VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

HTC announced today the official launch of the consumer version of the Viveport M mobile VR content platform. Viveport M is compatible with most Android phones and designed to allow you to easily find and use mobile VR applications or experience 360° videos in both touchscreen and VR modes.

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APRIL 19, 2017

This hopefully also means we’re getting something Oculus promised as a feature back when Home was initially announced for the consumer Rift back in the summer of 2015: 360 video previews of games. “We solved the problem by rethinking the way 360 content is created,” writes Lee and Gupta.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 21, 2022

HTC VIVE announced on Tuesday it will expand the availability of its VIVE Flow compact VR goggles with a novel Business Edition version. The devices are set to train, work, collaborate remotely, and enhance classroom interactions for its users across sectors, including education, healthcare, and many others, HTC VIVE explained.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

For Vive and Rift users interested in watching some of the interesting 360 video content out there, it’s been frustrating to either need to download a bespoke app for each video, use an unofficial workaround, or simply not have any way of accessing the content at all.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 18, 2017

These impressive metrics are bolstered by the new funding, which involves several other strategic investors, including Foundation Capital, The Venture Reality Fund, Initial Capital, East Ventures, HTC Vive, MCJ Co. Investment to Bring Ads into VR and Mobile 360 Video appeared first on Road to VR. image courtesy Immersv.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 12, 2023

A virtual reality fiction (6DOF) on Steam and HTC Viveport, a 360° video on YouTube and a short film on ARTE.tv Polo is a ball of fire, and for her, truth means expressing her opinion loud and clear " explains Benjamin Steiger Levine, director of Marco & Polo Go Round. and YouTube.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

HTC just sent a Vive Focus 3 headset to the International Space Station to support astronaut mental health. Vive Focus 3 is HTC's $1300 business-focused standalone headset, which it released in 2021. It's the result of a partnership between HTC, XRHealth, and Nord-Space. This isn't the first time this has been done.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2017

Dubbed Facebook Spaces, the new VR app lets you join friends in VR, step inside 360 videos, and even use Messenger to call friends outside of VR. Now HTC Vive wants to show us that they’ve been focused on social messaging in VR as well. The post HTC Vive Teases WeChat VR Integration appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2016

So you just shot your first 360° video, maybe using a Gear 360 camera , and now you want to share your masterpiece with the world. If you uploaded your content to an immersive video platform like Vrideo , friends could already check out your latest work of art with a Google Cardboard or Gear VR headset by downloading an app.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2017

Although it isn’t shown in the latest devlog video, Keybl confirmed to Road to VR that 360 video support is in the works and will be coming in V2 of the Plevr app. “I really want to nail the 360 experience,” he says. Keybl plans to make an initial release of Plevr on the HTC Vive in January.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Oculus parent company Facebook today announced it’s bringing Spaces , the company’s own social VR app, to HTC Vive. Facebook’s extension of Spaces to HTC Vive somewhat clashes Oculus’ with historical practice of creating exclusive content to drive headset sales. And the same makes sense for Facebook Spaces.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2017

HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content. Announced at VRLA last summer, Viveport is somewhat of a parallel marketplace to Steam, featuring all-VR content across several genres, including information, edutainment, social media, 360˚ video, news, sports, health, travel and shopping.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Less than a month after launching the Viveport VR app store , HTC is introducing even more ways to discover and experience VR content. At the Alibaba Cloud developer forum conference Monday, HTC announced the release of a closed beta for Viveport M. Up until know, VR at HTC has been lacking any sort of mobile features.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. According to a report by Engadget , HTC will be trialing the new project in Dalian, China where it will offer access to games hosted on a digital marketplace separate from Viveport.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Previously the family-centric film, which also happens to be the longest and most dialogue-heavy piece of content within the Google Spotlight Stories catalog, was only available on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via SteamVR. Finished the film and still find yourself craving more Mexican wrestling goodness?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

