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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Unlike most crowdfunding campaigns, which typically work as pre-orders, Virtuix is accepting reservations from interested parties via a Regulation A funding campaign. in Kickstarter Funding for Its Consumer-grade VR Treadmill. You can check out more funding tiers and specifics around the investment crowdfunding campaign here.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Zac Duff is the co-founder and CEO of JigSpace, a company focused on making it simple to create and share 3D instructions for anything, or, as their tag line suggests, making the hard to explain hard to forget. Game: [Gorilla Tag]([link] - VR game - Game: [Frog Fractions]([link] - Classic Flash game, now available on Steam.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Magic Leap 1, the AR headset that helped the Plantation, Florida-based startup attract over three billion dollars in funding, will be completely defunct by late next year. The company announced this week that Magic Leap 1’s cloud services are due to be shut off on December 31st, 2024.

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APRIL 24, 2017

One of the world’s oldest technology companies is investing in the fledgling virtual reality market by becoming an investor in The Venture Reality Fund. The VR Fund has invested in a number of early-stage startups developing infrastructure, tools, platforms, content, and apps for the mixed reality ecosystem.

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MARCH 11, 2017

The Venture Reality Fund reported that the landscape of companies it tracks in the virtual reality market grew more than 40 percent in 2016. The largest area of growth was in content companies that create apps for head-mounted VR displays, said Marco DeMiroz, cofounder of The Venture Reality Fund with Tipatat Chennavasin.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Developer Ready at Dawn, which was acquired by Facebook in 2020, has recently focused on funding development with a monetization model that offers its users the chance to grind or buy cosmetic-focused reward tiers. Here’s a look at some of the stuff you can earn (or buy) during the Echo Pass Season 2.

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JULY 22, 2017

The Venture Reality Fund released its augmented reality landscape for the second quarter, and the research shows that 150 companies are focused on a wide range of AR technologies. Tagged with: Venture Reality Fund , venturebeat Facebook Twitter Reddit More. This post by Dean Takahashi originally appeared on VentureBeat.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Unluckily, the project, even if funded on Kickstarter, was canceled because of difficulties in manufacturing. If people now are punching their TV screens while playing Gorilla Tag, with this device they could literally go to the next level and enter with the whole head into the TV.

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JUNE 22, 2017

35% plan on releasing their app exclusively on HTC’s headset compared to 13% on the Rift, despite Oculus catching a lot of heat for funding exclusive content. Elsewhere, the survey found that most projects are being funded by developer’s existing and personal funds.

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JUNE 11, 2017

Yahoo Japan has invested an undisclosed amount of money in The Venture Reality Fund , which is focused on making investments in virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Above: VR Fund’s Q4 landscape of the VR industry. Image Credit: VR Fund. Under the partnership, The VR Fund will provide Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today, it’s raised a significant amount of funding to help it do so. The company announced the closure of a Series A round of funding in which it raised $3.75 With the funding secured, Zappar will continue to build its AR development platform, ZapWorks, as well as working with brands to develop experiences in-house.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Necessary printed materials, such as sign boards and name tags, will be made from recyclable or biodegradable materials. To neutralize the carbon emissions from all these, AWE is funding a total of 1,238 metric tons of carbon offsets from verified green tech, reforestation, and carbon reduction projects by Terrapass.

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MARCH 7, 2017

At the time this article was written, OrbusVR has accrued a funding amount of $23,997 on a goal of $10,000. Though this may seem meager by the standards set by other well known successful games funded on the crowd-funding platform, OrbusVR is no less ambitious with its plans. Tagged with: mmo , OrbusVR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Orlando-based film studio Dolphin Image closes a $2M seed funding to further develop ARwall’s motion picture effects tools. A hefty price tag, considerable post production, and the need for a sizable amount of space makes it a fairly inconvenient methodology.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Palmer Luckey just reportedly pledged $2,000 to CrossVR’s Patreon campaign which is used to fund the ongoing development of ReVive , a popular hack that allows Vive users to play Oculus-exclusive content that isn’t released on Steam. Tagged with: crossvr , palmer luckey , revive Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

To offer more support to creators, Meta announced a $10 million Creator Fund in October that offered cash prizes to world builders in an effort to encourage creativity. Those winners will be announced later this month.

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JUNE 5, 2017

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and technology adviser to Donald Trump, is reportedly planning to support the effort via his investment fund, though for now the group remains self-funded by Luckey himself. ” Luckey left Facebook following reports that he had funded a political smear campaign during the 2016 US election.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Via press release, IMAX has announced they’ve completed the first phase of a $50 million virtual reality fund. Tagged with: acer , film , IMAX , movies , theater , virtual reality , VR. IMAX has built its legacy on using innovation and creative collaboration to drive the further adoption of new technologies.

