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CCP Games CEO: “We expected VR to be two to three times as big”

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Oct 22, 2018

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CCP Games, the Icelandic studio known for their long-running MMO Eve: Online (2003), shuttered their VR production studios in a surprise move last year, selling off their Newcastle-based branch behind their multiplayer space dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie (2016), and completely shutting down their Atlanta studio behind sports game Sparc (2017). Now, CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson speaks out in an interview with Destructoid about the studio’s reconsolidation back to traditional desktop gaming, and his thoughts about the VR landscape. In short, he thought VR would be bigger by now, and more capable of supporting a healthy multiplayer userbase.

Fraunhofer Shows Off Compact VR Headset Prototype Using 4 OLED Microdisplays

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Oct 22, 2018

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Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest application-oriented R&D organization, recently unveiled a new VR headset prototype at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Munich this past week that aims to reduce the size and weight of VR headsets by using high-resolution microdisplays.

Viveport Halloween Sale Brings Discounts to VR Horror Games Until November 4th

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Oct 20, 2018

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Viveport’s annual Halloween sale is here, offering deals on popular horror titles from now until November 4th.

HTC Plans to Bring Hand & Finger Tracking to Vive Pro

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Oct 20, 2018

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Today at the the World Conference on VR Industry in China, HTC announced plans to bring hand & finger tracking to Vive Pro via the headset’s front-facing cameras.

HTC Announces 6DOF Controller Tracking Dev Kit for Vive Focus

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Oct 20, 2018

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HTC today announced a 6DOF controller tracking add-on for Vive Focus. The add-on, which includes a pair of new controllers, is being released as a development kit.

PlayStation Halloween Sale Brings Big Discounts to PSVR Horror Games

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Oct 19, 2018

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Starting today, the North American PlayStation Store is seeing some discounts on horror games, and while the majority are predictably non-VR titles, there’s a handful of spooky PSVR games out there that are seeing some love too, hovering around 20-30% off the sticker price.

Ex-Lionhead Developers Announce VR Puzzle ‘Tin Hearts’, Landing in Early Access Next Month

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Oct 19, 2018

Rogue Sun is a studio founded by ex-Lionhead Studios developers, and they’ve recently announced that their first game, a VR puzzle game dubbed Tin Hearts, is landing on Steam next month.

‘Ovation’ is a Powerful VR Public Speaking Sim Designed for Professional Training

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Oct 19, 2018

In my years covering VR, I’ve seen several attempts at public speaking simulators, but Ovation, a new app released this week supporting the Rift and Vive, is by far the most comprehensive. It offers up not just an immersive public speaking simulator, but also a backend suite of tools designed for post-speech analysis and feedback.

HD Remaster of ‘Apollo 11 VR’ Coming to Vive, Rift & Windows VR Next Month

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Oct 19, 2018

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Apollo 11 VR (2016) is an educational experience that takes you on a breathtaking trip to the Moon, virtually recreating the July 24, 1969 mission that has inspired so many. The creators Immersive VR Education are taking Apollo 11 VR’s commitment to realism one step further though with their newly remastered version, dubbed Apollo 11 VR HD, which is now set to launch on Steam November 7th for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR headsets.

Play ‘Hover Junkers’ for Free This Weekend on Vive & Rift, Single Player Campaign Now Live

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Oct 19, 2018

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Stress Level Zero’s Hover Junkers (2016) was one of the first room-scale multiplayer shooters to land on the HTC Vive. Now, the studio is hosting a free access weekend to celebrate the long-awaited addition of the game’s single player campaign.

Co-op ‘Godzilla VR’ Game to Arrive at VR Arcades Across Japan Next Month

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Oct 18, 2018

There’s no more befitting place or time for a roll-out of Godzilla VR, Bandai Namco’s latest addition to their Japan-based VR ZONE arcades. After all, November 3rd is Japan’s unofficial ‘Godzilla Day’, annually commemorating the giant lizard’s premiere on the silver screens in Japan back in 1954.

Lenovo Mirage Solo Could Be Heading to China Soon

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Oct 18, 2018

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Lenovo Mirage Solo, the Google Daydream standalone VR headset, just passed an important milestone that could mean commercialization in mainland China isn’t far away.

PSVR’s Weirdest Game ‘Accounting+’ Now Available on Vive & Rift with New Levels

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Oct 18, 2018

Squanch Games, the studio founded by Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, and Crows Crows Crows today released Accounting+ (2017) on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Launched first on PSVR back in late 2017, the game also got a big content update that brings new levels to all supported platforms.

SteamVR Gets Motion Smoothing, an ASW-like Feature to Help VR Apps Run Better

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Oct 18, 2018

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Valve today introduced Motion Smoothing to SteamVR in beta. Similar to Oculus’ Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW), the feature uses previous frames to synthesize new frames on the fly, allowing VR applications to continue to run smoothly and comfortably even when dropping frames.

‘The Persistence’ Gets Free Update with More Modes & Features, 25% Off Through Halloween

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Oct 18, 2018

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The Persistence (2018), a sci-fi horror-themed roguelike for PSVR created by Firesprite Games, just got a huge update today that brought a number of new game modes, a difficulty assist mode, and options for the hearing impaired—all for free.

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