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SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Appearing this week on the stage of Oculus competitor HTC at the Tokyo Game Show , Oculus founder emeritus Palmer Luckey affirmed that he’s continuing to work on projects within the VR industry. ” SEE ALSO Oculus Founder Backs 'Revive'—a Hack for Vive to Play Rift-exclusive Games—With $2K in Monthly Funding.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. NEW PREDICTIONS FOR GLOBAL VR/AR SPENDING & INVESTMENT OVER NEXT 4 YEARS.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2019

Rematch Studios , the Karachi, Pakistan-based developers, unveiled Area of Darkness today, saying that it should be launching on Steam soon for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. ” The game’s Steam page however lists a tentative arrival date of February 2019. Image courtesy Rematch Studios.

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APRIL 26, 2020

Find out how the strange VR styling game came to be. Bizarre Barber , an Oculus Launchpad title, is a curious and playful haircutting adventure for all ages. The game begins with you standing between two subway trains while holding a giant pair of golden scissors that you operate using both hands.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Created by indie studio Tender Claws , known for its breakout hit VR experience Virtual Virtual Reality (2017) , and the New York-based live theater company Pie Hole , The Under Presents is a different type of game—and that’s putting it lightly.

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JULY 15, 2018

Developed by Owlchemy Games, the original minds behind the hit VR title Job SImulator, the far-out immersive adventure places users in the shoes of Rick Sanchez’s reluctant side-kick, Morty Smith, as they participate in a series of seemingly-menial tasks, from basic laundry care, to complex ship repair.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

View also comes with a motion controller that’s closer in function to Nintendo’s Wii remote than it is an Oculus Touch or HTC Vive controller. Several new experiences were announced for the device. They include a Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them game, based on J.K. More to come…

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AR Insider

AUGUST 9, 2021

HTC, a strategic partner and shareholder of VR Education, has also started selling its ENGAGE-based product, VIVE Sessions, in China. Billion in its latest round of financing, is available on PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, and Oculus Quest. Famous DJ David Guetta has signed up to perform in a new online venue, PRISM.

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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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JUNE 16, 2017

There are plenty of billboards scattered around, frequent commercials including the special and hilarious series during the NBA Finals, and now we’re getting a promotional VR experience built by the CreateVR team that will come to HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Rift on June 30th, and select theaters before that.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2017

The adventure began outside the firehouse in the streets of New York where Mooglie, voiced by Patton Oswalt, volunteers to be my guide. Not so much a game as it is an interactive story with gaming mechanics, Ghostbusters VR act one left me hanging, but wanting more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A Sundance favorite from Oculus Story Studio this year, Dear Angelica won for showing how powerful storytelling in VR can be. A beautiful experience created by the New York Times for their celebration of The year’s best actors in 2016. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, on a red carpet full of 360 cameras.

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JUNE 14, 2020

To open the event, Miro Shot —in collaboration with Overview Ark , and alongside New York DJ Neil Armstrong —will present a live music and virtual performance that captures the spirit of innovation and storytelling at the Cannes XR and Tribeca Film Festival. Cannes XR Virtual will be ? , The entire virtual program ?will

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Because of the pandemic, many people have been forced to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home skipping the usual rituals of the home party with friends or the big celebrations in a public plaza. It was impressive seeing at the TV news Time Square in New York being almost empty on December 31st. Some news on content.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Japanese company Square Enix is looking to broaden the VR storytelling conversation by bringing 3 genres together into one incredible VR experience with Project Hikari: Tales of the Wedding Rings , which made its US debut at New York Comic Con. The team realized that manga could provide a creative new avenue of immersive story.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Leo Tsimmer and Angelika Lee, founding members of the mixed reality space, weathered the bad news given the massive renovation they had counted on to entice new customers. Recently, VR World has been allowed to start up reservations and bookings again, or in other words, re-re-open. Don’t forget the gift shop, too.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

One figure in the Games category that many a Job Simulator [ Review: 8/10 ] fan might recognize is Alex Schwartz, CEO of Owlchemy Labs. Schwartz’s studio helped pave the way for room-scale VR by working on an early version of the HTC Vive before it was formally announced. Here’s to another VR-filled year!

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Officially, only HTC Vive support is listed for the game right now, but we’ve reached out to developer Starbreeze Studios to ask after Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR support. John Wick Chronicles Coming to Steam and HTC Vive on February 9! johnwickvr #johnwick2 #htcvive pic.twitter.com/EIZmlLTEgh.

