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HTC Launches Vive ‘Business Edition’ for $1200

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HTC has their eye set on the VR enterprise sector. Since the HTC Vive hit the market earlier this year , we have been giving demos of the system to anyone willing to try, blowing minds daily and giving consumers their first taste of room-scale virtual reality. HTC Vive tents at X Games. Vive demos at GameStop.

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‘Red Alert 2’ In VR Is Historical Fiction We Can Control Directly

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Released back in 1996, Command and Conquer: Red Alert is set in a universe predicated on the idea that Albert Einstein went back in time and eliminated Hitler before he could do damage, altering history in such a way that Russia rose to power in Germany’s absence. The video shows the game being played in room-scale mode with HTC Vive.

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‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ Is A VR Puzzler With A Miniature Twist

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Vertigo Games’ first attempt at a third-person experience makes its debut at Gamescom 2018 in Germany. A Fisherman’s Tale will be available to the public for the first time Tuesday, August 21st through Wednesday, August 22nd during Gamescom 2018 in Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Dr. Rolf Drechsler from the University of Bremen, Germany. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network. Mikey Trujillo – Project Manager at Marvel Entertainment, LLC. See Also: The Future of XR’s Remote Events in the New Normal.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

I think this new pricing strategy is very important: $299 has historically been considered as the golden price to start getting mainstream adoption , and Facebook proposing this in the months that lead to the Christmas Holidays may cause a big spike in sales of virtual reality headsets. Facebook halts the sale of Quest in Germany.

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WCVRI Day 1: Hands-on RealMax AR glasses and Droolon F1 eye tracking!

The Ghost Howls

But it was delicious, so the “yes yes” strategy is paying off. Mega-events like the Gamescom in Germany occupy far more floor space. I have finally tried the Droolon F1 , the addon by 7Invensun that offers eye-tracking for all HTC devices (from original Vive to Cosmos, not to mention the standalone Vive Focus Plus).

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Training Healthcare Workers With XR

Tech Trends VR

This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. and Sana in Germany. UCLH in the U.K.