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HTC Partners With InterContinental Hotels To Bring Vive To Chinese Hotel Rooms

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We’ve often talked about VR being used for virtual tourism, but this isn’t exactly what we had in mind. HTC today announced a partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to bring the HTC Vive to sites in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Sanya. In a prepared statement, Alvin W.

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How Can Businesses Prepare for Enterprise VR?

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Even governments are turning to immersive platforms to showcase tourism, security, and travel opportunities. The Dublin-based IT consultancy has outlined a Metaverse Continuum Group to facilitate digital transformations for businesses. Many businesses are realising the value and potential of integrating virtual solutions.

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Is XR ‘Taking Off’ for the Commercial Aviation Industry?

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Inviting around 75 companies to participate in the accelerator, Taqtile collaborated with the International Airlines Group (IAG) to demo digital transformation tools for aviation repair and maintenance operations. The news comes after the World Economic Forum (WEF) found XR could help the global tourism industry recover post-pandemic.

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

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A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. See Also: Social VR: Virtual Reality Headsets Eliminating the Distance Between Us.

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VRTUOLUO talks about its FBEC event and the VR ecosystem in China

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But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on. Why and how has it started?

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Hands-On: ‘Bounce’ From Steel Wool Studios Is An Inventive Roomscale Physics Puzzle Game

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I visited Steel Wool a few weeks ago, the same company that just recently received a large $5 million investment from HTC , to demo their new game and get a quick tour of the office. The heart of the studio is fueled by a powerhouse group of individuals that came together through years of experience at Pixar.

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A Guide to Virtual Reality Resources and Funding for Professionals

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Major immersive firms like Meta and HTC provide unique funding opportunities for various use cases. The internationally available programmes help scale XR solutions for arts & entertainment, industry, tourism, retail, and more. Major immersive firms support areas like Metaverse , training, and education content creation.