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Opposable’s VR Strategy ‘Salvaged’ Launches On Steam With Full Campaign

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HTC Vive fans got a nice surprise yesterday when Google Earth launched for free on the headset. Salvaged , a long-in-development strategy game from UK-based Opposable Games, has just launched for the Rift on Steam Early Access at $12.99. Tagged with: Salvaged , sci-fi , strategy. Now its Oculus owner’s turn for a treat.

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HTC Invests in 33 More AR/VR Startups Through Vive X Accelerator

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HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Each accepted company gets an undisclosed investment and hands-on mentorship from HTC.

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New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 05/28/17

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This week’s collection of new releases for the HTC Vive is quite dense and includes a solid handful of titles for you to consider adding to your library. 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. New HTC Vive Releases on Steam.

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SXSW Reviews vol. 2: Hands-on with AmazeVR, Beatday, and The Sick Rose

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I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode. The booth for Beatday.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. 360 videos were implemented into your Newsfeed over a year ago, and 360 photo functionality was instituted over the summer. FACEBOOK KEEPS PUSHING THE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE.

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VEC 2019 review: my experience at the Vive Ecosystem Conference

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I expected the convention area to be a bit bigger … but probably HTC didn’t want to make a bombastic event with thousands and thousands of people there, but preferred a more sober event with some hundreds of people in the audience and thousands following the online stream. Lip Tracking module for the HTC Vive Pro.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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This latest acquisition is another piece in a secretive strategy: over the past few years Snapchat has quietly acquired a couple of other potentially augmented reality-related companies as well as talent. Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive….