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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

(Thanks Ivan Aguilar for the tip) More info Quest has now better input capabilities With the new runtime, Quest 3 gains a “multimodal” user interface, which means that the user can use in the same app (that supports it) both the controllers and the hands in a seamless way.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Meta Quest 2 (formerly the Oculus Quest 2) is absolutely crushing it this holiday season. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. Moss is available for $23.99.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Over the course of his adventure, Shang-Chi comes in the contact with the Ten Rings, a set of mysterious bracelets that grant its wielder control of various elemental forces. The Ten Rings Just Got Better – Blade & Sorcery from oculus. on Oculus Rift and SteamVR headsets. Blade & Sorcery is available for $19.99

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JULY 15, 2017

Announced at Disney fan expo D23 today, Oculus are teaming up with Marvel to bring a new Rift exclusive title which lets you play as one of “more than a dozen” characters from their comic book universe, with a little help from the Oculus Touch controllers.

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MAY 19, 2021

You have written a book on the topic “Inclusive Design for a Digital World” What can people find inside it? The book is meant for those who are new to accessibility and looking to learn more about it. Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. The first step is to educate yourself.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Not to be confused with The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners —a VR game released in early 2020 by Skydance Interactive and based on the comic book universe—the upcoming Walking Dead Onslaught was originally due to launch in late 2019 but was delayed into 2020.

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JUNE 11, 2017

First released by Playful Corp as an Oculus Rift launch title back at the headset’s initial release in March 2016, the second installment of the Lucky’s Tale IP is exclusively coming to Xbox One X, Xbox One and Windows 10 PC as a retail and digital title. As a classic 3D platformer, the game makes use of the XBox One controller.

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MAY 8, 2021

Similar to existing VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, the Pro 3e allows you to adjust the lenses to fit your personal IPD measurements. There are volume and brightness controls built into both arms of the frames as well as two diopter adjustment knobs located at the top of the glasses that you can access by pulling back the covers.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Indie studio Played With Fire announced a new action-adventure game this week called Mixture, which lets you control two characters at once, or what the Poland-based indie calls “self-co-op.” There’s no release date on the books yet, however the studio says we can expect to see it on Quest 2 and PSVR 2. omiej Szyd?o.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

The Oculus Quest completely changed the game when it comes to VR headsets. “ While Oculus isn’t exactly under the radar, I don’t believe the average person truly understands what the real appeal of the Oculus Quest is , “ Software Portal CEO, Jason David, told ARPost. “ Oculus Quest.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Lorraine Underwood, author of the book Save the World with Code and one of the hosts of the YouTube series Element 14 Presents , points out how during a video call with multiple people you sometimes can’t tell who is looking at who. Maybe I should read Underwood’s book. Step 2 – Set Up the Webserver.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

This week marked the launch of Warhammer 40,000’s first original VR game, Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2. What began as a tabletop wargame has over the past several decades expanded into a massive fictional universe composed of numerous graphic novels, comic books, and video games.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (11/26/16).

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APRIL 17, 2021

Will you follow the history books or alter the past in hopes of creating a brighter future? Or are there bigger forces at play beyond your control? Wanderer is due for release Q3 2021 on PlayStation®VR, Oculus, and SteamVR headsets. It won’t be easy, however, as every move you make in the past will have a dramatic impact.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Developed by Pillow’s Willow VR Studios in partnership with PSV and Sportscloud, Active Esports Eindhoven immerses players in the world of Exodus Burn, a combination VR escape room and digital obstacle course in which your body becomes the controller as you race against the clock to perform a variety of unique 1-minute challenges.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Steam vs The Oculus Rift Store Valve worked closely with Oculus in the early stages of research and development of the Rift throughout 2013, after Gabe Newell officially endorsed Palmer Luckey 's Kickstarter campaign in 2012. Together, they beat Oculus to market with tracked controllers.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Rez Infinite, which remains one of the best games on the PlayStation VR (PSVR) 10 months after launch, is now available on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. On PC, the game has better texture quality than its console counterpart and new control options. Don’t have a PC or console headset?

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APRIL 27, 2020

Oculus had first featured the title when showing off Oculus Rift DK2 back in 2014, bringing a special made-for-VR demo of the game to trade shows that, at the time, was looked to be one of the first ‘AAA’ VR games. SEE ALSO 'Lies Beneath' Review – A Nightmarish Shooter Oozing with Comic Book Style.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

In May 2017, when Oculus shuttered Story Studio—the premium narrative VR house behind Emmy-winners Henry and Dear Angelica —many mourned the presumed loss of Wolves in the Walls , an adaptation of a children’s book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. “This is something that we love about good immersive theater pieces. .”

