Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Waltz of the Wizard is a spell-casting VR experience that got much deeper with the entrance of the ‘Natural Magic’ expansion on Quest and SteamVR headsets in July, which fundamentally changed the game by bringing a new magic-based combat system and a massive dungeon to fight through.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2020

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018) , today announced that their upcoming sequel to the spellcaster series, The Wizards – Dark Times?, The Wizards – Dark Times is headed to SteamVR headsets via Steam and Viveport, and to Rift on the Oculus Store on June 4th, priced at $25.

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Road to VR

JUNE 30, 2023

Carbon Studio, the developers behind Crimen – Mercenary Tales , The Wizards , and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall , released a new narrative-driven VR game that’s packed with logic puzzles and what the studio calls “a bizarre story taking place at the very core of your subconscious.”

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

a leader in augmented and virtual reality educational technology, is thrilled to announce the release of the updated EON AI Assistant Wizard. Immersive 3D “Show & Tell” Models Going beyond 2D, the AI Assistant Wizard includes 3D models directly related to the parent topic, enhancing learners’ immersive experiences.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2019

Waltz of the Wizard (2016) is a exceptionally well-built VR experience from Iceland-based studio Aldin Dynamics. And although Aldin hasn’t promised as much today, the studio is continuing on with development of Waltz of the Wizard in a new ‘Extended Edition’, heading to PC VR headsets next week.

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ARPost

AUGUST 21, 2019

The augmented reality game, Harry Potter Wizards Unite is an app made by Warner Bros. Since downloading the AR app, I’ve had tons of fun being a wizard. What is Harry Potter Wizards Unite the Augmented Reality Game? What is Harry Potter Wizards Unite the Augmented Reality Game? Interactive, Niantic, and Portkey Games.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Wizards - Dark Times will receive the free 'Brotherhood' update this fall, adding co-op and other improvements to the spellbinding action adventure. Developed by Carbon Studio, The Wizards - Dark Times first released three years ago, set in the plague-ridden realm of Meliora. What’s the verdict? It’s UploadVR David Jagneaux

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Carbon Studio , the studio behind Alice VR (2017), today announced their Early Access spellcasting action-adventure The Wizards is slated to launch in-full on March 8th. The Wizards supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. Steam Achievements.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 29, 2022

The failure of Fantastic Beasts 3 suggests that WB should move away from good-versus-evil wizard stories and focus on other corners of the Wizarding World.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018) , is bringing a standalone expansion to the series to PC VR headsets early next year called The Wizards – Dark Times?. The Wizards – Dark Times? We got a chance to go hands-on with a 10-minute slice of Dark Times here at Gamescom 2019.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Waltz of the Wizard, the magic simulator inspired by Disney's Fantasia and Harry Potter, reaches PSVR 2 next month. Developed by Aldin, Waltz of the Wizard has seen a release of some kind dating back to consumer VR's early days, and more recently we've considered it one of the best Quest hand tracking games.

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Next Reality AR

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The sorting hat game went live for Harry Potter fans this week within Wizarding World, a new mobile app and website launched by Harry Potters' publishing house and the studio behind its film franchise, Warner Brothers Entertainment.

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2017

The Wizards is a single-player spellcasting combat game from Carbon Studio, the makers of Alice VR. The Wizards is a VR spellcasting game where players will use their VR controllers to cast fireballs, lightning, magical shields, and more, to defeat a range of enemies in a classic medieval fantasy setting.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2024

Resolution Games, developers behind VR tabletop game Demeo (2021) , announced it’s working with Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to create a VR game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. ” Still, we need to see the game in action first, something the studio says we can expect later down the road.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2021

launched the first official Harry Potter Store in NYC, offering fans of the long-running book and film franchise the chance to immerse themselves in the Wizarding World while, of course, shopping for official brand merchandise. HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS TAKE FLIGHT. Last month, Warner Bros. Image Credit: Warner Bros.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Waltz of the Wizard, an uncommonly high-quality VR wizard experience from Reykjavik-based Aldin Dynamics , just got an update today introducing a new locomotion system and a “significant” expansion to the potion-mixing magical experience including  an entirely new area full of traps and supernatural guardians.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Since 1998, UK-born Ian Brackenbury has been paid a solid $16,000 NZD (roughly 11,300 USD) per year to be the official wizard for the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. Now after slightly more than two decades on the city’s payroll, authorities are officially cutting ties with Brackenbury in an attempt to modernize… Read more.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2018

VR veterans Aldin, the indie studio behind Waltz of the Wizard and other early and innovative VR titles, has announced the closure of a $1 million Seed investment. ” SEE ALSO 'Waltz of the Wizard' 'Ghostline' Analytics Reveal Some Surprising Player Behaviour. Aldin plans to reveal the new title by the end of 2018.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2017

Aldin Dynamics has released a detailed breakdown of user data gathered during over 300,000 sessions of Waltz of the Wizard gameplay. In May 2016, their motion control game Waltz of the Wizard launched on Steam for free, and quickly became a popular showcase for the HTC Vive, having seen over 300,000 sessions from over 100,000 players.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2019

On Tuesday, the beta version of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, built in partnership with Niantic, Warner Bros., The long-awaited augmented reality game based on the Harry Potter franchise from Pokémon GO masterminds Niantic is closer to release, as the developer has begun public beta testing of the app.

