TechCrunch VR

JUNE 14, 2022

Meta announced today that it’s rolling out new tools on Instagram and Quest VR headsets that are designed to give parents additional supervision controls. Meta notes that if you already have supervision set up on Instagram in the United States, these updates are now available. Image Credits: Meta. Image Credits: Meta.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

For those of us in the United States, you can usually just walk into a local Best Buy and demo an Oculus Rift in store — purchasing it right there if you wanted. But up until now, the Oculus Rift hasn’t seen the same retail distribution internationally. Oculus Touch Price Revealed. pic.twitter.com/zg9JTNiCg8.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2020

In June, Oculus announced that it would no longer carry Go. It may not seem like it, but it’s been over two years since Oculus launched the Go. The model was more affordable than just about anything out there but also had more limited memory and controls. Oculus has since made good on its promise. Pico G2 4K Enterprise.

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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. Similar to the Sundance virtual celebration conducted this past January, SXSW Online XR allows you the chance to experience this year’s festivities from the comfort of your home using the power of VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 28, 2020

With leading visual clarity, high quality off-ear headphones, improved tracking, and new controllers, there’s a lot to look forward to. While it was impressive for the time, competitors like Oculus have since launched headsets with four or more tracking cameras which offer a much larger tracking volume. Image courtesy HP.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

When Oculus first revealed its prototype standalone VR headset, code-named Santa Cruz, back in 2016, we all new a response from HTC was inevitable. The hardware is also confirmed to feature a 3DOF motion controller just like the one used for the Google Daydream View. Well thanks to a trademark application in the U.S. Image Credit: HTC.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This 3-degree-of-freedom headset was available in enterprise while Oculus was still chained to super-PCs. The 6DoF Neo series is now the company’s pride and joy, and in the coming months, consumer support is finally coming to the United States with Neo 3 as “the primary device.”. Two Standard Controllers. That’s not all.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2017

Currently available for download on the Oculus Store for the low, low price of $0.00, Mission:ISS is a scientifically accurate space simulation that lets players explore the infamous International Space Station in full virtual reality. Mission: ISS is currently available for download free over at the Oculus Store.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fencer uses the Oculus Quest headset and controllers attached to a fencing sword, and the app walks users through a set of exercises aimed at improving reacting and attention, as well as for training attacking and defensive strategies. It’s apparently targeted toward fencing gyms rather than individual users.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 has everything you need in the box to get playing an awesome selection of VR games. With onboard computing, sensors, and battery all located inside the Oculus Quest 2, the device is decidedly front-heavy. Official Oculus Link Cable | Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Oculus.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

My experience in 2020 In December 2019 I bought myself the VR headset from Oculus Quest. My personal favorites at the moment are the Oculus Quest 2 (about 450 Euros) because it is a console in itself that works without an external PC. Bitcoin gives us control over property. Will this be our reality? Do we want this?

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The latest statement from ByteDance comes a day after our initial report confirming the restructuring of Pico VR efforts, while a company representative simultaneously declined to specify the number of staff being fired in Europe and the United States. Pico 4 has never been sold in the United States.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Being officially banned on all flights in the United States represents the latest nightmare for Samsung caused by the faulty phone. Individuals who own or possess a Samsung Galaxy Note7 device may not transport the device on their person, in carry-on baggage, or in checked baggage on flights to, from, or within the United States.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

3 hours in active use Controllers : Two AA batteries, which last about 80 hours in active use Connectivity : Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, Controllers. Pico 4 Controller (Image by Pico). I was the first one to tease the controllers of Pico 4, and they are exactly how I described them in my dedicated post. Computational power.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2020

Looking at the hardware survey, it is also easy to spot that the headset gaining more market quotas in PC usage has been the Oculus Quest, which now represents more than 7% of the PCVR landscape. Image by Oculus). Oculus For Business may need some improvements. Mark should be proud of it. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. LOCATION-BASED VR. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus.

