Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2019

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. Beat Saber is available on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows VR headsets (early access), and on PSVR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2018

At GDC this year, I had a chance to step into Beat Saber, an upcoming rhythm game from Czech Republic-based indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism that tasks you with slicing flying cubes with lightsabers to electronic dance music. If that sounds cool to you, then you’re in luck.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As always, I will share with you the integral video of the interview, with the full transcription below, so you can listen to it in the way that you prefer. Sorry if the video is a bit shacky, but I had to hold the phone with my hand… in the end, it hurted! How is Virtual Reality in Czech Republic? (

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. Based in Prague, the Czech Republic, the group brings to SIGGRAPH 2017 their new Digital Playgroundz augmented reality platform for large-scale applications.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The details of the deal are undisclosed, but Facebook guarantees that the studio will continue working as an independent studio based in Prague (Czech Republic), and that Beat Saber will continue being distributed and updated on all platforms it is currently available on. Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Someone is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift. Indie developer Thaytan is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift. Other relevant news.

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