VRScout

JUNE 3, 2021

Sony reveals new VR games and exciting updates during its latest PS VR Showcase event. Today marked yet another PS VR Showcase by Sony, during which the company revealed new games for the PlayStation VR as well as exciting updates on several highly-anticipated titles. Of course, being a ninja, stealth is key.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2017

Here are the latest PlayStation VR games Sony teased at E3. Several truly exciting announcements muddled within a pile of less-than-thrilling reveals have resulted in a bag of mixed reactions by the gaming community. I would be shocked however if the game wasn’t accessible on the Vive at some point in the future. .

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

The Quest 2 is a great gaming machine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. 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.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Now, a little under four years since the big names in hardware released their first generation consumer headsets, we live in a time when a number of VR games have actually approached the best that any gaming platform has to offer. Without further ado, Road to VR’s 2019 Game of the Year Award winners: Asgard’s Wrath.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We first saw the deal for a PSVR bundle + five games for $200 at Target as a part of their Black Friday ‘Door Buster’ sale. The sale will most likely find its way to other big box stores and online stores too in due time, as Sony tends to keep its Black Friday pricing pretty even across the board.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

This is the first day of this sunny season (if you live in my same hemisphere of course), and I hope that you won’t have any Summertime Sadness like Lana Del Rey, but you all will enjoy the sun, have some relax, and forget for a moment all the hard times we are living in. And no, I’m not writing it because I’m the lead developer of the game.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. He has looked at over 5,000 companies in the space and has invested in 35, including the makers of hit VR games like Beat Saber , Rec Room , and Job Simulator. People tend to focus on headsets sales, which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers.

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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). ARK Park is a multiplayer adventure game based on the world of ARK:Survival Evolved (2017).

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Currently major contenders are Meta, Sony, HTC, Valve, Pico, Pimax, and Apple starting next year.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

We’re already expecting at least one big game reveal at Oculus Connect 3 this week, but it looks like another is on the way. Ready At Dawn, the developer behind 2015 PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 , just teased that it will be revealing a new VR game at the developer conference in San Jose.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Darknet is one of the best and most highly-regarded VR puzzle games out right now. According to an official press release, starting March 7th , that list of support platforms is expanding to also include Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR). But nothing on Vive or Google’s Daydream yet.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2016

Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed ‘Scorpio’ to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. It’s also claimed MS are pursuing a partnership with Oculus to supply headsets to go with the new console, said to be released in 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2. This information shows us that Apple is playing a long-term game.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

You can buy headsets at a discounted price, or accessories, or even lots of games on Steam, Viveport, and Oculus Store! This headset would so have a quite big processing power, being able to deliver far better experiences than the Oculus Quest. The visuals would be provided by two 4K OLED microdisplays from Sony.

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MAY 25, 2024

Microsoft is bringing volumetric apps to Quest , Oculus Go owners are reporting errors with launching apps and the Quest v66 public test channel has been datamined. With VR gaming, Walkabout Mini Golf is preparing an Elvis Presley course. With VR gaming, Walkabout Mini Golf is preparing an Elvis Presley course.

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AR Insider

MARCH 1, 2021

Facebook’s Q4 non-advertising revenue — where Oculus revenues are categorized — were $885 million. As noted, the company specified during its earnings call that Oculus sales were a major growth driver. That’s of course a general statement but we can zero in using other signals. That yields $336.96

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2023

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which was considered the biggest acquisition in gaming history. The reason, was unexpectedly, cloud gaming. I hope for this second scenario, of course. Thanks Matias Nassi for the tip!)

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Appearing this week on the stage of Oculus competitor HTC at the Tokyo Game Show , Oculus founder emeritus Palmer Luckey affirmed that he’s continuing to work on projects within the VR industry. ” SEE ALSO Oculus Founder Backs 'Revive'—a Hack for Vive to Play Rift-exclusive Games—With $2K in Monthly Funding. .

