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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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‘Angry Birds Movie 2 VR’ Studio Raises $2M to Continue Development on AR/VR Games

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XR Games previously worked with Sony and Rovio to create its Angry Birds-themed VR title. “We SEE ALSO Microsoft Launches HoloLens 2 for Enterprise Customers. We are incredibly excited about Praetura’s investment in XR Games. As part of the deal, Praetura Ventures director Mark Lyons will join the board as a non-executive director.

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Intel to Buy Imagination Technologies or AMD’s RTG?

VRWorld

First Intel – Nvidia deal happened in 2000, when Intel gave the best offer to Microsoft and won the deal for the first Xbox console. Back in August 2005, AMD moved to acquire ATI after a fallout between Hector J. The NVIDIA – Intel Deal.

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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Tom Bruckbock (SIEA), Seth Luisi (Impulse Gear), Greg Koreman (Impulse Gear), Richard Marks (Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony doesn’t have a lot of VR talks in the books for GDC this year, but of the ones it is offering, this is definitely the talk we’d make an effort to see. Room 2005, West Hall.

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