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Veteran XR Studio Behind One of VR’s Most Recognizable Early Experiences Raises $3.5M

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million in new funding from HTC Corp. It’s been almost a decade since VR enthusiasts first got a chance to don the pre-production version of HTC Vive at GDC 2015, where they likely went face-to-face with a giant blue whale in Wevr’s iconic VR demo theBlu: Whale Encounter. and Epic Games.

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Veteran XR Studio Behind One of VR’s Most Recognizable Early Experiences Raises $3.5M

Road to VR

million in new funding from HTC Corp. It’s been almost a decade since VR enthusiasts first got a chance to don the pre-production version of HTC Vive at GDC 2015, where they likely went face-to-face with a giant blue whale in Wevr’s iconic VR demo theBlu: Whale Encounter. and Epic Games.

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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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VR and Language Learning: How VR Can Crack the Language Code

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Check out a few of the VR experiences below making waves in this immersive space: AltspaceVR ( Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, Windows Mixed Reality). Argotian (Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive). Could language-learning in VR be the game-changer the EdTech industry has been waiting for?

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These Are The Stocks You Could Buy To Invest In The VR Industry

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The VR and AR markets are full of companies of various sizes with many roles in the VR industry, when you consider how many verticals there are it can get confusing. VR investments have broken into the billions of dollars with reports showing as high as $4-5 billion since 2010 and $2 billion in the last 12 months alone.

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Augmented World Expo Asia 2023 Announces Agenda

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Singapore VR/AR conference announces speakers from Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, 3M, IMDA, HTC, among others. Begun in 2010, Augmented World Expo has become the top global conference for everything XR. Schussler (Deutsche Telekom). Global technology giants on the agenda include Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Lenovo, and Qualcomm.

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AWE Asia-2023 Conference in Singapore from August 30-31

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"We chose to host AWE Asia 2023 in Singapore not only because of its convenience for our diverse group of participants who join us from across the globe, but also in recognition of the growth of the extended reality industry in Singapore and across Asia. link] "Innovation in XR requires cross-border collaboration.

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