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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. The following VR games and apps are available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 100% free of charge via the Oculus Quest Store, App Lab, and SideQuest: COUCH. Couch is available free on Oculus (Meta) Quest via the App Lab. NEVER BOARD.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2020

When he’s not serving as the head of AR & VR at Shopify, Daniel Beauchamp, better known by his online handle “ Push Matrix “, is pushing the boundaries of Oculus Quest hand tracking technology and sharing his wild experiments with the online community. Image Credit: Danial Beauchamp (Push Matrix).

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ARPost

JUNE 25, 2020

Oculus Quest is a VR headset that helps users enjoy tetherless immersive experiences. It consists of a headset and a pair of hand controllers. Also, for some time now , users have been able to find VR hand tracking games compatible with Oculus Quest. Some of the Best VR Hand Tracking Games for Oculus Quest You Can Play Now.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Best Buy is rolling out Touch controller demos in-store. During Oculus Connect 3, Oculus finally revealed a release date and pricing on the long awaited Touch motion controllers. The games include Touch Tutorial , VR Sports Challenge , Unspoken , The Climb (with added Touch controls) and Medium.

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Road to VR

JULY 22, 2022

on PC VR, including an updated demo for anyone to try. “I am immensely proud of what Compound has become and I invite you to try the demo so see what it’s like!” Nearly four years after its early access debut, indie VR gem COMPOUND has launched version 1.0 The game is expected to come to Quest as well later this year.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. An ILM user in headset dropped TIE Fighters, Imperial Cruisers, and Darth Vader into a Star Wars-themed world, using nothing more than an on-screen GUI controlled with HTC Vive controllers.

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Road to VR

JULY 22, 2020

A newly released update for the Oculus Browser on Quest includes full-finger hand-tracking support for WebXR projects. build of Oculus Browser, which now comes with a hand-tracking API and timewarp layer support, both of which are considered ‘experimental’ at this time. The feature was quietly released in the recent 10.2

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2019

While it’s long been technically possible to play Oculus exclusive games on Vive and other SteamVR headsets thanks to an unofficial mod called ‘Revive’, the actual experience has always been decidedly clunky due to the significant differences between controller inputs.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2018

The next generation of Valve’s knuckle controllers adds a whole new list of new immersive interactions. Valve has begun rolling out the next evolution of their intuitive knuckle controller prototypes to developers which means a whole bunch of exciting upgrades and additions we being to look forward to. Image Credit: Valve, Steam.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

He’s also an avid VR developer working on some of the most unique projects for the Oculus Quest using the headsets’ newly-implemented hand tracking functionality. If you take a look at his Twitter , you’ll find a multitude of demos showcasing the wide range of possibilities afforded by hand tracking.

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

reaction as the original Oculus Rift. Kalinowski was previously the Head of VR Hardware at Oculus for the consumer Oculus Rift, Oculus Touch, Oculus Go, Rift S, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro. Meta's Head of AR Glasses Hardware claims they give the same "Oh my God, wow! I can't believe this!"

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2018

in May 2017, 3DNesVR is finally heading to Steam, with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR headsets. 3DNesVR automatically turns NES games into a sort of ‘pop-out’ 3D version of the 2D game (not included), and lets you play it natively via SteamVR and Oculus runtime. Circus Charlie. Elevator Action.

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VRScout

JULY 14, 2020

Unlike the VR player, those controlling David do so locally using a standard gamepad, allowing them to run and jump throughout the environment like a standard 2D platformer. You can also try out a free 10-minute demo by subscribing to the official newsletter. Image Credit: Wolfgang Tschauko.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Standalone 6DoF VR arrives on the Oculus platform Spring 2019 for $399. Oculus Connect 5 is officially underway in San Jose, California, and the company wasted not time this year as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to unveil the next generation of Oculus VR technology, the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

MARCH 23, 2018

At GDC 2018 this week, Oculus revealed some additional details surrounding their high-end standalone VR headset prototype, Santa Cruz. Among those details, the company plans to replace the current controllers’ trackpads with buttons and sticks, much like the Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2021

So let me show you how you can develop an AR app for Oculus Quest 2 using Oculus Passthrough APIs in Unity. Oculus Passthrough APIs video tutorial. Oculus Passthrough APIs textual tutorial. Do this in the project settings to enable Oculus VR. Create and configure the project. Wait for Unity to do its boring stuff.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

