The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2018

Battles are admittedly much better suited for HTC Vive players, as Oculus Rift players will need a full 360 setup because the lack of directional controls such as snap-turn, or directional teleport.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

This week’s weekly roundup of HTC Vive titles contains a handful of virtual ‘escape the room’ experiences, some wacky mini-games, and even an education lab with a growing list of attractions. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2018

Now, after a grueling 5-month wait , true fans of the show will finally have the chance to step into the show themselves via a brand new VR experience for the HTC Vive. Silicon Valley: Inside the Hacker Hostel will be free to download Sunday, March 25th on Viveport. For more information visit SiliconValleyVR.com.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2017

Now, developer Rocksteady has announced that it will soon launch the game on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Batman: Arkham VR has placed consistently in the top 10 most downloaded PSVR titles since the headset’s October 2016 launch.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2018

It is the time of MWC Shanghai and HTC has showcased some very cool stuff. Ok, now you have the game, but you have still to download the companion app on your smartphone. The Vive Focus and its friend the HTC U12 phone. Focus and smartphones can now interact together (Image by HTC). Time passes by fast.

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MAY 4, 2017

As of today HTC’s Viveport Subscription service is one month old, meaning those that signed up at launch have used up their free month and are now able to download a new set of experiences (or choose the same ones from last month) for $6.99. New apps are coming to the service, too, including some you should definitely check out.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces. aGlass DK II box on top of HTC Vive one. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). In China I met the company 7Invensun , that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

An environmental artist with a passion for Star Wars has realised the iconic location of Star Wars’ Mos Eisley space port in jaw-dropping detail via Unreal Engine 4. What’s more, it’s coming to VR soon and you can download the demo now. ” The team have made the demo available to the public to download now.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. More info (HTC is going to launch a new hardware) More info (Second tweet from HTC) More info (Third tweet from HTC). All of this running thanks to the power of the Azure cloud.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 14, 2020

It’s why Japanese studio Psychic VR Lab created STYLY, an online, browser-based solution for those creators looking to delve into this immersive space without having to go down the Unity/Unreal Engine route. STYLY is a platform designed for artistic expression rather than making videogames.

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VRScout

JULY 23, 2018

In the roughly 15-minute ticking clock demo experience I dove into, the lead character’s lair was meticulously re-created with photogrammetry and utilized a mix of Atom View and Unreal Engine to set a realistic and creepy environment to try your hand at escaping.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 14, 2023

Companies such as HTC VIVE, Lenovo, Meta Platforms, Pico, and others have tapped Qualcomm’s solutions. Developers can also download its software developer kit (SDK) for Unity and Unreal Engine. Developers can also download its software developer kit (SDK) for Unity and Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2016

Budludzha VR answers that question with their VR re-imagining of the monument, available for HTC Vive headsets and desktop monitors. Download ‘Buzludzha VR’ for HTC Vive and Desktop. But what if the Bulgarian government revived the building? the derelict auditorium of Buzludzha Monument.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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. OpenVR – Windows Mixed Reality headsets, HTC Vive , and Oculus Rift.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Unreal Engine 4 is also an industry standard although it has a steeper learning curve than Unity. Both are free to download and try. Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. The code files are also free to download.

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

That being said, you can now download WebXR Viewer on iPhone or iPad and experience simple to complex web-based AR experiences on your mobile device?—?the You probably have heard of well-known models such as the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and HTC VIVE?—?these Mozilla has recently released the 2.0

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Regardless of which technology vendor you support, no one can argue that VR Funhouse is not one of the best experiences on Steam VR and HTC’s Vive headset. VR Funhouse was created using Unreal Engine 4, and features GameWorks, PhysX and VRWorks.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This began with devices from Lenovo, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, and Meta Platforms, so the growth we’ve seen for consumer use cases has been very strong since then. We’re now bringing that directly to developers, who can download the software development kit (SDK) for Unity or Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I wonder if Facebook has already taken the decision of leaving the enterprise market to HTC and Pico , while focusing on the much bigger piece of cake of the consumer market. But now you can: Download the mesh , so that you can use it for instance inside game engines or animation movies; Use a code-free visual editor to add content (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

