ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

I want to close this chapter of the roundup by linking here below also an interesting article that talks about the reasons behind the success of the VTubers. HTC is going to deprecate Vive Pro and Vive Pro Eye. According to German publication Mixed, HTC is going to drop support for its enterprise headsets Vive Pro and Vive Pro Eye.

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VR Game Critic

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

After a rather exciting month for VR, including the release of the Oculus Quest 2 alongside a host of titles, and popular games like Star Wars: Squadrons and POPULATION: ONE, November seems rather slow in terms of new VR games. As always, we welcome you to share your tips of “stand out” releases for our monthly updates.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2017

Chroma Lab is a mesmerising particle simulation and a simple but stunning VR showcase, using a custom physics engine to calculate the fluid-like behaviour of more than 100,000 particles. Squeezing the grips brings up a few options for how your controllers will affect the simulation, and you can have a different ‘tool’ in each hand.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. In the Geekbench comparison, it completely destroys the Oculus Quest : the multi-core score of the Quest is 774 while the one of the Focus XR2 is 3417, almost 5 times much. Other relevant news.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

A French company is creating beautiful educational space simulations in VR. Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

In this article, we will explore the potential of AR and VR for e-commerce and how they can enhance your shopping experience. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we will explore the history and evolution of the metaverse, from its origins in science fiction to its current state as a rapidly growing and evolving platform for communication, entertainment, and commerce.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Varjo XR-4 is on sale for enterprises, but the company has also opened up a waiting list for interested consumers (especially simulator fans, I guess). HTC is working on compatibility with other headsets, but nothing has been announced yet. This headset costs €7,990 for the standard version and €13,990 for the focal edition.

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VR Game Critic

MAY 16, 2019

Fortunately, Oculus Quest is the perfect way to dip your toes into virtual reality without the hassle of wires or the need for a beefy gaming rig. Look forward to brand new titles specifically developed for Oculus Quest, as well as ports of existing VR top hits – there are games aplenty for you to explore!

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. So what use cases do Enterprise clients have for InstaVR + Oculus Quest? VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2018

But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. The last question of the article has been about VR … and I’ll report it, together with the exact answer of Mr. Koh, and a commentary of mine.

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ARVR

AUGUST 17, 2020

Early development of Frogworld was also generously supported by the Oculus LaunchPad program. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. is to build empathy for nature through engaging gameplay, with an experience that is half videogame, half nature simulation. The current build has been fully tested with the Oculus Rift/S Touch.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Before starting, let’s make a recap of the previous article: what is SenseGlove? SenseGlove is currently producing its DK1 device , that can be used both with Vive systems (in this case, a Vive Tracker is attached to the gloves to provide the positional tracking) or Oculus systems (in this case, the Oculus Touch controllers are used).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Maybe Oculus planned to showcase Del Mar at GDC. A vague rumor spread on Reddit this week: Oculus Del Mar could be a 4K headset, and it could have been launched at GDC. More info (Rumors on Oculus Del Mar) More info (One of the source articles on Reddit). Oculus and Valve could have been friends, but it didn’t happen.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2017

Haptic feedback is one of the toughest challenges for general-purpose VR input, but for the driving simulation genre, dedicated controllers have been addressing the problem for over two decades. Update (5/24/17): Article now covers the TS-PC Racer from Thrustmaster, and the CSL Elite range from Fanatec. Here’s where to start.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

I want to dedicate this newsletter article to my friend Mathew Olson, who at The Information kickstarted the “Reality Check”, a newsletter about XR which I received 3–4 times a week in my e-mail, and that was very well done. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. Today is the 4th of July, an important day for all my friends from the US!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. Anyway, there have been some things worth attention and I’m writing this article to report them all to you.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Image by HTC). Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In this article, we check out the game’s core mechanics. The heavy use of physics simulation in the game is something you don’t see often in VR games because it’s very challenging to do right. The game supports most major VR headsets: Valve Index, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift, and WMR. Cas & Chary Present.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. All in all, I found the article a nice read, but I don’t like that it looks very corporate and bleached out. Other relevant news. It is a player to keep an eye on for sure.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As for the agency, we did some cool stuff for Lenovo Chile earlier this year: worked on a very intense motoGP simulator for Oculus and also did this awesome screen pillar with Kinect. I mean, besides the Oculus Quest 2, there’s hardly anything to get locally. It’s a royal pain to get hardware in Chile.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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VR Game Critic

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Wacky Dieselpunk platformer Yupitergrad is swinging its way to PlayStation VR, visual novel adventure ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos is arriving on Steam, and the beloved board game classic Catan can now be enjoyed on virtual tables through the Oculus Quest. Get in touch on Twitter, Facebook or via our contact email address.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

It’s been a long time coming for a racing simulator originally released in 2013, but rFactor 2 has just taken an exciting new step for VR fans as the game’s latest beta not only adds DX11 support for enhanced visuals, but OpenVR support, enabling the game to be played on the Rift, Vive, and other headsets supporting OpenVR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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VR Game Critic

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Games covered in this article include: Swords of Gargantua Ven VR Adventure Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis DvG: Conquering Giants ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds Project Wingman Microsoft Flight Simulator Myst Warhammer 40 000: Battle Sister Prison Boss VR Contractors.

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VR Game Critic

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Games covered in this article include: Bait! Catch & Release Real VR Fishing Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV. Enjoy beautiful environments, try out different fishing techniques and if lucky, catch a big one!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. Zuck still thinks that it is a device that can start substituting the laptop. Weirdly enough, most of the demos he showed were games.

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VR Game Critic

JANUARY 26, 2019

Games covered in this article include: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator FlyInside Flight Simulator Ultrawings VTOL VR Flying Aces: Navy Pilot Simulator X-Plane 11.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2019

Boneworks is on a mission to redefine VR gameplay with a highly simulated approach to movement, interaction, and combat. We go into a bit more detail about the philosophy behind Bonework’s approach in this article , which also includes an ‘Action Teaser’ video which was released last month.

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VRPlayin

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Education is a big part of the future of Virtual Reality and since our past article on the matter was some time ago it was time for a refresher with a more future focused outlook. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, as a quick recap, Virtual Reality provides the user(s) with a simulated world at various degrees of immersion.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

score on the Oculus App Lab now. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store…. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store….

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 26, 2016

A Rift from Facebook-owned Oculus or a Vive from HTC can track your head throughout a room, but these “outside-in” systems require careful placement, or mounting, of sensors around the perimeter of the room for a full experience. The Santa Cruz inside-out tracking prototype from Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

It’s a hilarious riff on VR’s immersion being used for a regular life simulator and Owlchemy Labs’ Virtual Rick-ality tops it with a purposefully low-budget knockoff of the game with this iteration called Troy: A Life Lived. Parts of this article were contributed by Games Editor David Jagneaux.

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