VRScout

MAY 17, 2017

The infamous digital distribution platform from Valve has been the go-to option for gamers around the world for years and has since evolved into a popular hub for virtual reality enthusiasts as well. Steam 360 Video Player currently hosts eight different pieces of virtual reality content.

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MARCH 24, 2021

This brings the Seattle-based company’s lifetime financing to $149 million following its most recent round in December 2020 when the company secured its $20 million Series C. There’s also a ‘Plus’ membership subscription which includes a steady supply of spendable tokens and discounts on certain in-game items.

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JUNE 5, 2017

A major new three year partnership between Intel and MLB, America’s leading baseball league, will bring weekly live baseball games streamed in VR for free to Gear VR via Intel’s ‘True VR’ tech. Free Games Broadcast in VR, Weekly. Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners. Photo courtesy Intel.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. PAX West returns to Seattle this September 2-5 at the Washington State Convention Center, and this year, virtual reality will be more prominent than ever. Carnival Games VR.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

The number of jobs posted for game developers has declined 65 percent since 2014, according to an analysis by the job search site Indeed. The global game industry has grown to $91 billion across multiple platforms, but the number of jobs in the U.S. Searches for game designer jobs has remained relatively constant since 2014.

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MAY 14, 2023

I guess this line has been added to the keynote speech because Apple is going to announce its device very soon at WWDC (at least according to the rumors), and Google wanted to show that it’s part of the game, too. Google is also going to launch a game to showcase the features you can build with these tools.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

Now that VR is back, location-based entertainment (LBE) facilities are eyeing virtual reality as ‘the next laser tag’, a place where a group of friends could go and experience something unique together. Enter VRstudios. image courtesy VRStudios.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

What’s better than Justin Roiland making a VR game? Justin Roiland making a VR game and releasing it for free. That’s right, newly formed VR studio Squanchtendo’s first game, Accounting , will be completely free. See Also: ‘Rick and Morty’ Co-creator & Former Epic Games Exec. Producer Form New VR Studio, Squanchtendo.

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Peter Graham

JULY 7, 2019

Generally, we try to go for a nice mix across the board of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) company vacancies. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The game, the interface, the disbelief would all fall away and only Experience would be left.” Location-based Virtual Reality or LBVR refers to an out-of-home location where people can play unique VR games, usually as a team, that they can’t find on consumer headsets. Then he built it. WHAT IS LBVR?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Real concerts and public events are not possible anymore, so most of the singers are finding a new way to express themselves and are so experimenting with digital and virtual reality events. Talking about a purely digital event, the digital CGI show around the Space Needle in Seattle was surely beautiful. More info.

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 18, 2017

2) Pluto VR , the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey , has raised $13.9 Seattle-based Maveron led the round, with participation from Madrona Venture Group of Seattle, Trilogy Equity Partners of Bellevue and other individual investors. Read more here.

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MAY 3, 2017

The company is helping to make VR games with its Lumberyard development engine, and appears to be interested in VR video for its streaming service. Software Development Manager in Virtual Reality to work in its Seattle offices, according to a new job listing. But what about when it comes to its juggernaut online store?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2017

The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will be back in its hometown of Seattle this September 1st through 4th and Road to VR has again done the heavy lifting of sorting out all the VR things to see at this year’s convention: Exhibitor. Gattai Games. Gene Games. Oasis Games. Multiple games). Surprise Attack Games.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Three veterans of first-person shooter games have formed Drifter Entertainment , a Seattle-based virtual reality game studio. Davis recently served as general manager for the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. Most recently, he helped create the virtual travel experience Holo Tour for HoloLens. “We

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JUNE 3, 2017

Users will be able to customize their streams with multiple camera angles (all using 4k cameras), statistics, or even a produced broadcast experience for the Intel True VR Game of the Week. Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners on June 20 at 10:10 p.m. “As ET / 5:40 p.m. ET / 7:15 p.m.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2016

You can take a virtual trip to Stonehenge and snap a selfie in the process. When it comes to virtual reality content, quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on gaming. The post Educational VR Comes to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center appeared first on VRScout. Bretz is one of those new breed of VR creators.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

in Game Design. The metaverse concept emerged from the world of computer and video gaming, which has been creating vast, interactive, multi-user environments for decades. Many of the emergent metaverse experiences – such as Roblox, Fortnite, and The Sandbox – came about due to gaming and game-related technology.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Viveport President, Rikard Steiber, recently announced at Virtual Reality Developer Convention (VRDC) in San Francisco that HTC will be unveiling the Viveport Arcade , a new content delivery platform for arcade operators. Third, repeat customer rates are higher on multi-player games. The opportunity for VR arcades arises.

