TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

After poring over documents and articles of cutting-edge technological innovations in gaming and applications in other industries, the three co-founders identified a gap in the market and set up Refract. Unlike full-body motion tracking systems like Perception Neuron, Rokoko and Xsens, AXIS is for real-time gaming and entertainment use.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

This proves how the attention towards virtual events is rising , and this kind of entertainment medium is becoming always more popular. One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. More info.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

On the outside, Lenovo’s currently unnamed device looks similar to Sony’s PlayStation VR in design, with a ring that sits on top of the user’s headset to keep the weight off of the face like on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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Peter Graham

JULY 9, 2019

The studio is documenting the process through a series of Dev Diaries with the first one ‘Genesis’ released last month in time for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2019). Currently, Mantis Games is developing a story-driven virtual reality (VR) experience called Journey for Elysium.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Virtual Reality is used for entertainment purposes like games and in more serious fields, like healthcare.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 4, 2017

“I thought it’d be amazing to document this, but if you film this you’d just watch someone else’s experience,” Schnitzer said. “I The set-up at ScareLA will have participants enter the back of an ambulance and lie on a gurney, where an HTC Vive is placed on their head.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

There was a demonstration of how you could use the headset to help you work and communicate with others, but there could have been more focus on this, instead of on the entertainment functions. Apple also presented the Vision Pro as a productivity tool, rather than simply entertainment hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he's what's coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he's what's coming up next. Let's show everybody.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC teases a new headset. HTC has started the usual marketing operation it does for the launch of every new device. We don’t have further details about it, and if you try to enhance the above image, you just get a “Nice try” trolling label coming to view (gg HTC for that). Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. While for the Mainland, I always need to fill a lot of documents. Brogent creates hardware for location-based entertainment , like for instance car simulators for arcades.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

This document suggests that extended use of high-end VR headsets might improve or benefit the vision in preteen population, as explored by six researchers and contributors; Bao Yihua, Advanced Innovation Center for Future Visual Entertainment in Beijing. Weng Dongdong, Yu Xingyao, Guo Jie from Beijing Institute of Technology.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2021

HTC is probably going to announce a new standalone headset this week. We all know that HTC is hosting an event inside the social VR platform ENGAGE and that it is going to announce a new product. To discover it, I guess you have to wait until the 14th when there will be HTC’s event…. Learn about the best headsets for LBEVR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2022

When Simula was founded, most people thought that the future of VR/AR was in gaming and entertainment. In this mode, you can launch an unlimited number of normal Linux Desktop applications in VR, including things like chrome, firefox, IDEs, spreadsheets, word documents, email clients, photo editors, and so forth. Image by Simula VR).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Some days ago, the Chinese government has released a document that states how China really wants to commit to VR , how wants the ecosystem to grow well and fast and how also wants to lead the world for what concerns virtual reality. Education : VR can make education more efficient and more entertaining.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Entertainment – Scale the Wall from Game of Thrones At the height of the show’s popularity, the minds behind Game of Thrones created a VR experience that allows you to climb the famous 700 ft wall of Castle Black featured prominently during the series. Next wave of computing is virtual reality based entertainment, education and connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here below I’m posting for you the best offers I’ve found: for instance, HTC is discounting basically every piece of hardware (including Vive Trackers that can be useful for all the VRChat fans out there), while Pico is offering one of the best deals with €100-worth-of-content given for free with every purchased Pico 4.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

A new patent from Sony Interactive Entertainment, filed last year and published earlier this month, reveals the company is working on a new tracking system that looks similar in concept and setup to the Lighthouse tracking seen in HTC and Valve’s Vive. Could that suggest that Sony is also working on a wireless version of PSVR?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times? But for now, we start to wear these big VR headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times? But for now, we start to wear these big VR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price. Are you ready? (PS

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses. Have you been able to document an increase in revenues or a decrease in times? But for now, we start to wear these big VR headsets.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. The first metaverse that gains real traction is likely to be the last,” Oculus exec Jason Rubin wrote in a 50-page internal document laying out the strategy. “We Dot-com wasn’t the only bubble to burst at the turn of the millennium, however.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Uniting the Industry Multiple companies, from Meta Platforms, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Microsoft, HTC VIVE, ByteDance, Sony and even massive telecoms like Nokia and T-Mobile are chipping in to increase adoption rates for spatial technologies. Startups, experts, and even researchers are equally contributing to its development.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2019

This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. USB should have OTG enabled; Battery : 3 hours nominal duration; Vive Focus Plus and controllers (Image by HTC). HTC provides streaming to Miracast devices , but lacks the streaming to the phone.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2017

SEE ALSO Top 5 VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The two leading virtual reality headsets for PC—the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift —both have fairly wide-ranging support for VR racing sims. For those looking to build their own OSW, Martin Ascher’s tutorial is a good place to start, and BoxThisLap has some useful documentation.

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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 9, 2019

Last week HTC Vive launched their much-heralded Viveport Infinity subscription service. Whilst some of these are entertainment-focused, there are already some great choices for educators – especially for the social studies and geography classroom. VR #Vive #HTC all of the additional apps I listed after the main 10.)

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. And then Matt [Miesnieks] from 6D.ai. That’s important.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. And then Matt [Miesnieks] from 6D.ai. That’s important.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that. HTC with Vinay [Narayan], who’s always wonderful. And then Matt [Miesnieks] from 6D.ai. That’s important.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

And so I've been documenting his experience and his family's experience in VR, because it is the empathy platform and it's the medium that many people will see things different. Kevin: These location-based entertainments, which is doing great. And now three years later, he's been re-arrested and they're saying it's murder. Alan: Yeah.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

HTC today announced its third batch of AR/VR startups backed by the company’s Vive X accelerator program. ” Started last year, Vive X is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that, according to HTC, provides “unparalleled access to expertise, resources, planning and an extensive network throughout the AR/VR industry.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. When we negotiate those agreements, we always look at a broader range of entertainment. When the deal is done with a group, it’s much better, because we can go for many different kinds of entertainment. The experience has to be entertaining. They used the OZO.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Wewod is focused on delivering high-quality, location-based entertainment and educational VR content. Genhaosan (GHS) is the first-ever available VR entertainment solution for karaoke. The post HTC Vive X Accelerator Invests in 26 More AR/VR Startups appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

The next edition of the glasses, codenamed Artemis, is instead meant for commercial distribution, but this should not come before 2027, according to some leaked documents. Only around 1,000 units are expected to be manufactured. Seeing some AR glasses at this Connect would already be very cool.

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