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HTC to Sell Shanghai Phone Factory for $91 Million, Invest Proceeds in VR Business

Road to VR

Despite its major role in the growing VR space, HTC’s overall business continues to struggle financially, posting significant losses over the last two years. On Wednesday, HTC’s board made the decision to sell the factory to Shanghai Xingbao Information Technology as part of an effort to return the company to financial stability.

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Scarlett Johansson & Friends Play Virtual Reality Pictionary on the ‘Tonight Show’

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Late last year, NBC’s popular late night talk show the Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon debuted a new Virtual Reality Pictionary segment which uses the HTC Vive and Tilt Brush. He’s also had the HTC Vive on the show in a number of one-off segments. Fallon is no stranger to VR.

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Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Debuts Virtual Reality Pictionary Segment with ‘Tilt Brush’

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NBC’s popular late night talk show The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon has debuted a new segment called Virtual Reality Pictionary which uses the HTC Vive and Google’s Tilt Brush VR paint app. He’s also had the HTC Vive on the show in a number of one-off segments.

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Turn On, Tune In, And Breathe Out In Psychedelic Inspired VR Journey SoundSelf

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Self-described in his TEDxLinz talk, Arnott is “a virtual reality developer [working] in the space that is the collision between virtual reality and game design on the one hand, and meditation on the other.” The analysis, “Can Virtual Reality be Psychedelic? have to evolve.”.

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Searches for “HTC Vive” Have Caught up with “Oculus Rift” and May Be Accelerating

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When it comes to Google searches, “HTC Vive” has recently matched “Oculus Rift” and may be continuing to rise. “HTC Vive” didn’t exist as a search term until the headset’s relatively recent reveal back in early 2015.

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Volkswagen Will Train 10,000 Employees Using VR This Year

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The Volkswagen Group will use an augmented reality hub to train employees across the globe. ????????????In In 2013, Volkswagen demonstrated a new process by which service workers could use augmented reality to service a vehicle. They can even begin training before a factory even exists.

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Top 5 VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

Road to VR

The HTC Vive launched on April 5th 2016, a week after the consumer Oculus Rift. Assetto Corsa , for example, was functional on the Rift DK1 in 2013 and had solid consumer Rift support in May 2016, but only received Vive support in March 2017. Assetto Corsa.

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