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90% of Chinese VR Startups Have Gone Bankrupt. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.

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It may look like China’s VR industry is imploding, but that’s not actually the case. The first bit to point out, of course, is that 90% of startups in any industry fail. As it turns out, investment is still flowing into the Chinese VR industry. Expectedly, the many seized the opportunity for a feeding frenzy.

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Korean Patent Shows Samsung Gear VR with Positional, Face and Eye Tracking

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The Samsung Gear VR is one of the most successful virtual reality headsets of all time when it comes to pure numbers. According to at least one objective analysis , the Samsung and Oculus-developed device is projected to sell upward of 2 million units by the end of this year.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

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With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) from 4 years of VR at CES to gauge how far the industry has come and look for clues as to where it goes from here. CES 2013 however gave us the first glimpse of Oculus VR operating as a company. CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years.

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CES 2017 VR And AR News Roundup: Everything You Might Have Missed

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Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics. It’s hard to keep up with.

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A Work in Progress: Virtual Reality

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On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Since then, we have seen a movement. billion and now settling at $2.9

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Creators Behind ‘Monument Valley’, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, and More Share VR Insights Ahead of Develop:VR Conference in London

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Since then, Sol has grown Rewind into an industry award winning tribe of vibrant creative technologists and digital artists. The team has also been working closely as an approved content provider for Oculus (Rift), Valve (Vive), Samsung (Gear VR) and Fove, plus building release VR demos for Autodesk, AMD and The Foundry.

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Learn about Headsets

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Oculus Rift. Samsung Gear VR. Oculus Touch. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. Oculus Home. Oculus Home. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. Samsung Odyssey Controller. Oculus Rift.

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