The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. 6 DOF Controllers for Vive Focus.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It was a hard decision, but you’ve decided to go with the HTC Vive as your first ‘serious’ VR headset, a room-scale device that released early 2016 as a result of a decisive collaboration with Valve. Here we take a look at our top 5 games for Vive, and a little more information you might need to get you started.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

While it’s exciting to start seeing 6DOF standalone VR headsets like the Vive Focus and Mirage Solo, both unfortunately include a 3DOF controller which in many cases functions as an immersion barrier compared to a fully 6DOF VR system. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

With middling smartphone sales and a loss of a major portion of its smartphone IP and engineering team to Google last year, HTC appears to be full steam ahead with VR headsets as of late. SEE ALSO HTC Announces 6DOF Controller Tracking Dev Kit for Vive Focus.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are. Google opened up its treasure trove of 360 Street View captures to developers late last year, although there was a proviso for developing apps and games with the data: it had to be free.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Some VR Gaming Market Trends Which Determine Its Consistent Growth.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

(Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2017

HTC may have more than one new headset in sight than we initially thought when it registered the name ‘Vive Focus’ in the EU and US. It came to light via the Dutch publication Lets Go Digital that HTC has also applied for a trademark for the name ‘Vive Eclipse’ in New Zealand.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Announced today at Google I/O 2016, VR team lead Clay Bavor revealed on stage that the company will be partnering with manufacturers to build Google-approved VR headsets based on an internally generated reference design. To boot, Google is also providing their new VR ecosystem with a handy Wiimote-style motion controller.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Today Google has launched an update to Google Earth VR which brings the company’s huge library of street-level imagery into the application which lets users immersively explore the entire globe. The post Google’s Massive Street View Library Now Available in ‘Google Earth VR’ appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

I’m trying to do my best… I hope you’ll appreciate that Before leaving you to the news… I’m hosting a giveaway of Gang V keys… it is a cool VR battle royal game with strong GTA V vibes that has just been released in Early Access on Steam ! This game will attract many fans of the saga to the Quest, increasing its sales even more.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the wake of Apple Vision Pro's announcement earlier this year, ByteDance-owned Pico appears to be switching its focus from controllers to hand tracking. We will encourage developers to use [hand tracking] wherever possible," ByteDance Games Operations Manager Wenyue (Vayne) Lv wrote to UploadVR over email.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2016

During a press event on Tuesday, Google finally revealed their Daydream View VR headset, a lightweight VR headset that will be compatible with Daydream Ready phones. The Daydream View headset was announced along with Google’s new Pixel phone in San Francisco, which is the first phone to be Daydream Ready.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2019

I entered the building with my Chinese assistant Miss S… and I have to say that that place is very beautiful … all white, with an enormous white hall (shared with Google!) Me under the Vive logo in the big hall of HTC headquarters in Taipei. Actual photo of the Cosmos with its controllers (Image by Upload VR).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Unity sign-up page confirmed two of the best-selling VR games are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. Google-owned Owlchemy Labs is the studio behind both games, which are currently available on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, and even Pico headsets. The controllers are a barrier.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Back at CES we met a small creative studio with some big technical plans for the HTC Vive’s upcoming Tracker peripheral. The team’s name was Master of Shapes , and they were one of the groups that HTC had gathered to showcase some of the many applications for the new device. It’s been done.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Full Dive Gaming

DECEMBER 27, 2022

VR Podcast: Quest Pro controllers on Quest 2, VR Torture, Iron Man VR, and SO MUCH MORE!!! FULL QUEST PRO CONTROLLER VIDEO: [link] 0:00 VR Podcast Intro 0:58 Meta Layoffs Affect VR??? 16:03 Games to get you BACK IN YOUR QUEST 19:51 VR Military Uses?? 3:34 Guilty Pleasures VR? 7:39 Flatscreen to VR Mods? 23:00 VR News.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2017

Google have announced a new ‘Artist in Residence’ program which will see over 60 artists introduced to the emergent artistic platform of virtual reality via the company’s own Tilt Brush application. As anyone who’s tried it knows, Google’s Tilt Brush is a delight.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. The headset also launched alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain , the first native VR game based on one of Sony’s major first-party IPs.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2017

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an undeniably fun VR party game that you can play together with a big group with only one VR headset. Now the game has added much requested support for both Vive and Rift’s VR controllers. And now an update to the game has added support for both Oculus Touch and Vive controllers.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook’s VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform gap between these two major tech competitors. But, a new glimmer of hope has emerged.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2017

It’s easy to get lost in VR, and that’s what BBC is hoping with their new VR game. Doctor Who fans can now step inside a VR version of the show’s title sequence in this new game. The game is a VR reboot of the Time Vortex 360 mobile game released earlier this year. To play, you can visit bbc.in/TimeVortexVR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Developed by makemepulse in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture and Château de Versailles, VersaillesVR – The Palace Is Yours , a free app available now on SteamVR-compatible headsets that allows you to tour a hyper-realistic recreation of France’s famous Palace of Versailles in VR. Image Credit: Google Arts & Culture.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Wands (2017) , the first-person magic-dueling game, is available today for HTC Vive via Viveport. The game will also be available through Viveport subscription , HTC’s monthly games’ subscription service. Wands features fast-paced 1v1 magic duels across a number of battle arenas.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

When we originally reviewed The Assembly , it felt like a game that was too little too late. This week, that may be finally changing when nDream’s narrative adventure finally gets motion controller support.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced ‘Daydream’ promises to raise the bar for virtual reality on Android compared to Cardboard. In the video (above) we get the first glimpse of the Daydream ‘home’ space where users will be able to launch games and apps.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

When Google Daydream was first revealed, one of the games we saw on-screen during the interface demonstration was something called Gunjack Next. The game will also include daily generated missions, ensuring endless deployability.” “In Gunjack 2 , we’re pushing the limits of what a mobile VR game can be.”

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Upload VR

JANUARY 8, 2024

There's no mention of gaming, PlayStation 5 or the PlayStation VR2 brand in connection with the upcoming device, which is slated to release in 2024. The new Sony headset also uses new controllers – one for pointing and another worn as a ring – intended to allow "users to intuitively manipulate objects in virtual space."

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For some developers, porting an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive game to PlayStation VR is easier said than done. Sports Bar VR and Job Simulator both came from Vive to PS VR with a good degree of success, while games like The Brookhaven Experiment have only made small compromises to make it onto the platform. Tilt Brush, from Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. It will launch with a two week discount to $19.99

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

One day the world will know how many VR headsets exist in the world like we do iPhones, game consoles, and move tickets. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz , HTC’s GM of Vive, Dan O’Brien, said as much: “We actually met our targets, what we thought we would sell in terms of volumes. Do you own an HTC Vive?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Today at Google’s press event announcing the Pixel phone and Daydream View headset, the company detailed VR content on the way to the Daydream Android VR platform. Along with Daydream VR apps and experiences we’ve seen previously, Google today announced a group of exciting content on the way to the platform.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2019

Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger recently tweeted what appears to be an unreleased VR headset and motion controllers using SteamVR 2.0 Many key parts of the image have been blurred out, including most of the headset and all of the motion controllers. Image courtesy Google Webcache. tracking basestations. Bla, bla, bla.”

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