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Audi Co-founded VR Entertainment Startup Holoride Files for Bankruptcy

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Holoride, the Germany-based startup bringing XR entertainment to car passengers, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the inability to secure its latest investment round. The post Audi Co-founded VR Entertainment Startup Holoride Files for Bankruptcy appeared first on Road to VR.

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Send HTC Your Idea for a Vive Accessory and Win a Free HTC Vive

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Now’s your chance to pitch your crazy accessory idea to HTC. HTC will be running the accessory contest through its Viveport community forum , and letting members vote on their favorite entries. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need. HTC Vive Accessory Contest. The grand prize?

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Birdly Simulator Features a “Man-Sized” VR Controller in Ulm, Germany

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Currently on display in Ulm, Germany, the Birdly experience asks players to lie face down on what they call the “man-sized-unit.” Tagged with: experiences , htc vive , virtual reality , Vive , VR Facebook Twitter Reddit More. ” (Stop laughing.) It looks like a modified massage table.

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HTC: Vive Shortage Due to a Key Component, Stock to Return in a Few Weeks

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If you’ve been looking around the web for a HTC Vive, you’ve probably met with a big ‘sold out’ sign recently in the US; Amazon, Best Buy, New Egg, and even HTC’s own website have been out of stock for a while now. That’s set to change in a few weeks, a HTC spokesperson told us. “We

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HTC Launches Vive ‘Business Edition’ for $1200

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HTC has their eye set on the VR enterprise sector. Since the HTC Vive hit the market earlier this year , we have been giving demos of the system to anyone willing to try, blowing minds daily and giving consumers their first taste of room-scale virtual reality. HTC Vive tents at X Games. Vive demos at GameStop.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition kicks-off Tuesday, February 22nd at 1:00pm JST and ends Friday, March 11th at 4:59pm JST and will be available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Mechanical Backpack Makes Jumping In VR More Fun

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Credit: Romain Nith JumpMod detects when a user jumps using an HTC VR headset and HTC’s lighthouse V2 tracking system and calculates the user’s jump sequence based on their height and descent. The system then estimates your weight’s movement in relation to your jump phase to provide a more accurate and authentic experience.

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