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VRScout

MARCH 9, 2017

Once users put on the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset depending on the location, they are instantly transported into a realistic work environment that features haptic feedback on the controllers for maximum immersion.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Jumanji: The VR Adventure will immerse you in a fully interactive 3D jungle where you can control your favorite movie characters as they build a team and set out to lift the curse of Jumanji while outwitting evil henchmen and evading dangerous wildlife.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 3, 2017

Following a two-week exclusive debut on PlayStation®VR, Skydance Interactive has now made its award-winning first person shooter Archangel available for purchase across all premium VR platforms, including HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Download for Oculus: [link] Download via Steam: [link] · Download for PSVR: [link].

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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.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Regardless of my own personal confusion towards the bizarre spinning monstrosity, the massively popular toy has taken over the United States seemingly overnight. Developed by Vladimir Storm , Fidget Spinner VR allows users to freely operate their digital hand toy using the HTC Vive or Oculus Touch controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

A part of those festivities, at least in the United States, is to spend the day immediately after Thanksgiving engaging in free-for-all brawls in markets all over the country for Black Friday sales. This, in addition to the recent price-drops from HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, makes this a prime season for buying into VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2022

Some days ago, I have finally finished playing Resident Evil 4 VR on my Oculus Quest 2 , and I thought you may be interested in a review of mine. The porting has been performed by Armature in cooperation with Oculus Studios and it is an exclusive Oculus Quest 2 title. What’s happened to people here?

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Cats and VR

JULY 18, 2017

Set in a post-apocalyptic America during the year 2089, players choose to play the role of Gabby or Gabriel Walker, codename “Guardian,” who has been selected by the United States Free Forces to lead the resistance against the tyrannical corporation HUMNX, a private conglomerate that governs what is left of our ravaged nation.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“Sucks that I’ve poured 6 years into building software for the Oculus Platform,” the Bigscreen CEO wrote , only to lose “>100% for every dollar of revenue.” ” According to the startup, the first wave of deliveries to customers are supposed to begin “starting in Q3 2023” in the United States.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The United States will pull well ahead of the other two regions by 2020. One example of this being Samsung’s latest addition of a USB Type-C connector to their new Gear VR headset , which opens up possibilities for additional peripheral devices like motion controls or positional tracking sensors.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 18, 2023

According to the VRARA and its Global Executive Director Kris Kolo , Meta’s renewed dive into the business world – following the Quest Pro and other delves during the Oculus era – may be rife with issues. Currently, the service is available to enterprise users in supported regions like the United States and the United Kingdom.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. OCULUS CEO STEPS DOWN, WILL LEAD PC DIVISION.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 13, 2017

Virtual reality has the potential to enable so many amazing utopian futures, but it also has the potential to become one of the most intimate surveillance technologies that could create a Big Brother dystopia of political and economic control. Privacy Facilitates Authentic Free Speech. The Intimate Data We’ll Share with VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Original image by Oculus). Oculus kills the Go and opens to content on Quest. In the end, the time of the Oculus Go has come. Devices like Oculus Quest , Pico Neo 2 , and Vive Focus Plus have proven that 6DOF VR is more interesting and has far more retention. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. Magic Leap availability.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America conducted honest to goodness mind-control experiments on its own citizens. You may be an agent in disguise. Project MK Ultra is a conspiracy theorists dream come true.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 1, 2019

Hardware, too, has evolved significantly this part year, with the long-awaited launch of Magic Leap and the release of the Oculus Go , which means that it is now possible to have untethered, six degrees of freedom experiences in a headset costing under $200. In turbulent times, people crave easy answers Click To Tweet.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

It appears Google has made some serious headway on its low-cost, mobile inside out VR controller tracking standard first seen back in April. The pair of controllers are optically tracked, and include a trigger, Daydream button, App button, grip buttons, and a touchpad with click ability. Photo by Road to VR.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 28, 2022

This wasn’t the company’s initial plan, the Rift headset and its controllers retailed for nearly $800 when they launched and it was only after years of price drops that the company was able to scale sales of the device. What’s worth recalling is why Meta pursued the strategy of selling headsets at-cost to begin with.

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