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Until now, they had as a main partner HTC and the Vive has born because Valve has given a reference design to HTC, with the idea of earning money by licenses on sold hardware and especially on games that Valve users would buy on Steam. It will set a new quality bar for VR games. MORE
Bethesda announced that is bringing the world of Fallout 4 into Virtual Reality and there will be a series of VR experiences and games announced during this ‘media frenzy’ week. Razer is the driving force behind the OSVR, an Open Source Virtual Reality industry initiative. MORE
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! I decided to play a little more Chronos on my Oculus Rift CV1 today. Hope you guys enjoy! VR is here, and I’m coming right along with it. So, I hope you’ll join me on my adventure into VR! And like I always say, I’ll see you in another reality! MORE
Sensics, a co-founder of Razer’s OSVR initiative which produced the HDK headset , has a pretty specific approach on how out-of-home VR headsets should differ from their consumer counterparts. Supported by all major game engines including Unity, Unreal and more. MORE
So, the first thing to do if the various reboots didn’t work is trying opening a SteamVR game and see if there the controllers work (you can see and move them). Razer Synapse. You can find how to do it with or without removing all your games here. MORE
Today Razer is announcing a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Razer launched OSVR back at the beginning of January 2015 in collaboration with HMD manufacturer Sensics. MORE
THX standards expanded to home theaters, TVs and Projectors, gaming consoles, video games – every field where sound stands to improve the experience. The story of Razer needs no introduction. ” said Min-Liang Tan, Founder and CEO of Razer. MORE
Praised as one of the greatest games ever made, the 13 year old Half-Life 2 is a lauded piece of gaming history. Perhaps one of the coolest parts of the Half-Life 2: VR mod is the ability to feel like you’re really wielding the game’s arsenal of memorable weapons. MORE
At the time they were showing their ‘Reactive Grip’ haptic technology attached to a hacked up Razer Hydra (a popular VR motion controller in those early days, long before the likes of Vive controllers and Oculus Touch). MORE
Electronic Entertainment Expo will open its doors from June 14-17 and with all the deliberate and non-deliberate leaks, there will be a significant lack of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality gaming titles. Still, they might be in for a nasty surprise as the entertainment industry known as Hollywood is actively looking to upstage the gaming industry and get back on the Entertainment throne. Do note that there isn’t a smidgen of mainstream gaming studios. MORE
Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn’t work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR. MORE
Beyond that, they’re bringing over the same gear including Razer’s OSVR HDK 2.0 Warehouse-scale, free-roam, virtual reality gaming simply cannot be created at home,” stated Main Event Entertainment president and CEO Charlie Keegan in a prepared statement. MORE
from Razer. The result was somewhat disappointing, so Razer assisted to show me their latest model. Razer helped me out of that illusion. Razer has chosen a dual lens system. Razer want the user and the developer to be free in their choice. Gaming. MORE
The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never before—and just in time for The International. News Social VR Valve Valve SteamVR Games dot2 social vr dota 2 dota vr hub htc vive social vr steam vr valve MORE
What does the year’s biggest consumer gaming show hold in store for VR fans? Expect a heavy emphasis on games, with attention split between those designed for gamepad and those designed for Touch. Razer/OSVR. MORE
In the game, two teams of up to four players each face off across three rounds. The company invited me to its Las Vegas location in the MGM Grand to check out the new game. Sol Raiders is Zero Latency’s 6th game but its first team-based shooter where you fight other humans. MORE
Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. Yesterday Razer announced a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Oculus Touch Launch Lineup Will Top 30 Games, ‘Oculus Medium’ Bundled. MORE
Stifled (2017) originally launched last year as a PSVR exclusive, but now Singaporean studio Gattai Games is bringing the echolocation-based horror game to Rift, Vive, and PC next week. MORE
Those who have been following the modern VR era since the beginning may recall the original HLVR mod launched in 2013 that was well ahead of it’s time, offering motion-controller input via the Razer Hydra, literally years before Oculus or Valve would announce their own VR controllers. MORE
Starting as a hardware company and evolving into a software company as well, Razer is now also growing into an investing company. Triple-A games are a big business, and Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment has raised $5M to bring that caliber of gaming to virtual reality. MORE
Regardless of are we talking about smartphones, eSports, conventional multiplayer games or even VR, any network-induced lag breaks the user experience. The post Linksys Kills Lag by Launching Killer Wireless Router for Gaming, VR appeared first on VR World. MORE
Now the VR adventure game from Carbon Studio is now on Steam Greenlight where you can vote to help Alice VR be listed on Steam. No, you can play the game on desktop with (almost) same fun :) How long is ALICE VR? ALICE VR requires an average gaming PC to run on high settings. MORE
Earlier work include this high voltage switching experience built for the Oculus Rift DK2 and Razer Hydra motion controllers (see above). MORE
