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Half of SteamVR Tracking Course Attendees Using Tech for Non-gaming

Road to VR

At that time, Valve partnered with Synapse , a Seattle-area product development firm, to provide a mandatory training program for all SteamVR licensees. Road to VR: Getting to Seattle is a difficulty for some VR startups. You need to be able to do your compression in a smarter, lower latency way.

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Pixvana’s New Spin Studio Wants To Be Your 360-Degree Video Editing Suite

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And Spin Player helps users deliver VR video experiences to targeted audiences across all major headsets with low-latency playback. Pixvana was founded by Safreed, Forest Key, Bill Hensler and Scott Squires in Seattle in December 2015. The Spin Play app is easily customized and configured from Spin Publish—no developer required.”.

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‘Pluto’ Brings Cross-App VR Chat to Every SteamVR App, Now Available in Early Access

Road to VR

Pluto , a Seattle based VR startup which reeled in a $14 million Series A investment last year, today launched their unique Pluto application in Early Access via Steam. Part of that focus has been on optimizing for latency, Vechey said, in order to make the person to person communication feel as natural as possible.

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Atari to Open Game-themed Hotels Across the US with “the latest in VR and AR”

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Additional hotels planned in Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose. SEE ALSO Amazon Promises "single-digit latency" for AR/VR Streaming Over 5G with AWS Wavelength. According to a press statement , the first location is slated to break ground in Phoenix, AZ sometime later this year.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.30): Niantic launches VPS, Pico launches Neo 3 Link, and much more!

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San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for But I would wait to rejoice from it: VR requires a very short motion-to-photon latency, and as of today no cloud rendering service can offer such low latency in every possible location of the user.

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Top Investors Discuss VR and AR Strategies and Opportunites at IMMERSE 2016

Road to VR

Business leaders gathered at this year’s Seattle based IMMERSE Summit ( previously Sea VR ) to explore how VR/ AR and Mixed Reality is transforming manufacturing, design, education, health and medicine and much more. SEE ALSO Madrona Venture Group on Why Seattle is a Hotbed for VR and AR.

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Galaxy Digital Ventures invests into VR Platform High Fidelity from its Galaxy EOS Ecosystem Fund

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High Fidelity will use the funds to expand R&D, accelerate hiring and open a new office in Seattle. Low-latency, high-fidelity 3D audio for voice, effects and music creates a convincing sense of presence. The latest round brings total investment in High Fidelity to more than $70 million.

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