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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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It has made significant contributions in various verticals such as entertainment, education, retail etc. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since. It can run on AR/VR hardwares.

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HTC Invests in 33 More AR/VR Startups Through Vive X Accelerator

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HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Each accepted company gets an undisclosed investment and hands-on mentorship from HTC.

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Vive X: Here Are The 33 VR Startups HTC Vive Just Funded

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HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. ” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

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Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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XRA, Lawmakers to Host First National XR Month

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The Month would create a “special opportunity” to raise awareness about XR technologies and their role in education, entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, Elizabeth Hyman, Chief Executive of the XRA , said in a statement. She added, “We thank Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep.

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Inside IMAX’s Los Angeles VR Center

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The IMAX VR Center features a slate of single and multi-player VR content, some of which includes exclusives like Ubisoft/Skydance’s Archangel that drops you into the cockpit of a six-story-high war-machine, letting you battle it out with a tyrannical corporation taking over a post-apocalyptic America.

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A first look at the Tundra Labs HDK

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Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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