VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2017

Once considered nothing more than farfetched science fiction, neuroscientists have since taken a much more optimistic stance on the potentially game-changing tech thanks to advances in brain-computer interfaces. In fact, one startup is claiming they’ll have a mind-controlled virtual reality game in VR arcades as soon as 2018.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A new mod brings the classic Nintendo 64 action-adventure game to PC VR headsets for the first time. One of the most iconic video games of all time is now available in VR thanks to a new mod by BrianMp16. This isn’t some 20-minute tech demo; it’s a fully playable Ocarina of Time VR game. from virtualreality.

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VRScout

JUNE 20, 2019

Director Jon Favreau ditches physical sets in favor of 360-degree virtual environments. Director Jon Favreau and his team immersed within their virtual set. // Image Credit: Wired. We’ve basically built a multiplayer VR filmmaking game just for the purposes of making this movie.”.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2020

Companies such as Fable , HTC, and Oculus have each walked away as winners for their groundbreaking hardware, alongside genre-defying titles such as War Remains , Tilt Brush and ImmersiCare. Since its release back in 2017 the game has attracted a sizable community of players thanks in large part to its $0.00

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2021

Upgrade and customize your very own old-school gaming paradise. LAI Games is an Australian-based company with location-based entertainment venues all around the world. Chance are if you’ve stepped into an arcade to play an old-school ticket redemption game, chances are LAI Games was involved. Image Credit: LAI Games.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2020

Naturally, this type of artificial locomotion has proven especially popular within the immersive technology sector, allowing VR users to physically traverse virtual environments with complete freedom-of-movement regardless of the size of their play space.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2019

For developers operating on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and other PC VR headsets, mixed reality capture has served as an invaluable marketing tool for their projects, allowing them to showcase a clearer interpretation of their in-game experience. The post Oculus Quest Mixed Reality Capture Tools Now Available appeared first on VRScout.

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VR Fitness

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

VR’s best quality is that it immerses you directly into a virtual environment, allowing your own body to become the controller that makes gameplay happen. This is the basic motivational thrust of VR fitness, which is all about turning fun VR games into an effective fitness regimen.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Virtual reality is becoming increasingly popular among consumers and businesses. VR creates immersive, simulated experiences for users by placing them in a digital environment. It can power various genres of video games, and people use headsets for fun, fitness , and social interaction. As it evolves, more use cases will emerge.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Spice up your live stream with this customizable virtual environment. introduced a brand new green screen room to its social VR platform Bigscreen VR , allowing users to customize their virtual environment for a variety of use cases, from VR podcasts and live streams to video conferencing and more.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The platform has a number of theater environments that are great for chatting, viewing videos and playing games; since there’s no user-generated environments, it can’t really be used for much else though. Bigscreen supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, all Windows VR headsets, Oculus Quest and Oculus Go.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

SpectreXR is developing OctoXR, a sensor and tracking technology that operates as a Unity game engine plugin for creating realistic, physics-based hand interactions for immersive applications. The Octo SDK framework allows developers to integrate hand-tracking-ready applications on headsets from vendors like Meta and HTC VIVE.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Queen’s University will be partnering with SimforHealth, a European company experienced in developeding VR software, and HTC to create an 8,000 square foot clinical simulation space that will train prospective doctors and study the impact of VR on education in order to develop more useful content for future classes.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 6, 2022

At the Augmented World Expo (AWE 2022) last week, extended reality (XR) human-machine interface (HCI) technology developers TG0 showcased its button-free virtual reality (VR) controllers designed for immersive gaming and Metaverse experiences. New Ways to Control the Metaverse.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2018

A pair of developers have created a prototype VR game that’s played across an entire football field. ‘Return to Grindelind’, as its called by creators Jeremy Kirshbaum and Alexander Goldman, is a rough prototype of a world-scale VR game that’s designed to fit within a football field.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Many of the rollercoasters available are not focused on your virtual environment and are simply a badly built replica of what is available in real life. Roller Coaster Legends will be available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR in late December.

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XROM

OCTOBER 17, 2021

HTC VIVE announced VIVE Flow, a compact, lightweight immersive glasses device that transports its wearers wherever they want or need to be – anytime, anywhere. With VIVE Flow, HTC is taking technology in a new direction, focusing not on what we do, but on how we feel. Portability meets power. Unwind to your heart's content.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Rise of Massively Multiplayer Online Games In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the rise of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) marked an important step in the evolution of the metaverse. MMOs are virtual worlds that allow large numbers of players to interact with each other and with the game environment in real time.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

The SenseGlove Nova is a wearable haptic glove that enhances VR experiences by using pressure sensors to track the movement of fingers and allowing users to feel tactile feedback in their VR environment. SenseGlove Nova can be used with Meta Quest and HTC VIVE headsets by mounting the controllers on gloves. Ekto VR Robot Boots.

