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MAY 16, 2017

First-person real-time strategy VR game Cosmic Trip will leave Early Access on May 24th. Since its launch on Steam Early Access in June 2016 for the HTC Vive, Cosmic Trip has seen regular build updates, adding major features such as new game modes, environments and weapons.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Oculus Touch officially releases to the world this December 6th, 2016, and will bring with it up to 50 titles from day one with support for the controllers on Oculus Home. Cosmic Trip is currently available on Steam for HTC Vive at a price point of $19.99. You can visit the official website for more details.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Following their highly successful Summer of Rift Sale, Oculus have announced a permanent price cut of the Rift headset and Touch controller package to $399. The new price was revealed by Hugo Barra, Oculus’ Vice President of Virtual Reality at the opening keynote to Oculus Connect 4.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Spuds Unearthed , a mashup title which combines real-time strategy and MOBA elements, has launched on Rift and Vive headsets following nearly nine months in Early Access. Spuds Unearthed is available as of September 19th on the Oculus Store and Steam Store for $20. It is also available to Viveport subscribers.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

All the speakers have said very interesting things, but the last one, our dear “Mister President” has made a little public reveal of the upcoming strategy of HTC that interests us all. He has so confirmed the rumors of a new HTC headset coming in 2021. Oculus Quest vs Vive Focus Plus.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Well, it seems that exclusivity may just be a timed arrangement according to some sources and we will in fact see an HTC Vive / Steam VR release. How long that timed exclusivity will remain in place is unclear, but this strategy makes a lot more sense, more inline with expectations. 1hr 3m) with a Sony rep at E3.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

HTC revealed their new standalone Vive Focus headset today , poised to launch into the Asian market. Earlier this year the device was teased to be heading to Western markets as part of Google’s Daydream platform in 2017, but now HTC confirms they’ve canceled those plans. billion earlier this year.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Skyworld , a turn-based strategy game from Arizona Sunshine (2016) developers Vertigo Games, was initially introduced to the world as a demo during HTC Vive’s first public showing back in GDC 2015.

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JANUARY 29, 2017

There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? Oculus/Apple .

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APRIL 6, 2017

Launched for the Vive headset in December 2016, the game quickly received Oculus Rift support, and recently saw further optimisations for Oculus Touch. Now wanting to bring the game to PSVR, HTC is going a step above to demonstrate their commitment to platform agnostic VR content. Photo courtesy HTC.

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JULY 2, 2018

HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg’s Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. HTC has been in financial difficulty for the past few years, with stock prices falling since their all-time high in 2011. controllers.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Following funding via COVID-related investments, the region gained the support required to kick off the VR immersive learning program, starting with just 50 Oculus Gos, before reaching its current hardware figure. ” A new wave of XR influence emerges with the Apple Vision Pro recording sales figures of roughly 200,000 headsets.

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APRIL 26, 2017

A pioneer who helped kickstart VR’s renaissance is driving the strategy for Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, spanning both HoloLens and a collection of VR headsets rolling out later this year. UploadVR has now confirmed Bolas’ role. .

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MARCH 22, 2017

Recently launched on Steam, Warpaint is a turn-based strategy game that lets you customize your troops by painting them to your taste. Real-time strategy gaming seems to suit VR pretty well, but few developers have chosen the turn-based approach; Warpaint shows that the more sedate pace of turn-based strategy is a natural fit for VR too.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are… in the works. Qualcomm says that the HTC Vive and Lenovo standalone headsets will be built around the latest version of the VRDK which uses the significantly more modern Snapdragon 835 chip.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Approaching the one-year anniversary since shipping the Rift, Oculus has made a surprising move to cut prices for both the Rift and Touch controllers. Announced today at GDC, the Oculus Rift plus Touch bundle price has been slashed from $798 to $598. The post Oculus Rift and Touch Now Cheaper Than Vive appeared first on VRScout.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US. As I’ve told in some previous posts of mine, it is all matter of market positioning : HTC wants to position its device as a premium device, not as a consumer one. But f rom a business side, this is most probably the right price to fulfill its strategy. rating is due to the high price.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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JULY 29, 2019

Simply put, OpenXR is a technical foundation for interoperability, but business decisions still dictate content, device, and platform strategy. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. OpenXR 1.0 is now available on GitHub. Epic says that it has previously implemented OpenXR 0.9

