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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch VR

This addresses common issues like occlusion and space requirements of systems such as HTC Vive,” Chng told TechCrunch. To make it accessible to game developers and content creators, Refract’s software suite is compatible with platforms like OpenVR, OpenXR, Unity and Unreal engines, and existing VR systems and applications. ” .

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

Road to VR

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. Bahçesehir University (BAU), Turkey. Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

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