Using our latest Unity Core Assets , just download Unity 5.3.4p1 and install the OVRPlugin for Unity 1.3.0. How about Unreal Engine? Unreal Engine 4.11 doesn’t currently have Oculus 1.3 With just one simple Unity patch, you’ll be ready to tackle the brave new world of consumer VR. If you’re updating a project from the 0.8

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APRIL 26, 2017

Zero Latency has a team of 10 people plus some external contractors working on new titles as well as downloadable content for existing experiences. After playing a lot of Oculus Touch and HTC Vive games, it is a bit jarring to not see your hands inside of VR. Vandonkelaar said it takes between seven and nine months to create a game.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive. Top news of the week. Image by Epic Games).

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

CCP Games has announced that Gunjack 2: End of Shift – the sequel to one of the best-selling mobile VR games of all time, the critically-acclaimed Gunjack – is launching today for Gear VR on the Oculus Store, available to download for $8.99 SRP to $8.99 Additionally, the original Gunjack is receiving a permanent price drop from $9.99

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The XR2 processor is already used in other products like Meta Quest 2 and HTC Vive XR Elite, making porting of games much simpler. This wasn’t possible for the Sword controllers which relied on the old SteamVR driver for the HTC Vive controller, with its limited input options and lack of support for analog joysticks.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Known as “Knuckles” during their long development, these have been highly anticipated by the SteamVR community as an alternative to the HTC Vive “Wand” controllers with their simple ‘hand tool’ design and crude yet unreliable trackpads. Index controllers staying attached to the hand (Image by Rob Cole). So what is going on here?

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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. USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). HTC provides streaming to Miracast devices , but lacks the streaming to the phone.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

You should be downloading those regardless. It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league. The age of consumer grade video game console-powered virtual reality arrived early last month with the release of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was developed on the Unreal 4 engine and built by our studios team. And previously having been at HTC Vive -- and before that actually HP -- I have an interesting perspective on kind of all three of those. They have an app called SeeSignal, which you can download for free from the Magic Leap World. It was crazy. It was crazy.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 25, 2017

It's adopted by industry leading graphics engines such as Unreal Engine 4 , Unity 5 and Amazon’s Lumberyard to provide developers an easy path to take amazing in-game shots. Check below for technical details to make sure your device will work with Ansel before downloading. Click to download Ansel. What's Nvidia Ansel?

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

” “The acceleration of innovation coming from the video game industry is being driven by real-time game engines, like Unreal and Unity, primarily used in XR and video games, and now more and more in the cinema industry.” It’s a pretty hefty download to get access to all these pieces, but it’s just a one-time download now.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

HTC releases eye and face tracking for Vive Focus 3. HTC doesn’t want to lose the VR train, so it has just found a creative way of competing with Meta Quest Pro. The eye tracker, instead, can be attached as a magnetic insert in the internal part of the device, and HTC claims it’s accurate to within 0.5°~1.1°

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. Maybe you can download movies faster, you can do this. We reached out to them earlier this week, asking them what was your biggest success in 2020?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. Maybe you can download movies faster, you can do this. We reached out to them earlier this week, asking them what was your biggest success in 2020?

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

That’s why Mozilla, the makers of the popular FireFox web browser, are advocating their open source JavaScript API WebVR platform and HTML framework A-Frame to make it easier to design internet-based VR apps that run within cheap smartphone headsets or the more powerful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We heard from Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC talking about 2021 and beyond. But then you look at Unreal. You have HTC in China dominating the Chinese market with their headsets. Maybe you can download movies faster, you can do this. We reached out to them earlier this week, asking them what was your biggest success in 2020?

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