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

HTC Vive fans got a nice surprise yesterday when Google Earth launched for free on the headset. Now its Oculus owner’s turn for a treat. Salvaged , a long-in-development strategy game from UK-based Opposable Games, has just launched for the Rift on Steam Early Access at $12.99. Tagged with: Salvaged , sci-fi , strategy.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

This may be Apple’s strategy to make people wear something on their head while they wait for a more complex headset. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. Happy birthday, Oculus Quest! We’ll see…. Other relevant news.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. An ILM user in headset dropped TIE Fighters, Imperial Cruisers, and Darth Vader into a Star Wars-themed world, using nothing more than an on-screen GUI controlled with HTC Vive controllers.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

This past week the game also took home the award for “Best Sim / Strategy 2020” at The Game Awards 2020. Since launching on PC this past August, players have so far logged an astonishing 3.5 billion miles over 50 million flights ; not a bad number considering the game has been live less than 6 months.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Sony is the market share leader for VR hardware revenues according to the latest report from Strategy Insights. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. With the cheaper experience-sell strategy that rivals PSVR, it’s likewise an “all-in” purchase.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Claude Zellweger, HTC’s VP of Design, is making the switch from PC VR to mobile VR. HTC itself confirmed to UploadVR that Zellweger had parted ways with the company, stating: “HTC can confirm that Claude Zellweger has left the Company. Tagged with: Claude Zellweger , Daydream , google , htc.

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MARCH 8, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Oculus screwed up pretty badly yesterday when they let a software certification expire, leaving Rift owners without access to any of their games for a full day. Hitman GO: VR Edition – is a turn-based strategy game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Available now in beta on Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets via the Oculus App Lab, Pandemic by Prisms is an engaging and thought-provoking educational game experience designed to illustrate the mathematics of a global viral outbreak. Explore virus containment strategies hands-on. via Oculus App Lab , SideQuest , and Steam.

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JULY 9, 2017

So, you just bought an Oculus Rift and you want to know what to download first (besides the free stuff). In our breakdown of the top 5 games for Oculus Touch and top 5 for the Xbox One gamepad, we take a look at some of the best games currently on the Oculus Store. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. Superhot VR.

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MARCH 28, 2019

While it took the strategy genre some time to establish its virtual battlefields and prepare for world domination, today there are more and more quality titles available across all platforms.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

You’re going to have to think fast and develop effective strategies if you hope to outmaneuver these half-assed crazy clunkers. Creativity and strategy are a must. Gazzlers launches in Early Access on Steam in early 2022 with plans for Oculus and PlayStation releases in 2023. Image Credit: Banzai Studios.

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JANUARY 8, 2017

That company was HTC. HTC unveiled its new elite head strap, complete with integrated audio, but its most important announcement was the Vive Tracker. HTC’s opposite number right now is Facebook. The social media giant’s Oculus division is the creator of the Rift headset and the Touch motion controllers.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Old Enemies – HTC. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017.

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JUNE 1, 2018

E McNeill, an indie developer behind strategy games Darknet (2015), Tactera (2016) , and Skylight (2017), announced his real-time strategy game Astraeus , an Oculus Go launch title, is coming to HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PC on June 7th.

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MARCH 1, 2017

In an official statement, HTC is addressing today’s news that Oculus is dropping the price of its Rift VR headset and Touch VR controllers. Now, consumers can get Rift and Touch together for $600 which is a significant undercut to HTC. Until today, the Rift headset was $600 and the Touch controllers were $200.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Project Stardust should work with any SteamVR compatible headset and can be played on the Quest using the Oculus Link cable or Virtual Desktop connected to a VR capable PC. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is available on the Oculus Quest and Rift , Playstation 4 , and on Steam for $24.99. Download Project Stardust for free here. Starblazer.

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JULY 13, 2017

Ever since Facebook purchased Oculus VR back in 2014 it was clear the company was playing the long-game when it came to their strategy in the VR marketplace. Nevertheless, Oculus has come out to say that almost all Rift owners have also purchased the Touch controllers. .”

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MARCH 3, 2017

Alongside the $100 price cut of both Rift headset and Touch controllers, Oculus also permanently reduced the price of additional Sensors to $59. Oculus have applied the first permanent price reduction for their PC VR hardware since the Rift launched in March 2016 – cutting $100 off both the headset and Touch motion controllers.

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