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River Studios Comes to LA with VR Studio

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Rothenberg Ventures is a VR-focused venture capital company that has made early-stage investments in VR startups like Wevr , Jaunt , AltspaceVR and FOVE. River Studios Los Angeles will help service the high demand for VR production work that Rothenberg frequently gets contacted for by partners.

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How Eye Tracking is Driving the Next Generation of AR and VR

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The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. In January of 2017, FOVE, a Japanese VR startup, released the first eye-tracking VR headset. Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Although certainly not high-quality, the photos can be viewed in any Google Cardboard-style headset and you can easily share your shots via link on social media platforms. …and more.

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GDC 2017: SMI Is Working With Valve To Bring Eye-Tracking To OpenVR

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In fact, this tech is apparently behind the mixed reality face-scanning tech that Google demonstrated last week, bringing a user’s full face into these videos. Those units have been shipped out to research partners who are currently busy toiling away at getting the most out of VR eye-tracking.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products. SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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Creators Behind ‘Monument Valley’, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, and More Share VR Insights Ahead of Develop:VR Conference in London

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Focused on harnessing immersive technologies to deliver groundbreaking VR, AR, Animation, DOOH, VFX and 360 degree video projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Sony, BBC, Red Bull, Microsoft and Lexus. Pete Short – CTO, Breaking Forth. Develop:VR Presentation: The Future of Stories in Virtual Reality.

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Valve, SMI and Tobii Preview VR’s Eye Tracking Future In HTC Vive

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This type of data is already used to optimize video game design. FOVE is distributing a eye-tracking headset too. Meanwhile, both Google and Facebook have acquired eye tracking technologies within the last year — underscoring the expectation that the technology will power future headsets.