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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. See Also: The Best Virtual Reality Racing Games.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

They weren’t actually the first to market (here’s lookin’ at you, Pico Goblin ) but they definitely do the best job. As we’ll see in the next section, HTC’s VIVE line focuses on models that require a computer. HTC’s VIVE is lining itself up as the Cadillac of VR headsets. HTC Vive PRO. Oculus Quest.

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JUNE 6, 2016

Sony have confirmed 10 PlayStation VR titles to be playable on the show floor at E3 this year including the return of some old favourite franchises, Psychonauts and Rez. To that end, Sony have announced 10 of the titles that you can expect to be playable at their booth. Find more details on that over here.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Earlier this month Sony launched its PlayStation VR headset into the wild, sporting a large launch lineup of games from the pulse-pounding competitive shooter, Rigs , to the white-knuckle racer, Driveclub VR , and an excellent assortment of smaller games such as Thumper , Bound , and SUPERHYPERCUBE. h/t: Daniel Ahmad and GameSpot.

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VRScout

JUNE 16, 2016

Rogue Initiative isn’t pulling any punches with distribution either, listing a slew of possible partnerships with platforms and outlets including Sony PlayStation, Oculus, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Netflix, Hulu, feature film, network and cable television. Rogue Initiative VR mobile fortress concept artwork.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Elite: Dangerous is one of the biggest, most expansive games to support the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive thus far, and it seems like a perfect fit for Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) too. The issue is that the PS4 with which PSVR runs simply isn’t as powerful as the PCs that run both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. HTC Vive at GameStop. She then replied, “No dear, we’ll definitely have more. So what’s next? Well, it’s time to start talking about VR and Holidays. I was wrong.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

HTC is betting big on VR arcades in China. I think,” said HTC’s Viveport President, Rikard Steiber. IMAX is making clear it is providing a premium experience partnering with the HTC Vive for a series of room-scale pods complemented by Subpac haptic vests and a D-Box motion chair. Photo provided by IMAX.

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OCTOBER 9, 2016

Sony is making VR for the masses. PS VR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. Sony previously confirmed that the PS VR “play area” comes up just short of a full 10 feet.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 26, 2017

With no mention of next generation headsets from any of the major players at CES 2017, I put the question to HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin. ” SEE ALSO Apple AR/VR Product to Debut in 2017, Predicts Sony's Head of Worldwide Studios.

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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. PlayStation VR is a very capable headset, but it does have one glaring weakness: the PlayStation Move controllers.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While technologies like foveated rendering are set to change this in the near future, giving a more ‘correct’ photon-to-eyeball experience, current gen headsets like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PSVR are staying on the safe side.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

Then, PSVR Without Parole has reported that Sony has learned from the errors of the PSVR 1, and so it has made the cable of the PSVR 2 detachable. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. HTC has just announced its new phone, the Desire 22 Pro, and defined it as a “metaverse phone”. We are still waiting for in-device tools, though.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Somnium Space included various hardware considerations to power an MR headset that competes with major industry players like Meta, PICO, and HTC VIVE. HTC VIVE Announce Major Meta Quest Competitor. HTC is marketing its new product as a convertible and compact “all-in-one XR headset.”

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MARCH 26, 2017

Sony revealed a handful of new PSVR titles this week, all of which look pretty promising. You definitely shouldn’t miss our hands-on with Downward Spiral , though, this is a surprisingly compelling adventure. Tagged with: fallout 4 , Ghostbusters VR Now Hiring , htc vive , oculus rift , PlayStation VR , Rock Band VR.

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JUNE 19, 2017

While this was definitely a good show for gamers of all types, it’s hard to argue that it was actually overall better than last year’s show. I was skeptical during the Sony press conference when the trailer played showing the game running on PSVR, but after trying it for myself I’m optimistic about the execution.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Meanwhile, Sony, Oculus , and HTC continue to dominate the VR hardware marketplace, with an 86% combined market share. VR adoption in the consumer segment is highly dependent on price, and Oculus’ strategy of lowering prices has definitely helped drive adoption,” said Canalys Research Analyst Vincent Thielke.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Interestingly, Fallout 4 VR is currently only slated for the HTC Vive. In the announcement trailer from Sony’s E3 2017 press conference (embedded above) you can clearly see what looks like smooth movement around the environment, but in my demo it was teleportation movement only using the PS Move controllers.

