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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, soon to be CTO of Meta, the name change will also affect the Oculus product line. Moving forward, the Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 will be referred to as the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 respectively. The post The Oculus Quest Is Now The Meta Quest appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Learn how to take your VR gameplay videos to the next level on the Oculus Quest using this neat little feature. Available now on Oculus Quest headsets as part of update v29, Live Overlay allows you to layer yourself over VR gameplay using your smartphone camera, no editing or green screen equipment required. But enough talk!

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2020

The 2020 Game Developers Conference (GDC) would have started today had it not been canned like basically every major expo from here until summer. To compensate, Facebook is hosting what it calls its Game Developers Showcase, and it’s starting today.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2020

Despite the visually breathtaking graphics and captivating sound offered by modern video games, sometimes you just can’t beat a good old fashioned board game. Everything is designed to replicate a classic in-person game session. Drop your ten-sided dice and go sign up for the closed beta.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, Facebook announced several major updates to their social VR hangout app Facebook Spaces, expected in the coming year. Quill , the art creation tool built by Oculus Story Studio, would be available within the Spaces platform as well. Social VR just went next-level. Spaces Kits.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“Yo dog, we heard you like video games…” We’ve all been there. You’ve just finished an intense round of (insert your favorite VR game here) and one of your friends steps away to use the restroom or grab a quick bite to eat, leaving you and the rest of your party waiting patiently in the pre-game lobby.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2021

and we of New Technology Walkers have launched our game HitMotion: Reloaded in passthrough MR on SideQuest ( try it here )! So let me show you how you can develop an AR app for Oculus Quest 2 using Oculus Passthrough APIs in Unity. Oculus Passthrough APIs video tutorial. Oculus Passthrough APIs textual tutorial.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Although Facebook Spaces was shut down in October, making way for the company’s next social VR platform, Horizon , Facebook is rolling out some big social changes that promise to make meeting, talking, and playing together on the Oculus platform a lot easier. Privacy Changes to Oculus. Image captured by Road to VR.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2021

Facebook offers a closer look at the legendary action/horror game redesigned for Oculus Quest headsets. When Resident Evil debuted on the original PlayStation console it changed the way we looked at video games. Today, we received additional details regarding this VR adaptation as part of the Oculus Gaming Showcase.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2019

VR games need to achieve high, stable performance to look good and play comfortably. Optimization is no easy task, especially with the limited resources of mobile hardware like the Snapdragon 835 processor in the Oculus Quest. But there’s a handful of tools and methods that can set you up for success from the start.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Emerging Trends in the VR Gaming Industry — 2023 Technology is evolving at a fast pace. 2023 is currently shaping up to be the year of promise for the VR gaming industry. Virtual reality games, in particular, have come a long way from the lukewarm response they received in their early years. What is VR — A Quick Explanation!

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Check out our simple guide of how (and why) to use SideQuest to download this and a mountain of other games and apps. “This is a first release, some things may not work perfectly and we are still implementing some tools in the multiplayer rooms,” Rendever says. Stay tuned for more!”

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook’s VR headset subsidiary Oculus is finally integrating a native tool that will let you capture and share your Rift experiences through 360 photos and videos—one that developers can integrate into Unity and Unreal Engines, and across NVIDIA and AMD GPUs— and it’s available today on GitHub.

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VRScout

APRIL 10, 2020

for Physics Playground adds a whole suit of new features to the popular VR sandbox experience, including full-body physics, a brand new playground environment, improved NPC physics, new weaponry and tools, and a slew of other additions and optimizations; it’s basically Boneworks Lite for the Oculus Quest. – Exo.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2021

Facebook’s latest update introduces several long-awaited features designed to improve how we work and play on the Oculus Quest. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Compared to standard mixed reality capture, the process described by Oculus is painfully simple. Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus. Live Overlay.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2020

Released last November for the PlayStation 4, Hideo Kojima’s next-generation walking simulator Death Stranding proved to be one of the most interesting as well as divisive games of 2019, earning mixed reviews from both players and critics for its unique albeit often-frustrating gameplay. Well too bad!

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VRScout

APRIL 10, 2019

Two weeks ago, Oculus revealed a brand new mystery puzzle game for the Oculus Quest. The most notable aspect of the game is the apparent use of non-euclidean techniques designed to instantly transport players to new locations based on their in-game perspective. Teleportation for Dummies ©. Image Credit: Coatsink.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Bloober Team , the developer behind VR horror experiences Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 , is bringing one of the most terrifying video games ever to VR. Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition will cut you out from reality and drop you into the mysterious lore of the Blair Witch.

