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HTC Executive Vice President Jason Mackenzie Leaves After 12 Years

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Last week HTC lost its VP of Design to Google. We’ve reached out to HTC to ask why he left the role and who the company plans to replace him with. We’ve reached out to HTC to ask why he left the role and who the company plans to replace him with. After 12 amazing years, today is my last day @htc.

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‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship

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Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR. The fully-explorable Serenity supports SteamVR headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets.

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Inmates Use VR To Prepare For Life On The Outside

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Since 2005, the United States Supreme Court has battled tirelessly to reduce the brutal mandatory sentences of minors by courts and as a result the sentencing of life without parole for juveniles was made unconstitutional in 2012.

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‘Sword Art Online’ Producer Takes Lead in New VR Manga Game ‘TOKYO CHRONOS’, Kickstarter Launches Today

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Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS , the VR visual novel game is targeting HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PSVR. – Expelled from Paradise (2015) , Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011), and Blassreiter (2005). ” TOKYO CHRONOS’ director Haruki Kashiwakura previously created 3D graphics for anime such as Rakuen Tsuih?

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Nintendo Enters VR With ‘Mario Kart GP VR’

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An official VR remake of the 2005 arcade classic, Mario Kart GP, the experience has players sit in a metal rig similar to a go-kart wearing not only an HTC Vive headset, but two Vive trackers strapped to each wrist. However the most exciting of the VR experiences being offered has to be Mario Kart GP VR.

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MMO-like Dungeon Combat Game ‘Age of Heroes’ Launches From Vive X Portfolio Company Omnigames

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Omnigames, among one of the first companies to join HTC’s Vive X accelerator, has launched their “multiplayer combat VR game,” Age of Heroes, on Steam. The game has launched on SteamVR with support for both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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VR in 2016: HTC’s $799 Vive Brings Belief To VR Skeptics

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The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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