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MAY 24, 2023

It’s partially funded by Meta, but founders got in with Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov long before Facebook bought the company (and subsequently changed the name of both companies to “Meta”). The company is looking at the emerging AR glasses hardware market, but still needs controllers for the time being.

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APRIL 12, 2021

The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in a blank environment—and Oculus accepted it. See his books here. More from AR Insider….

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APRIL 7, 2018

Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she’s been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more engaged, more present, and more alive. The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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APRIL 8, 2020

While doing demos, people new to VR technology would repeatedly put both controllers into one hand to reach out and try to touch digital artefacts. Hand tracking is not really meant to necessarily replace controllers,” said Laverde. There are still use cases where a controller is better and vice versa.”.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Available now on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and Valve Index, Ravenclaw Common Room VR is a fan-made demo experience set within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter that allows users to navigate the confines of the Ravenclaw Common Room and experiment with a variety of spells and objects. .

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

This week, Oculus goes under the microscope along with other Facebook properties. There’s some grumbling about the closed Oculus VR ecosystem as well , entirely undeserved at the moment since FB is doing more to develop the VR medium, in a safe responsible way, than anyone. See his books here. See the full roundup below.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Oculus quietly released Quill Theater on Quest last month as a way to bring immersive art and animations made in VR to more of its VR userbase. The tool allows artists to work in 3D but with the intuitive control of spatial input, creating a powerful combination of the ‘hand-drawn’ feel with the efficiency of computer graphics.

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JULY 22, 2022

launch update brings three “comic-book style story endings,” an overpowered minigun for those who complete the game, 21 achievements, and heaps of polish details and fixes.

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JULY 22, 2021

Haggai Goldfarb Consulting for “ Project Origami: The Magic of Flight ,” a panoramic video experience coming to the Oculus browser. GRX Immersive Labs for “ POV: Points of View ,” an immersive Sci-Fi thriller that cautions viewers that “control begins where privacy ends.”. The Book of Distance. Facebook for the Oculus Quest 2.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The headset comes with a controller and launches in November for $79. View also comes with a motion controller that’s closer in function to Nintendo’s Wii remote than it is an Oculus Touch or HTC Vive controller. When you’re not using the headset, the controller tucks inside where the phone usually goes.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We sat down with Polyarc to discuss bringing the Moss franchise to PlayStation VR2 at launch and how the games take advantage of the system’s unique features, such as headset rumble and the PSVR 2 Sense controllers. A few months later, the game came to PC VR and then it was available at launch for the original Oculus Quest in 2019.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Last week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) is officially in the books. Many of the games we saw are several weeks or months away from release, so in the mean time, we’ve got our standard pool of new weekly Oculus Rift and Gear VR releases to sift through instead. New Oculus Home Releases. Price: $9.99 (Rift).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

It’s a healthy week of new releases across both Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear, with a combination of free and premium experiences you shouldn’t pass up. It goes beyond gaming with new comic books, travel experiences and, of course, more horror. This might be the most ambitious stab at the VR comic book yet.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Gnomes & Goblins Details: Available On: Oculus PC , SteamVR , Viveport. There may be a table full of 50 books, but only one of the books can be interacted with. For one, the game always shows a silhouette of your VR controllers instead of hands or something more thematically appropriate like a wand. Developer: Wevr.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The Oculus Rift doesn’t have much going for it this week, and it’s more than likely because we’re now just three weeks away from the launch of Oculus Touch, and there’s going to be a content blowout when it does hit. Peronio Pop-Up Book, from Ovni Studios. Can you hear that? Price: $12.99 (Rift).

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Happy day for Rez (2001) fans—with no prior announcement, the modern remake, Rez Infinite (2016) , launches today on PC with optional support for both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Rez Infinite supports gamepads, Vive controllers, Oculus Touch and the Oculus Remote.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The original Goblin, incidentally, launched a year before Oculus launched their first stand-alone headset. Further, the strap adjustments are explained well in the accompanying book and were pretty easy to figure out. When I’m in VR, how I think about controls changes based on the experience. The Pico G2 Series.

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MAY 30, 2016

Vedavi, a medical animation studio working closely with the University of Zurich, wants students to drop the heavy books and plastic models and pick up a pair of Oculus Touch controllers later this year with their highly detailed anatomy software, VR Human Anatomy.

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