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Road to VR

JULY 20, 2021

Lone Echo II is now set to arrive on August 24th, likely making it one of the last PC-only games funded by Facebook to arrive on the Oculus Store. The game, which launches on the Oculus Store for Rift and Quest via either Link or Air Link next month, will be priced at $40. Image courtesy Ready at Dawn, Facebook.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2020

Help create original characters for an upcoming VR game, no experience required. Vo x el Vibe is an upcoming interactive VR puzzle game in which players are immersed in a hypnotic voxel world similar to a 3D music visualizer. This tool allows you to model characters out of 729 blocks and animate them.”.

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VRScout

MAY 22, 2020

Created by the newly launched company Adventure Lab , Dr. Crumb’s School for Disobedient Pets is a live-hosted multiplayer game brings to life the fantasy tabletop role-playing genre in a way only VR can. Games are hosted daily with different time slots available each day. This was in 2019, right before the Oculus Quest launched.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Developer InnerSloth’s multiplayer party game Among Us has been absolutely dominating the internet as of late, offering players a unique social deception experience that’s quickly testing the limits of friendships around the globe. If the Imposter manages to kill every other player then it’s game over.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

Our primary research areas are Computer Graphics and Mixed Reality and our works span different topics like MR for serious games, human-computer interaction, usability in MR, virtual heritage, and so on. I know that your team has created a tool called Holo-BLSD. Presentation video of Holo BLSD.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Stress Level Zero is amping up the hype for Bonelab’s release later this week with new video of its player abilities captured on Quest 2. The latest video posted by Stress Level Zero’s Brandon J Laatsch shows fast-paced gameplay captured on Quest 2, which is promised to run at 90Hz on the standalone headset.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Native hand tracking, PC/standalone hybrid functionality, and new games confirmed for the Oculus platform. That’s a wrap on Oculus Connect 6. Oculus Link launches this November ; Oculus will be offering its own official USB-C cable as well. .

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VRScout

APRIL 23, 2020

Today, the 90’s is considered to be one of the most important eras for video games, marking the dramatic transition from 16-bit to 32-bit platforms as well as the introduction of affordable at-home consoles. Luckily, there are plenty of anti-distraction tools at your disposal.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2021

Oculus App Lab, Facebook’s unmoderated app outlet, has largely stolen the thunder from the unofficial Quest app store SideQuest over the past few months. SideQuest has taken a big leap forward today in its bid for continued relevancy as an unmoderated marketplace for Quest platform games and experiences.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2020

Three new gameplay videos give us our first look at several jaw-dropping mechanics. With just three weeks to go until the release of Half-Life: Alyx , Valve today released a handful of raw gameplay videos showing off the various enemies, environments, and weapons PC VR players can expect to encounter. In another video.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Finally I have been able to try Viveport Streaming , the solution that lets you use your Vive Focus Plus to play PC VR games via Wi-Fi streaming. I made various tests and so I can not only review it, but also compare it with its competitor solution, the Oculus Link. Viveport Streaming – Video Review. Are you intrigued?

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. Douglas Dominguez, a plumber from Hampton, GA who is part of a Facebook Oculus Quest group, shared a Facebook post about a gentleman he knows who is confined to a wheelchair.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Quill , Facebook’s VR painting tool, has been a great way to sketch in VR since its launch back at the end of 2016, but today a new update transforms it into something entirely new. Now, with tools for animating Quill artwork directly in the app, users have a new dimension for artistic expression: time.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

People have been collaborating remotely in games like The Sims and Second Life for almost 20 years and most recently with Fortnite and Roblox among others. A few examples include: Squadpods: Private, secure office space for teams to customize, meet and collaborate with work tools they know and love. Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We are eagerly waiting to see what the scheduled release of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X later this year will do to AR/VR gaming! While we wait, we compiled a list of the most exciting video games that feature different use cases of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) as key plot devices. Think like Batman.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Oculus CTO John Carmack has said publicly that he’d love to open up Oculus Quest to Android apps to boost the headset’s usefulness, but admits he’s “not winning” the debate internally at Facebook. Android apps running on Quest is apparently something Oculus’ own CTO has been arguing for internally.

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VRScout

JULY 9, 2019

There, players could step into an interactive VR experience based on the popular game show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ and compete in a game of “CarPong” for the chance at winning some sweet prizes, including Insta360 cameras, t-shirts, even a few Oculus Quest’s. I called in for help and we made a great demo game.”.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2020

Back at Microsoft’s annual SharePoint Virtual Summit in May 2018, the company announced it was getting ready to ship a new VR maker tool set called Spaces for SharePoint, the web-based collaborative platform for enterprise customers. ” The news was first reported by German VR publication MIXED.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2021

So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about Bricks VR , an upcoming sandbox building experience for Oculus Quest and SteamVR headsets that allows you to craft incredible block-like structures in VR and explore your creations alongside friends. Image Credit: BricksVR Studio. Image Credit: BricksVR Studio.

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