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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop but a Real Prototype

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While virtual reality has graced the show previously, season four is bringing it closer to the fore, with the show’s main characters becoming intertwined with the eccentric Keenan Feldspar, a fictional Silicon Valley wunderkind developing a pair of virtual reality goggles. Photo courtesy HBO.

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Experience Weightless VR With This Waterproof Headset

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These are the kinds of weightless experiences Stephen Greenwood, director of creative development at Discovery Digital Networks, and Allan Evans, cofounder of headset maker Avegant , are creating with their custom VR headset designed for underwater use. Just make sure you have a lifeguard present before you hop in.

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The Crazy VR Goggles in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Are Not a Prop.

AllThingsVR

While virtual reality has graced the show previously, season four is bringing it closer to the fore, with the show’s main characters becoming intertwined with the eccentric Keenan Feldspar, a fictional Silicon Valley wunderkind developing a pair of virtual reality goggles. Read more here.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: TheWaveVR Raises $4M, Pluto.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: TheWaveVR Raises $4M, Pluto VR raises $13.9M, Avegant Raises $13.7, 2) Pluto VR , the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey , has raised $13.9 The company has also raised $4 million in a new round of funding led by Upfront Ventures.

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A new kind of screen could help computer glasses replace the.

AllThingsVR

It doesn’t burn me, because it’s a computer image displayed through a new kind of headset prototype built by Avegant, a Silicon Valley-based startup. Avegant calls it “light field.” A new kind of screen could help computer glasses replace the smartphone In my hand, mere inches away from my face, I’m holding a tiny elephant.

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We Tried an Underwater VR Headset, and it Worked

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In the space of just one year virtual reality has gone from a highly anticipated hobbyist kit, to a commercially available consumer product available at Best Buy. Greenwood works in digital production for Discovery and Evans is the CTO and co-founder of Avegant Glyph.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

Virtual reality has figured prominently at the event in recent years of course, quickly rising to become one of the shows hottest technologies. It was clear Oculus, thanks in no small part to its CTO John Carmack , was serious about the future of mobile, untethered mobile virtual reality. The OSVR HDK Headset.