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Hypergrid Business

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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Investors include HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, GREE VR Capital, and Brightstone Venture Capital. Supporting Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, VRChat currently offers over 200 user-created worlds, everything from simple environments to some of the most complex creations currently in social VR. million seed investment round.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2020

Created by health and education VR startup Virtuleap , Enhance VR uses specially created games to test your brains cognitive skills, including your memory, reasoning, problem-solving, motor control, spatial orientation, and other areas that will help you strengthen your brain.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s only day one of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and already we’ve seen the unveiling of two never-before-seen HTC Vive headsets, as well as new controllers and tracking capabilities for the ultrawide Pimax 8K. Holoride technology turns your everyday commute into a location-based VR theme park.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

The platform will support the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and OSVR and is free-to-play. million late last year with help from the likes of HTC, certainly seems to be doing that. On top of casual hangouts, users will be able to play community-built games. VRChat will be releasing on Steam in Early Access on February 1st 2017.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

How is modern technology setting us up to move around the virtual worlds of the future? It wasn’t long ago that the best method of moving around games and virtual worlds were two joysticks or a set of keyboard keys and a mouse. No longer is a joystick or a button needed to move your head around.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 13, 2021

Having started production on its first title even before the original Oculus Rift DK1 development kit was sent to developers, Canada-based Cloudhead Games is one of the world’s most veteran game studios dedicated to virtual reality. The studio has staked its very existence on its ability to build compelling VR games.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 23, 2017

They are responsible for games like Duckpocalypse as well as prototype projects such as HoloLens Golf and Pokemon GO for HoloLens. By tracking the position and rotation of the tablet it functions as an actual window or portal to the virtual environment. The end result is similar to what HTC showed off at CES earlier this year.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2022

The wearer is allowed to take several steps forward before the boots are activated so they can better acclimate to their virtual environment. “As Then there are games that do away with hardware altogether.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Thankfully the talented folks over at Vive Studios and developer Heavy Iron Studios are offering users the chance to explore all the most interesting aspects of this remote environment, minus the eight-hour flight and insanity-inducing mosquitos. And what an enticing game it is.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Some of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding VR include the following: it always causes motion sickness and virtual reality is solely applicable to games. We talked with The Park Playground CEO Peter Vindevogel, who shared his thoughts on these myths and misconceptions, shedding light on virtual reality technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2024

The Metaverse will Transform Healthcare The Metaverse is seemingly under a rebrand, moving away from shared virtual environments and, more specifically, describing XR technologies that promoted interconnected collaboration, such as digital twins. However, the value of the Metaverse is clear in healthcare.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It is the world’s first all-in-one gaming system built for virtual reality, which distinguishes itself from other standalone. While Oculus Go is roughly “80 percent media and 20 percent gaming,” said Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack, the Oculus Quest is emphatically gaming-focused. Adventure Game.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, enterprise and commercial products from Pico, Lenovo, and HTC are debuting left, right, and centre to drive competition in the XR wearables space. Perhaps the most significant selling point of the Meta Quest is its accessibility; users do not need a massive budget or powerful gaming computer to run immersive VR applications.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Virtual reality is an underestimated field that could bring changes to medical therapy, professional training, and life experiences for both consumers and business beyond videos and games. Speaking of virtual reality, the first thing people think of might be watching 360 videos. VR Noir Gear VR .

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

Detailed in a press release at E3 2017, the game is set to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and Touch by the end of the year. Our hands-on at GDC was very positive ; an ‘incredibly fun’ game with breakthrough controls for VR locomotion. The game also features cross-platform multiplayer support for up to eight players.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 3, 2023

The product combines hand tracking with haptic feedback to give the user a more hands-on approach to interacting with the virtual environment around them. It’s compatible with HTC Vive headsets, as well as Steam VR hardware. Battery life is around two hours with haptics on and eight hours with it turned off.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2016

Despite the fact that this genre is being mentioned in combination with VR in many different books, movies and VR games, the classic movement mechanics did not please users that experimented with VR FPS games. VR players cannot even walk normally through the gaming environment – they start vomiting (in a literal sense).

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