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Carrying a price tag of around 2 billion dollars, the plant in Arizona will primarily serve to package chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21 nearby. CHIPS Funding Finally, to ensure the advanced packaging project's success in the U.S., Amkor has applied for funding from the CHIPS program, which focuses on advanced chip packaging.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Tag along with the VagaBrothers in Peru and check out Andra Gogan with her Romanian horror series. Throughout the production of four videos, creators will receive funding, camera and audio equipment, sound stages, and ongoing support from industry veterans. The support doesn’t end with the boot camp. Image Credit: YouTube.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Tag your most-listened-to Spotify songs, add links to a new YouTube video you’ve been obsessed with, post your favorite pics from your latest vacation. The platform has already managed to raise roughly $12M in funding from Anheuser-Busch InBev, Day One Ventures, Human Ventures, I2BF, Live Nation, Scott Belsky and Josh Kushner, and Tom Conrad.

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MAY 24, 2017

According to the company, the seed investment comes from the Europe-based IIDF venture capital fund and will be used to accelerate the release of its “anti-latency tracker” which goes by the name ALT. Tagged with: Antilatency Facebook Twitter Reddit More. million and is opening an office in the United States next month.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 26, 2019

The goal was reached in four hours, and fans continue to show their support as the project was funded at over 625% level and counting, in less than two weeks, making it the most successful VR-tagged Kickstarter project.

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APRIL 29, 2017

The latter of the two has been tackled in various forms but a common factor between a majority of the options is a high price tag. For the “We Got Funded” pricing tier the project’s creators promise a pair of VRgluvs for $369 (limited to 400 pairs). Tagged with: VRgluv Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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JULY 5, 2021

More info (Fast Travel Games gets $4M funding) More info (Tripp gets $11M funding) More info (Virti gets $10M funding). Gorilla Tag developer is struggling to make money. Gorilla Tag is the story of a VR game developed for fun that has exploded in a way that no one was expecting. News worth a mention.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Lumus completed a $45 million round of funding which brings their total since inception to $58 million. The Lumus team will also be utilizing a portion of the funding to market more efficiently, bring attention to the advancements and potential of the augmented reality industry.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

New VR studio and label Creature promises to help developers with a $1 million Indie VR Fund provided by SideQuest. The group will be managing the fund provided by SideQuest, which planned for the program as part of the company's Series A investment. We are really excited about the kinds of studios that can emerge from this model.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The big Oculus Rift Summer Sale may be officially over, which saw the Rift + Touch bundle temporarily slashed from $600 to $400 for a limited time, but for some reason the US Amazon site hasn’t reverted yet to the new $500 price tag, making now the very last time you’ll be able to get the deal. What’s in the Box.

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JULY 27, 2017

Most VR companies right now are surviving on venture capital funding, limited software and hardware sales, or sheer force of will and passion in spite of dwindling bank accounts. It looked like we had a deal for our next round of funding, and it fell through. Tagged with: altspacevr Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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MAY 30, 2017

The Aryzon project is full steam ahead, already exceeding the funding goal of $27k with 33 days to go at the time this article was written. Tagged with: Aryzon Facebook Twitter Reddit More. Due to the nature of AR, the Aryzon’s cardboard structure is a bit more complex than Google Cardboard.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it was enterprise and training applications or entertainment like a laser-tag-inspired Laser Limbo, the focus on augmented reality was prevalent. Laser-tag-inspired Laser Limbo Subjectively, I found the XREAL and Tilt Five glasses to be the most promising choices in terms of their usefulness and affordability.

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MARCH 30, 2017

H2L raised funding recently by allocating shares to Energy & Environment Investment and the Sony Innovation Fund. H2L has spent R&D on PosessedHand, a tool that allows researchers to control human hands with different stimuli, but their UnlimitedHand technology will be receiving the majority of the benefits from these funds.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Japanese tech giant Canon today unveiled its next enterprise-focused AR headset which aims to replace its MREAL Display MD-10 , which the company launched in Japan in mid-2016 for the astounding price tag of ¥9 million (~$82,300). MREAL display body + head mount unit. SEE ALSO Social AR/VR Workspace 'Spatial' Secures $14M Series A Financing.

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JULY 27, 2017

Most VR companies right now are surviving on venture capital funding, limited software and hardware sales, or sheer force of will and passion in spite of dwindling bank accounts. It looked like we had a deal for our next round of funding, and it fell through. Tagged with: altspacevr Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Melbourne-based firm Zero Latency has raised $7 million in venture funding. A natural fit for a larger space is a VR-enabled combat arena, much like a cutting-edge game of laser tag. The company specialises in out-of-home ‘warehouse scale’ local multiplayer VR experiences, and is beginning to open attractions around the world.

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MARCH 14, 2017

According to an official release , the funds were sourced from Henrik Didner, co-founder of the fund management company Didner & Gerge; Rami Yacoub, acclaimed music producer for Britney Spears, One Direction, Backstreet Boys, and others; Staffan Persson, CEO of Swedia Capital; and China’s AAC Technologies.

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MARCH 6, 2017

He’s one of the developers behind Revive, a hack that allows Vive owners to play games available on Oculus Home, including exclusive Rift content funded by Oculus itself. Tagged with: Epic Games , htc vive , oculus rift , robo recall. You may well have heard of CrossVR before.

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