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The Future of Play: How Intel And The ESL Are Helping Bring Virtual Reality To ESports

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The VR stream featured a 200% growth in peak concurrent viewers compared to IEM’s first virtual reality live stream in Oakland, with 340,000 total unique viewers tuning into the VR broadcast. More than 130,000 unique viewers tuned into the IEM Oakland VR streams.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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This release (available 9/8 for HTC Vive) is really just a taste of the larger project to come: Favreau’s ultimate goal is a sprawling open world that you explore and build relationships with the gnome and goblin inhabitants… we can only hope that funny elves will somehow be involved. INVESTMENTS AND VR FUNDING ROUNDUP.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

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Although we are undeniably in the early adoption stages, the latest numbers from the International Data Corp. The Series A was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also involved The VR Fund (contributors to The Wave’s round as well), Colopl Next, Capital Factory, HTC, and more. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO. is excited about VR.