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MARCH 7, 2018

Häagen-Dazs ice cream and HTC Vive are giving you a chance to fly like a bee in VR. The VR experience was later released in July 2017 and received the Social Good Award for Best in Animal & Wildlife. Zada, HTC Vive and the Häagen-Dazs team worked well together, according to the director. It consists of 6.5

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JULY 9, 2019

In late 2017, CCP Games shuttered their VR-producing studios , shifting their focus to PC and mobile games after selling off the Newcastle branch behind EVE: Valkryie (2016) and closing down the Atlanta-based branch behind SPARC (2017). Spectating tools have also changed somewhat.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Starting in Spring 2017, you’ll be able to pay a flat monthly fee for VR games using the Viveport digital distribution platform. HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content. The post HTC to Offer Monthly Subscription Service for VR Content appeared first on Road to VR.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Although 2017 didn’t have quite as large of a presence overall, there were still plenty of quality experiences that the UploadVR team got the chance to play. With some impressive spectator tools and a promotional push, Echo Arena could find itself at the forefront of VR’s competitive space.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2016

HTC is getting into the VR content development game with the launch of Vive Studios. Announced Thursday, Vive Studios is HTC’s internal VR development team that’s been stealthily creating content to be released to consumers. Also unveiled today is the launch of HTC’s first internal title Arcade Saga developed by 2 Bears Studios.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It was a hard decision, but you’ve decided to go with the HTC Vive as your first ‘serious’ VR headset, a room-scale device that released early 2016 as a result of a decisive collaboration with Valve. The post The Top 5 Games For HTC Vive appeared first on Road to VR. ‘Rec Room’ on Steam.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) has been celebrating momentous accomplishments in VR since 2017 with their annual VR Awards. FundamentalVR’s Teaching Space software gives young medical professionals hands-on experience crucial for developing mental muscle memory on important tools, such as modern ventilators.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years. 2017 Predictions. New dev tools/cameras enable UGC VR explosion. VR Ready PCs outsell standard PCs by Q4 2017.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

MasterpieceVR recently released its latest set of VR creation tools which aim to get artists quickly sculpting and animating characters by hand from the comfort of their VR headsets. It supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows VR headsets.

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JUNE 2, 2022

The Series A was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, with participation from Qualcomm, Amazon Alexa Fund, HTC, Niantic and existing investor Mayfield. The company says funds will be used to expand its team in addition to supporting the acquisition of VR worldbuilding platform Eden from BeardedEye, creators of the Galactic Gallery (2017) VR experience.

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MARCH 29, 2023

3D medical tools —VR also replicates medical tools in a digital form, which primarily includes surgical tools for training, diagnostics equipment, and other industry-specific objects. Additionally, the tools allow healthcare professionals to learn new skills.

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JULY 1, 2016

This week at MWC Shanghai, HTC announced the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA), a consortium of 28 venture capital firms focusing their funds on virtual reality. The group is headed by HTC’s China Regional President of VR, Alvin Wang Graylin. And it looks like things are only continuing to grow.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

HTC is bringing a line-up of apps to the event as part of the VR on the Mountain exhibit running from Janauary 20th – 22nd, which is separate to the New Frontiers division of the festival that has its own range of VR content. Tagged with: htc vive , sundance , vr movies. This year, however, it’s not alone.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

And while developers can play with that version of the engine and its XR tools, the engine’s creator (Epic Games), doesn’t recommend the early access version of Unreal Engine 5 for anything more than experiments at this point. OpenXR has seen a slow but steady adoption since reaching version ‘1.0’ Unreal Engine 4.27

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. … well, sort of. You still have to set it up). INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP. Alejandro G.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Although 2017 has come and gone, its impact on the augmented/virtual reality industry will undoubtedly be felt for decades to come. After substantial contemplation, we have picked what we at VRWorld believe to be the Top Ten VR/AR Stories of 2017. 5 – Oculus vs. HTC price war. The matter has since moved on to an appeal. #8

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

HTC Vive Exec Makes Predictions for the Next 2 Years of Virtual Reality 2017 Predictions VR PGC grows to 10k+ titles New dev tools/cameras enable UGC VR explosion VR Ready PCs outsell standard PCs by Q4 2017 Mobile VR sales exceed 50 million units VR becomes the new consumer status symbol Education becomes major VR growth driver VR ads begin to supplement (..)

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MAY 1, 2017

The event is a chance for the 3D visuals company to focus on its support for the VR/AR industry and encourage creators to develop using its tools. Since releasing, Superhot has been given a juicy content update that makes a great game even better and has begun to tease support for other VR headsets like the HTC Vive.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Glue Collaboration , a Helsinki-based company developing remote collaboration tools for AR/VR, today announced that it has completed a new seed round of financing, raising a total of €3.5 million (~$3.85 million) to support continued growth of its business-focused social VR platform.

