Road to VR

JULY 3, 2018

Based in Reykjavik, Iceland, Aldin is an indie VR studio which has been an early innovator in the VR game development space with its first two titles, Trial of the Rift Drifter and Asunder , developed well before the first major VR headsets were launched in 2016.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2023

The release of Horizon Worlds outside of Quest would represent a massive potential influx of users and user-generated content, putting it in direct competition with cross-platform social gaming titans such as Roblox and Rec Room. It was too good to be true.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since June though, Meta introduced a new Personal Space to a select number of users which allows you to hang out with friends and play mini-games, making the area sort of an apartment to chill out in before popping off to other virtual places on the platform. It was personal though, as in, only you could access it.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2018

CCP Games , the Icelandic studio known for their long-running MMO Eve: Online (2003) , shuttered their VR production studios in a surprise move last year, selling off their Newcastle-based branch behind their multiplayer space dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie (2016), and completely shutting down their Atlanta studio behind sports game Sparc (2017).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the time of this writing, the standard geolocation restrictions are still in effect for Horizon Worlds, with only users in the following countries able to access the platform: Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Waltz of the Wizard is a spell-casting VR experience that got much deeper with the entrance of the ‘Natural Magic’ expansion on Quest and SteamVR headsets in July, which fundamentally changed the game by bringing a new magic-based combat system and a massive dungeon to fight through.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With the partnership, Meta will offer immersive live games with 180-degree video. It will also showcase on-demand seasonal games and content via Xtadium and a dedicated NBA Arena platform on its Horizon Worlds metaverse. This is a huge leap forward from last season’s five immersive games. NBA season has finally kicked off!

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Horizon Worlds on the other hand has been limited to users 18+ since it was launched in 2021, and only to those in US, Canada, UK, France, Iceland, Ireland and Spain. Meta’s Quest 2 headset is technically only available to users aged 13 and up. At the same time, Meta has slashed some XR projects , including first-party title Echo VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In quite the pivot from virtual tourism experience EVEREST VR (2016) , Iceland-based Sólfar Studios has revealed their next VR project, In Death , a VR roguelike bow-shooter that promises procedurally generated crawling for loot and more. You can sign up on the game’s official page. Image courtesy Sólfar Studios.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

CCP Games , an Icelandic game studio known for the long running EVE: Online MMO and their eager jump into and eventual backpedaling in the VR space, has been acquired by Korea-based developer Pearl Abyss , the studio behind the MMO Black Desert Online. Image courtesy Pearl Abyss.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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ARPost

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Beyond video games and social hangout spaces, the metaverse is a complex digital space where users can indulge in a variety of activities. To date, the Horizon Worlds metaverse project is available in select regions only: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, France, Ireland, and Iceland.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2021

Owners of Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition, the spell-casting VR experience for SteamVR and Quest, are getting a major free expansion today called ‘Natural Magic’ It brings to the the game a new magic-based combat system and a massive dungeon where you can finetune how to use your singular, albeit surprisingly flexible spell.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2018

Sólfar Studios , the Iceland-based studio behind roguelike VR archery game In Death , today announced that their ghoulish bowshooter is getting a new chapter. Along with the cherubs, a new weapon is coming to the game too, a crossbow which is said to deal “more short-range damage than the bow.”

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Today there was a significant restructuring to CCP games, known in the VR world for the excellent EVE Valkyrie and Gunjack games. Recently we reported on how EVE Valkyrie was transitioning away from just the VR elements and into cross platform gaming. This transition may have been a look at things to come.

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VRScout

MAY 18, 2018

To ensure that fate comes to fruition, Oculus and the ESL have returned with VR League: Season Two: another round of competitive VR gaming, this time featuring a handful of new titles, a bigger prize pool, and a slick new title. All of which leading up to the epic grand finale at Oculus Connect 5! Image Credit: Oculus.

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Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2022

are now dead as a result, meaning Russian users can’t buy games online. Still, over the years getting a Quest or Rift in Russia wasn’t like buying one in Germany or Mexico (both unsupported regions), where you can simply login to Amazon and purchase with one click. Quest Gets Caught in the Dragnet.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 20, 2022

It's a tale you've heard before, probably through Shakespeare's version, Hamlet , unless you're well-versed in the Icelandic Sagas. Writing the script with Icelandic poet, novelist, and Björk collaborator Sjón, Eggers recruited multiple experts to advise on the production of the film. It was an incredibly violent game.".