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MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sony has been awfully busy so far in 2016. I played Shadows of Mordor and The Last of Us Remastered a bit on the new PS4 Pro that Sony sent me for review because I’m as excited about 4K gaming as the next guy, but that’s not what the bulk of my assessment was focused on. For starters, it features an HDMI 2.0 Console Setup.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Later this month we’ll see Double Fine’s Psychonauts franchise debut on the platform with the release of In The Rhombus Of Ruin , and Sony will hopefully have more news to share when GDC kicks off at the very end of February. Don’t worry, more PSVR goodness is on the way. Price: $9.99. 1 DLC, from Capcom.

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APRIL 5, 2017

If you’re a PS4 user in Europe, you probably know that, every two weeks, Sony hosts a sale on its PlayStation Store, slashing the prices on tons of games of a certain theme or category. As such, we’ve picked out seven lesser known titles that you should definitely consider grabbing over the next two weeks.

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JUNE 24, 2017

There’s a thriving ecosystem of content on all three major headsets, but arguably none of them yet have that definitive must-play experience. If I had to bet on what Sony, Oculus of HTC would next throw money at to get the wheels going it would be that. So how do we get around it?

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

If you’re a regular reader here at UploadVR you’ll know that every Friday we give you a quick update on all the games that have launched for the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and HTC Vive over the past seven days. Now that Sony’s headset is out, we’re going to be doing a list for that too. Our review. Price: $59.99.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Whilst by definition, these people are paid to take part in this as a promotional exercise, I can’t help feeling that the exasperated praise issuing forth from each cast member sounded pretty genuine.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

Given that something new came to the headset almost every week from launch to the end of 2016, it is surprising to see the year get off to such a slow start for Sony, and a little worrying. Even if the past few weeks have been a little lighter than usual, HTC’s system will always have support pouring in from the indie community.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Investing in a new market is risky and there will be some winners and there will be some losers, so there’s definitely a certain amount of risk. Sony – NYSE: SNE – VR Console, VR Games & VR Headset. HTC – TPE: 2498 – Headset, Content Delivery Platform (non-gaming).

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

to 2 hour experience is coming to HTC Vive through Steam, Valve’s online store and undoubtedly world’s #1 e-tailer for games. During E3, we managed to grab more details about the experience courtesy of our contacts at Valve Software, HTC and Nvidia. The first fully featured, 1.5 Khumball Icefall.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s multimodality so that you do not need to throw away your devices, you can work continue working with them even if you buy several other devices from HTC, from whomever else. ” He added, ” there are definitely use cases, and I think you have to build the use case with that in mind in terms of flat ground moving around.”

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AUGUST 11, 2017

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR. “It is definitely both,” Colin Northway said. I appreciate the team sharing this information exclusively with me.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Josh Hassin: I come from a background making video games for Sony and others. Josh Hassin: We are definitely interested in pursuing an interactive version. He’s a badass, but would probably rather be playing video games than hiding from the cops. UploadVR: Why did you choose to make this entirely in Unity?

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OCTOBER 21, 2018

Scraper definitely shares qualities with iconic titles like System Shock, Deus Ex and BioShock. Definitely. Sony has done an amazing job with the PSVR and is headed towards 4 million units sold. Roy Batty was an example figure we discussed when designing LCF-R’s makeup and persona.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

So I think we definitely feel a tsunami of new players as opposed to a tidal wave.” EVE: Valkyrie is now available on both PS VR and Oculus Rift with an HTC Vive release coming later this month. It’s hard to quantify in numbers for me, but the sensation is that I’m always in a full battle.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Although Sony has technically continued selling its original PSVR headset over the years, it’s been on the market for more than six years now—and gained ‘last-gen’ status well before that. On the other hand, some real competition from the likes of Pico and HTC may be on the way. Real Competition for Meta?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From steep discounts on Oculus PC hardware, to slashed prices on PSVR bundles, here’s your guide to today’s best VR deals: Image Credit: HTC. In terms of hardware discounts, HTC definitely takes the cake thanks to several impressive deals on its lineup of Vive headsets and numerous must-have accessories. Image Credit: Amazon.

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