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OCTOBER 5, 2019

Daniel O’Brien, General Manager for the Americas Region for HTC sat down with VRScout during their NYC Launch event at VR World and talked passionately about design saying, “We looked at it from three different levels, hardware and technology, software, and experience.”. The Cosmos controllers also received a significant redesign.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

0:00 / 0:17 1× The platform arrived as a surprising launch title for the original Oculus Quest in 2019, and for Android phones earlier this year. Last year VRChat added controller-free hand tracking support on Quest. Pico accesses the same content type as Quest.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

You will be able to finally buy it in Europe and North America for $599, from the dedicated page on the HTC website. Controller : single controller, 3 DOF+ tracking. After a long wait, finally, the Vive Focus is ready to exit from its home country. HTC Vive Focus Specs. Power and battery : Built-in rechargeable battery, QC3.0

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JULY 30, 2019

Addressing shareholders during Facebook’s Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset. This quarter, we shipped Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one headset with no wires and full freedom of movement. Image courtesy Oculus.

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VRScout

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fresh hardware, a bold new social platform, and Vive Pro eye-tracking are on the way. In actuality HTC was teasing the latest addition their VR hardware lineup, the HTC Vive Cosmos, a PC-based 6DoF VR headset featuring inside-out tracking and a flip-up visor.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. VR, Defined.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Snapchat finally announced their hardware play and changed the company name to Snap, Inc. Palmer Luckey, the 24 year-old founder of Oculus, has gotten embroiled in a political controversy. A PRETTY PENNY FOR THE OCULUS HAND CONTROLLERS. SNAPCHAT LETS THE SPECTACLES OUT OF THE BAG. Will you get a pair?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos and its controllers, just announced at CES (Image by HTC). A redditor published this great album with various close-up photos of the Cosmos and its controllers. It will be something similar to the new Oculus Home. You may ask what has done Oculus at CES while HTC was generating hype around its devices.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Wales Interactive revealed the release date for their upcoming PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift horror game, Don’t Knock Twice. in North America and £15.99 The developers stress that the game includes options to make the experience creepy and immersive regardless of what hardware players happen to own.

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APRIL 5, 2017

It was $200 more expensive than its chief competition, the Oculus Rift , but the headset also did a lot more than the initial PC-powered headset from Facebook when it first released. Oculus, however, went to market without hand controllers readied, supporting a single sensor for a forward-facing experience.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are already some OEMs collaborating with Qualcomm on this chip, and we can expect to see the first hardware implementing it in the second half of 2023. Talking about hardware, a great partner of Qualcomm is Niantic , which make two great announcements at the Snapdragon Summit. The road to next-gen PSVR has started!

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JUNE 27, 2017

In a recent interview with German site Golem.de Sony Interactive Entertainment America President and CEO Shawn Layden noted that it will “probably be some time” before we see the next iteration of the console. More powerful hardware is the obvious solution to that issue.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Going on the stage at an investor event, Qualcomm CEO and President Cristiano Amon has revealed that Oculus Quest 2 (now Meta Quest 2) has sold 10 million units worldwide. The new version of Roblox ships with a new VR system , that among other things, increases support for VR and especially for Oculus Touch and Valve Index controllers.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This brings the total amount of countries where Valve Index is available to 31 – regions such as Australia and South America are still excluded. The Valve Index hardware can be purchased in a range of combinations depending on the current kit you own (HTC Vive mostly). base stations.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 31, 2019

Facebook’s Oculus Quest launched this past May, creating more interest in VR than ever and serious momentum across the consumer market. As hardware, content, and mobility improve, more and more people are exploring the latest and greatest innovations in VR. The next-generation hardware is expected sometime around 2022.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Bundle for North America markets only). Oculus Rift Discount. Of course Oculus is also throwing in discounts of their own for the Rift. Bundles with Touch controllers will be just $350 at Best Buy from Nov. The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal will be available online and in all retail locations where Vive is sold.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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JANUARY 2, 2018

Without any major VR hardware releases on the radar for this year, 2018 is shaping up to be a time for content to shine. We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Platform : Oculus, Steam (Early 2018).

