Road to VR

JULY 6, 2023

At the time of this writing, new units are still available direct from HTC in select markets, including Europe, Australia, Taiwan, and Japan. I suggest you to check with resellers if they have it available,” an HTC service representative confirmed with Road to VR, echoing the statement provided to Kody1996.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

In these days, I got a quite interesting rumor: Xiaomi may have abandoned its plans for the Mi VR standalone headset , the Chinese counterpart of the Oculus Go. If you remember well, the Oculus Go is a joint product between Oculus and Xiaomi. What does this mean for the Oculus Go? The operation regarded a dozen employees.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Black Friday is nearly upon us, and Oculus is cutting a few bucks off both Oculus Go and Oculus Rift to celebrate. Today, Oculus announced that Go is getting in the fun too, knocking its base 32GB model down by $20 (or local equivalent), bringing it from $200 to $180. Image courtesy Oculus.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2018 deals. Oculus Rift Deal Baseline. Without an special discount, the Oculus Rift + Touch bundle costs $400/€450/£400. The Best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2018 Deal. Oculus Rift Black Friday Game Deals. Image courtesy Oculus. Updated: 11/22/18.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition kicks-off Tuesday, February 22nd at 1:00pm JST and ends Friday, March 11th at 4:59pm JST and will be available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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JUNE 30, 2018

Last October Oculus announced its ‘ Oculus Rift for Business ‘ bundle, offering for the first time a package which included a warranty and license officially sanctioned for commercial use. The post Oculus Cuts Price on Rift Business Bundle, Now Shipping to Four New Regions appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe. Meta (then Facebook) released the 3DOF standalone Oculus Go in 2018 in China thanks to a manufacturing partnership with Xiaomi, branding the headset as the ‘Mi VR Standalone’.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Though it has held fairly steady since its launch in October, the stock of Oculus Quest 2 is starting to dwindle heading into the Black Friday holiday shopping season. Oculus Quest 2 & Rift S Stock Check. Where to Buy Quest 2 and Look for Stock. It seems likely that Quest 2 stock is going to become scarce this holiday season.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2018 deals. Oculus Rift Deal Baseline. Without an special discount, the Oculus Rift + Touch bundle costs $400/€450/£400. The Best Oculus Rift Black Friday 2018 Deal. Oculus Rift Black Friday Game Deals. Image courtesy Oculus.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

The series is an Oculus exclusive, offering VR support across Rift, Quest and Quest 2 via the Oculus Store. If you want to catch the first episodes of Space Explorers in VR, you’ll find them over on the Oculus Store for $3 a piece, each of which take around 30 minutes to watch.

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JUNE 3, 2020

The news was first reported by Taiwan’s English language China News Agency , stating that HTC was set to “strategically adjust” its staff and continue optimizing its organizational structure to reduce operational costs. SEE ALSO 'Apollo 11 VR' Studio Secures $3.3M Funding from HTC for VR Education Platform 'Engage'.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Vive Flow was largely criticized for not providing much more of a practical experience beyond first-generation mobile VR devices like Gear VR, Oculus Go, or Google Daydream. Maybe the Taiwan-based manufacturer is going for a real standalone format this time?

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Road to VR

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. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017. Old Enemies – HTC. Launch – $800.

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Road to VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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MARCH 20, 2020

Looking for an Oculus Rift S? Rift S stocks persevered up until just last week in the only remaining regions where you could order direct from Oculus , which included Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan. Now every supported country is out of stock, leaving only a few Oculus Quests in some last holdout regions.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Whether its a whacky melee fighting game, traveling to whiskey distilleries, visiting cityscapes of Taiwan, or sitting back to enjoy spectating some eSports action — there’s something for everyone.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Available for free on the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go, MelodyVR is home to on-demand musical performances from over 750 artists, including major acts such as Post Malone, Bebe Rexha, The Chainsmokers, and The London Symphony Orchestra. Image Credit: MelodyVR.

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JUNE 5, 2019

In this third and last article about my trip to Taiwan (here you are the links to my first and second one , if you missed them), I want to tell you about some other amazing XR stuff that I did there. iStaging is one of the companies that I loved the most in Taiwan. I have asked them how it is being a wo m an in XR in Taiwan.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Viveport pushed over 25 titles for the Venice VR Festival, and Oculus engineered a first of its kind key that enabled several projects to jump the Q&A process, something that has never been done before. Antony Vitillo shared an epic writeup of their efforts that can be viewed here.

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JULY 14, 2019

A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. We don’t know what Oculus will present, but we have some hints.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Then it could update them very fast and make them as powerful and successful as the Oculus Quest. More info (Oculus Quest with keyboard and mouse) More info (120Hz refresh rate on Quest 2) More info (Facebook and BCIs) More info (Rumor on Facebook smartwatch). People at Oculus do not know how to count. Learn more. Some XR fun.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

According to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC will halt trading of its stock as of September 21st, pending an unknown announcement from the company, reports Bloomberg. SEE ALSO HTC Says Vive Price Drop Wasn't a Reaction to Oculus. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. These numbers are a great piece of news because they show how VR adoption is growing and that the Oculus Quest 2 launch is contributing to this growth. New details on the Lynx MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Leading into today’s news, shares of HTC were halted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange pending this Wednesday night announcement. HTC is still one of the only major players successful at actively targeting the commercial VR market, standing out among the Oculus Rift that just got a price cut of their own. Google has announced a $1.1

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In the Mist faced some censorship from distribution platforms of Viveport and Oculus as it featured male nudity and adult themes, which made it difficult to watch alongside the other pieces that were showing during the virtual exhibition of Venice VR Expanded in 2021. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

of some kind, which HTC already told us wouldn’t be happening , the Taiwan-based company is using CES 2017 to unveil a slew of new accessories consumers can integrate into their already purchased HTC Vive VR headsets. ” If you’ve ever seen or used the Oculus Rift then there’s a good chance you recognize the design. .”

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AUGUST 26, 2022

A booklet put together by Valve to mark Steam Deck’s availability in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong indicates VR headsets using Steam will “soon” have Steam Deck’s user interface. Valve is bringing the Steam Deck’s user interface to VR headsets.

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MAY 11, 2018

Now, we learn INT, a Taiwan-based display design firm, is developing a 2228 ppi AMOLED specifically designed for VR headsets. Announced in a fairly sparse press release , not much is known about the company’s 2228 ppi AMOLED, which is built on a glass substrate.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’s offering hopeful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive developers over $80,000 in prizes as it searches for great new PC-based VR experiences. Virtual reality is still in need of great experiences to bring to the masses, and MSI wants to help make them with its latest game jam. Got an idea?

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MAY 25, 2021

Based in Taipei, Taiwan, eYs3D was spun out of Etron , a fabless IC and system-in-package (SiP) design firm, in 2016. eYs3D’s products have been used in the Facebook Oculus Rift S and Valve Index virtual reality headsets, and Techman Robots. It will use its new funding to build its embedded chip business in new markets.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’s offering hopeful Oculus Rift and HTC Vive developers over $80,000 in prizes as it searches for great new PC-based VR experiences. Virtual reality is still in need of great experiences to bring to the masses, and MSI wants to help make them with its latest game jam. Got an idea?

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Peter Graham

APRIL 15, 2020

The sale runs until this Sunday, 19th April, available in the following countries: US, Canada, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Spain, Russia, and South Korea. It’ll even support Oculus Quest via Oculus Link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2021

While the spotlight is all on Oculus and its Quest, actually Pico and HTC are evolving their hardware and software offerings without almost no one talking about it. The best hands tracking solution I have ever tried is still the one offered by Ultraleap , followed by the one of the Oculus Quest. Final Thoughts.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Still from the French premiere of film “Pneumo Hacker” by Taiwan’s Poké Poké Creative & Redbit Pictures and the Innolux Education Foundation. Released on Oculus Quest in the US in May, Vader Immortal will be having its premiere during the event. Image courtesy NewImages Festival.).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

When an arcade purchases a VR application through Steam or Oculus, they technically aren’t allowed to rent out their game library for profit. Viveport Arcade is launching first in China and Taiwan. This will be critical first step in making VR Arcades sustainable and legal.

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