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JUNE 21, 2017

It’s interesting to note that although Nintendo did not directly develop this virtual version of the 2005 arcade classic Mario Kart GP , it is an official remake and has Nintendo’s blessing… but the experience will be using the HTC Vive and not Nintendo hardware (will the Nintendo Switch soon be the first VR-compatible hardware from Nintendo???).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

Others can’t make most games to run on the PC because the 120/144Hz mode is too demanding. Other relevant news. HTC Vive Cosmos will work with Vive Wireless Adapter. This week, HTC has not made another big reveal about the Vive Cosmos, so we’ll still have to wait to discover more about its price and its features.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Mindshow, updated Samsung Gear VR, Samsung 360 camera release date, GoPro, HTC, mobile tracking innovation from Chinese developer Deepoon, Microsoft Hololens, investment wrapup, and more! HTC VIVE STEPS OUT SOLO. SEIZE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH MINDSHOW.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

Last year Collider Games and Showtime revealed that they were working on a virtual reality (VR) experience based upon David Lynch’s iconic TV show Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks VR isn’t purely some walkthrough of the locations from the three series, Collider Games will also put interactive elements in the experience.

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MAY 21, 2017

Pretty soon, real life will be stranger than fiction when it comes to bringing the great inventions of science fiction and games into technology. Assisting Intel’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, from Microsoft to HTC and Oculus, Pallister works closely with the underlying solutions making VR possible.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

VR Sales Analysis: Rift and Vive to Sell Under 500,000 in 2016, PS VR to Top 2 Million SuperData Research is a New York based research firm that has been creating detailed reports on the immersive industry for months. Its most recent study centers around likely sales figures for the major VR headsets. Read more here.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Her second interactive VR project, and first created for the HTC Vive, Park Walk is replete with the simplifications and impossibilities that can define memories of early childhood. Viacom did provide two HTC Vives, a $5,000 award and access to facilities and expert personnel.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. In a Room, you and your friends can watch videos together on a giant 2D TV screen, play guessing or matching games, or launch a multiplayer game.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Created by Ubisoft’s Red Storm Entertainment , the new edition was “re-designed and optimized” for IMAX VR centers, the company’s dedicated out-of-home VR facilities, and contains a mission called Rescue at Perseph. SEE ALSO 'Star Trek: Bridge Crew' Review. ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ at IMAX VR LA.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

VR Live Cast utilizes patented “Virtual Camera Array” technology that transports the viewer into top eSports games, real-time rendering the 3D game world in a fully immersive 360 VR video experience. Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive apps to watch in full VR. website or download the SLIVER.tv

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. As the first company to offer such information, it means that Sony is not only happy with the figure, but likely confident that they’re well ahead of the competing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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JULY 3, 2016

I had heard incredible things about The Void , a custom ‘hyper reality’ experience that takes VR to the next level by incorporating real-life objects to interact with in-game. But would this temporary New York City version be just a cheesy-knockoff of the real facility in Utah? Video games just won’t cut it after this.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Besides the Christmas Cabin VR experience, we prepare Oculus and many other gifts for you. You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to have a wonderful Christmas experience. Gallant VR X-Mas. Merry Christmas.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Virtual Reality is used for entertainment purposes like games and in more serious fields, like healthcare.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

It’s the prequel novel to not one, but rather an entire series of upcoming Scraper VR games, headed by the budding Labrodex Studios out of Jericho, NY. As Labrodex’s founder, Jim Ivon, initially told me over the phone, Labrodex intends to release three Scraper games with five episodes of content per game.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 27, 2023

We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. There have been companies that have tried to compete with HTC in this market, but they all had their big share of trouble in doing that.

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MARCH 11, 2017

The trip was standard fare as we hit New York, Quebec, and Montreal but eventually we went to Toronto to visit the Canadian National (CN) Tower. The pitch of the game was to simulate what it was like to climb Mt. Everest on the HTC Vive – minus the limited air and intense cold. Climbing to the Peak of the World.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

While VR commands a lot of attention from up and coming experiences and franchises, there is no denying that the first really big shots in VR games are yet to come. On the other hand, impact and workflow of today’s 3D games are all established and known. One such game is Valve’s Counter-Strike i.e. CS.

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MARCH 16, 2017

When you look at the gaming landscape, the only thing as “hot “as eSports is virtual reality. So it should come as no surprise that the world’s largest eSports company, The Electronic Sports League (ESL), and one of the giants in both the tech and gaming markets, Intel, are already laying the groundwork for virtual reality eSports.

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