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US Fire Administration Advocates The Use Of VR For Firefighter Training

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An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers. Their special firefighter trainer simulator is the first to use both VR and haptic technology through an HTC Vive Pro, heat suit, breathing apparatus, hose with haptic technology, and scenario software.

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HTC Vive Funded Project Takes You Into The World of Honey Bees

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Häagen-Dazs ice cream and HTC Vive are giving you a chance to fly like a bee in VR. In response, Taiwanese VR company HTC Vive provided $10 million to kick start a VR for Impact initiative that funds VR projects and solutions to help the UN reach its goals by the 2030 deadline. It consists of 6.5

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Creator of Indie Breakout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’

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Before Fez (2012) , before Limbo (2010) , and before Minecraft (2009) , Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes in the formative years of indie game development and distribution. We had The Witnes s running on Valve’s pre-production hardware [prior to HTC Vive]. “I have been interested in VR for a long time.

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Layers of Fear VR Brings Critically Acclaimed Psychological Horror Hit to Life, Out Now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

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Publisher Bloober Team announced today, the return of its psychological horror hit, Layers of Fear VR, out now for Oculus Rift / Rift S and HTC Vive via Steam and the Oculus Store. About Bloober Team: Based in Krakow, Poland, and established in 2008, Bloober Team is an independent game development studio with over 100 people strong.

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HTC’s VP of Design Leaving to Join Google’s VR Team

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According to a report by The Verge , HTC’s VP of Design is leaving the company to join up with Google’s Daydream VR team. Having joined the company in 2008, in recent year’s HTC’s VP of Design, Claude Zellweger, played a key role in the design of the Vive headset, The Verge reports.

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Inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’, ‘Stride’ Looks to Bring Smooth Parkour Action to VR

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With inspiration from Mirror’s Edge (2008) , Stride is an intriguing indie project due to launch this Summer. In development by studio Joy Way, Stride is a VR parkour action game built atop an impressively smooth and immersive locomotion system. Locomotion in VR games is still in a state of rapid development and exploration.

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Audeze and JBL Unveil Headphone Solutions Specifically Developed for VR

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Audeze was started in 2008 and is considered a leader in premium audio that’s responsible for a couple award winning headsets. The headset was tested and built using the HTC Vive, but will come with connectors for Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and StarVR headsets and will be available later this month for $399.

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