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CCP CEO: “You can't build a business” on current VR
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson says virtual reality has fallen far short of the Eve developer's expectations
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SuperData: Mobile AR to generate more revenue than VR by 2021
But virtual reality set for a strong year in 2019, with Oculus Quest expected to outsell Rift by three to one
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Cloudhead's The Gallery crowned game of the year at VR Awards 2018
Meanwhile, HTC takes home the gong for best headset with Vive Pro
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NFTS secures £10m funding to run national centre for immersive storytelling
Director Jon Wardle tells us "story is the missing ingredient" holding back virtual and augmented reality
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562 adapts to VR growing at a Snailiens' pace
How a studio run by three brothers pivoted when VR was both too successful and not successful enough for their original strategy
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Oculus Quest will "end up competing with the Nintendo Switch as a device"
CTO John Carmack says the hardware is not powerful enough to compete with Xbox One or PS4
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Oculus mobile app incorporates Rift support on iOS and Android
Store browsing and remote installation now enabled for both Oculus Go and Rift users
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Oculus reveals Santa Cruz as Oculus Quest at OC5
Wireless headset with 6DoF controls represents "middle ground" between Rift and Go, costs $399
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HTC's Viveport to waive platform fee for devs in Q4
VR platform removes 30% share for the second year running as it celebrates 5x growth in Viveport subscriber base
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Bow To Blood developer needs to sell 40,000 copies to break even
Studio behind PSVR exclusive discusses the economics of success in virtual reality
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Google details experimental features for Daydream VR
Android VR platform to receive new 6DoF controller support, "see-through" mode for AR development
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Going in Blind to VR development
Tiny Bull's Matteo Lana describes the years-long struggle of developing VR exploration game Blind in Italy's emerging development scene
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I Expect You To Die reaches $3 million in revenue
VR escape room game meets milestone one year after reaching $1 million
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The Void teams up with ILMxLAB for Disney, Marvel VR projects
Multi-sensory experience company to create five new licensed hyper-reality events
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Insomniac: Creating Stormland is a "journey of discovery"
Creative director Chad Dezern relates how the VR adventure is both the result of years of experimentation, and an experiment in itself
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Unity boss says VR hardware still not right for consumers
"They're not cheap enough, they don't work well enough... there's not a lot of content," says John Riccitiello
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Vive Wireless Adapter launches next month
$299 peripheral will release September 29; Vive Pro users will need to purchase $60 compatibility pack
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VR's slow growth ideal for indies - Moss dev
Polyarc's Danny Bulla says market's smaller size works to the advantage of smaller VR developers right now, hopes both will grow in tandem
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Oculus Rift support added to Viveport
Virtual reality platform doubles potential userbase for subscription service ahead of full launch next month
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PlayStation VR hits 3 million sold
Sony says PSVR software sales approaching 22 million; Skyrim tops the list of most-played PSVR games
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Sumo: “Constraining Eve Valkyrie devs to VR would be the wrong thing to do”
Newcastle studio already working on active projects, but new parent hints at other expertise
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HTC defends lack of data when disputing VR "tailspin"
Headset manufacturer claims its leading position shows health of market - despite failing to demonstrate with sales figures
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Oculus Go supporting otherwise faltering VR headset market
Q2 shipments show waning interest in VR as Pokemon Go continues to popularize AR
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Facebook invested $88.3 million to expand its Redmond Oculus HQ this year
Company spent $106 million on construction and permits over the last three years
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Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T
Magic Leap One will ship to devs this summer, CEO teases second product Magic Leap Next