Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2021

” The app is available on Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift as a subscription service ($5 monthly, $15 annually), but also a one-time $30 purchase on those platforms as well as PSVR. Reeves tells TechCrunch that the COVID-19 pandemic has helped consumers “dial into the importance of mindfulness and mental health awareness.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2018

The cabinet was created in partnership with SKonec Entertainment , a Seoul-based company that recently opened a VR multiplex called VR SQUARE. The developers say in a recent tweet that the arcade machine’s public debut will begin this September at KVRF in Seoul, and the GTI Expo in Guangzhou, China. Image courtesy MK News.

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2021

It accompanies their investigative piece called “ Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State ,” a multimedia report detailing ethnic and religious persecution in China. The internment camps in China have been a well-kept secret for quite some time now. In 2014, Zero Point was released as the first 360-degree movie made for the Oculus Rift.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Explore a whimsical recreation of the infamous Austin-based festival on your Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or SteamVR headset. Designed by social XR developer VRrOOm, this colorful virtual world does a commendable job at offering attendees an entertaining alternative to the usual in-person celebration. North American Premiere).”

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

North America continues to have the largest share of the VR market, but the Asia-Pacific market will expand the most, with India, China, Japan, and South Korea experiencing the highest demand for mounted gaming device screens. If you’re wondering what the Oculus Rift is, it’s a solid step into VR gaming and its immersive nature.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2020

The organization that produces E3, the Entertainment Software Association, says it’s exploring options for an “online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020.” COVID-19 has now spread to 114 countries and territories, with China, Italy, Iran, and Korea seeing the greatest number of cases so far.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. Me and Dabo of Langzou VR, discussing about his company and the educational system in China.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

If the Paradise was in China, its name would be Qingdao. Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. After his ML experience, Chi Xu has flown to China, where he has founded his AR company.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Roy Taylor , Corporate Vice President of Media & Entertainment at AMD Studios. Jerry Zucker , Director/Writer/Producer.

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Slashgear

AUGUST 18, 2016

Dedicated and sophisticated equipment like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are not something you'll buy on a whim. As the Finnish company launches the product in China, it has also revealed the new price … Continue reading. And neither is Nokia's professional VR camera, the OZO.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Virtuix has been around for just about as long as Oculus itself, with a 2013 Kickstarter for its landmark VR treadmill Virtuix Omni bringing in over $1 million from backers. All of this is done by moving your feet on a low-friction parabolic surface that requires special low-friction shoes. SEE ALSO Kat VR Secures $1.6M

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

The PSVR tethered headset remains the market leader, and will not go quietly into the night when challenged by the Oculus Quest 2. Just four months ago, in October, 2020, Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan told The Washington Post “At some point in the future VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2021

Pico Neo 3 launched in China. The Pico Neo 3 is coming to China with interesting titles in the Pico Store like SuperHot, Synth Riders, Red Matter, and more! There is a strong push also on the Pico Store, with the addition of important titles like SuperHot, that can make the users entertained for some hours. Image by Pico).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 13, 2017

With 688 million Internet users in China alone, BAT already have a massive audience for VR content consumption. China’s fast growing VR market is expected to reach 55 billion yuan in value by 2020, up from 1.5 China seems to be a promising market for VR video content.

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Cats and VR

MAY 28, 2016

Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment. The limited edition Galaxy S7 edge Injustice Edition will be available in early June exclusively in select territories, including China, Singapore, Korea, Latin America, Russia and others to be announced soon. We are excited to partner with Warner Bros.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2016

A new GearVR release brought to you by Mirage Entertainment, Heroes of the Seven Seas brings an RPG / FPS experience to VR with full character voice acting, real time pirate ship combat and arcade style gun duels all in one. Wang: Two years ago, I tried the Oculus Rift DK2 for the first time. on the Oculus Store.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. I also expect it to be consumer-oriented in China. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

More info (Pico teasing a launch in China) More info (Pico announcing the launch of the new device in the West). Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). VR in China is growing, but still is behind the West. IDC has released some interesting statistics about VR in China. The WTF of the week comes from China.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More info (HTC teasing Vive Flow) More info (More teaser images of Vive Flow) More info (Launch event invitation / Western World) More info (Launch event invitation / China). The new Oculus device was by the way another piece of hardware that was by chance “leaked” in a timely way so that to excite everyone for Facebook Connect 2.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

He stresses that he wants his metaverse not to be like these ones… but I also have to remember you that currently, Oculus is the most closed VR platform. Oculus Quest 2 goes 128GB and MR. The Oculus Quest 2’s update pace is always impressive: every month we have new features to play with. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2018

There I’ve been received by Sam , a very smart man that has worked in the VR field for 20 years and that has spent various years of his life in the Silicon Valley, so he has been in the two most technologically advanced places in the world: China and US.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

While VR headsets such as the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are capable of delivering IMAX-like visuals in terms of scale and immersion, the StarVR headset’s significantly wider field of view (210 degrees vs 100 degrees) and higher resolution (5120×1440 vs 2160×1200) is certainly more worthy of being associated with the IMAX brand.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This has been the week of the OC6, but, believe it or not, I have been able to find some other interesting news that don’t regard Oculus. Image by Oculus). Oculus bets on Oculus Quest at OC6. Well, the top news of the week is, of course, the Oculus Connect 6. Do you want to read them? Top news of the week.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Society Awards Chair Buzz Hays spoke about the decision stating, “With the HTC VIVE, Cher Wang and her team have created a groundbreaking room-scale VR platform that has enabled the production of a dazzling number of immersive VR experiences which have pushed the boundaries of entertainment.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

This ‘new generation’ KUKA Coaster was revealed at the end of 2015, but KUKA has been active in the entertainment sector for well over a decade; their ‘robocoaster’ arms have been in service at Legoland parks since 2003. The first entertainment installation is also expected at the end of the year in Dubai. image courtesy Holovis.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

He said that Apple is going to “ make VR into something everybody wants before it’s something that everybody can afford ”, like the original Oculus The trademark XROS has been registered by a shell company owned by Apple. Meta may ask Magic Leap for support in the production of its own glasses so that to reduce its reliance on China IP.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. An Oculus Rift headset has been modified and certified for use in space by French space agency CNES. ZENIMAX TRIES TO SHUT DOWN OCULUS. Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 13, 2019

This has allowed the app to become more than just a screen-sharing social app, evolving it into an entertainment portal in its own right. And for all those fans who can’t head over to China to watch, they don’t need to thanks to Bigscreen Beta.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

And as China’s growing production of affordable premium mobile headsets picks up steam, standalone devices and VR-compatible phones will continue to increase accessibility of higher-end tech. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In the VR space we had little news apart from the Facebook Connect, so this roundup will be very short… but we had enough news with the Connect that they were enough to keep us entertained for the whole week . Oculus and HTC), there were some cases when this sensor could actually prove to be very useful for some experiments.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2018

Set to become available across the US, China, France, Korea and the rest of the international markets, Speed Kills VR provides over an hour of replayable cinematic VR content. Google Play - [link] Apple App Store - [link] Oculus - [link]

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Oculus fixes two of the greatest issues of Oculus Link.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

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 : PSVR, Oculus, Steam (Spring 2018). Platform : Oculus, Steam (Early 2018). Platform : Oculus (February 28, 2018). Platform : Oculus (2018).

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Peter Graham

MARCH 18, 2020

Later today Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) will be lifting the lid on its next-generation console , the PlayStation 5 (PS5). Virtual reality (VR) hardware is on hand with the museum owning an Oculus Rift – a Nintendo Virtual Boy is also part of the collection. Image credit: Let’s Go Digital.

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