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HTC Opens VIVELAND VR Theme Park in Taiwan

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One week after opening their first Vive branded VR cafe in Shenzhen China, HTC has now unveiled a VR theme park in Taiwan, touting over 20 different VR experiences. The VR theme park, being dubbed VIVELAND , spans over 3,500 square feet in a Taipei technology shopping center in the capital city of Taiwan. Image Credit: HTC.

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The VR Awards Announce 2022 Finalists

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Schell Games’ I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy And The Liar ’, Armature Studio’s critically-acclaimed Resident Evil 4 VR , and Ramen VR’s Zenith: The Last City are just a few of the finalists looking to walk away with the top spot. This year’s awards promise to be even bigger. Credit: WaveFunction, Lda. VR Enterprise Solution of the Year.

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Viveland Is HTC’s Huge New VR Arcade for Taiwan

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Or at least it is in Taiwan. Currently, arcade features over 20 different experiences to try, including games like Fruit Ninja VR , and Everest VR. There are also areas for Slightly Mad Studios’ popular racing simulator, Project CARS , high-rise simulator, The Walk , and an alien shooter known as Bounty VR in 4D.

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AR Social Media App ‘Urban Legend Hunters’ Has You Solving Mysteries Throughout The Real-World

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Over the past several years, hit titles such as Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite have set the groundwork for a new generation of location-based AR games in which players use their smartphone devices to interact with digital content layered over their real-world environments. For more information visit toii.io/urban-legend-hunters.

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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 1: Cave, zSpace, Brogent hands-on

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Two weeks ago, I had a fantastic trip to Taiwan together with my Chinese assistant Miss S. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? We all participants of the VR Visionaries tour in Taiwan (Image by Digiblock). When I tell people that I have been in Taiwan, the first questions that I get are “How is Taiwan?”

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Google Buying HTC’s Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion

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Leading into today’s news, shares of HTC were halted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange pending this Wednesday night announcement. In May, Google acquired Owlchemy Labs for an undisclosed amount, the pioneering VR game studio that developed Job Simulator. Google has announced a $1.1 So what does this all mean for VR?

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VR: The Revival of the Arcade

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When an arcade purchases a VR application through Steam or Oculus, they technically aren’t allowed to rent out their game library for profit. Due to the lack of an infrastructure, many existing VR Arcades have been operating without proper game licensing, many never realizing it themselves. Job Simulator. Hover Junkers.