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HTC is Getting into the NFT Craze with the Opening of Its Own Store Soon

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The store is said to offer complete control over?the ” For those of us in the VR space, all of this may seem a bit out of left field for the company, which over the years has built itself a significant niche in creating enterprise VR hardware. .” HTC is no stranger to jumping on the crypto bandwagon though.

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Meta’s Responsible Metaverse and the Enterprise

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The company later joined responsible metaverse alliances such as the Washington, DC-based XR Association and the Metaverse Standards Forum. Providing control. Meta aims to provide impactful controls so that people can take charge of their virtual experiences. Putting People First.

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Report: New Valve VR Headset Appears in Leaked Images

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When it comes Valve, there’s no telling what’s going on behind their Bellevue, Washington doors. As one of the most reclusive developers of both games and hardware, that goes doubly so for its efforts in VR. Image courtesy 2flock.

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Metaverse needs to solve problems, not be the problem

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We’re getting better on hardware and high quality content, but how do we actually distribute the fabulous 360 degrees pieces? Hardware ?—?you Limited availability of hardware, difficulty in selecting the best experiences and loneliness in VR pushes us into the old good movie theatres, arcades or events.

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Facebook Is Recruiting Experts in Psychophysics To Hack Your Mind for VR

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” The successful candidate will work at a special Oculus research office in Redmond, Washington. However, for a virtual reality team like Facebook’s Oculus, the hiring of a psychophysicist indicates an interest in developing more immersive experiences, haptics and hardware. Tagged with: facebook , oculus.

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Meta Round-Up: XR Thrives Despite Major Reshuffle

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At the connect event last year, Facebook officially rebranded as Meta, diverting the company’s vision from the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to the Oculus brand of virtual reality (VR) hardware. Refocusing Hardware Ambitions. Instead, Meta is preserving the hardware for developers only.

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XR Gaming Case Study in Focus: MLB Home Run Derby and VIVE

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As part of the “MLB All-Star Week” event in Washington DC, the group worked with VIVE and the VIVE Pro headset to design a new virtual reality video game experience. VIVE’s state-of-the-art virtual reality technology , complete with phenomenal visuals and lightweight hardware proved to be the perfect solution for the team.