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APRIL 21, 2017

The newest version of the Gear VR headset releases to the public today. According to an Oculus blog post today: “With the controller, you can use your hand to point, drag and drop, tilt, shoot, and more, making it easier than ever to interact with VR games and experiences. The Samsung Gear VR with the controller is $130.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Unsurprisingly, social giant and Oculus owner Facebook is leading the charge for new social VR sharing options including direct livestreaming to Facebook from a Samsung Gear VR. Today, we’re beginning to roll out Facebook Livestreaming—direct from Gear VR. It will also capture your voice and add that to the stream as well.

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The game includes over 80 different components, including toy cars, gears, books, rubber balls, bowling pins, and cannons. We have a fun update coming very shortly after launch with a bunch of new objects inspired directly from his cartoons,” Free Range Games Producer Stephen Scholz says in a Meta blog post.

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APRIL 23, 2018

The first two episodes are now available for both Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR. The first two episodes of Campfire Creepers —’Midnight March’ and ‘The Skull of Sam’—make their debut at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, and are also now available via the Dark Corner app for Rift and Gear VR.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Besides older hardware, the only things most people see with the ‘Oculus’ moniker is the Oculus PC app and Meta’s Oculus web portal , where the company still lists game libraries for Quest, Rift, Go, and Gear VR.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

One-man VR development force E McNeill released his third game onto Gear VR last week, but his original project is finally coming to PlayStation VR, too. McNeill even released the entire experience for free, as Gear didn’t actually allow customers to pay for products in its first few months.

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JUNE 28, 2022

Similar to the location-based AR games listed above, NBA All-World will have you exploring the real world as you search for sneakers and gear to collect, play 1-on-1 against NBA pros, and participate in a variety of mini-games. For more information check out the official blog post here. Image Credit: Niantic.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Debuted at GDC 2017 and announced via their official blog, Oculus offer a first look at some of the titles coming to Rift and Gear VR in 2017. This includes 6 new game reveals across multiple genres, with 4 optimised for Touch and 2 “must haves” for Gear VR. Platform: Gear VR. Platform: Gear VR.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Carmel is now available as a Developer Preview in the Gallery Apps section for Gear VR. It teaches developers how to get their content running inside a headset, how to utilize the Gear VR’s touchpad on the web, how to navigate HTML5 in VR, and display 360-degree content on a web page. Now, you can get a taste of what it offers.

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MAY 5, 2022

The acquisition was previously reported by The Information in March, however now Google has confirmed in a blog post that it has indeed acquired Raxium, a five-year old startup building microdisplays for use in AR and VR headsets.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

A new update to the Gear VR version of Oculus Home is enabling two brand new features that will allow VR users to connect with one another like never before. According to the official Oculus blog , “Oculus Parties lets you and up to three friends join a voice call from anywhere in VR.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Throughout your journey, you’ll master various tools and weapons and use the world’s many materials to craft additional gear, equipping you for any situation. He is a master at climbing and archery, two skills crucial to survival as you step into his shoes, scaling perilous mountains and taking down mighty machines like the Thunderjaw.

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JUNE 17, 2017

Oculus have announced they will be offering up to 60% price reductions on over 30 titles across the Oculus Store for the Rift and Gear VR from June 16th until July 5th. Detailed on the official Oculus blog , the ‘Summer of Rift’ comprises more than just a sale – there will be special events, game launches and announcements too.

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“These are people I’ve climbed and skied with all of my professional careers, so they’re incredibly good and we moved very fast,” says Griffith in an Oculus blog post. “My You can watch all three episodes of ‘Everest VR: Journey to the Top of the World’ now on Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, and Samsung Gear VR via Oculus TV.

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The VR version of the 1995 classic board game Settlers of Catan first launched on the Oculus Store for Gear VR and Rift in March 2018, with Oculus Go support arriving shortly afterwards when the mobile headset launched back in May 2018. A version for Vive, Rift, and Windows VR came via Steam a few months later. .”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

.” “As Oculus expands the Quest catalogue to include more social VR, we’re bringing our own sociable experience to this game-changing platform,” added Daniel Sefton, vTime Marketing, in a company blog update. For more information on vTime’s growing cross-reality platform visit here. Image Credit: vTime.

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APRIL 20, 2018

With the impending launch of Oculus Go, the company’s first standalone headset, Oculus has shared with developers a handy cheat sheet for bringing Gear VR applications to the Go. If your app displays a visible controller, you should change the model displayed depending on whether you are running on Gear VR or Oculus Go.

