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Google Buying HTC’s Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion

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HTC retains brand but lets part of their smartphone business go. Google has announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. According to the announcement, HTC will receive $1.1

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Vive’s VP Of Design Claude Zellweger Leaves HTC For Google Daydream

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Claude Zellweger, HTC’s VP of Design, is making the switch from PC VR to mobile VR. vladsavov I am joining Google Daydream, so you can redirect your criticism:). HTC itself confirmed to UploadVR that Zellweger had parted ways with the company, stating: “HTC can confirm that Claude Zellweger has left the Company.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The experience now sits in the hall of fame with Google Tilt Brush , which won the category in 2017. VR Lifetime Achievement. VR Film of the Year.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive…. In related news, the consumer version of the HTC Vive is now promised to be shipped within 72 hours of ordering as well as additional retail availability and demo locations.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

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VR Set To Enter New Phase After A Decade Of Carmack

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In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe looking at a Rift prototype in 2012. “The issue is our efficiency.” “Right now this is a 60 hertz screen, that’s what cell phones are, 60 hertz screen,” Iribe told me.

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‘Mythica VR': VR LARP With D&D-style World Building Hits Kickstarter

Road to VR

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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