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

Microsoft has enabled a long promised feature for their games console the Xbox One, the ability to stream games into a VR environment via a headset attached to a PC. As such it should be clear this functionality is only available for Oculus Rift and (of course) Xbox One owners. This feature was enabled yesterday.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Of course, this is still a research project, so, for instance, it works only with green light (I mean, there is also a prototype with all three RGB colors, but it is bigger and only sits on a desk), and there is no hardware on the glasses (no SOC, no tracking cameras, etc…). Oculus Quest v18 adds colored Guardian and voice commands.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

It’s been about nine months since the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive officially launched the age of consumer-ready virtual reality and there’s no denying we’ve had some great times immersed in our personal holodecks. A game that will make people on the sidelines take notice, and decide that now is the time to join the VR revolution.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. I’m a man, so of course, I don’t cry, but “a friend of mine” had his eyes become very wet while watching it. Oculus Quest is sold out, and Coronavirus may make the situation even worse. All-In-One VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

With great pleasure, I announce to you that we have updated our game HitMotion: Reloaded (the first mixed reality fitness game ) on Viveport, and now we have far better bonuses management, apart from having fixed lots of bugs. Bigger than the usual indie VR team, but pretty little for an AAA game. Hello everyone!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 14, 2021

I’m very tired because yesterday I was ironing out bugs on HitMotion: Reloaded together with the game designer Max until 3.40 According to the report, analyzing the orders made to the lens manufacturer, the two new headsets by Sony and Facebook should be released in 2022. Oculus Quest increments its tracking area to 15m x 15m.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2021

Let’s dive in… Genvid Raises $113M to Build Out Massive Interactive Live Games , Taps Ex-Netflix Content Exec Cindy Holland as Adviser. The new new game studio pulled in an astonishing $113M Series C to produce what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs. Resolution Games Closes $25M Investment.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2021

I had the great pleasure to interview SVP of VR at Sony Pictures Jake Zim on his experience with developing, producing, and launching VR games inspired by Sony Pictures’ movies Spider-Man , Jumanji , Groundhog Day , and most recently, Zombieland. Here at Sony Pictures, we publish VR games and experiences across all platforms.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Of course, I hope to be wrong. Sony is finally accepting preorders for the PSVR 2 headset. People who expressed interest ahead of time via Sony’s official website received emails with pre-order windows, and many have already placed their pre-orders. As usual, take this rumor with a grain of salt. PSVR 2 preorders are now open.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

“A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind”…literally. Back in October, Sony announced Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle , the long-awaited sequel to the 1995 Robin Williams classic—only this time staring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2018

With mostly prior confirmed PSVR titles presenting at E3 2018 , we expected Sony to dedicate a few moments during its E3 2018 keynote to highlight the platform’s upcoming VR games, of course with the understanding that high-profile PS4 titles would mostly overshadow VR titles. Image courtesy Squanch Games.

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AR Insider

MAY 11, 2020

That includes quarantine-friendly fare like Zoom and casual games. Some of that evidence isn’t pandemic-specific but can be seen as accelerating existing trends, such as Oculus Quest growth and Half-Life: Alyx usage spikes. — The game made the list of the top Steam releases for the month of March: rare for a VR title.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2021

Of course, our entertainment won’t be limited to linear media experiences like videos. Do you like Game of Thrones ? Ask famous athletes and coaches for their opinion on this weekend’s big game. However, since the advent of mobile video and gaming, that trend has reversed, and quickly. Do you prefer sports? XR for Media.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Sony’s positiontally-tracked wands bring your hands into VR with relative accuracy, but they pale in comparison to the HTC Vive’s wands or Oculus Touch controllers. That makes movement in the few first-person games that do use two controllers stiff and awkward, as seen in titles like Loading Human [ Review: 4/10 ].

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony reveals the design of the PSVR 2. Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. And is also clear that he’s hinting at the fact that they are going in that direction, in building a battery-powered device to play VR games.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2019

While E3 2019 may officially be in the books, it appears as though Sony is only just getting started. There isn’t enough time to properly convey to you my love for this game. Originally released on SteamVR and Oculus this past April, Vacation Simulator arrives on PlayStation VR tomorrow ( June 18th ). LUNA from Funomena.

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