Valve’s latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey is available. Participation in the survey is optional. 0.05% ) of the sampled Steam users had VR headsets connected to their computers at the time of the survey. MORE

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A survey sponsored by HTC America is currently open on SurveyGizmo , with the option to enter a prize draw, which includes three Vive systems and seven gift cards worth $100 – $150. MORE

According to the just-released December figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has for the first time claimed the ‘Most Popular’ designation on the platform. Participation in the survey is optional. MORE

According to Valve’s February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC Vive. Participation in the survey is optional. MORE

Ahead of the 2018 Game Developers Conference in March, the organizer, UBM, has released their sixth annual State of the Game Industry survey, offering insight into the thoughts of some 4,000 game developers. MORE

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Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users. Participation in the survey is optional. MORE

OpenSim hosting company Dreamland Metaverse received the highest scores for performance, support, stability and its user interface in this year’s hosting providers survey for the fourth year in a row, followed by Zetamex Network , DigiWorldz and 3DLES. MORE

As always, we’ll remind you that this isn’t a definitive way of measuring the actual market share of PC VR as it’s an optional survey that requires participants to have their headsets plugged into their machines. Tagged with: htc vive , oculus rift Facebook Twitter Reddit More The post Rift, Vive Barely Move In July’s Steam Hardware Survey appeared first on UploadVR. The share of VR usage on Steam barely shifted in July 2018. MORE

Road to VR is running a survey with our partner Gamer Network to better understand our audience. The Gamer Network Readership Survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and is shared across Eurogamer and Gamer Network sister sites. MORE

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The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are making slow, but steady headway on the platform. MORE

The Oculus Rift surpassed the HTC Vive in popularity among Steam users for the first time, according to the results of the latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey. The survey, which scans users’ PCs for different hardware components, found that the Oculus Rift accounts for 47.31 Last January’s survey saw the gap between the two devices closing, with the Vive representing 46.96 percent of users according to February’s survey. MORE

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In the months leading up to the event, the event organizers send out a survey to attendees gauging industry trends and opinions and this year’s results reveal some interesting (if mostly downward pointed) details on VR/AR game development. In the 2017 State of the Industry Report, a whopping 24% of those surveyed were actively working on a VR project while only 19% are in 2018’s survey. Tagged with: GDC , GDC 2018 , survey , Vive Facebook Twitter Reddit More. MORE

I’ve been asked to do a reader survey about what OpenSim viewers they use, what they like about them, and what they’d want to see fixed — so here it is. If you can’t see the survey form below, click here to see it on Google. MORE

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In a survey published by VRDC, AR and VR developers are largely leaning toward platform agnostic development for their next projects. While the figure above is interesting, it should be noted that the sample size of the survey is only 500 respondents. MORE

Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out again, and it appears HTC Vive is holding firm ground on the platform after Oculus Rift took majority market share in March as the most popular VR headset on Steam. Participation in the survey is optional. MORE

Last August the Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) published its first report on the state of the VR industry based off of a survey for developers. gap in last year’s survey, so both headsets have still grown in adoption. Elsewhere, the survey found that most projects are being funded by developer’s existing and personal funds. It might take some time before we see big changes in these surveys. MORE

The Oculus Rift is at the tail end of a massive summer sale, and the latest Steam hardware survey results suggest it’s had a big impact on sales. over July’s hardware survey, taking its total to 43.81% of all VR headsets used by those that opt-in to the survey. HTC, meanwhile, just dropped the price of the Vive by $200 to $599, so it could be that we see more gains for HTC coming September’s survey. MORE

And according to a new survey from the fertility app Natural Cycles, women may be more interested than ever in having sex in a virtual world. Natural Cycles co-founder Dr. Elina Berglund says the survey shows how “Brits love tech and are open minded.” MORE

Another month and another similar set of Steam Hardware Survey results are in. The Oculus Rift once again came out on top in the optional survey in June 2018. Not only is the survey optional it’s possible that some headset owners don’t even have Steam. Facebook Twitter Reddit More The post Rift Pulls Ahead Of Vive, Windows VR Gains Ground In June Steam Hardware Survey appeared first on UploadVR. MORE

