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

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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. Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera. Microsoft – NASDAQ: MSFT – VR operating system, VR platform, VR headset. Unconfirmed.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

Other investors include Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, Samsung NEXT and Andy Hertzfeld (of Macintosh fame). It’s not disclosing valuation at this stage, Anand Agarawala, the CEO who co-founded the company with Jinha Lee (CPO), said in an interview.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. It was also in 2010 that 18-year-old Palmer Luckey created the first prototype of Oculus Rift, the famous VR headset. 2017 is also the year that Microsoft entered the VR industry. .

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Intel to Buy Imagination Technologies or AMD’s RTG?

VRWorld

Intel’s cross-licensing agreement with AMD is safe for another four years (April 1, 2010 to March 31st, 2020), but that deal does not include integration of Radeon or FirePro IP. First Intel – Nvidia deal happened in 2000, when Intel gave the best offer to Microsoft and won the deal for the first Xbox console.

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Reaching for the Clouds with 6D.ai’s Matt Miesnieks

XR for Business Podcast

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions.

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Reaching for the Clouds with 6D.ai’s Matt Miesnieks

XR for Business Podcast

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions.

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