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‘Beat Saber’ Sells Over One Million Copies

Road to VR

Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind Beat Saber (2018), announced they’ve sold over one million copies of their popular block-slashing rhythm game—a figure calculated across all supported VR platforms. “What happened, nobody could have ever predicted.

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Pre-orders for TPCast Wireless VR Add-on Now Available in Europe

Road to VR

TPCast, the wireless streaming device that lets HTC Vive owners play VR games cable-free, is now available for pre-order in most of continental Europe starting at €349 (or the regional equivalent).

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2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

Road to VR

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. It’s also thanks to sales data generously shared with the author from various VR game studios that we’re able to create a reliable analysis of where VR is now, and how far it’s come.

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Where to Try Vive, PSVR, Rift, Touch, Gear VR, and Daydream for Free

Road to VR

In the US, stores like Microsoft, Gamestop, and Micro Center host Vive setups offering public demos, while you can find the system in Europe in locations like Currys PC World, GAME, and Scan Computers. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Review: A Mesmerising VR Experience, if You Have the Space. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift Review: Prologue to a New Reality.

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Interview with VRgineers: we want to push XR forward, but we’re not manufacturing a consumer XTAL

The Ghost Howls

The distortion… it is good that it’s not a hardware issue, but it’s a software one and we are able to update it on the fly… so, basically, whoever buys a headset right now and still see the distortions, can expect that it will be fixed soon because it’s a software thing.

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From Giant Spiders to Ancient Legends, DIVR’s Arcade Offers Polar Opposite Experiences

Peter Graham

The virtual reality (VR) industry is still very much a community which wants to see everyone succeed, whether that’s an indie developer or hardware manufacturer. Earlier in October VRFocus took a trip over to Prague in the Czech Republic to see VRgineers and its XTAL headset.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.02): Facebook acquires Beat Games, Valve gets the Index sold-out and is maybe working on Left4Dead VR, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This week has been pretty epic for me because us of NTW have finally launched our passthrough-MR game HitMotion:Reloaded , and it has even been featured on VR Scout !! Image by Beat Games). Facebook acquires Beat Games. Facebook acquires Beat Games. Let’s see all of this in detail…. Top news of the week.

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