The 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) has released the results of the sixth annual State of the Industry Survey, revealing trends in the games industry ahead of GDC 2018 this March. A more detailed analysis of the survey can be found at [link]. MORE

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Latest Steam survey reveals sales of VR headsets are grinding to a halt The two current high-end virtual reality headsets – the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive – may be incredible pieces of technology, but it seems most consumers still aren’t convinced that they’re worth spending $600-$800 on. MORE

Each year, attendees take part in a lengthy survey that serves as the foundation for the conference’s State of the Industry document — this year’s results proved very interesting. MORE

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Over the past few months Valve’s Steam Hardware and Software Survey has shown the Oculus Rift catching up to its biggest competitor , the HTC Vive, in terms of usage. It’s an aggressive move for Facebook’s Oculus; could it mean we see Rift overtake Vive in next month’s survey? Participation in the survey is also optional, so not every Rift/Vive using Steam will be accounted for. MORE

For the first time ever since the launch of both headsets in early 2016, the Oculus Rift has overtaken the HTC Vive on the monthly Steam hardware survey. The survey is entirely optional and scans a user’s PC for various hardware components, including any VR headsets that may be connected. After a few months of catching up to Vive, the Rift was neck-and-neck with its rival in January’s survey with 0.9% MORE

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Last month saw the Oculus Rift pull even further ahead of the HTC Vive in Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey results, but the gap has narrowed again in May. Perhaps it’s instead concerned with a fix for the survey Valve implemented last month, which addresses ‘over counting’ of ‘cyber cafe customers’, though this seems doubtful. MORE

The first Steam hardware survey of 2018 is in and it shows Oculus Rift and HTC Vive usage at practically a tie. As always, this is an optional survey and headsets have to be plugged into Steam when it takes place to count, so it’s not a definitive way of telling whether the Rift or Vive has sold more. Will the upgraded specs help Vive get ahead in the survey? This month sees HTC Vive as 46.96% (a 0.3% MORE

Reddit user WilfridSephiroth created a survey posted on the official Elite: Dangerous subreddit designed to see exactly which platforms most people play on and to determine which future updates players are most excited about. But to be clear, the user that created and posted this survey is not a member of the development team, and is simply doing this to help raise awareness. You can find the survey to fill out right here , which only takes about two minutes. MORE

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Perkins Coie tried to provide an answer with the survey among industry executives. The survey reveals some interesting, if not troublesome signs. The survey results show the most significant obstacle among a range of challenges facing AR/VR: Inadequate content offerings (37%). MORE

Steam’s monthly hardware survey is one of the few sources we have for gauging the proportions of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive users out there, and September’s results suggest the former is still closing the gap with the latter. In August’s survey, we saw Rift capture 43.81% of total VR usage on Steam, a dramatic 8.1% That price cut was announced on August 21st, so this survey will have felt its effects. MORE

According to the latest figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 3.1% Participation in the survey is optional. MORE

March’s Steam Hardware Survey results are in, and the Oculus Rift continues to increase the gap with the HTC Vive. Last month’s survey results were the first ever in which Rift beat the Vive, taking almost 2% more of the total headset usage on Valve’s platform that month. Tagged with: htc vive , oculus rift , Steam Hardware Survey Facebook Twitter Reddit More. HTC Vive Oculus Rift VR Industry News htc vive oculus rift Steam Hardware Survey MORE

This is a survey of OpenSim hosting companies — it is not a survey about OpenSim grids. That survey was conducted in October.). If you run your own grid and use a hosting company for technical support or hosting, this survey is for you. MORE

The HTC Vive has managed to buck a troubling trend from the past few months in the latest Steam hardware survey. November’s survey results , which Steam users opt into, are now in. All that said, it’s important to note that hardware survey results aren’t an entirely dependable way to judge sales of the Vive against the Rift. MORE