UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 29, 2017

The technology world is always a game of rivals. For every Nintendo there is a Sega and for every Apple there is a Microsoft. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? HTC/Microsoft . For every Facebook there is a Twitter. Oculus/Apple .

Microsoft 100

Microsoft HTC Apple Oculus 100

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Get your space fix with these five VR spaceship games. One of the most highly anticipated Star Wars VR games is almost here, united alliance of fanatic Star Wars fans around the world are chomping at the bit to jump into our VR headsets to test our pilot skills. Download Project Stardust for free here. Project Stardust.

Gaming 477

Gaming Utah Oculus Simulation 477

VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2019

A fan project developed for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality Headsets, Duel Monsters VR is a lovingly-crafted VR rendition of the classic manga/anime/gaming series, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Monsters VR is available for download free via Discord. You get to duel on a Kaiba Corp blimp. Image Credit: Sloth Paradise.

Gaming 313

Gaming Microsoft HTC Simulation 313

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

One of the reasons for such low performances of Sony’s headset is the lack of content, and in fact, in the classifications of the most sold games on PSVR 2, there are mostly old games in the first places, showing how there has not been a proper injection of many new good pieces of content for this console.

Apple 350

Apple Microsoft China Ukraine 350

XR Today - Big XR News tag

JUNE 20, 2022

The company’s Parent Dashboard will allow people supervising children and young adults to approve app purchases and downloads, block inappropriate apps, and monitor activities on devices, among others, using the Oculus mobile app. Timberland, Epic Games Build Fortnite Metaverse. Salesforce Introduces NFT Cloud Pilot.

Microsoft 61

Microsoft San Francisco Gaming Virtual Reality 61

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! But unluckily, their tracking performance was bad, especially for what concerns controllers, the manufacturing quality was debatable, and especially Microsoft never invested enough into dedicated content.

AR 319

AR Microsoft Sony Ukraine 319

The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

This means that when some VR indie devs write me an e-mail asking for a review of a game of theirs, I usually answer “I don’t know if I have the time” and in the latest times what happens most frequently is that later on I never manage to find the time to review it.

Microsoft 171

Microsoft Tools Magic Leap Unity 171

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 16, 2017

Microsoft released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with shell, gaming, Task Manager, mixed reality, and delivery optimization improvements. Microsoft has released many such updates, including three major ones: November Update , Anniversary Update , and Creators Update. For gaming, Microsoft has fixed two issues.

Microsoft 115

Microsoft Examples Gaming Controllers 115

ARVR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We are eagerly waiting to see what the scheduled release of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X later this year will do to AR/VR gaming! While we wait, we compiled a list of the most exciting video games that feature different use cases of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) as key plot devices. Pick up any of these games!

Augmented Reality 130

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Video Gaming 130

VRScout

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

You can download the app for Oculus Rift December 12. The latest collaboration between Microsoft and Oculus will soon have you playing Xbox One games while in a Rift headset. The software giant announced that Oculus Rift owners with a Windows 10 PC will be able to stream Xbox One games to their headsets starting December 12.

Oculus 150

Oculus Gaming Microsoft Controllers 150

Mashable VR

APRIL 29, 2022

SAVE $10: Amazon , Walmart , GameStop , and the Microsoft Store all had the Xbox Series S on sale for $289.99 If you've been following gaming console restocks, you probably know very well by now that the Xbox Series S isn't suffering from the same supply woes as the flashier Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Credit: Microsoft.

Retail 67

Retail Microsoft Amazon Gaming 67

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

If the 10th is the wrong date, then all my bets are on the 19th of October because on that date by chance already two games are launching : The Wizards Dark Times Brotherhood and the 7th Guest. It’s strange that two games decided to launch on the same date, so there is a chance this is a magical date.

Samsung 312

Samsung Google Magic Leap Microsoft 312

VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. GAMES: Orion Trail VR ($7.99 – Rift ). CoLab ($4.99 – Gear VR ).

Oculus 150

Oculus Virtual Reality Canada Tips 150

ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

continuing here with Epic Games. Project Anywhere Epic Games has signaled its commitment to a real-world metaverse with the AR launch of Project Anywhere. In partnership with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Cesium, it offers a real-time 3D creation engine for producing immersive mapping and digital twins of real-world locations.

AR 130

AR Gaming Unreal Real Estate 130

The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2022

Thanks Microsoft for keeping the tradition of the cycle of operating systems. Unless you are forced to for whatever reason, my suggestion is to keep using Windows 10 for VR at least for a few more months , while Meta and Microsoft fix this mess. Then confirm and wait for Steam to download the new version. VR may have issues.

How To 501

How To Oculus Virtual Reality Microsoft 501

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

I have no idea what Google will announce at Google I/O, but after all these years in the ecosystem, Meta has for sure at this moment more features in its operating system (casting, full body tracking, spatial anchors, room meshing, etc…) and many more games in its store.

Google 457

Google Software Apple Samsung 457

The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

Apple 377

Apple Microsoft Sony Italy 377

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Many games are getting a mixed reality update, and the most impressive for me was Eleven Table Tennis, which lets you play in mixed reality with other people that are in your same physical room, so it is like you are playing ping pong for real on the table of your living room!

Unity 323

Unity Ukraine Microsoft Samsung 323

TechPrior

AUGUST 15, 2023

In a significant leap forward in the AI landscape, Meta has joined forces with Microsoft to unveil Llama 2, the next generation of open-source large language models. This move marks a significant stride in the rapidly advancing field of generative AI, with Llama 2 set to be a game-changer in the tech industry.

