Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that adapts to different environments. Guest Article by Thomas Van Bouwel Thomas is a Belgian-Brazilian VR developer currently based in Brussels. When it comes to MR platforms, an active discussion on data privacy is important too.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Employees will access to 20 different VR simulations that will them how to strengthen and deepen relationships with clients, navigate conversations, and listen and respond to empathy. The company launched a successful pilot program with 400 employees using the Oculus Go. VR training will roll out by the end of next year.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group’s latest iteration of IC.IDO , their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car. Most CAD mock up tools will not live simulate the collisions possible during assembly”.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Sanzaru Games has been working closely with Oculus Studios since the early days of the Oculus Rift. And while the studio has three other VR games to its name, none of them come close to the scale of Asgard’s Wrath —in fact, Oculus believes that the game is the largest VR production to date. A Toybox and a Sketch.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2022

Starting this spring, gamers can watch their own cities come to life in Cities: VR using Oculus Quest 2 (Meta Quest 2). Like Cities: VR , it is an immersive simulation, where gamers can craft houses and gardens to their heart’s content. Players can access it via HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Valve Index. Augmented Reality.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2017

What do you do when you want to push VR racing simulation to the limit of immersion? YouTube user machkun1 posted a video this week (heading this article) showing what it looks like to race Dirt Rally VR with a top notch system consisting of the following: Hardware. R-craft Multi-axis Motion Simulator, 6+ axes (circa $20,000).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

A lot of articles are written on the Vision Pro about whatever thing and I’ve even found one showing you “how people see you when you vape while having a videocall from the Vision Pro”. My long wall-of-text articles pale compared with it… my reviews are like Post-It notes compared to what the Korean guy was able to write.

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Oculus

AUGUST 22, 2022

We’re back with the next entry in Monday Must-Play, our weekly article series that highlights must-play Meta Quest 2 VR games worth checking out.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

It’s an effective solution to simulate real writing. Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. Another article about the Metaverse. Every week there are thousands of articles about the “metaverse” being published, and most of them sound all the same.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2019

Yesterday I detailed you what is the Oculus Rift S , while today I want to write you a recap about what is the Oculus Quest , the most awaited virtual reality headset of 2019. What Is the Oculus Quest? Oculus Quest is the first standalone 6 DOF virtual reality headset by Oculus. And with the Oculus Rift?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. The Santa Cruz prototype is a modified Oculus Rift which has on-board compute, display, and tracking.

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Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2020

Kat Walk C appears to be a slimmed-down version of the company’s 2018-era Kat Walk Mini treadmill , offering its signature low-friction parabola and equally slippy footwear, making for a slick surface that simulates walking whilst in VR.

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Upload VR

MAY 15, 2022

Could such a little team be what helped Little Cities expertly deliver on a VR-first approach to a city simulator game? ” Adapting the simulation language in this way – away from stats and notifications, focusing on a visual-led approach – avoids overwhelming the player with complex menus, budgeting, finance options and the like.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 9, 2019

There is one caveat: when looking at a flat monitor, the resolution of the displayed image increases away from the monitor’s center, while in a VR headset, the resolution generally decreases away from the center direction (see this article for reference). Simulation Procedure. Oculus Rift CV1, HTC Vive, and HTC Vive Pro).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Image leaked from Oculus runtime). The design of Oculus Quest 2 Pro and controllers has been leaked. the simulator fans that want a headset with super-high resolution), no competitor could survive against a headset that is comfortable, affordable, has a great library of content, and has full body tracking and full RGB passthrough.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. Guest Article by Tipatat Chennavasin. He has looked at over 5,000 companies in the space and has invested in 35, including the makers of hit VR games like Beat Saber , Rec Room , and Job Simulator. Though still small, VR is a growing and sustainable platform?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2018

Since the first time we have seen the Oculus Santa Cruz prototype during Oculus Connect 3 , we want to put our hands on it. The Oculus Connect 4 made us eager to have it and finally this year we will be able to buy it. What if your Rift could become your Santa Cruz? Ready to discover how? Then go on!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

It’s a long time that I don’t write an article about the Vive Focus Plus , and it has been interesting exploring what’s happening on the Vive Wave ecosystem again. It gives you many buttons through which you can simulate the pose of the hands in your application (e.g. It is very handy for us developers.

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

One of them is today’s article, where I interview one of the people whose work has inspired me the most this year: Daniel Beauchamp. Now I leave you to his words and his videos: I’ve embedded many videos in this article, so that you can admire his most famous works. Hair simulations! That’s a tough one!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

While we were worried, Variety published an article on the topic, where Magic Leap stated that it was in the middle of raising another round of investments, to be exact, the E round. Image by Oculus, from Road To VR). John Carmack leaves Oculus. Oculus and Insomniac release Stormland. Other relevant news. Let’s see….

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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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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 VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR Experience of the Year.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

Before we start, let me tell you just a few caveats about this article: What I did was a prototype , so the solutions I’ve found are not optimized. I removed the Main Camera from the scene, then I selected the menu voice Oculus-> Tools -> Building Blocks and added the camera rig and the passthrough to my project.

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Upload VR

MAY 28, 2022

First Person Tennis , a tennis simulator, is coming to the Oculus Store for Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest) next month. On the Quest platform, the game will support both the original headset and Quest 2, with arcade and simulation modes and online multiplayer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Being able to replicate these personal gaming experiences is a testament to the platform’s future even outside of games, having users manipulate cards, figures, and boards as if they were on a table in front of them — similar to Tabletop Simulator. The new update includes 10 new monster, 24 new heroes, and 9 new construct cards.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Last week, I traveled to the Houston Area Safety Council in Pasadena, Texas, to put Industrial Training International VR’s new crane simulator through its paces. Guest Article by Eric Liga. Eric is the co-founder and co-organizer of the HoustonVR Meetup , and an event manager for the Immersive Technology Conference.

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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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ARVR

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

With Frogworld , the first public NatureSims™ VR prototype, now available on Oculus and Steam, I am turning back to the project that first inspired me to start along this path. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Ways to Get Your Business into VR 2. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. the year of AR glasses?

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Before the Oculus Quest launched this summer, we wrote up a preview of the VR headset. The article could be summed up like this: for businesses serious about incorporating VR into their workplaces, the Quest is a great fit. For more casual business users, or those just starting out in VR, the Oculus Go could likely suffice.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Owlchemy Labs , the studio behind the critically acclaimed VR game Job Simulator (2016) , however recently revealed an ingenious way of watching and interacting with users in VR which may be as simple as pulling the smartphone from your pocket. SEE ALSO Oculus Quest Supports "Arena-scale" Tracking and Multi-room Guardian.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

The most viral XR article of the week has been an interview that Mark Zuckerberg had with The Verge. The claim reshared by many people from the article is that “five years from now […] people will primarily think about us as a metaverse company, rather than a mobile internet company”. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Or if in VR you are squeezing a rubber ball, force feedback makes sure that you have more difficulty in closing your fingers, because it simulates the resistance of the ball material. The company claims that the gloves have been made easier to wear and work also with standalone headsets like the Oculus Quest 2.

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ARVR

MARCH 8, 2021

VR holds the power to create immersive and realistic experiences through computer generated simulations and the recreation of a user’s senses. Check out my article here to gain a basis on how the tech works. For my first VR project, I decided to create a bowling game using the Unity game engine for an Oculus quest.

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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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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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