Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2016

New Retro Arcade has finally got the roomscale treatment with newly released support for the HTC Vive (and Oculus Rift CV1) through Steam. Even back in 2014 , long before HTC or Oculus announced their intention to create VR controllers, it was clear New Retro Arcade was destined for motion input.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

After spending money to upgrade or buy a VR-ready PC and then drop hundreds on a VR headset like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive , the idea of spending even more money on games is a bit daunting. That’s why demos and free trials are so useful. Tagged with: defense grid 2 , demo , free to try Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. Top news of the week.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

I’d wager most people who bought the HTC Vive love the unit but wish a new version would bring key improvements. HTC relies on Valve’s lighthouse tracking technology to make the Vive and its controllers work. HTC confirmed to UploadVR that it will not be announcing a “Vive 2” at this year’s show.

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VRScout

JULY 14, 2020

You can also try out a free 10-minute demo by subscribing to the official newsletter. The post Asymmetrical Co-op Puzzle Platformer ‘VR Giants’ Heads To Kickstarter, Free Demo Available appeared first on VRScout. Image Credit: Wolfgang Tschauko.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2019

After spending just a few hours with the Oculus Quest hardware, Pavlov VR developer David Villz (davevillz) confirmed yesterday via Twitter that the fast-paced multiplayer shooter will be heading to the standalone headset. As far as cross-platform support goes, don’t expect to be battling alongside your friends on the HTC Vive anytime soon.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Much like the first Budget Cuts demo, which was released on Steam back in 2016 , I was given a combat-flavored slice of Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, which revealed a few of the new components that promise to open up the game’s environment and somewhat change the nature of its stealth combat/ninja teleporting madness.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2020

Available for demo this September at the annual Sonic Amateur Games Expo , Virtua Sonic is a high-speed VR experience inspired by everyone’s favorite fast-footed hedgehog in which players zip across custom Zones as they gather coins and defeat enemies using a variety of special abilities.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2016

It wasn’t long ago that HTC and Oculus had a competing launch window for their VR headsets, with both systems selling out almost immediately and backorders piling up for months into the year. The demos are all open to the public, but you can probably expect a line.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

This short but ingenious video snippet from eye-tracking specialists Tobii was built to tease a social VR demo they’ve been working on for GDC next week. The post Watch: Tobii Tease Unnervingly Effective Vive Eye-Tracked VR Demo Ahead of GDC appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today, to let players get a taste of the experience the studio has released a demo via Steam. While the demo won’t include all the features of Viro Move it will allow you to test the main aspects of its gameplay, namely the shooting, boxing and swordplay elements.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The HTC Vive is a miracle of modern engineering. However, a good majority of that content is unfinished, early access, and lacking the level of polish that its competitors at Oculus and Sony are providing for their respective platforms. You came in here pretty fired up from that headline, huh?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. But the greatest feature is that finally Oculus is accepting hands-tracked applications in the Oculus Store from the 28th of this month! Happy birthday, Oculus Quest!

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2019

The full demo was around 15 minutes long, although for the sake of brevity I sped up a section where I forgot to properly arm myself with arrows, and also edited out one of my boring and senseless deaths. SEE ALSO Hands-on: 'Budget Cuts 2' Demo Brings a Bow and Arrow to a Knife Fight.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Image by HTC Vive). HTC expands its Cosmos offering and teases the future with Proton. This has been a pretty interesting week for HTC Vive. And it is nice that HTC with this new Cosmos line is satisfying the needs of a broad share of VR people : from the casual gamer that wants something cheap to the professional.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

Two days ago, I’ve been at HTC Vive Chinese headquarters in Beijing. It has been a really amazing day, where I have been able to try some amazing HTC tech demos (more on this later on! I’ve been able to speak with three companies incubated in the Vive-X Beijing and also to know various HTC Vive employees.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Instead, this year’s E3 was a bit light for Valve, HTC, and the Vive in general. Virtually all of the Vive games we saw were just demos that happened to be running on Vives and weren’t really specifically targeted or marketed as Vive titles. Best HTC Vive Game of E3 2017: DOOM VFR. Runner-Up: The Talos Principle VR.