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

According to a report by Icelandic publication MBL , CCP is shelving virtual reality as it closes its Atlanta location and sells its Newcastle office, two important VR branches that produced Sparc (2017) and EVE: Valkyrie (2016). image courtesy CCP Games. image courtesy CCP Games.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2021

The Climb 2 has continued to refine what made the first game in the franchise so much fun. Here’s some ancient history: I first played The Climb after it launched on Oculus Rift in 2016; it was a technically impressive game but suffered from the lack of motion controls, which really hampered the whole experience.

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ARVR

AUGUST 31, 2021

According to him, it is not just about putting the player “inside” the game but also making the game more like reality. link] Aldin Dynamics is an Icelandic VR software company founded in early 2013, focused on creating believable virtual reality experiences and technologies to sustain presence and immersion.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Of course the company is using the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to tease a selection of in-development MR experiences, such as a music-based collaboration with Icelandic avant-rock band Sigur Rós, an intense action shooter game involving an army of evil robots (not available just yet), and a light-hearted sandbox experience filled with medieval knights, (..)

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2019

Waltz of the Wizard (2016) is a exceptionally well-built VR experience from Iceland-based studio Aldin Dynamics. As one of the pioneering demos to heavily feature object interaction back at the birth of consumer VR, it always felt like the curiously magical prologue to something much larger.

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VR Game Critic

JUNE 3, 2016

Iconic Icelandic artist Björk is collaborating with HTC to let fans experience a virtual reality interpretation of Vulnicura, Björk’s most recent studio album. The Björk collaboration is the latest in a series of experiments that aim to prove that the Vive can be used for more than just action games.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

THE FAMOUS ICELANDIC ECCENTRIC EMBRACES VR. To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?). The company is outspoken about its commitment to intuitive gameplay, and the $3.5M

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

According to Crytek: “The extensive game update will be free to everyone who owns The Climb , and also includes an expansive new setting inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. ” The Climb is clearly one of the games Oculus believes will attract new players towards Touch.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 26, 2022

Jules Verne-inspired space tourism is now a thing, video calls are de rigueur, and we all walk around with powerful computers in our pockets that connect to an infinite web of data and information — and yet we use this incredible computing power to play diverting games like Candy Crush and Wordle. Still from 2018 film Ready Player One.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

The result of that collaboration is Tónandi, which translates to sound spirit in Icelandic, an interactive audio-visual exploration of the sounds and spirit of Sigur Rós. Together with Sigur Rós we set out to discover and manifest the DNA of their sound in a new reality. Project Create.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2016

Waltz of the Wizard, a project from Iceland-based Twisted Realms developer Aldin Dynamics , is begging to be developed into a full game with more realms to explore and more potions to mix. Aldin Dynamics has been developing VR games and experiences since 2013.

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

to 2 hour experience is coming to HTC Vive through Steam, Valve’s online store and undoubtedly world’s #1 e-tailer for games. Solfar worked hand in hand with RVX , Iceland-based Special Effects (VFX) studio which worked on the Everest movie. The first fully featured, 1.5

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MARCH 21, 2023

Warehouse work isn’t the most exciting premise for a video game but The Last Worker makes this monotonous surprisingly enjoyable, incentivizing you to do better through a ranking system. But at heart, it’s a narrative game where we weave together different types of gameplay as you’re working through it.

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VR Geeks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

“The Climb 2” is a VR game that lets you explore and conquer beautiful, yet dangerous environments. The game has been designed with the sole purpose of giving players an adrenaline rush. The the climb quest 2 is a game that takes you through an adventure in virtual reality. If I could, I would do all I could to go beyond them.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

While blowing the screen up to an impossibly large size and playing the mobile version of Fruit Ninja sitting in a photogrammetry scene of the Icelandic countryside , it struck me just how much I’d missed the sheer capability of my phone in VR. Image courtesy Dell.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Barkin explains more about how this game came to be, saying, “Rony [Abovitz, CEO of Magic Leap] handed me a list. Tónandi, with Sigur Rós, was a particular challenge because they were insistent that the result not feel like a video game with traditional rewards. The experience I try is called “Tónandi.”

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VR Geeks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Supernatural is a virtual reality game that has been released on the Oculus Rift. The game also features an interesting story line that will have players hooked from beginning to end. Supernatural is a game that’s fun to play, but has a hefty entry price. The game is pretty good, but not as good as it could be.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

It’s a complex market with winners and losers for a technology that could change the world and many industries beyond gaming. John Riccitiello (left), CEO of Unity Technologies, and Mike Capps, former president of Epic Games. I saw Veigar Pétursson having a conversation at VRX with an executive from a very large game company.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Built by a self-funded Iceland-based startup, Arkio aims to bring intuitive, fully-featured architectural sketching to VR. In addition to a focus on speed, Arkio also aims to be cross-platform and easy to use, with the ability for VR and non-VR users to collaborate together.

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