Epic Games’ popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR ‘Daydream’ and OSVR native support. MORE
The company already unleashed the GTX Titan X, 1080, 1070, and 1060 in their desktop formats , but now manufacturers like MSI, Asus, and Razer are building the mobile versions of those chips into their gaming notebooks. MORE
Here’s an acquisition we’d have never seen coming; gaming peripheral maker and OSVR leader Razer has this week acquired THX. Razer has acquired the “majority” of the company’s assets, a press release states , though no financial details have been revealed. MORE
What VR games are popular with HTC Vive’s early adopters The Steam Gauge data is a bit confusing on this score, though. Even stranger, there are a few HTC Vive titles that appear to be more popular than the hardware’s free pack-in games. MORE
Razer opens pre-orders for OSVR HDK 2 virtual reality headset Today, Razer announced that it is opening up pre-orders for the company’s second OSVR development kit, called the HDK 2. razer vr virtual reality MORE
Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. Of those, not all of them are optimized for Touch, but rather may be optimized for the Razer Hydra, or another third-party peripheral. MORE
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut, and the games that launched alongside them, were the culmination of years of prior game design experimentation in a new medium that brought both new opportunities and challenges. MORE
Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger recently tweeted what appears to be an unreleased VR headset and motion controllers using SteamVR 2.0 Whatever the case may be, it’s clear Cloudhead Games is continuing in its tradition as an early VR pioneer. MORE
Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. Games that support the platform, now have an icon next to their name. The OSVR has been announced by Razer in 2015, along with a first development kit with full-HD screen. MORE
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Pretty much what the title says there. MORE
That’s partly why video gaming brand Razer acquired THX , an audiovisual certifying company founded by George Lucas in 1983 that’s expanding into the growing VR market. Although THX will operate as a “ lean-startup ” separate from its new parent company, Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said he’s “excited” for THX’s ambitions to bring an improved 3D audio standard to VR. MORE
Razer Chief Executive and co-founder Min-Liang Tan has stated his company’s intent to dominate China’s rapidly growing virtual reality market, with new products built around the OSVR platform, tailored to the region launching next month. MORE
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! ” IT’S FINALLY HERE! The very first episode of Vivecraft, our new Minecraft VR series! Join us as we attempt to survive in a perilous world, fighting monsters, hunger, and not trying to kill ourselves! All within the HTC Vive using the Vivecraft mod! MORE
My name is Austin Hooper , and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Mann I was SO excited to do this video as soon as I saw the profile on VorpX! Here you go guys, DOOM 2016 IN VR WITH THE OCULUS RIFT! MORE
The company was recently acquired by gaming lifestyle company Razer (who is a founder of the OSVR initiative ). MORE
Archive gaming HTC VIVE oculus OSVR razer virtual reality vrTaking on E3 2016 on the dawn of the first full day, OSVR have revealed their Hacker Development Kit 2. MORE
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM… Game Transfer Phenomenon, aka the Tetris Effect (incidentally a great name for a band), is a documented reaction that occurs when elements from video games are woven into real life events, and even dreams. MORE
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Who said Dark Souls 3 in VR with a first person mod with the Oculus Rift was a bad idea? Nobody? Oh, ok. But still, this probably wasn’t the best of ideas, even if it was insanely cool. MORE
If gyms can provide a more interactive and stimulating environment of one’s choice like a game of Texas Hold ‘Em, then more people might make a habit of regular gym workouts. Perhaps it can as it is slowly but steadily creating a new reality in poker and gaming world. Razer OSVR Open-Source Virtual Reality for Gaming” by Maurizio Pesce is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Razer OSRFitness Gym Getting StartedEverybody wants to be fit. MORE
Funding Roundup: InstaVR Raises $2M & iStaging Raises $5M Series A & Razer Creates $30M Fund To Invest In Games, Tech, and VR InstaVR , a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, closed a $2M series A equity funding round. MORE
Launched through a collaboration between Razer and Sensics, the OSVR initiative has gained support from the likes of Intel, Nvidia, and Valve, as well as some traction within the game developer community, with over 300 games listed as supported on Steam. MORE
VRWorld
OCTOBER 18, 2016
THX standards expanded to home theaters, TVs and Projectors, gaming consoles, video games – every field where sound stands to improve the experience. The story of Razer needs no introduction. ” said Min-Liang Tan, Founder and CEO of Razer.
Road to VR
JUNE 13, 2016
Today Razer is announcing a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Razer launched OSVR back at the beginning of January 2015 in collaboration with HMD manufacturer Sensics.
Road to VR
JUNE 6, 2016
Razer Chief Executive and co-founder Min-Liang Tan has stated his company’s intent to dominate China’s rapidly growing virtual reality market, with new products built around the OSVR platform, tailored to the region launching next month.
