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The Number of VR Companies Grew 40 Percent in 2016

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With tools and platforms, the VR Fund saw a rise in VR content creation and management systems that enable companies to quickly get native VR apps or Web VR experiences to their customers, using 360 video and photos. Regarding infrastructure, more major players announced tethered VR HMDs.

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Owlchemy Labs, IrisVR, Upload And More Featured In Forbes 30 Under 30

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Thalmic Labs, the creator of the Myo gesture-control armband, is also listed under Consumer Tech. This 360 video company made headlines for making headlines in April 2016 when AOL and parent company Verison acquired it for over $10 million to start making 360 degree content for The Huffington Post.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Facebook launches a dedicated 360 photo and video player , while teasing those of us in America with the prospect of live streaming our Gear VR games to Facebook. Facebook 360 is currently available on Gear VR, acting as a destination for the 1M+ 360 videos and 25M+ 360 photos that have been uploaded to the social media giant.

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

So, normal 360 video allows you to kind of look around from the point of the camera, but what you guys have developed is a way to give, kind of, more presence by adding that ability to move up and down, and left and right. And one of the really interesting parts is that it also has a video see-through a window. Alvin: Yeah.

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Massive XR Environments and Transforming Education with Alvin Wang Graylin

XR for Business Podcast

So, normal 360 video allows you to kind of look around from the point of the camera, but what you guys have developed is a way to give, kind of, more presence by adding that ability to move up and down, and left and right. And one of the really interesting parts is that it also has a video see-through a window. Alvin: Yeah.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

The Click Effect is a 360 video — it’s about a six minute piece from 2015, won a lot of awards — that showcased one of the first full underwater 360 VR diving experiences with dolphins, and talking about the clicking noise that a dolphin will make to communicate. And even for marketers, right?

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

The Click Effect is a 360 video -- it's about a six minute piece from 2015, won a lot of awards -- that showcased one of the first full underwater 360 VR diving experiences with dolphins, and talking about the clicking noise that a dolphin will make to communicate. And even for marketers, right? Otherwise, you've lost them.