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HTC Announces Vive Flow Business Edition, Optional 3DOF Controller

Road to VR

Vive Flow, HTC’s compact VR headset, is targeted at travelers and consumers looking for casual VR experiences and media consumption. Now the company has announced it’s marketing a Business Edition of Vive Flow alongside an optional controller which should make navigating in-headset a bit easier for first-time users.

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Nuclear Power Plant Uses VR For Control Room Training

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Fortum looks to VR to provide cost-effective training for its operators. VR is quickly becoming the go-to training solution for a growing number of industries. Just recently, Walmart employees credited their VR training as having helped them stay alive during the horrendous El Paso shooting that took place earlier this month.

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HTC VIVE XR Elite Business Edition Gains AI, Productivity Features – MWC 2024

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Continuing the large wave of announcements and highlights from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 conference in Barcelona, Spain, HTC VIVE also introduced new enterprise immersive services for its XR Elite Bussiness Edition product. Combined, HTC VIVE claims that the new features can boost operations across longer multi-user sessions.

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HTC Vive Is Opening Its Own NFT Store

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All aboard the NFT hype train. Image Credit: HTC Vive. Last week, HTC Vive announced that it will be jumping into the NFT market by expanding its VIVERSE to include a unique NFT store designed specifically for arts and culture. You also have total control over the volume of art you are selling. . Image Credit: HTC Vive.

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HTC Unveils VIVE Wrist Tracker For The Focus 3 Headset

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During CES this week, HTC officially revealed the VIVE Wrist Tracker, a lightweight VR tracking device designed specifically for the VIVE Focus 3, the company’s latest all-in-one standalone VR headset. In order to keep things simple, HTC went with a one-button pairing system which allows for easy wireless connectivity with the Focus 3.

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Major Partnerships set to Revolutionize XR Training

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. The Octo SDK framework allows developers to integrate hand-tracking-ready applications on headsets from vendors like Meta and HTC VIVE.

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US Fire Administration Advocates The Use Of VR For Firefighter Training

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An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers. Firefighters around the country have been incorporating VR into their training plans for some time. According to USFA, a division of FEMA , 70% of training-related deaths are due to stress and overexertion.

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