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VR Game Critic

JULY 31, 2020

We take a closer look at what the genre of magic has to offer us hopeful wizards, as we visit exciting enchanted lands and get closer to the feeling of having magical powers than ever before thanks to VR. Our selection of games has a lot of variety to offer, be it the control and feel, the visceral combat or game modes.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2018

Carbon Studio , the Poland-based studio behind PC VR games The Wizards (2018) and Alice VR (2017) , just brought a new single-player game to Oculus Go, Gear VR, and Xiaomi Mi VR. Dubbed The Wizards: Trials of Meloria (2018) , the game looks to replicate some of the spellcasting fun of its big brother, The Wizards.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 3, 2017

Now with The Wizards from Carbon Studios, the game is avoiding that competitive multiplayer focus for a renewed focus on single player content and crafting a spellbinding world for players to lose themselves in instead. The Wizards will be releasing into Early Access this month on July 28th on both the Oculus Home Store and Steam.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

When we first reported on The Wizards, the latest VR game from Carbon Studios (creators of Alice VR) we were excited to see what it would be like to dive into the richly detailed fantasy world. Whereas in Alice everything was controlled with a traditional gamepad, The Wizards takes full advantage of motion controls.

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Road to VR

JULY 23, 2021

Wizards Take Flight and Chaos at Hogwarts were developed in collaboration with Dreamscape, Wevr, and Keylight. Wizards Take Flight. Take flight into the wizarding world on your own broom. In Wizards Take Flight players will each be seated on a physical broom accessory and wear a VR headset and hand-trackers.

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Next Reality AR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We've been hard at work with our partners at WB Games and can't wait to bring the magic of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, part of the Portkey Games label, to you in 2019." "Get ready for some exciting and fun adventures ahead," the company said in a blog post.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2016

To be honest, I can’t really remember, but whatever it is, you’re sure to be delightfully surprised the with new powers you gain in Waltz of the Wizard, a new experience out on Steam that promises to make you feel like you’ve stepped into a Hogwarts potion class. Download ‘Waltz of the Wizard’ for HTC Vive.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Released alongside the launch of the official Harry Potter Fan Club, Wizarding World Digital’s new Wizarding World app is a central hub for everything a die-hard “Potterhead” could possibly care about. . Image Credit: Wizarding World Digital. Do you embody the courage of Gryffindor, or the wit of Ravenclaw?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 20, 2017

That game is The Wizards , and it sounds like Carbon is catching up a little with the current trends in VR while making it. Cast as a time-traveling young wizard, you’re tasked with protecting the Realm of Men, and you’ll use the Vive wands or Oculus Touch controllers to do so. The Wizards is all about spell-casting.

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Oculus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the free Brotherhood Update for The Wizards - Dark Times, you’ll gather your mystical comrades and unleash elemental skills against new foes. Explore enchanted.

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JULY 11, 2016

The immensely fun virtual reality wizarding simulator Waltz of the Wizard for HTC Vive has been updated with a new two player feature that lets a second non VR player join you in your spell-casting shenanigans. Waltz of the Wizard is available on Steam now for the HTC Vive.

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VRGames

JUNE 23, 2022

This video game, Waltz of the Wizard, is a legacy demo version that was originally created in 2016. The full product contains hours of content and has won the “Best Updated Game” category in UploadVR’s Best Of 2021 Awards.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2021

Location-based AR developer Niantic ( Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite ) is currently in development of its own proprietary headset device, one that promises to leverage the companies rapidly-expanding platform. No word yet on an official price or release date. As far how exactly, well, that remains to be seen. Image Credit: Niantic.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The game turns you into a modern, urban wizard tasked with battling others of your kind for arcane supremacy. In an interview with UploadVR, Price revealed that The Unspoken was originally conceived by his team as an open world console game called Wizards of New York. The Unspoken is available now on Oculus Home.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 28, 2017

When we spoke to Insomniac Games about The Unspoken , their “urban magic fight club” wizard dueling game that released exclusively for the Oculus Rift and Touch on Oculus Home last year, they told us that when they first tried VR, the thought of throwing a fireball was one of their first and strongest desires.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2016

‘Wizard of Oz’ VR experiences use improv actors to drive either a single or multiple virtual characters. Demo of the TeachLivE Wizard of Oz system: Demo of Real-Time Cinematography in Unreal Engine 4, which won the Real-Time Live competition at SIGGRAPH 2016: Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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VRScout

MARCH 2, 2021

As previously stated, Niantic is responsible for not only Pokémon GO , but various other location-based AR experiences, including Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Ingress Prime. Microsoft debuts its Mesh mixed reality platform during its Ignite conference alongside a Pokémon proof-of-concept. ” Image Credit: Niantic. .”

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