providing differentiated software solutions for each. They are also working with Amazon to finish the broader integration of Alexa and expect to complete certification soon. Alexa BETA is currently available for developers.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vision Pro isn’t exactly revolutionizing XR hardware (though the external display is pretty cool), but its real advantage stands to be a mature software platform that’s easy to use and easy to develop for. It hasn’t helped that after a strong launch, Sony doesn’t seem to be giving the headset much attention.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Finally, Nreal Air starts at $379 (available on Amazon ) – $220 less than Light. Software Announcements and Updates. Further, the screen can be generated from a mobile device, computer, or most major game consoles. At launch, this will be limited to screen mirroring, with additional functionalities expected to follow.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

That includes lots of moving parts and sub-sectors including consumer, enterprise, hardware, software, advertising and LBVR. That includes things consumers pay for such as hardware (headsets) software (games, apps) and LBVR admissions. The device is currently sold out on Amazon. Drilling Down on Consumer VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The HTC Vive and Oculus Rift ’s are often pretty extensive with games spread across genres and plenty of non-gaming experiences like short films and experimental forms of education. HTC Vive’s blog reveals that their partners have collaborated to do just that and Amazon has also put together an Oculus Rift deal.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This surprisingly means that Meta has approved on the Quest Store this app that lets people play SteamVR games bypassing the PC Quest runtime. THREE TO ONE.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In addition to offering $100 in Oculus Store credit for every new Rift purchase from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft (US), GAME (UK), Saturn (Germany), and FNAC (France), Oculus have provided some significant software discounts on the store, highlighted below: Dirt Rally – $40 (33% off) – a superb rally sim from Codemasters.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Affected companies include Meta Platforms, Amazon, and the global cryptocurrency community. Additional businesses like Epic Games, Unity, Autodesk, Adobe, NVIDIA, and many others have pivoted to the Metaverse to reach these goals. According to IDC data, VR headset shipments are expected to increase 42.88 percent YoY for 2023.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2020

A quick survey of virtual avatars reveals that multiplayer games with Picasso-like figures are still humanly identifiable through familiar kinetic traits from IRL encounters. Think of “Ashely O”, the Black Mirror Episode wherein Ashely O – cast as Miley Cyrus – is uploaded to an Amazon Echo. Image Credit: Artec 3D.

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. It runs all the games and experiences that UploadVR Jamie Feltham Flash forward to early 2023, and Samsung announced that it was working on XR hardware, with Google handling the software.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Unlike the Quest 2, the Quest Pro is less of a gaming device and more of a multipurpose design and collaboration tool. What’s really cool is the auto-adjustment software which notifies you if you’re wearing the device incorrectly. The Games & Apps. A full charge gets you roughly two hours of use. The Design.

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Upload VR

MARCH 5, 2024

PlutoSphere was a cloud VR streaming service letting Meta Quest owners play SteamVR content like Half-Life: Alyx and the PC version of VRChat without needing to own a gaming PC. Is Meta Working On Cloud Streaming To Bring PC VR Games To Quest? PlutoSphere is shutting down.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

The proliferation of high-quality video streaming has made it easy for publishers to share news with the public on their own terms, removed from the all-consuming buzz of gaming's biggest U.S. The show's organizer, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has also had its share of troubles. trade show. It's fantastic.

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