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MAY 10, 2017

While virtual reality looks to break into the mainstream within the next few years, Microsoft is playing the long game with its mixed reality device, HoloLens, which is much further away from reaching the consumer market. ” You can expect to see Myerson on stage for Build’s opening keynote later today.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

We’re at an early point in the expansion of the virtual reality industry where a lot of “firsts” will be claimed as companies blaze their own paths toward prominence. Just this past Saturday on December 3rd, LiveLike handled the broadcast of the Wisconsin vs Penn State game in VR through the Fox Sports VR application.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

We’re at an early point in the expansion of the virtual reality industry where a lot of “firsts” will be claimed as companies blaze their own paths toward prominence. Just this past Saturday on December 3rd, LiveLike handled the broadcast of the Wisconsin vs Penn State game in VR through the Fox Sports VR application.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Valve, creator of videogames, owner of Steam and builder of the Valve Index virtual reality (VR) headset is an icon on the industry and also highly secretive when it comes to what it’s working on.

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JUNE 28, 2018

The company says it’s using the funds to continue development on its global infrastructure for VR experiences, to accelerate hiring, and to open a new office in Seattle. Avatar Island shop, Image courtesy High Fidelity.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Aiding in this endeavour is Pixvana , which has just launched a virtual reality (VR) training experience to prepare businesses for an active shooter in the workplace. It’s a game-changing technology that can have a real impact for people in moments when it counts the most.”

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The initiative was revealed by Valve’s Joe Ludwig during a talk at this year’s developer-focused Steam Dev Days event in Seattle last month. In order for a game to run on an OS other than Windows, the game needs to support a graphics API, such as OpenGL and its successor Vulkan.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Now, he turns his eye towards virtual reality with Gnomes & Goblins , an original production from Wevr in partnership with Reality One. Despite this, Björk returns to the album via virtual reality collaborations with well-regarded developers and visual artists traveling the globe as Björk Digital.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2016

Remember, HTC Vive is a collaboration between HTC, the Taiwanese hardware manufacturer, and Valve, the American video game developer and publisher. Valve owns Steam – an enormous game distribution platform with a community of 65M+. Step inside the world of the Olympics, guaranteed Zika-free in virtual reality.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Participants in the round including DCM Ventures, Sierra Ventures, The Venture Reality Fund (VR Fund) and Japanese mobile gaming companies GREE and Colopl. has its competitors, like the Seattle-based VReal , but Sliver’s main competitive advantages are the titles it hosts content from. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Pluto , a Seattle based VR startup which reeled in a $14 million Series A investment last year, today launched their unique Pluto application in Early Access via Steam.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 19, 2019

SEATTLE, WA – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic technology, announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Input Systems along with a Series A financing round of $12 million. The financing will fund the production of the next generation of HaptX Gloves, the world’s most realistic haptic gloves for virtual reality and robotics.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

You may not have ever heard of Colossal Cave Adventure , but if you’ve played a video game in the last 45 years, you’ve walked in its footsteps. The original 1976 game was one of the first all-text adventure games and the first that got popular. Over time, they coaxed Roberta Williams to come along for the ride.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Pluto is a new social app currently in alpha from the Seattle-based startup Pluto VR. This means you can use any VR game or app you want and still be able to take a sort of ‘VR call’ from friends. Life is fast, but our virtual reality lives are still slow.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Series A, Drifter Entertainment (VR Game Studio) Raises $400K Seed Intel has acquired a startup called VOKE , which specialises in immersive sports video experiences, and counted both Intel and the Sacramento Kings among its investors. with experience using game-oriented technologies in The Matrix films. Read more on TechCrunch.

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HaptX

JANUARY 19, 2021

For over 40 years, Advanced Input Systems has been a global leader of human-machine interface (HMI) products in the medical, industrial, commercial, military and gaming markets. . HaptX Gloves enable natural interaction and true-contact haptics in virtual reality and robotics for the first time. Visit us at www.haptx.com.

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MAY 30, 2018

June 13 // MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Seattle Mariners // 1:10 pm PT. June 9 // Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and The Head And The Heart // 3:55 pm PT. June 11 // School Night! Live from Hollywood // 8:00 pm PT. June 14 // Gotham Comedy Live // 7:00 pm PT. June 15 // Chromeo // 6:50 pm PT. June 18 // School Night!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Seattle-based VR studio Against Gravity has today announced they have received $5M in seed funding to continue to build Rec Room, the studio’s social VR platform. Only launching last summer, the app has quickly become a success story, winning over fans on both Steam and Oculus Home with high marks.

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