VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The company announced that Oculus will be backing out of GDC over similar concerns. Facebook’s decision to cancel F8 comes on the heels of news that Oculus would be backing out of this year’s Game Developers Conference over similar concerns. The company will instead make a series of digital announcements remotely.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Considering the average consumer’s desire for entertainment, it makes sense that some expect gaming to be the spark and it looks like the PlayStation VR (PSVR) is leading that charge in Japan as reported on eMarketer. 2016 marked the birth of the modern virtual reality era with the launch of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2018

You could say the anime fans and by extension, Japanese gamers, always dreamt of what would it be like to live in their favourite series or games. VR Anime in Japan. In general, VR in Japan didn’t take off as quickly as it did in the West. But it wasn’t until Sony announced PSVR that things started to change.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2019

Where many high-end VR platforms pride themselves in touting the latest advances in hardware and the highest resolutions, Sony has instead chosen to focus their efforts on content, establishing a solid library of engaging VR experiences in the process. Image Credit: Sony Playstation. Image Credit: Sony Playstation.

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JUNE 12, 2017

We’re just a few hours away from Sony’s highly anticipated E3 2017 conference, where we’re expecting to see plenty of new PlayStation VR (PSVR) games. The UploadVR team is currently waiting to be let into Sony’s show in LA but, as usual, the company has lined up a bunch of games to check out in the meantime.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Image by Sony). And both the journalists of Road To VR and Upload VR agree on the fact tha t it doesn’t represent an improvement for VR gaming yet. The result of all of this is that games run exactly as on a PS4 Pro, with no other advantage than faster loading times (thanks to PS5’s SSD drives). Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. All in all, this big update is useful to finally give full power to the Oculus Quest 2. The Oculus Quest 2 jailbreak was probably fake.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. million units sold in its first three months.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Upload VR Showcase has been full of announcements about VR games. Upload did it again: on December, 2nd, the big XR magazine has streamed a big showcase of many news about VR games. This one has been richer than the previous one, and we had both news on existing games and announcements of new upcoming titles. Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

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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MARCH 9, 2017

The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards have been announced , and Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is once again leading the charge for virtual reality. Three PSVR games have been nominated across the event’s traditional categories. It’s up for both Game Innovation and British Game.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

The Oculus founder and a girl in a cape stole the gaming show. This was a huge year for VR during Japan’s premier Tokyo Game Show. Some 110 VR games for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive got all the attention with new demos and mixed reality performances. See our video below.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2018

With mostly prior confirmed PSVR titles presenting at E3 2018 , we expected Sony to dedicate a few moments during its E3 2018 keynote to highlight the platform’s upcoming VR games, of course with the understanding that high-profile PS4 titles would mostly overshadow VR titles. Image courtesy Squanch Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Anyway, he confirmed that the first smart glasses that will be released this year won’t have true AR and said that now Oculus wants to expand beyond the gaming ecosystem. Its visual quality is impressive if compared with other similar performances; Reachy , the cute robot by Pollen Robotics that you can control by VR.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s not Batman , RIGS or Driveclub ; it’s an experience that’s captured the hearts and minds of the early adopter community, and it’s not even a full game. I’m talking about Robot Rescue , one of the handful of mini-games that appears on Sony Japan’s excellent free launch compilation, Playroom VR.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories , as it’s quite brilliantly called, is coming to PlayStation 4 with PlayStation VR support, at least in Japan. At the very least it doesn’t look like any other PS VR game currently on the horizon.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

And even the ones still in the game—including AlfaReal, Miido, and Storm Magic Mirror—have begun downsizing and delaying salary payments to employees. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 But leaving that aside, a bit of background. Now, that number hovers around 10.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

” Very few major manufacturers have released sales data on their VR headsets, with Sony being the exception when they said that PSVR had already sold over 2 million units back in December 2017. million units since December 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Sony is finally accepting preorders for the PSVR 2 headset. People who expressed interest ahead of time via Sony’s official website received emails with pre-order windows, and many have already placed their pre-orders. According to a popular Rockstar Games leaker, Meta and Rockstar Games’ partnership goes beyond GTA V.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Some surprises may arrive from Sony (I hope so, but I don’t believe so), but for the rest, I’ve mostly heard about news from secondary operators. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This translates into more comfort for the user, both for gaming and professional at-home use. Interestingly, these controllers are nothing revolutionary, they are not implementing inside-out tracking like the Quest Pro, but they are refining instead the existing design, a bit like Sony did with the controllers of PSVR 2.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Best VR Gaming. Belgium, China (Beijing and Hong Kong), Japan, New Zealand, and Canada. Some of these highly-sought after honors include: Best VR Experience. Best VR Animation & CGI. Best VR Film. Best VR Documentary. Best VR Journalism. Best VR Sports. Best VR Music Best VR Advertising/Branded Content.

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JULY 13, 2017

Instead of building and investing in headsets like Facebook of the US, Sony of Japan and HTC of Taiwan, the Chinese trio are becoming middlemen: creating platforms and content for when a dominant headset emerges. IQiyi recently released an app suite that makes its movies and games compatible with head-mounted VR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — CNET) More info (Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3 — Hand Tracking) Sony to make PSVR 2 compatible with PC To celebrate the first anniversary of PSVR 2 , Sony has written in blog post in which it talks about how it is improving the content catalog its users can access.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A new leak hints at a VR port of Capcom’s legendary 3rd-person shooter horror game. This includes an official VR port of Capcom’s 2005 hit survival horror game Resident Evil 4. This incident has not affected connections for playing the company’s games online or access to its various websites.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

What are the games and experiences that will ensure anyone that puts on an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or PlayStation VR won’t soon forget it? If you don’t have a Vive, then we also recommend Medium and Quill on Oculus Rift with Touch. But there’s a question. For The Family Gathering – The Playroom VR (PS VR).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Last week I told you that most probably I wouldn’t have written a Week Peek this Sunday because I’m very busy showcasing our game at the WCVRI exhibition in Nanchang. But the Daydream project never took off, and its competitor Gear VR, thanks to Oculus money and branding has always performed better. Sony creates an AR headset for LBVR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The console-based HMD picked up some steam with the release of SIE Japan Studio’s VR platformer ASTRO BOT , now considered one of the most polished VR titles of all-time; and with Beat Saber now available on the platform, there’s no doubt that the headsets popularity will only continue to rise. OCULUS RIFT ON SALE! VIVE PRO DISCOUNTS!

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The annual Tokyo Game Show (TGS) will return next week with Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia (SIEJA) having a big presence at the event for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. Last Labyrinth will have gone full circle, originally revealed during the Tokyo Games Show (TGS) 2016. Japanese developer Amata K.K.

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MAY 5, 2017

One of PC VR’s best multiplayer games , Smashbox Arena from Big Box VR, is finally on its way to PlayStation VR (PSVR). Smashbox is a game that started life on the HTC Vive with roomscale support, though, which has us wondering how it will translate to Sony’s headset. We put that question to Big Box itself.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 16, 2021

We already knew Sony’s next-gen VR headset for the PS5 is on the way, but recent reports may have revealed additional details about the next PSVR’s specs and launch date. Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This new figure, when combined with official in-game player stats, suggests that the game could have as many as 280,000 PSVR players, putting it among the highest known number of VR players for any single VR game available on tethered VR headsets. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is not a VR-only game.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

You come from a gaming background. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure.

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