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Creature To Manage $1 Million Indie VR Fund From SideQuest

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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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How A Recession Could Boost VR Adoption

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Fast forward from 2008 to now. Why do people fork over cash for new hardware when the well is dry, but shy away from it during a boom? Let’s start with why games did so well back in 2008. For example, let’s say you bought Gears of War 2 in November 2008 when it launched. A premium on frugal fun. New is good.