AllThingsVR
JULY 20, 2016
Razer opens pre-orders for OSVR HDK 2 virtual reality headset Today, Razer announced that it is opening up pre-orders for the company’s second OSVR development kit, called the HDK 2. razer vr virtual reality
UploadVR
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Here’s an acquisition we’d have never seen coming; gaming peripheral maker and OSVR leader Razer has this week acquired THX. Razer has acquired the “majority” of the company’s assets, a press release states , though no financial details have been revealed.
VRWorld
JUNE 13, 2016
Bethesda announced that is bringing the world of Fallout 4 into Virtual Reality and there will be a series of VR experiences and games announced during this ‘media frenzy’ week. Razer is the driving force behind the OSVR, an Open Source Virtual Reality industry initiative.
VRWorld
JUNE 8, 2016
Electronic Entertainment Expo will open its doors from June 14-17 and with all the deliberate and non-deliberate leaks, there will be a significant lack of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality gaming titles. Still, they might be in for a nasty surprise as the entertainment industry known as Hollywood is actively looking to upstage the gaming industry and get back on the Entertainment throne. Do note that there isn’t a smidgen of mainstream gaming studios.
Road to VR
JUNE 14, 2016
Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. Yesterday Razer announced a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Oculus Touch Launch Lineup Will Top 30 Games, ‘Oculus Medium’ Bundled.
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2018
Stifled (2017) originally launched last year as a PSVR exclusive, but now Singaporean studio Gattai Games is bringing the echolocation-based horror game to Rift, Vive, and PC next week.
Road to VR
APRIL 17, 2018
Both the Rift and the Vive first launched to consumers around this time two years ago, but their debut, and the games that launched alongside them, were the culmination of years of prior game design experimentation in a new medium that brought both new opportunities and challenges.
VRCircle
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
If gyms can provide a more interactive and stimulating environment of one’s choice like a game of Texas Hold ‘Em, then more people might make a habit of regular gym workouts. Perhaps it can as it is slowly but steadily creating a new reality in poker and gaming world. Razer OSVR Open-Source Virtual Reality for Gaming” by Maurizio Pesce is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Razer OSRFitness Gym Getting StartedEverybody wants to be fit.
Road to VR
JANUARY 28, 2019
Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger recently tweeted what appears to be an unreleased VR headset and motion controllers using SteamVR 2.0 Whatever the case may be, it’s clear Cloudhead Games is continuing in its tradition as an early VR pioneer.
Slashgear
JUNE 13, 2016
Archive gaming HTC VIVE oculus OSVR razer virtual reality vrTaking on E3 2016 on the dawn of the first full day, OSVR have revealed their Hacker Development Kit 2.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
So, the first thing to do if the various reboots didn’t work is trying opening a SteamVR game and see if there the controllers work (you can see and move them). Razer Synapse. You can find how to do it with or without removing all your games here.
AllThingsVR
MAY 12, 2016
What VR games are popular with HTC Vive’s early adopters The Steam Gauge data is a bit confusing on this score, though. Even stranger, there are a few HTC Vive titles that appear to be more popular than the hardware’s free pack-in games.
VR Bites
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Valve added support for the Open Source Virtual Reality headset from Razer. Games that support the platform, now have an icon next to their name. The OSVR has been announced by Razer in 2015, along with a first development kit with full-HD screen.
UploadVR
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. Of those, not all of them are optimized for Touch, but rather may be optimized for the Razer Hydra, or another third-party peripheral.
AllThingsVR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Funding Roundup: InstaVR Raises $2M & iStaging Raises $5M Series A & Razer Creates $30M Fund To Invest In Games, Tech, and VR InstaVR , a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, closed a $2M series A equity funding round.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn’t work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR.
VR Bites
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Pretty much what the title says there.
VRCircle
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
Now the VR adventure game from Carbon Studio is now on Steam Greenlight where you can vote to help Alice VR be listed on Steam. No, you can play the game on desktop with (almost) same fun :) How long is ALICE VR? ALICE VR requires an average gaming PC to run on high settings.
VRWorld
AUGUST 22, 2017
Regardless of are we talking about smartphones, eSports, conventional multiplayer games or even VR, any network-induced lag breaks the user experience. The post Linksys Kills Lag by Launching Killer Wireless Router for Gaming, VR appeared first on VR World.
Road to VR
MAY 11, 2017
Praised as one of the greatest games ever made, the 13 year old Half-Life 2 is a lauded piece of gaming history. Perhaps one of the coolest parts of the Half-Life 2: VR mod is the ability to feel like you’re really wielding the game’s arsenal of memorable weapons.