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JANUARY 25, 2020

and beyond, the company has confirmed that Samsung Gear VR and Google VR support will end due to the fact the relative companies have moved their interest away from these products. It’s worth noting Gear VR and Google VR will remain supported in Unity 2018 LTS for developers working on existing projects. Affecting Unity 2019.3

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It provides templates that speed up the process of generating blogs, social media posts or product listings. As you might expect, this one is mostly geared toward writing as an element of design rather than creating plain, long-form text. Content At Scale Geared for creating human-like written content for marketing purposes.

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MAY 18, 2018

Oculus developers will now be able to add discrete DLC to their games on Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. ” “DLC support will enable larger application sizes and additional revenue from your application after it has been purchased,” the company writes in an Oculus developer blog post.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Released last week with minimal fanfare, Dragon Front Rising is a new standalone version of High Voltage Software's now-delisted 2016 Rift and Gear VR game, Dragon Front. In a Quest blog interview, Design Director Micah Skaritka said the Rising update took six months to develop.

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JULY 16, 2020

The application not only surfaces the transmission’s various hard-to-see components, it also makes it easy to replicate the experience of the running engine, and visualize how it changes when shifting gears or braking. A version of this article originally appeared on the Unity Blog , published here with permission. .

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MARCH 11, 2018

The experience, which is slated to arrive on Gear VR, Oculus Rift and Daydream VR sometime this spring, takes you to London’s Natural History Museum and puts you right across the table from Attenborough. image courtesy Sky.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

You will find new monsters, gear sets, a new mount, pet, house decor and achievements. Orbus says more information of its first Mini Story Pack will arrive in the coming months, so stay tuned to the studio’s blog for the latest.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

Take in the Google Street View scenery with this custom built Gear VR app. But not for one developer in Scotland who wanted to spice up his daily exercise bike rides by pairing a Gear VR headset with Google Street View imagery data for one unique ride up the length of Britain. Exercise bikes can be boring.

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JUNE 7, 2018

As of today, Virtual Virtual Reality is available on the Rift priced at $20 (also available on Oculus Go , Gear VR , and Daydream for $10). Having played through the entirety of the game on a mobile VR headset, it’s no wonder to me why the time and effort has been put in to bring it to the Oculus Rift. Image courtesy Tender Claws.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Dispatch (2017) , a new episodic story from VR pros Here Be Dragons , launched on Oculus Rift and Gear VR yesterday. ‘Dispatch’ on Gear VR. One of the unique features in Dispatch is its minimalist art style, which leaves a lot of room for the viewer to fill in the gaps with their own imagination.

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MARCH 18, 2017

The interactive experience is currently available to Oculus Rift and the full interactive experience will be available for Gear VR next month. For now Gear VR users will have to settle for a 360 Video experience. link] CatsAndVR.com/blog

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Following previous blogs about the dungeon-crawling Uncharted Rifts mode and the Cosmic Guardian protagonist, the new Asgard's Wrath 2 update comes from Senior Game Producer Mari Kyle. Meta's latest Asgard's Wrath 2 deep dive details key features within your in-game hub. Kyle describes the latter as being like mini-bosses.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s definitely offers a new approach to the stealth genre, with players already comparing it to classic titles such as Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. For more details and information on current and future life updates please visit nDream’s blog page. Image Credit: nDreams.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Announced through an official blog post , Monster Hunter Now is the first AR entry for Capcom's popular series.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Oculus CTO John Carmack has developed a new approach to VR video playback which makes it possible to play 5K 3D 360 video on headsets like Oculus Go and Gear VR. In a new blog post, Carmack breaks down how the player works and offers up a sample for developers interested in using the technique. Image courtesy Oculus.

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AUGUST 18, 2017

As explained in his development blog , Moody wanted to create a game that took advantage of his strengths as an artist, and his interest in cars. I am approaching every part, no matter how mundane, as a hero prop”, says Moody in an art post on the blog.

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JULY 27, 2017

In a blog post entitled “A Very Sad Goodbye,” mentions of financial trouble outline the reasons for the closure. “The company has run into unforeseen financial difficulty and we can’t afford to keep the virtual lights on anymore,” the company states in its blog post.

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JULY 9, 2018

In 2016, ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet tested out this specialized VR system, dubbed Perspectives VR Gear, even before it was made available on Earth. Pesquest’s blog can be found here. Gerst is not the first astronaut to use VR technology aboard the ISS.

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MARCH 13, 2019

Abrash regularly speaks about when he expects these fundamental milestones in technology to occur, but in a new year-long blog series he wants to drill down to exactly how it’ll happen. The company says at this point these sorts of real-time, photorealistic avatars require quite the gear to achieve.

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AUGUST 20, 2017

There will be more VR content on the way later this year for Gear VR and Daydream. CatsAndVR.com/blog. Meet Pennywise and enter the sewers of Derry in this nightmarish VR preview for the upcoming film.

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