VRScout

JUNE 1, 2022

The company offers a taste of Project Cambria with a new tech demo available free on the Meta Quest 2. To help showcase the platform’s capabilities, the company has launched a free mixed reality tech demo called The World Beyond. According to the company, this platform will lay the groundwork for their rapidly-growing metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 22, 2022

Yesterday evening I wanted to try one of the demos available for the Steam VR Fest , and since the guys and gals of CM Games suggested I try their new game Dream Catcher VR , I did it. It is currently available as a free demo during the Steam VR Fest, to then launch in Early Access in the upcoming times. Dream Catcher VR. Availability.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2021

While not intended for consumer use, the demo teased an exciting future for the immensely popular location-based multiplayer AR game, during which we see Hanke wearing a Microsoft HoloLens headset while exploring a Japanese garden filled with various Pokémon characters. ” Image Credit: Niantic. Feature Image Credit: Niantic.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Valve kicked off another edition of Steam Next Fest this week, an indie showcase that offers up free demos of a bunch of upcoming games. There are hundreds of demos on offer during Next Fest, and it’s no surprise that only a smalls slice of those feature VR support. Download ‘Virtuoso’ Demo. Green Hell VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2021

Joy Way, the indie game studio behind the VR parkour game STRIDE, has just released a free demo of their upcoming game AGAINST (yes, they love capsed names). In the demo there is only one level, that is proposed in Easy and Hard mode. That’s why I suggest you all download the free demo and give it a try!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Luckily Meta has built a tech demo which shows what’s possible when an avatar is designed with Quest Pro’s face-tracking in mind (and when almost all of the headset’s processing power is dedicated to rendering it).

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JULY 14, 2023

Steam Next Fest, Valve’s indie showcase featuring free demos for upcoming PC games, had the most demo downloads in Next Fest history last month, and among the top titles was the asymmetric VR game Davigo. million demos played across the board. which no doubt helped populate servers.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2022

The store will include a dedicated Quest 2 demo area and send participants home with a short mixed reality video to remember their experience. At the new Meta Store, anyone can demo popular apps on Quest 2 and project what you’re experiencing onto a big wall for your friends to see,” says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. What is incredible about this demo is that all the interactions are very polished, and designed so that to be ideal for the user. First Hand.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2022

Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company’s controllerless hand-tracking tools. But what’s better than a good hands-on example?

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ARPost

JULY 14, 2022

This May, the Automotive Innovation Forum witnessed multiple attendees collaborating in the same immersive environment through a distinct augmented and mixed demo. An exciting demo of the car’s specs and design was brought forth by an augmented and mixed reality experience with NVIDIA, Autodesk , Lenovo, and Varjo.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Vertigo 2 , the hotly awaited sequel to the original 2016 single-player VR adventure, has had the same demo on Steam for the past three years. Now developer Zulubo Productions has brought a complete overhaul to the free demo, which the studio says better reflects the quality of the final game.

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VRScout

APRIL 25, 2022

Meta’s physical retail space will also feature a one-of-a-kind demo area for the company’s Meta Quest 2 VR headset. The post The Meta Retail Store Will Feature A ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ VR Demo appeared first on VRScout. For more information visit check out the official announcement here. Image Credit: Meta.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. ” This week Provencher affirmed that Unity Slices: Table will be released as a demo on Oculus Quest for anyone to try.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Meta has announced that developers will be able to opt their apps into providing users with a free timed trial which the company hopes will increase conversion while giving developers an easier path compared to creating and maintaining a standalone demo app.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What’s more, you can now play a free demo on those platforms from now until March 6th. The demo contains 10 levels, while the full game has “90 plus”, the studio says. In the meantime, check out the demo gameplay video overview below to learn more:

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ARPost

MAY 24, 2023

Insights From the In-App Demo I met with McCloskey and fellow co-founder Sam Hessenauer within a free trial of the platform’s academic version. I usually do demos like this to learn about XR, but this time I felt like I got a lesson in chemistry with XR in the margins – which is how it’s supposed to feel. “As

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JULY 20, 2021

Well, there’s a free demo is now available on the PlayStation Store. We’ve got an early preview of the Fracked demo , and we were notably impressed with its colorful, well-executed art style and its satisfyingly tactile combat. Can’t wait to strap on those skis and jump in?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As a part of Steam Next Fest, Incuvo Games is today releasing a free demo of its upcoming VR adaptation of Green Hell (2019) , the popular open-world survival game. The studio says its early demo build has issues with optimization at the moment, so it requires a high-end PC.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2021

Now that Facebook has released App Lab , its unmoderated outlet for Quest apps, more studios are taking advantage of the ability to easily publish their demos for direct download, and Synth Riders just joined its ranks. Simply type in ‘demo’ and you’ll pull up all of the available game demos for download.

