XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Under its new studio, the collaboration with Sony will debut in the virtual world ‘Nostalgia1999,’ which features concepts from a Japanese six-tatami room from July of the same year. Fans can view the messy Otaku character with Sony’s world-renowned anime shows. ／ Let’s watch 90’s anime together on VRChat!

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 13, 2021

TiMi Studios, one of the world’s most lucrative game makers and is part of Tencent’s gargantuan digital entertainment empire, said Thursday that it has struck a strategic partnership with Xbox. Established in 2008 within Tencent, TiMi is behind popular mobile titles such as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

Funding VR's Indie Expertise Back when the App Store for iPhone was coming together in 2008, the $200 million " iFund " was announced and managed by venture capitalists who offered equity deals to developers at a critical time in the development of mobile phones as a computing platform.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

This opens up the potential for collaboration and entertainment, and the company says they have 150K users, with power users spending 20-30 hours/week in the app. Bellevue, WA-based company Innovega has raised $3M to hasten development of its augmented reality and contact lens system eMacula (in development since 2008).

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Dear Esther was the studio’s hit, coming out as a mod back in 2008, a year after The Chinese Room was formed. The studio’s growing visibility and size culminated in Everybody’s Gone To Rapture , a 2015 exploration game created in collaboration with Sony’s Santa Monica Studio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 26, 2017

Fast forward from 2008 to now. The DOW is above 20k, unemployment is under 5% and the next big thing in entertainment is VR. Let’s start with why games did so well back in 2008. The consensus is simple: Games may be expensive up front, but they provide so many hours of entertainment that the overall bang for your buck goes far.

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Mashable VR

MAY 27, 2022

— Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: Before Stonewall is available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes. — Kristy Puchko, Deputy Entertainment Reporter * How to watch: Swan Song is now streaming on Hulu. Credit: Sony Classics / TIFF. Swan Song (2021). — A.F. — A.F.

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