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Group of Men “Marry” Anime Characters in a VR Wedding Ceremony

Road to VR

Japan is an exceedingly normal place when it comes down to daily life, but for some reason the culture’s social norms are—how should we put it—famously elastic. While it may seem ridiculous to some, the dating sim genre has a serious following in Japan, and its extension into VR is only logical.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

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The startup is pretty new, in fact, and its owner group is Megadodo, another unknown company that is working on an MMO game about which is difficult to find any information. A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. HTC launches Vive XR Suite.

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Discover Ambr, the company behind the Tokyo Game Show VR!

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a Virtual Reality Creative Studio based in Tokyo, Japan. Main investors to our company include ANRI, a top-tier venture capital, and Dentsu Group, the largest advertising and media conglomerate in Japan. The Dentsu Group, one of our shareholders, is a co-organizer of TGS 2021 ONLINE itself. Hello everyone! What is xambr?

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VR Ninja Dojo Opens Next Week In Tokyo

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Plan on visiting Japan anytime soon? So, you can unite and enjoy the experience even when your group consists of two or more people. Furthermore, since we explain the operation completely in English, foreigners visiting Japan comfortably use the facility. One additional Japanese person per foreigner is allowed free of charge.

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‘The Mage’s Tale’ Studio Announces Team-based Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR’

Road to VR

The game, which will be published by Thirdverse , the successor to Japan-based company Yomuneco, is said to include over a dozen weapons which not only help you fight off the opposing team of players, but also the so-called ‘Reclaimers’, which seem to spawn from the ground. . Image courtesy inXile Entertainment.

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JDI is Developing a 1001ppi High Pixel Density LCD for VR Headsets

Road to VR

Japan Display Inc. 60Hz is widely considered the bare minimum for VR headsets, although many PC VR headsets including HTC Vive and Oculus Rift function at 90Hz—a necessity in reducing motion blur and screen flicker. Currently the market leader in pixel density is HTC Vive Pro with ~615 ppi.

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HTC’s New ‘Link’ Mobile VR Headset is (bizarrely) Not Part of the Vive Brand

Road to VR

In a curious move, HTC has revealed a new mobile VR headset called Link that is not part of the company’s Vive brand. HTC is by now one of the world’s leaders in the virtual reality space. Instead the Link headset is designed to work with HTC’s newly announced U11 smartphone.

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