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MAY 11, 2022

Showdown is a UE4 PC VR demo originally made by Epic Games back in 2014 to show off high-fidelity VR graphics running at 90Hz on a GTX 980 GPU at a 1,080 × 1,200 (1.3MP) per-eye resolution. Meta ported the short demo as a case study in optimizing PC VR content to run on Quest 2.

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JUNE 16, 2021

We went hands-on with the game’s new demo, which again puts you in hot seat for another round of Bond-flavored puzzling. If you want to play the demo yourself, you can grab it starting today on Steam as a part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out my full hands-on with the demo below. Check out the game’s trailer here.

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ARPost

JUNE 20, 2022

You’re not drawing something that floats on my video, you’re reaching into my video,” CEO Adrian Hatch said in a recent interview and product demo. Before signing up, you can also request a free live demo of the remote collaboration software. That includes newer-model Apple products, and the HoloLens line of MR glasses.

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Road to VR

JULY 22, 2022

on PC VR, including an updated demo for anyone to try. “I am immensely proud of what Compound has become and I invite you to try the demo so see what it’s like!” Nearly four years after its early access debut, indie VR gem COMPOUND has launched version 1.0 The game is expected to come to Quest as well later this year.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Perhaps the biggest surprise this year being Intel’s Lunar Lake platform, which is already up and running to the point where Intel can do demos on it. Intel 18A 2025 In any case, as part of this year’s Innovation keynote, Gelsinger & co ran a pair of AI demos on their Lunar Lake test box.

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Road to VR

MAY 21, 2020

There is also likely to be an Iron Man VR demo released ahead of the game’s launch. Back in March, Gematsu reported on an Iron Man VR Demo – Demo listing that appeared in the PlayStation Store. We went to do some digging on our own and found some additional evidence that the Iron Man VR demo will likely get released.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2021

Arcade Legend is aiming to release on Steam Early Access for PC VR headsets sometime this year, although LAI Games says a free demo is coming in June. LAI says the demo will feature three of its arcade games, including Speed of Light, Let’s Bounce , and HYPERshoot. You can now wishlist it on Steam.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 31, 2021

This week, the company revealed Codename: Urban Legends, a demo game built with the Niantic Real World Platform that showcases action-packed, multi-player mobile gameplay achieved through low-latency 5G connectivity via edge servers.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2023

Steam Next Fest kicks off a new celebration this week featuring over 30 PC VR demos. Steam Next Fest highlights upcoming games through various demos for the second time in 2023, following its last appearance in February. Encompassing all forms of PC gaming with nearly 1300 demos, there are 33 options available specifically for SteamVR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2019

Since 2016, in a move that can only be described as past meeting present, Sony has been channeling the spirit of late 1990’s, early 2000’s gaming with the release of two different Playstation VR ‘demo discs.’ How about a SteamVR ‘Demo Bundle’ including bite-size samples of Budget Cuts, GORN, Skyrim VR, and Pavlov VR ?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The one hour visit will include a VR demo, tour, and meet-and-greet at the companies’ home-base in Bellevue, Washington. The post Willy Wonka-Style Tour Of Valve HQ Includes Half-Life: Alyx Demo appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Valve Corporation, Charitybuzz.

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VRGames

JUNE 19, 2023

In this week’s Between Realities VR Podcast, the show welcomed Demo Akuro, Creative Director at LIV Productions. In their chat, Demo discussed a variety of topics ranging from managing to elevate the quality of gameplay footage for VR game trailers and his background in the virtual reality space.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2021

Steam Next Fest, the newly renamed Steam Game Festival, is starting its week-long PC gaming celebration on June 16th, bringing along with it free demos from upcoming VR titles, developer livestreams, and Q&As. The post Steam Next Fest to Bring Free Demos from Upcoming VR Games, Starting June 16th appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 13, 2020

Epic Games today revealed a PS5 tech demo built with Unreal Engine 5, the next-gen version of the company’s game engine. just launched last week with improvements to its AR and VR support , Epic Games today showed off a tech demo built with new foundational capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 which the company plans to launch in 2021.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

You can learn more about where to find a product demo for Quest Pro and other Meta devices here. It’s also confirmed to be in-store at select locations across three countries: the US, UK, and France. You’ll find it in Best Buy in the US, Currys in the UK, and FNAC and Boulanger in France. Image courtesy Meta.

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JUNE 18, 2023

In this week's episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Creative Director at LIV Productions, Demo Akuro. Demo explains how he manages to elevate the quality of gameplay footage for VR game trailers.

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