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JUNE 22, 2017

The year started out with ZeniMax Media taking Facebook-owned Oculus to court over an alleged theft of technology. A jury eventually ruled that Oculus must pay ZeniMax $500,000,000, but that wasn’t the end of things — ZeniMax wants more. One of the biggest stories of 2017 for the VR industry is also one of its longest.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Vive Cosmos, HTC’s upcoming PC VR headset (which is also likely to support tethering to smartphones), has popped up in FCC listings, suggesting that the company is moving rapidly to bring it to market. This week documents for the Vive Cosmos appeared. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC Vive. User manual.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Oculus has provided the ‘Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0’ Available for download on the Oculus developer website , the Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0 Available for download on the Oculus developer website , the Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0 SEE ALSO Oculus Touch Insides Revealed in Detailed Teardown.

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MAY 25, 2020

Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2021

Platform: Oculus Quest/Quest 2. The app itself is available free on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 alongside a monthly subscription fee of $19.99 ($149 annually). Platform: Oculus Quest/Quest 2. Spatial is available free on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2. Platform: Oculus Rift/Rift S. Platform: Oculus Quest/Quest 2.

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MAY 2, 2017

Back in mid-April we wrote about a new patent from Oculus that further supported theories the company may one day release hand-tracking gloves for VR experiences. The patent features a wealth of figures detailing one potential way in which Oculus may track eye movement and location. Tagged with: oculus Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Each year, attendees take part in a lengthy survey that serves as the foundation for the conference’s State of the Industry document — this year’s results proved very interesting. In addition, 19% of developers said they were working on an Oculus Rift game while all the others were under 10%.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

While the spotlight is all on Oculus and its Quest, actually Pico and HTC are evolving their hardware and software offerings without almost no one talking about it. HTC is working on its own hand tracking solution since a while. With all those buttons and fields, you can simulate two hands inside Unity (Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2017

The short documentary is an emotionally powerful 360 degree video production, funded by Oculus’ VR for Good initiative. The film documents an exercise regularly run by Catherine Hoke, founder of Defy Ventures , who provide a six-month non-profit entrepreneurship program for inmates at over 20 prisons in the United States.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

There is a quill pen on your desk that you can use to document every planetary detail you uncover. Stargaze will be available in Steam, Oculus, HTC Vive and PS VR and will be part of the 2020 PAXxEGX event taking place from September 12th to 20th, with the game launching immediately afterwards.

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VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

This past April the company introduced @HomeVR, an education modality designed for standalone headsets such as the Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. After going hands-on with Fundamental Surgery on Oculus Quest, I can’t wait to see what’s next for this ambitious platform. Feature Image Credit: FundamentalVR.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Documentation What is WebXR? ? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.? Developer Community ? A-Frame ? —?A

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. HTC Vive stands out as one of the market leaders among companies creating XR solutions specifically for the enterprise and business landscape.

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APRIL 30, 2020

(Image courtesy HTC Vive.). Yesterday afternoon, I got a preview of the new HCT Vive Sync virtual meeting platform from HTC Vive, and it’s the best one I’ve seen yet — and I have seen a lot of these platforms. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) April 30, 2020. Image courtesy HTC Vive.). VIVE Focus Plus.

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MAY 29, 2020

The update also added new features, examples, and documentation to the Alyx Workshop modding tools : Enabled the Postprocessing Editor ( Documentation ). Added “Custom Character” example addon ( Documentation ). Visibility System ( Documentation ). Postprocessing Volumes ( Documentation ).

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AUGUST 26, 2022

The document released by Valve also serves as an outline of Valve’s technologies and history. Valve’s work on virtual reality also helped launch VR’s modern consumer resurgence, teaming with HTC for the original Vive in 2016 which brought room-scale hand-controlled VR to buyers before Facebook’s Oculus Rift.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

