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Nuclear Power Plant Uses VR For Control Room Training

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This is why Fortum, one of the largest nuclear power plants in Finland, has started using VR as a way to train employees for a variety of potentially deadly situations that could happen in a power plant control room. In-headset comparison of the HTC Vive Pro and Varjo VR-1 / Image Credit: Varjo.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.24): HTC shows Cosmos and Proton, devs make cool hands interactions, Sansar on sale and more!

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Image by HTC Vive). HTC expands its Cosmos offering and teases the future with Proton. This has been a pretty interesting week for HTC Vive. And it is nice that HTC with this new Cosmos line is satisfying the needs of a broad share of VR people : from the casual gamer that wants something cheap to the professional.

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FOV Ventures Raises $18 Million to Fund European Metaverse Startups

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Founding partners David Haynes and Petri Rajahalme announced this month FOV Ventures , a Finland-based early-stage VC firm through which the duo plans to focus on Europe-based metaverse startups. Dave Haynes was previously part of Vive X, HTC’s VR investment fund, and the Europe-focused VC firm Seedcamp. million (€16.5

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Pre-orders for TPCast Wireless VR Add-on Now Available in Europe

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TPCast, the wireless streaming device that lets HTC Vive owners play VR games cable-free, is now available for pre-order in most of continental Europe starting at €349 (or the regional equivalent). ” TPCAST has already been available for pre-order via HTC’s Chinese Vive online store since November last year.

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Glue Collaboration Raises $3.85M Financing to Further Develop Business-focused Social VR Platform

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Business Finland, the Finnish funding agency for technology and innovation, and OP Bank also provided funding for the development of Glue. ” At the time of this writing, Glue’s platform supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Windows VR headsets, Valve Index, as well as desktop and mobile.

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VR Mining Game ‘Cave Digger’ Coming to Steam for Free This Week, Launch Trailer Here

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Created by Finland-based indie studio VRKiwi , the game takes place in the confines of the mining elevator, letting you gain greater resources so you can mine deeper into the unknown. Cave Digger is slated to release for free on May 10th, and supports SteamVR-compatible headsets including Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows VR headsets.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

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More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit.

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