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FEBRUARY 25, 2017

ARM Holdings and Sensormotoric Instruments (SMI) are teaming up at GDC to showcase the potential of powerful mobile GPUs, eye-tracking and foveated rendering technologies in a new made-for-VR demo that will debut at GDC next week. The post ARM and SMI to Showcase New Mobile VR Eye-Tracking Demo at GDC appeared first on Road to VR.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Expected to be rolled out in phases prior to the theatrical opening on November 17, 2017, the Justice League VR experience will have a four-stage unveiling that culminates with a full blown room-scale experience for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google DayDream and Sony PSVR. No word yet on official pricing.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The tethered smartphone acts primarily as a laser pointer selector, something Oculus Go and Google Daydream users will be very familiar with in terms of UI interaction. Nreal Light boasts a fairly wide compatibility list, with the following phones offering support: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below). Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). The design of everything reminds a bit the one of the Oculus Rift.

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Oculus Connect 5 , Oculus has announced Casting, an amazing feature that lets you stream the content of an Oculus Go to a smartphone. How to use Casting to stream Oculus Go content to your smartphone. Follow my guide on how to update your Oculus Go until you can select the “Cast” option).

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APRIL 4, 2017

Samsung revealed its long-awaited Galaxy S8 smartphone last week but, while it supports the company’s Gear VR headset, there was no mention of another major player in the mobile VR market: Google Daydream. When Daydream was announced last year Google revealed Samsung as one of a number of partners working on the platform.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Ocean Rift is one of the oldest VR experiences, originally launched as a free demo for the Oculus Rift Development Kit 1 (DK1) all the way back in 2013. It was a launch title for Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Quest. Ocean Rift got an mixed reality update on Quest that turns your room into an aquarium.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Vive Focus was most probably the best VR standalone on the market when Oculus last week announced what will be the first consumer 6DOF VR standalone headset. And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. And now the battle is on standalone headsets: Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus.

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APRIL 25, 2018

A new wave of standalone VR headsets are coming but long before these, there was Samsung’s Gear VR. Powered by Oculus, the Samsung-specific platform has seemingly languished by the wayside, filled with nothing more than what can probably be best described as tech demos.

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JULY 23, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. If you like puzzles, you’ll love this week’s content for the Rift and Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (7/23/16).

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz ‘Prototype 2’ standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, back to the demo. Image courtesy Oculus. Hardware Changes From P1 to P2.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

Just before noon at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom, guests to Samsung’s Unpacked 2016 were invited to the floor to demo new phones and accessories. Fair enough: the Note 7 is, after all, the brains behind the Gear VR and, moreover, a product immensely more important to Samsung’s bottom line. The seats shook.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Recently, Oculus, whose technology powers the Samsung Gear VR, demoed a modified Minecraft Pocket Edition for the Gear VR at GDC 2016. Since its purchase by Microsoft in 2014, Minecraft has regularly been pushed to new platforms such as Windows 10, Wii U, and Fire TV.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In the spirit of this glorious adventure Samsung — the co-creators of the Gear VR headset and one of VR’s most enthusiastic innovators — is hosting a contest to sniff out VR’s next big thing. Kim, Samsung director of Content & Services for Gear VR.” Full submission details below.) Up to five Finalists.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. 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.

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APRIL 28, 2017

In 2014 Facebook purchased Oculus, making it a matter of time before the acquisition’s virtual reality hardware would be incorporated into Facebook’s wider mission of “connecting the world.” In between these two conferences, Facebook released a smattering of other Social VR applications within the Oculus brand.

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MARCH 29, 2017

On the list of things I thought I would be seeing when I showed up to a meeting with Oculus last week to demo the new Gear VR, doubled resolution was not one of them. I assumed it would take a significant jump in hardware to get to that next level of image fidelity, but apparently Oculus CTO John Carmack had other ideas.

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (8/6/16). This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (8/6/16). The Olympics on Oculus 360 Photos (FREE – Gear VR / Rift).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2020

Existing Spatial investors also include the likes of Samsung NEXT, Baidu Ventures, and LG Ventures to name a few. Check out the on-stage demo from MWC 2019 last year to get a better idea of what Spatial is all about: The post Social AR/VR Workspace ‘Spatial’ Secures $14M Series A Financing appeared first on Road to VR.

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JUNE 11, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (6/11/16). Evil Robot Traffic Jam (FREE Demo – Gear VR). The post Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR and Oculus Rift appeared first on VRScout.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Despite their corporate fraternity, the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR don’t cross over with each other very often when it comes to content. Today, however, we can reveal that at least two Oculus Rift games have been ported to the Gear VR in one form or another. That enemy was controlled by a real human being over wifi.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

He said that Apple is going to “ make VR into something everybody wants before it’s something that everybody can afford ”, like the original Oculus The trademark XROS has been registered by a shell company owned by Apple. Meta has silently ended support for Oculus Home on PC. That’s so sad.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more. This has been a great week for all Oculus Quest users and developers. First of all, Oculus has finally released the hands tracking SDK for Oculus Quest , letting all developers create hands-tracked application for this popular standalone headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 8, 2018

The Oculus Go is one of the headsets of the moment : it is the first truly consumer-oriented VR-only device : it is easy to be used, it is cheap and it is (or will) available in the retail shops, so has all the potential to attract people that until now considered VR something too geek. So, where is the truth? The headset.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (10/15/16). GAMES: Kangaroo Dash Demo (FREE – Gear VR ). This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (10/15/16).

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget). Let’s see….

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The demo has been showcased on a PS5, but Epic Games has confirmed that it can work the same on a PC powered by an RTX 2070. Regarding VR, Epic has also said that most tech demos of UE5 will work with PC VR as well. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. More info (Oculus Link works with Usb 2.0?—?Road port and cable.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Play Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games with your smartphone. Not only does it do a quicker job, this way you can pplay SteamVR- and Oculus Rift games on your smartphone! No I didn’t take out my Oculus Rift DK2 screen, this is Lucky’s Tale playing on my Android phone! It’s emulating the Rift! VRidge your Gear VR.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Move over Samsung AR Emoji , because Apple looks to have gotten the cutesy Pixar-vibe down pat. During the live demo, Apple’s Memoji showed an impressive range of facial movements that seemed to match up fairly accurately with the user’s actual voice. Samsung AR Emoji – Image courtesy Samsung Central.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Though Oculus Rift no longer comes bundled with an Xbox controller, there are still titles being made that are compatible with gamepads across Steam, Oculus Store, and the Playstation Store.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Combine that with an Oculus Rift from Best Buy , and you have yourself an entire PC VR system for just under $850, not to mention a computer capable of handling nearly any traditional PC game. To that effect, Walmart is offering a $300 Walmart Gift Card with qualifying Samsung devices on Verizon or AT&T. image courtesy Walmart.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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