In fact, his main demonstration would use an Oculus Rift, retrofitted with Intel’s RealSense Camera. These were not an approximate version of this man’s mitts created by some sort of VR controller or projected onto a digitally created avatar. During this presentation however, Chopra would not be focusing on Alloy at all.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. The proof is the fact that if you look for passthrough content on SideQuest, you just find a bunch of demos (like Cactus Cowboy and Crazy Kung Fu ), and nothing more. Mild interest of the community.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Navigate the Quest Home interface and first-party Oculus apps with your bare hands. Originally revealed during Oculus Connect 6 this past September, native hand tracking for Oculus Quest headsets is scheduled to begin rolling out this week as part of software update v12. . Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 16, 2017

An Oculus Rift without wires is the best thing ever. Among the slew of updates that came out of Oculus Connect 4, everything from new updates to Rift software and Facebook Spaces upgrades, there were two devices we hoped to get our heads in—the Oculus Go and Oculus Santa Cruz headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

I’m seeing many demos for the Vision Pro or the Quest in mixed reality where the passthrough is just a background for a virtual game, but I think that’s not the best way to exploit this technology. So I had to resort to the only tracking options that Meta offers: hand tracking and controller tracking.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, to show off Facebook’s latest social VR prototype. Going through a number of 360 photos and 360 video as backdrop to demo, the three played cards, chess, and fought with swords.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Sony unveils the new controllers of the PSVR2. One month after the reveal of a “next-gen VR headset for the Playstation” (whose name is not known, but I guess it will be PSVR2), Sony has revealed one important detail of its new VR system: the controllers. The controllers will be given to selected developers very soon.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

Since announcing the ‘Knuckles’ controller prototype all the way back in 2016, Valve has been relatively quiet about its progress outside of a select group of developers who have been experimenting with early development kits. If you haven’t been following closely, let’s recap up to this point.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Oculus Connect 3 day one is in full swing, but everyone’s really looking forward to tomorrow. We’re not sure exactly what Oculus will talk about during the show, but we do know one famous face will be there. – and it sounds like Oculus Connect 3 could be where we next get a good look at like.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A first look at Oculus’ standalone VR headset. One of the biggest announcements that came out of Oculus Connect in October was the unveiling of a $199 standalone VR headset. Dubbed Oculus Go , the upcoming headset is basically an all-in-one mobile computer. Would love to hear about your experience.

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Upload VR

JUNE 28, 2022

I was there when Mark Zuckerberg came in to demo the tech, and it completely changed the way I looked at VR. We built demos, prototypes, and most importantly, ran social science experiments. During the plank demo, the floor opened up to reveal a huge pit, Zuckerberg instantly put his hand on his heart in shock.

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Tech Trends VR

JULY 15, 2019

The software that comes alongside the Oculus is much better than the Index by a long shot Click To Tweet. The software that comes alongside the Oculus is much better than the Index by a long shot, and there are many more AAA games available in the market for the Oculus. The Comfort Factor.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Much like the first Budget Cuts demo, which was released on Steam back in 2016 , I was given a combat-flavored slice of Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, which revealed a few of the new components that promise to open up the game’s environment and somewhat change the nature of its stealth combat/ninja teleporting madness.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2021

This isn’t some 20-minute tech demo; it’s a fully playable Ocarina of Time VR game. Based on videos provided by BrianMp16, the VR mod appears to support 6DoF head-tracking and at least some degree of motion controls. Full-game Ocarina of Time VR is here and publicly available today! from virtualreality.

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MAY 11, 2017

In a keynote today Microsoft is revealing a long-awaited missing piece of its Windows mixed reality platform – motion controllers. According to Microsoft, the controllers would be shown on stage at its keynote but wouldn’t be available for hands-on demos at its Build developer conference this week.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

When hand-tracking first became available, I quickly prototyped experimental support for the feature and released it in a demo on SideQuest as it seemed like hand-tracking could make for a very intuitive way of playing the game. The demo I made did not handle these limitations well.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

This short but ingenious video snippet from eye-tracking specialists Tobii was built to tease a social VR demo they’ve been working on for GDC next week. This, combined with emulated mouth movements alongside head tracking and hand motions via VR controllers, really will elevate the social VR experience.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Expected to be rolled out in phases prior to the theatrical opening on November 17, 2017, the Justice League VR experience will have a four-stage unveiling that culminates with a full blown room-scale experience for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google DayDream and Sony PSVR. Outrace your enemies as Batman. .

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Superhot VR (2016), the ultra-successful slow-mo VR shooter, is coming to the newly announced Oculus Quest. Speaking to Superhot Team here at Oculus Connect 5, we confirmed that Superhot VR is indeed coming to Oculus Quest, the company’s high-end standalone VR headset previously named Santa Cruz.

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