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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch VR

Transfr’s core technology is its software. Hardware-wise, the business uses Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset with Oculus for Business, not the generic customer hardware available in stores. Most notably, though, is Transfr’s recent work in Alabama. Since March, Transfr’s customers have quadrupled.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. Later in the year, Destin invited us to show off our new HaptX Gloves Development Kit with other YouTube stars in Huntsville, Alabama at the first-ever ThinkerCon. The software that powers our haptics.

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Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Talks Virtual Reality

VRWorld

The name of the project came through Kevin’s love for Bourbon and other spirits, mostly from Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee. In a move not similar to what happened with Oculus a year later, Mark liked the application and wanted to make it a part of Facebook family. Systrom also said that his first idea didn’t worked out.