Road to VR

MAY 27, 2022

Lynch, known for the YouTube channel SadlyItsBradley , now alleges to have discussed the cloud PC VR streaming with someone who managed to gain access, and was able to remotely play a game of Asgard’s Wrath (2020) , an Oculus PC exclusive, on Quest 2. Quest 2 tethered to a PC | Image courtesy Meta.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This year, they will be available in virtual exhibition space, The Expanse, on Oculus devices or through a browser experience. The late 1940s marked the beginning of the “Windrush Generation,” groups of Caribbean natives who emigrated to the United Kingdom to fill a labor shortage left in the aftermath of World War II.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As the epidemic continues to spread, reports are now coming in of cases outside mainland China, including both the United Kingdom as well as the United States. First identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan towards the tail-end of 2019, Chinese authorities are now reporting thousands of confirmed cases across the massive country.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Bigscreen’s virtual screenings are available in 10 countries at launch: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Japan. Image Credit: Bigscreen, Paramount Pictures. In addition to 2D films, Bigscreen will also show select movies in 3D. . Yes, that’s right.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Bigscreen Cinema is launching on all supported platforms today in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, and Australia. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 17, 2022

Teens aged 13 and over can notify parents of purchases by submitting “Ask to Buy” requests, where parents can later authorise or block requests on their Oculus mobile apps. Parents can also monitor their child’s screen time and list of friends on the Oculus app.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2018

Showings of Stargate Origin are free, although only users in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand will be able to join in – no doubt an issue with licensing. No ticket or sign-up is required, simply download Bigscreen from the Oculus Store , Steam , or the Microsoft Store.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The experience is available free download for the Oculus Go and is also being shown at a number of libraries and literary events across the United Kingdom.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Today, Facebook announced that they’re bringing 2D apps into the Oculus Store for the first time. A handful of 2D apps are available in the Oculus Store as of today, including Facebook, Instagram, Smartsheet and Spike. Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 31, 2017

The tallest building in the United Kingdom, The Shard, now offers a VR experience on its viewing platform. Developed by VR firm Happy Finish and using the Oculus Rift, visitors can experience a roller coaster-like corkscrew slide at 100 miles-per-hour that will take them around the tower and over London.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 14, 2022

Meta notes that if you already have supervision set up on Instagram in the United States, these updates are now available. These tools will begin rolling out to other countries including the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Canada, France and Germany starting this month. Image Credits: Meta. Image Credits: Meta.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 6, 2019

The experience is available to download for free from the Oculus Store, and will be available on the Oculus Go. It’s also being shown at a number of libraries and literary events across the United Kingdom.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

v51 just released for the Meta Oculus Quest and it finally updated from Android 10 to 12 — basti (@Basti564) March 27, 2023 Added features include local dimming support for the Meta Quest Pro and additional support for Public Test Channel (PTC) device users. The device began shipping to the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Canada.

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VRScout

AUGUST 14, 2018

The experience conveys the atmosphere of hallways across the United Kingdom during that time, when families and friends patiently waited for any news from loved ones while violence raged in the trenches. Image Credit: BBC. The post You Can Now Watch The BBC Proms Music Festival In VR appeared first on VRScout.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Menlo Park-based firm released its MR device in October, and Meta priced the Quest Pro device at £1,799 in regions including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and France. Following Connect 2022, Meta debuted the Quest Pro, a consumer and enterprise-grade MR headset. The Future of Mixed Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The service is now available for enterprise end-users in supported regions, including the United States and the United Kingdom. This launch comes as a partial revamp following the firm’s previous offering of a VR headset subscription service for enterprises, which was closer to the Oculus era.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 18, 2023

According to the VRARA and its Global Executive Director Kris Kolo , Meta’s renewed dive into the business world – following the Quest Pro and other delves during the Oculus era – may be rife with issues. Currently, the service is available to enterprise users in supported regions like the United States and the United Kingdom.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Audiences can connect with one another and view the works using tethered and non-tethered (Oculus Quest) headsets. To view the works outside of the platform, attendees can access the Festival’s 360 video programme via Oculus TV and the dedicated LFF 360 Player via WebXR, accessible on mobile VR-headsets.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

“We started our directory back in 2015, before HTC Vive and Oculus had even launched, with 99 studios as members. United States: 554 studios. United Kingdom: 271 studios. Fast forward a couple of years and we have more than 1700 members. The top 5 countries with the most VR/AR/360 studios. Canada: 105 studios.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The experience conveys the atmosphere of hallways across the United Kingdom during that time, when families and friends waited quietly for news while violence raged in the trenches. It was developed primarily for Oculus Go and will be available on public release to other major VR and BBC platforms later this year.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus. First shipments will begin this May in the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2018

Ninja Theory, the minds behind BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017), are bringing the full, uncut title to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets soon. The last niggle: the only supported controllers are Oculus Touch, gamepads, and keyboard.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Currently, the champion of minimum specifications is Oculus with its Rift, with some pre-build computers going as low as $500. Naturally, public announcement is one thing, availability is another – still to this date, neither Oculus, AMD nor CyberPowerPC came good on their word and shipped such as system. 4 GB of RAM.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. You can enter the giveaway by sharing the page on your Facebook and Twitter to win Oculus, Nolo CV1, and many other gifts. Venue: ExCeL, London, United Kingdom.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 30, 2017

As of this week it’s officially official: the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. Oculus, too, quietly raised the price of its Rift from £499 to £549 when it launched at domestic retailers. 499 converts to £401.60, so Britons are now paying nearly £100 more than the US for the same product.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The headset is believed to be the same size as Meta’s Oculus Quest and focused on high-tech and high-performance. Given its notorious secrecy around unreleased hardware projects, such filings are one key way to glean some info. Apple did not respond to our request for comment.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

In the United Kingdom, the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is having to quickly redeploy doctors and nurses from other disciplines as well as those coming out of retirement to provide support in the Intensive Care Units. Canada, and U.K.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 22, 2020

In the United Kingdom, the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is having to quickly redeploy doctors and nurses from other disciplines as well as those coming out of retirement to provide support in the Intensive Care Units. There is an unprecedented demand for ventilators due to the coronavirus pandemic Click To Tweet.

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VRWorld

JUNE 7, 2016

Tom is a serial entrepreneur who started his career as a manager in PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), before building several businesses in United Kingdom. We started development using Oculus Development Kits (DK1), and our breakthrough came when we started to show our code on DK2’s with different business leads. That I was crazy.

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ARPost

APRIL 23, 2020

For even more related coverage, Oculus Head of Developer Relations Dan Morris gave a similar talk during Facebook’s virtual GDC coverage. According to Gratz, 50% of the VIVEPORT user base is located in the United States. Familiarity with Bjorn-Larsson’s talk was not required to understand and appreciate that given by Gratz.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The device will be available for $3500 in United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand, the same countries where it was previously available for pre-order. There will be also an associated Oculus Quest game, but it won’t be actually revealed until 2020.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We support the Oculus ecosystem. And while in the West there has been independent research, both in Russia and the United Kingdom and the USA, to try to measure the difference between utilizing what’s around education technologies such as MEL Science, and the control group that you don’t. Kai: Yes, we are.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We support the Oculus ecosystem. And while in the West there has been independent research, both in Russia and the United Kingdom and the USA, to try to measure the difference between utilizing what’s around education technologies such as MEL Science, and the control group that you don’t. Kai: Yes, we are.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We support the Oculus ecosystem. And while in the West there has been independent research, both in Russia and the United Kingdom and the USA, to try to measure the difference between utilizing what's around education technologies such as MEL Science, and the control group that you don't. While MEL Science. Kai: Yes, we are.

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