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Intel Extreme Masters Oakland to showcase intense sci-fi multiplayer FPS Evasion

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The Bay Area’s top eSports event, Intel ® Extreme Masters event is this weekend in Oakland, California and Intel is using the event to also push some of the VR content it has been promoting. Starting November 18th, show attendees can experience the pre-alpha Evasion demo by visiting the Intel Gaming Showcase at the IEM Expo.

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SLIVER.tv Launches VR Live Cast and Live Replay Platform to Stream Top eSports Tournaments in 360 Virtual Reality

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The company has been Beta testing its turnkey solution for the past two months, working closely with ESL ONE NY in October and IEM Oakland in November. link] To watch re-streams of the live IEM Oakland event, visit the SLIVER.tv Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive apps to watch in full VR.

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The Future of Play: How Intel And The ESL Are Helping Bring Virtual Reality To ESports

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The VR stream featured a 200% growth in peak concurrent viewers compared to IEM’s first virtual reality live stream in Oakland, with 340,000 total unique viewers tuning into the VR broadcast. More than 130,000 unique viewers tuned into the IEM Oakland VR streams.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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This release (available 9/8 for HTC Vive) is really just a taste of the larger project to come: Favreau’s ultimate goal is a sprawling open world that you explore and build relationships with the gnome and goblin inhabitants… we can only hope that funny elves will somehow be involved. INVESTMENTS AND VR FUNDING ROUNDUP.

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Sixense Still Won’t Say When Kickstarter Backers Can Expect Their Rewards

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Today, these capabilities come standard in the three biggest, high-end VR platforms: Oculus Rift with Touch, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. Designs are reworked and sent to partners in China and Oakland, California for tooling and completion, he said. “One piece was too big and needs to be slimmed down.”

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

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The Series A was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also involved The VR Fund (contributors to The Wave’s round as well), Colopl Next, Capital Factory, HTC, and more. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO. Owlchemy Labs , creator of popular VR titles like Job Simulator, and the Rick and Morty Simulator for Adult Swim, raised $5M. is excited about VR.