Firefox Reality , Mozilla’s made-for-VR web browser, has been available on standalone devices for some time now, featuring support for Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Pico standalones. Like with its standalone headset variant, Firefox Reality PC Preview supports standard 2D web browsing, 360 video, and immersive content.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Then on Sunday during the Grammy Awards, Chick-fil-A ran two 30-second commercials and launched their CowzVR site, letting you finally watch the 360° video the cows have been teasing all week. The second commercial (below) is a split-screen that gives a sense of what the site looks like and people’s reactions to it.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let's talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that's that's one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we're training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let's dive in there. They're also testing retention rates.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

After having detailed his vision for a better future where we all will wear an XR headset, Alvin has started introducing HTC’s vision for the Vive Focus Plus. As you can see from the price, it has been positioned in the West as an enterprise headset as all the devices by HTC. This is how to set it up.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In November HTC sent a Vive Focus 3 to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Cargo Dragon autonomous spacecraft launched to resupply the station as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program. Vive Focus 3 is HTC's $1300 business-focused standalone headset, which it released in 2021.

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VRScout

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). in funding. Alejandro G.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 19, 2017

There’s a reason the horror genre is so popular among VR developers and 360° video creators. That’s exactly what the folks over at Dark Corner are attempting with a slew of pants-wetting 360° videos supported by some captivating physical add-ons. Real-world interactive elements bring immersive horror to new levels.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

Sadly it isn’t 3D, though when viewed in high quality, the sharp edges of the CGI environments give a better sense of depth than most other non-3D 360 videos. With it’s thoughtful direction, this is one 360 video worth watching (though your taste in music is likely to be the overriding factor here).

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MARCH 21, 2017

But on the off chance that Jaunt, Oculus Video, Facebook 360, YouTube, Littlstar apps and many others don’t quench your thirst, HTC has its own solution – Vive Video. While it’s interesting that HTC has retroactively added Oculus support to Vive Video, it’s not too surprising.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Send 360 videos from your computer to your VR headset in one click. In order to psych yourself up for a full day of shredding, you’re on your laptop computer searching YouTube for awesome 360VR videos of people tearing up the gnar. Say you have a big snowboarding trip coming up with you and your best buds.

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VRGames

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

UnderTheNet | [link] Very little But Nets and Discovery VR deliver you the powerful virtual actuality tale of an 11-yr-aged woman named Amisa, … resource.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2018

Stubby: An American Hero’ & ‘Overboard’, he’s thinks he’s found it in 360 video. The video itself, while fairly good quality (max 4k), hilariously underlines some of the issues that arise when simply tossing a few commercial 360 cameras on set and hoping for the best.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But titles like Eleven Table Tennis use it to give extra responsiveness and lower latency than is possible on Pico or HTC standalones. . — John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) September 5, 2022.

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JULY 21, 2017

This 360 video was the most accessible and the Vive version was a step above that. But at SDCC we got the chance to try out the fully roomscale Vive version of it and came away very impressed. In fact, SDCC this week is the first time the Vive edition of it has been available to the general public.

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Road to VR

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. Virtual reality gets real. For now, Apple’s VR moves largely appeal to VR creators.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2019

Amazon is also committing to bringing VR content to Prime Video VR. At today’s launch the library includes 10 “curated” 360 videos, and the company says it has plans to “continue to add new VR-specific titles.” SEE ALSO Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It started with a preview of nominated VR experiences and ended with a lengthy awards ceremony where virtual reality and 360° video played a major role. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, earned this award for her team’s exceptional forward progress at the intersection of art and science in VR. Best 360° Series: Invisible.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Today, the majority of people try VR for the first time on a Samsung Gear or Google Cardboard and, more than likely, they watch a 360-degree video. That’s a shame really, because most 360 video experiences are terrible, especially when streamed over the Internet. The SPIN Player demo consists of several 360 videos.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2017

In addition to the two POV 360° videos, a third experience showcases some of the biggest moments at the O2 music and entertainment venue. Compatible with multiple VR platforms including Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, fans will be transported into worlds of unforgettable live experiences. O2 Academy Venues VR.

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