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JULY 10, 2017

With content for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive maturing since their respective launches last year, there’s more reason than ever to finally jump into VR—especially now that the Rift + Touch is on sale for $400. SEE ALSO The Top 5 Games for Oculus Rift. CPU: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater. Memory: 8GB+ RAM. Memory: 4 GB RAM.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Google’s Tilt Brush (2016) has shaped up to be a fully-featured VR creation tool since the app’s initial launch in April 2016 on HTC Vive, adding things like support for Oculus Rift, integration with Google’s other 3D VR creation tool Blocks (2017) , and the ability to export creations to Sktechfab.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Welcome to a new addition of the HTC Vive new releases! We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. Recommendation: It has a very narrow target audience but, if this fits your desires, it’s a free tool worth trying. Keep an eye on it.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS , along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR as part of its ecosystem. — Philip Schiller (@pschiller) December 12, 2017. Virtual reality gets real.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

3DNesVR is an emulator tool that runs Nintendo Entertainment System games in VR, letting you play the ’80s and ’90s classic titles that made the console a world-wide phenomenon. in May 2017, 3DNesVR is finally heading to Steam, with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR headsets.

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DECEMBER 16, 2017

Electronauts is a music creation tool built within an “interactive sonic environment” where users can make, remix, and perform music, regardless of skill level. This is the third VR project from California-based developer Survios, creators of VR action games Raw Data (2017) and the upcoming Sprint Vector. Image courtesy Survios.

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JULY 10, 2017

At the start of 2017, the Oculus Rift + Touch controllers cost $800, the same as the HTC Vive. Check out this handy tool to see if your computer is Ready for Rift. SEE ALSO Two Ways to Play Non-VR Games With the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Two Ways to Play Non-VR Games With the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Helpful Info.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Lots of diversity this week for the HTC Vive on Steam and Viveport. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. The game also includes a level creation tool where you build your own puzzles and share with other players. MultiVR.se, from.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

So Happy Caturday, Happy NYE, and Happy 2017 to all of you. For now, if you’re building VR games and experiences, EditorVR will likely help you with laying out a scene in VR and building your own custom VR tools. I hope to take one of these in 2017 so I can better my own skill set. Have a safe NYE and great 2017.

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MAY 17, 2017

In addition, he announced an AR mode for an upcoming educational tool called Google Expeditions. Finally, Bavor announced AR is being added to Google Expeditions, the popular ‘virtual field trip’ tool for education. image courtesy Google. Google says VPS works today in partner museums and select Lowe’s stores. image courtesy Google.

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JULY 19, 2019

Tyler Hurd, the creator behind patently ridiculous VR experiences Butts (2016) and Old Friend (2017), has just joined the Oculus Medium team. Beach Body Bros is a four-minute room-scale VR experience for the Oculus Rift & HTC Vive. To read more about how Hurd used Medium as a tool, check out the blog post here.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Prynoski has been crafting a collaboration between Titmouse and the band Night Club to create an HTC Vive experience for their song Show it 2 Me. The dozens of assets were all drawn using Google’s Tilt Brush , a VR creation tool with more recently released audio reactive brushes. Bringing Music to Life. The Future of Animation?

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MAY 4, 2017

An HTC developer is taking the Vive VR tracking device into unexplored territories. . The device has been used by amateurs to turn everyday objects into tools for VR resulting in some truly unique, sometimes bizarre, experiences. — Shen Ye (@shen) May 3, 2017. — Shen Ye (@shen) May 3, 2017.

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Zero Days VR was released to the public in June 2017, available both on the Oculus Store (Rift) and Steam (Rift, HTC Vive) for $5. In Alex Gibney’s new film Zero Days he investigates the impacts that cyber warfare are already having on international infrastructure and the inevitable collateral damage.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

We reported on the software back in April, where it left an impression on us as VR’s “missing character animation and storyrtelling tool”, and CES 2017 has brought us a bit closer to the masses getting their hands on it. Tagged with: animation , CES , creative , Creator , htc vive , mindshow , visionary vr , VR.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Back at GDC 2017 at the start of this month Unity gave us a brief update on Editor VR, its new platform for developing 3D content within headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The company showcased some of the new tools that were supporting the platform, including Scene Fusion from KinematicSoup Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

From Flight School Studio, the creators of Manifest 99 (2017) , comes a new survival game that maroons you on a small deserted island, leaving you with only your wits and crafting skills at your disposal. Called Island Time VR , the game is slated to release this spring on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive.

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