Gaming 52

Gaming Microsoft Training Data 52

Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

HTC’s Rikard Steiber today announced at GDC 2019 that Viveport, the company’s digital distribution platform for VR games, is going to support Windows VR headsets later this year. SEE ALSO OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations.

HTC 242

HTC Microsoft Oculus Gaming 242

Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The video game industry is a source of constant innovation, with many of its breakthrough technologies being adopted by the business world. The concept of the metaverse is not new to gamers either – persistent, avatar-driven digital environments and even digital currencies have long been accepted as part of mainstream gaming.

Trends 52

Trends Video Gaming Industry 52

Ryan Schultz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Screen capture of the official announcement that AltspaceVR is shutting down Well, it’s official: Microsoft has decided to shutter (or “sunset”, to use their corporate-speak) the social VR platform AltspaceVR. (I Information on how to download content is available here. Downloadable content is limited.

Microsoft 98

Microsoft Austin California Immersion 98

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2020

The little problem is that at the time of writing, on the official downloads page, you just see version 2.82a… so where the heck can you find version 2.83? To check if a PC meets the requirements to run Windows Mixed Reality, Microsoft offers the Windows Mixed Reality PC Check application. Oculus Rift.

How To 523

How To Virtual Reality Oculus Software 523

Cats and VR

JULY 10, 2018

ARVORE, the immersive storytelling VR/AR company today announced the final launch date and 20% pre-order discount for the long-awaited virtual reality game Pixel Ripped 1989. The game, which will be available on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, will arrive for download on July 31st, 2018. USD off the $24.99

Oculus 107

Oculus Virtual Reality Microsoft Filming 107

Upload VR

JANUARY 11, 2024

UploadVR reached out to Carmack to ask if he had any additional comments about old games in VR, and whether he believes Id classics belong on the Quest store. It is still early days, but some key people at Id actually played one of the games in VR and appreciated it, so I am hopeful. Fingers crossed!

Software 144

Software Microsoft Groups Gaming 144

GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass, originally called Project xCloud back when the streaming service was in preview, launched last week on Sept. It’s another game streaming service like GeForce Now , Stadia , and Shadow that lets you play videogames over wifi or a mobile connection.

Gaming 116

Gaming Microsoft 116

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

These tools include: The possibility for a parent to lock certain apps on the device for his/her children Automatic prevention of downloads of applications whose target audience age is higher than the age of the player (e.g. if the app is 18+ and the player is 15, the system won’t download it).

Tools 298

Tools Google Controllers Virtual Reality 298

Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

PlayStation’s been losing the “hearts and minds” war against Xbox Game Pass for too long — it just doesn't have a service that can compete with Microsoft's "hundreds of games for $15/month" elevator pitch. A different time, when a game console could look like a George Foreman grill.

Gaming 71

Gaming Sony Microsoft Hardware 71

XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 21, 2023

” Taber also explained: Just like how YouTube doesn’t require you to download a video but instead allows you to render and stream through your local wifi network, similarly, we are making our complex VR application accessible from your internet browser, regardless of your computer’s specs.

Immersion 216

Immersion Tools France Training 216

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Microsoft revealed that apps across its productivity suite – including Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – support Vision Pro usage, while Zoom’s and Webex’s collaboration platforms are also available. However, the speed at which Microsoft, Zoom, Cisco, and many other firms rolled out apps suggests a strong work angle here, too.

Apple 103

Apple Microsoft Immersion Tools 103

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

Microsoft 495

Microsoft Hardware HTC Conference 495

Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

SEE ALSO 'Moon Rider' is a WebVR Game That's Quietly Amassed Thousands of Daily Players. WebXR is an API that allows developers to create XR experiences, which includes AR and VR headsets, and then let users navigate to lightweight experience via a hyperlink; the XR experience starts up without needing to download anything.

Magic Leap 285

Magic Leap Data Government China 285

ARVR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Image demonstrating WebXR compatibility across devices Why use WebXR Traditionally XR has been limited to native apps that must be downloaded onto a user’s device, this has been due to hardware and software limitations. Microsoft Azure’s Mixed Reality API ). Gaming Aframe.io —?regardless of what device you are on.

Examples 182

Examples Augmented Reality AR Microsoft 182

Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

That includes Microsoft Flight Simulator, iRacing, the open beta branch of DCS World, War Thunder (though not with EAC), the Steam version of Bonelab, Hubris, Everslaught, Contractors, The Light Brigade, and A Township Tale. You can download OpenXR Toolkit and find installation instructions on its website.

Eye Tracking 123

Eye Tracking Unreal Simulation Microsoft 123

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 22, 2017

E3 might not have been the coming out party for VR on Microsoft’s Xbox One X that we were hoping for, but we know that the company’s newly refreshed console does indeed support the technology. They both run traditional games at higher frame rates and at better resolutions. That should help games perform better on X.

Microsoft 181

Microsoft Sony Technology Gaming 181

Mashable VR

JUNE 15, 2022

Microsoft updated both Windows and its website today to mark the official death of Internet Explorer 26 years after it first graced our boxy, little Windows 95 PCs. If you try to download or use the browser, Microsoft will now nudge you towards Edge (its new default browser) instead. Credit: Microsoft.

Microsoft 105

Microsoft Video Gaming 105

VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Last winter Microsoft announced that the company started working together with its PC hardware partners to develop headsets that support a mixed mode, between virtual and augmented reality. The post Microsoft Prepares VR Partnerships for Windows 10 Holographic Edition appeared first on VR World. billion (S$15.5

Microsoft 53

Microsoft Software Europe Augmented Reality 53