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HBO’s Westworld Makes Virtual Reality Debut

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Abrams and written by Jonathan Nolan ( The Dark Knight, Person of Interest ) and Lisa Joy ( Pushing Daisies ) will actually put VR front and center during the show, one thing’s for sure, HBO isn’t being shy about using the immersive technology to promote their ten-episode season premiering next month.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

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Owlchemy Labs, founded in 2010, has raised $5 million in seed funding from Capital Factory, Qualcomm Ventures, Colopl VR Fund, HTC and The Venture Reality Fund. Read more here. Read more here. 3) Vivid Vision said today it has raised $2.2 million in a seed round to build VR tools that could be used to treat eye problems known as “lazy eye.”San

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5 Talks You Won’t Want to Miss at VRDC This Week

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The inaugural Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) is kicking off tomorrow at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. The two-day event is essentially a mini-GDC, focused exclusively on VR headsets and related technologies. October insanity might be over, but there’s no rest for the VR industry this week.

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What to Expect From VR at VRDC and GDC 2017

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Just like last year, they will run essentially concurrently again in and around the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. What to Expect from HTC.

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Can Virtually Live Replace Pay Per View Television?

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Last year, he got the call to move to San Francisco and take over the reign over the company, and build relationships with different franchise owners. In our team, we now love the (HTC) Vive and we’re certain Oculus will catch up. Our technology is all about achieving virtual presence in real world events as they take place.

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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Filling up the halls of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, GDC has been a big event for the VR industry over the past few years, but it is seeing something of an explosion this year, which runs from February 27th – March 3rd. : Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00am – 11:00am. Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC).

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. We invite all industry technology providers and stakeholders to join us in this meaningful program.”.

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