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

This price is ridiculously low: it is less than what a nreal glass costs, a lot less of a HoloLens 2 and perfectly in line also with the prices of VR headsets like Oculus Quest 2 and Pico Neo 3. Lone Echo 2 will be available for Rift S (yeah, the forgotten headset) and Quest + Link from October, 12th for $40 as an exclusive Oculus release.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

It also shows that at the moment the idea of subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the software sold in the store is not working, so probably the Quest ecosystem is less healthy than we initially thought. Pico 4 Controllers have been leaked. We don’t have images of the headset, but most probably it will be sleek as the controllers.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Global here refers to Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China – Pico 4 isn’t sold in North America or Australia & New Zealand. It’s the same kind of breathable fabric that was used for Oculus Go, rather than the cheap-feeling face-hurting foam that comes with Quests. Controllers.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The cherry on top is the introduction in the coming weeks of a mandatory Microsoft login : this helps Microsoft in having a better knowledge of its users, and at the same time it lets it integrate Altspace inside its Safety suite so that there can be parental control in Altspace on the Microsoft Store. Enjoy the new VR Humble Bundle.

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JUNE 2, 2016

In an interview with Bloomberg TV back in November 2014 , Zelnick voiced concerns over the long term comfort of the then emerging Oculus Rift headset (before the HTC Vive had appeared on the scene). That’s not what we have in America.” We have a room for a screen, a couch, and controllers,” he added.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Announcements from CES 2017 on VR & AR 1) Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ Demo Brings Actual Hands Into VR on Oculus Rift Intel demoed 2 things at CES: 1) they demoed Intel’s technology to bring your hands into VR, no controller required, with Intel’s Merged Reality RealSense. 2) They demoed Project Alloy.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2017

As the first company to offer such information, it means that Sony is not only happy with the figure, but likely confident that they’re well ahead of the competing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. By April, PlayStation VR should be much easier to find in stores, House said, and in the Fall the headset will begin shipping in Latin America.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Support for Index controllers and other VR hardware: Index controller finger-tracking allows for greater player expression and more opportunities for fine-grained engagement with the world. So among testers I still seem to be the outlier on horror tolerance. VO in other languages is something we’re still considering.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For a while, only desktop computer rigs were equipped to put out the power that the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift require. Alienware’s VR ready 13” is available to order starting today in North America, has a base model that retails for $1199, and an OLED screen option (first gaming notebook with this option) for $2099.

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JUNE 19, 2022

The name has changed and it is now called “Engage Link” , because after TPLink, Oculus Link, Looxid Link, and Pico Neo 3 Link , we needed something else with the name Link. Meta is finally rolling out Horizon Worlds outside of North America. We need at least 2 new hardware versions in my opinion to reach that stage.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Episode 28 of the VRScout Report, we got new 360 toys on iOS, Hololens is helping elevator technicians, VR might help you control your dreams, Apple CEO Tim Cook on augmented reality, VR/AR industry funding wrapup, and more… iOS NOW CAN TAKE 360 PHOTOS WITH GOOGLE CARDBOARD CAMERA, TOO.

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MAY 3, 2017

There are plenty of brand new hardware innovations that we could be getting peeks at during the show too. Oculus (Facebook). What we know: The Oculus booth has been a staple of VR at E3 since 2014. Oculus has confirmed that it will not have a booth at this year’s show. Vive (HTC).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

The game combines cooperative play as the driver and gunner must work together against the in-game foes, as well as competitive play against the other human-controlled drivers. The game is demoed on the show floor with a single CFMOTO vehicle using two Oculus Rifts with gameplay running at 90 frames per second.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Ah, and you must be 18+ years old. Meta updates the SDK for Quest.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 17, 2020

Half-Life: Alyx has been built with Valve Index and the Index Controllers in mind, offering complete finger tracking. That said, Valve Index isn’t the cheapest – or easiest to come across – headset so controllers for Oculus Rift or HTC Vive will also work fine. And all the rest.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

I and my partner Gianni bought every new headset on the market : the Oculus Rift DK2, the Vive, the Rift CV1, the Gear VR, etc… We also went to almost every event we were invited to, even the smallest one (I remember once we went to a public plaza with like 7 people listening to our talk about VR…). The reasons? So, should I go?

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MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. Construct has recently created their first interactive VR narrative “The Price of Freedom”, based on the real events of CIA mind control program Project MK Ultra.

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