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This Is the Easiest Way to Try Out HTC's Vive Right Now

Next Reality VR

If you've been debating on whether or not HTC's new virtual reality headset, the Vive, is worth the $800 price tag, then you'll be able to find out for yourself soon enough. They will have 10 retail locations across the US, and Microsoft will add 11 more Microsoft Stores stateside with testing stations toward the end of the month.

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Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

Road to VR

Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. As the first company to offer such information, it means that Sony is not only happy with the figure, but likely confident that they’re well ahead of the competing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

The Ghost Howls

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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A first look at the Tundra Labs HDK

The Ghost Howls

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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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

INTRO: A little over a hundred years ago, the light switch was invented in the sleepy suburb of Lynbrook, New York. Because of their input, a single DVD was capable of holding 95 minutes of footage (encompassing the runtime of 90% of films) all for a retail price under $20. As I said, terrifying.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. HTC Vive is helping the big issue of the state of virtual reality today: lack of content.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

One example is retail employees. We’re not tied to Microsoft. HTC VIVE sold a couple million. Literally from Sydney, Australia to New York, L.A., And one of the… I don’t know how many names I should name, but there’s definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees.

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