Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 17, 2017

Multiplayer first-person shooter Hover Junkers from developer StressLevelZero was a popular launch game for the HTC Vive, built from the ground up for VR and motion controllers, using hovercrafts as moving platforms on which to shoot, an innovative way of traversing large maps while reducing the chances of nausea.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Unfortunately, that doesn’t really translate into a ton of amazing new content this week for Oculus Rift or Gear VR, rather a ton of great content on sale instead — mostly on Steam. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Price: $7.99 (Oculus Rift).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2018

FlyInside FSX , the crowdfunded VR plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) , was built well before first-party VR motion controllers existed, developed back in the DK2-era of 2015 as an ad hoc way of jumping into an already highly-detailed flight sim. It’s still early days for FlyInside.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

So, I opened a chain of retail computer stores in the 90s, I ran a fairly large chain in Oregon with five computer stores and then in 2000 I started working in Silicon Valley doing electronics and engineering… and eventually, I got into doing consumer products. Tilt Five glasses and controller, on the board (Image by Tilt Five).

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. So if I bring up a menu or different tools or you can see how much my trigger is held in on my controller, all the way down to the minute details. I mean, it’s been an amazing process to design The Wild in The Wild. Gabe: [laughs] Exactly!

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager's remote. So if I bring up a menu or different tools or you can see how much my trigger is held in on my controller, all the way down to the minute details. I mean, it's been an amazing process to design The Wild in The Wild. Alan: That's wild! Gabe: [laughs] Exactly!

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