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Virti and HTC Transforming Taiwan’s Food Safety Training With VR Technology

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Virti, HTC, and Taipei Medical University (TMU) are set to revolutionize Taiwan’s food safety training by developing immersive training content that leverages VR technology. Late last year, TMU, with the help of the HTC VIVE Medical VR division, established the Instructional VR Resource Center for Food Safety. Meet Virti.

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HTC Announces ‘Vive Focus’ Standalone VR Headset

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Today during the Vive Developers Conference in Beijing, HTC revealed the Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. Update (11/14/17): HTC has confirmed to Road to VR that the company is cancelling plans to bring a Daydream-based version of the Vive Focus headset to Western markets, including the US and Europe.

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HTC Reveals Tether-Less Vive Upgrade for $220

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In a significant breakthrough for room-scale VR, HTC has introduced a tether-less VR upgrade kit for the Vive system at Alibaba’s “11/11” global shopping festival. The HTC Vive is a PC-powered system, which means there is a long cord running from the headset to your PC system. Initial delivery is expected to begin Q1 2017.

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Hollywood Embraces its Future in VR at the 2017 Lumiere Awards

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VR Winners at the 2017 Lumiere Awards. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, earned this award for her team’s exceptional forward progress at the intersection of art and science in VR. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, on a red carpet full of 360 cameras. Harold Lloyd Award: Jon Favreau. Sir Charles Wheatstone Award: Cher Wang.

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Report: HTC to Unveil Standalone VR Headset at Vive Developer Conference in November

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HTC could be showing off its standalone VR headset at the company’s November 14th Vive Developer Conference (VDC) in Beijing. To wit, HTC says it will have ‘some important announcements’ to make. To wit, HTC says it will have ‘some important announcements’ to make. image courtesy HTC.

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‘Doom VFR’ Coming to PSVR and HTC Vive, Here’s the Reveal Trailer

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The game will be released for PlayStation VR and the HTC Vive. On stage during Bethesda’s E3 2017 press conference the company revealed a more developed version of their in-development VR version of Doom. The game is now confirmed as launching on both PSVR and HTC Vive.

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Valve Reveals 2017’s Top Selling VR Games on Steam

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At the start of the New Year Valve has released a look back at 2017’s best selling VR titles on Steam. Just in time for the end of the Steam Winter Sale (concluding January 4th @ 10AM PT), Valve has published a series of ‘ The Best of 2017 ‘ charts, showing which titles on Steam have fared the best across several metrics.

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