According to this document from the MeetinVR Help Center: MeetinVR supports: • Standalone headsets: Meta Quest, Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro, Pico Neo 2 & Pico Neo 2 Eye, Pico Neo 3 Pro & Pico Neo 3 Pro Eye, Pico Neo 3 Link, Pico 4. ) tell me that it is now available for the Meta Quest 2 VR headset and for desktop users.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The partnership between the two companies puts Firefox Reality on every Neo 2 device giving you the ability to instantly send a video, a document, or a webpage directly from your computer to your VR headset through a “Send Tab” option that’s built into the dropdown menu located in Firefox’s URL. . Image Credit: Pico Interactive.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Hubs allows users to simply follow a hyperlink to quickly collaborate in a customized virtual space, replete with the ability to upload 3D assets, chat in VR, and share documents and photos.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie , and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Someone compared this news to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook , and I agree: Pico is a very smart startup, like Oculus was, and Bytedance is a very rich company that controls one of the most popular social networks, like Facebook. As it has happened with Oculus, this news is good and bad for Pico and VR in general.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2017

The company has demonstrated its eye-tracking solution in the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and other head-mounted displays. SMI’s eye-tracking tech built into a Rift DK2 | Photo by Road to VR. MacRumors reports that the company was quietly acquired by Apple sometime between May 2nd and July 26th, 2017.

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ARPost

APRIL 30, 2020

Simplified Documentation and More SDKs. However, a lot of the talk involved making their available SDKs and documentation easier to find and approach. “ However, a lot of the talk involved making their available SDKs and documentation easier to find and approach. “ We are always listening to our developers,” said Walia.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. In the Geekbench comparison, it completely destroys the Oculus Quest : the multi-core score of the Quest is 774 while the one of the Focus XR2 is 3417, almost 5 times much. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

MAY 6, 2020

The new Telepath system is available as of today in Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition , and Aldin says it will roll out Quest once Oculus allows developers to publish content which makes use of the headset’s hand-tracking capabilities. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. More info. Some news on content.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Ahead of the launch of Oculus Touch, the company has finally detailed its ‘experimental’ camera arrangements for 360 degree and ‘roomscale’ tracking, allowing us to take a look at how those tracking volumes compare with the HTC Vive. All of the data here comes from official documentation. ft on each side.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Alternatively, companies looking to provide their customers with more fully immersive experiences can build applications for the Oculus VR headset. The extensive documentation and guidance on the Unity platform is excellent for beginners too.

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DECEMBER 21, 2019

Rotational teleportation also lets you select your ‘landing’ position, ostensibly the same movement scheme seen in Oculus Home. Comfort is well documented on all of the VR headsets we tested, so make sure to check out our hardware reviews if you’re looking to pick up a headset for Half-Life Alyx.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

HTC recently released a document ( PDF ) detailing how its upcoming Tracker is supposed to function. Owners of the HTC Vive who have the headset in their homes already will also benefit from extra accessories as well. The Trackers should be compatible with the base stations and headset already in the homes of HTC Vive buyers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Pico has been a very smart company, and all these years it has been able to evolve from the mediocre Pico Neo 1, to the interesting Pico Neo 2, to arrive at the Pico Neo 3, that on paper, looks like a Chinese version of the Oculus Quest 2 , and it seems to have all the features to compete properly with this device. But is it really that good?

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JUNE 16, 2020

The update also includes improvements to the Workshop tools, including more example content for animation, audio, and shaders, along with new documentation. Valve has also added the following documentation to help modders use the tools: ModelDoc Tutorials. Half-Life: Alyx has been updated to version 1.4.1 Replacing Sounds.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Yes, I finally cut my very last tie to Facebook/Meta, gleefully packing up my old Oculus Rift headset, and uninstalling all traces of the Oculus software from my former PC before it goes on to its next owner! An HTC Vive Pro 2 headset, bought last month to replace my work Oculus Rift.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The airplane featured in the experience– one of the iconic Lancaster Bombers – was called F for Freddie, and the original report documents its mission as it weaved through searchlights and bullets, crossing over mainland Europe until completing the mission and landing back safely on British soil at RAF Langar, in Nottinghamshire.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 7, 2020

While Oculus has decided to discontinue the Oculus Go and abandon completely the 3DOF sector, Chinese vendor Pico has decided to double down on 3DOF offering two new models , the Pico G2 4K S and the Pico G2 4K Enterprise , that are two improvements of the original Pico G2 4K. What leaves me puzzled is some choices that Pico has made.

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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. almost heard a choir of angels) and I even documented in on Facebook. So what’s next? Well, it’s time to start talking about VR and Holidays.

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JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest.

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