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VRScout

JULY 7, 2016

When we first tried Oculus’ new tool Medium at Connect last Fall, we were blown away by how intuitive and natural sculpting in VR could be. Much like Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive, Medium gives you a virtual palette and tool to create in a 3D space. For the most part, everyone demoing Medium would sculpt a 3D face or maybe a potted plant.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

First announced a month ago, Van Bouwel has now published a working demo of Cubism , which gives you a quick slice of the sort of difficulty ahead. The demo, which works with SteamVR-compatible headsets, can be downloaded here.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2016

When it comes to virtual reality, you really do have to ‘see it to believe it’, so Sony is joining the ranks of HTC and Oculus in opening demo spaces for their VR headset to retailers nationwide. The post PlayStation VR Demos Coming to Hundreds of US Retailers appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2021

We went hands-on with the Eye of the Temple’s demo back shortly after it was released on Steam in August, and we were really impressed with what we saw. The demo hosts a vast temple complex where you dodge and duck your way through perilous traps and genuinely head-scratching puzzles.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Today, HTC has revealed their latest consumer-focused headset, the $499 Vive Flow. I had the chance to demo the headset in-person in San Francisco and my first impression of the device was around just how compact and well-designed the hardware appeared. Image credit: HTC. Other key details include the headset’s 1.6K

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 23, 2016

HTC Says “Oculus Is Not Our Competition” & Oculus Is Skeptical Room-scale Tracking is Absolutely Necessary for VR" Raymond Pao is the Vice President for new technologies at HTC. During the discussion, Pao said “Oculus is not our competition,” Pao said. In fact, room-scale isn’t really defined.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2016

Developer Digital Cybercherries has launched the New Retro Arcade Tech Demo on Steam for the HTC Vive. This is effectively the same game seen previously on the Oculus Rift, but now with support for the Vive’s roomscale capabilities and motion controllers, as well as support for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift.

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VR Bites

JULY 17, 2016

It will be launching sometime in Q3 2016 on the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR. The demo has recently been made available, so if you currently have a CV1 or a Vive then I recommend heading over to the link at the end of this description and signing up for a demo to get a look at this one for yourself.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

That changed this week as Valve offered up a major information dump, showcasing the latest Knuckles dev kit with a significant design overhaul, alongside a new tech demo designed to demonstrate what the controllers are capable of. ” To demonstrate what the controller can do, Valve created a new tech demo called Moondust.

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MARCH 17, 2017

HTC might not have a big western developers conference like Oculus does with Connect, but it’s planning a big show for China in just over a weeks’ time. HTC has told UploadVR that it’s planning some new announcements for the show, though we don’t have any specifics just yet.

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Ryan Schultz

MARCH 15, 2023

My current set-up at work is an HTC Vive Pro 2 Office Kit, with the traditional Vive “wand” hand controllers, the same set-up which I am proposing for the virtual reality lab project that I am currently working on. (The Here are some of my tips, tricks, and recommendations for giving inexperienced users a virtual reality demo.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Eye of the Temple impressed us with its unique room-scale gameplay and inventive locomotion style back in its free demo last year. Fans of the surprisingly full-featured demo on Steam will be happy to hear that Indiana Jones-style adventure Eye of the Temple will be releasing on SteamVR headsets on October 14th, 2021.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

After their fair share of delays , Facebook-owned Oculus is now officially caught up with back-ordered supplies of the Rift. The latest announcement comes on the heels of HTC announcing in June that their Vive VR system would be shipping orders within 72 hours, making HTC’s system much more accessible over the past month.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2021

I’m very happy to announce that HitMotion: Reloaded, the XR fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers are developing, has finally been launched for Oculus Quest! The demo is also an alpha, that is we are releasing it without having polished and optimized it because we want to hear the feedback of the community!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Next week, on September 26th-27th, Oculus will perform its annual showcase event: Oculus Connect , that has now arrived at its 5th edition. The latest event, the OC4 has been full of news and interesting information , both on Oculus products and VR in general and I think that this year won’t be different.

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VRScout

JULY 28, 2016

It’s been a few months since the HTC Vive began shipping to consumers and already content available on Steam VR is approaching 350 titles, excluding Steam Greenlight content. The variety of content varies in type and prices — everything from free demo versions of games to full blown AAA title productions. VR Battle Grid.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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