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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

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Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Razer – OSVR. There you go, that’s the VR Bound VR Awards shortlist for 2017. Nominees for VR Headset of the Year.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

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Starting as a hardware company and evolving into a software company as well, Razer is now also growing into an investing company. Announcing zVentures, a $30M venture capital fund , Razer will be strategically funding companies in the ioT, big data analytics, AR/VR, robotics, and Android gaming areas. series in 2017.

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PSVR Horror Game ‘Stifled’ Coming to Vive, Rift & PC Next Week

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Stifled (2017) originally launched last year as a PSVR exclusive, but now Singaporean studio Gattai Games is bringing the echolocation-based horror game to Rift, Vive, and PC next week. As the protagonist David Ridley, you’re suddenly stricken blind, making the world around you dark—well, not exactly.

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THX Creates Audio Chip Positioned for VR Claimed to “best every other amplifier product in the marketplace”

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The company was recently acquired by gaming lifestyle company Razer (who is a founder of the OSVR initiative ). THX and Triad plan to show off the first THXAAA solutions at CES 2017 next week. The THXAAA chip is the company’s first step into component offerings. The diminutive chip is just 2.4mm square.

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Sixense to Refund STEM Kickstarter Backers After More Than 4 Years of Delays

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The company built the technology behind the magnetically tracked Razer Hydra controller which was one of the only consumer-available 6DOF controllers available when the first Oculus Rift development kit (DK1) started shipping. Sixense was once a name central to the early VR community.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

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With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) from 4 years of VR at CES to gauge how far the industry has come and look for clues as to where it goes from here. The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has served as a good way-point for VR’s progress over the years.

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EON Reality Recognized As One Of The 10 Best Tech Companies to Work For 2017

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EON Reality was recognized as one of the 10 Best Tech Companies to Work For 2017 by the Singapore Computer Society. The post EON Reality Recognized As One Of The 10 Best Tech Companies to Work For 2017 appeared first on EON Reality. The panel of judges was made up of local Singaporean government and technology heavyweights.