VR Bites
MAY 26, 2016
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! I decided to play a little more Chronos on my Oculus Rift CV1 today. Hope you guys enjoy! VR is here, and I’m coming right along with it. So, I hope you’ll join me on my adventure into VR! And like I always say, I’ll see you in another reality!
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 29, 2016
The company already unleashed the GTX Titan X, 1080, 1070, and 1060 in their desktop formats , but now manufacturers like MSI, Asus, and Razer are building the mobile versions of those chips into their gaming notebooks.
Road to VR
MAY 15, 2017
Those who have been following the modern VR era since the beginning may recall the original HLVR mod launched in 2013 that was well ahead of it’s time, offering motion-controller input via the Razer Hydra, literally years before Oculus or Valve would announce their own VR controllers.
Road to VR
MARCH 6, 2017
Launched through a collaboration between Razer and Sensics, the OSVR initiative has gained support from the likes of Intel, Nvidia, and Valve, as well as some traction within the game developer community, with over 300 games listed as supported on Steam.
VRScout
OCTOBER 26, 2016
That’s partly why video gaming brand Razer acquired THX , an audiovisual certifying company founded by George Lucas in 1983 that’s expanding into the growing VR market. Although THX will operate as a “ lean-startup ” separate from its new parent company, Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said he’s “excited” for THX’s ambitions to bring an improved 3D audio standard to VR.
VR Bites
AUGUST 30, 2016
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! ” IT’S FINALLY HERE! The very first episode of Vivecraft, our new Minecraft VR series! Join us as we attempt to survive in a perilous world, fighting monsters, hunger, and not trying to kill ourselves! All within the HTC Vive using the Vivecraft mod!
VR Bites
MAY 28, 2016
My name is Austin Hooper , and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Mann I was SO excited to do this video as soon as I saw the profile on VorpX! Here you go guys, DOOM 2016 IN VR WITH THE OCULUS RIFT!
VRScout
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Starting as a hardware company and evolving into a software company as well, Razer is now also growing into an investing company. Triple-A games are a big business, and Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment has raised $5M to bring that caliber of gaming to virtual reality.
Road to VR
JUNE 25, 2016
Earlier work include this high voltage switching experience built for the Oculus Rift DK2 and Razer Hydra motion controllers (see above).
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM… Game Transfer Phenomenon, aka the Tetris Effect (incidentally a great name for a band), is a documented reaction that occurs when elements from video games are woven into real life events, and even dreams.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
In the game, two teams of up to four players each face off across three rounds. The company invited me to its Las Vegas location in the MGM Grand to check out the new game. Sol Raiders is Zero Latency’s 6th game but its first team-based shooter where you fight other humans.
Road to VR
JUNE 6, 2016
Epic Games’ popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR ‘Daydream’ and OSVR native support.
VR Bites
MAY 20, 2016
My name is Austin Hooper, and I make virtual reality gaming videos! With my trusty Oculus Rift, GearVR, Razer Hydras, and many more VR gadgetry, I try to find the best and most compelling experiences to share with the world! Who said Dark Souls 3 in VR with a first person mod with the Oculus Rift was a bad idea? Nobody? Oh, ok. But still, this probably wasn’t the best of ideas, even if it was insanely cool.
Road to VR
JUNE 12, 2016
What does the year’s biggest consumer gaming show hold in store for VR fans? Expect a heavy emphasis on games, with attention split between those designed for gamepad and those designed for Touch. Razer/OSVR.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 29, 2016
The company was recently acquired by gaming lifestyle company Razer (who is a founder of the OSVR initiative ).
Road to VR
JULY 28, 2016
The new VR Hub adds a social component to the game that lets you and your friends watch Dota 2 together like never before—and just in time for The International. News Social VR Valve Valve SteamVR Games dot2 social vr dota 2 dota vr hub htc vive social vr steam vr valve
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Until now, they had as a main partner HTC and the Vive has born because Valve has given a reference design to HTC, with the idea of earning money by licenses on sold hardware and especially on games that Valve users would buy on Steam. It will set a new quality bar for VR games.
Road to VR
AUGUST 30, 2017
Sensics, a co-founder of Razer’s OSVR initiative which produced the HDK headset , has a pretty specific approach on how out-of-home VR headsets should differ from their consumer counterparts. Supported by all major game engines including Unity, Unreal and more.
UploadVR
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Beyond that, they’re bringing over the same gear including Razer’s OSVR HDK 2.0 Warehouse-scale, free-roam, virtual reality gaming simply cannot be created at home,” stated Main Event Entertainment president and CEO Charlie Keegan in a prepared statement.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
At the time they were showing their ‘Reactive Grip’ haptic technology attached to a hacked up Razer Hydra (a popular VR motion controller in those early days, long before the likes of Vive controllers and Oculus Touch).
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