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MARCH 6, 2020

To avoid this, HTC today announced it will be holding its next Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) from within virtual reality. The news was announced by HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin in a tweet, stating that virtual attendees can follow along either via 6DOF VR headset or livestream via monitor.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Cutting the virtual reality cord. 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.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Before the calendar ever turned over from 2015 to 2016 people were already dubbing this as the “year of virtual reality.” It may seem hard to believe now, but just a few months ago the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR HMDs were available active developers only. ” This monicker was given for good reason.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year’s VDAs who will be in competition to win $50,000 in first place prize money. Entertainment.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In mid-October this year, HTC made a few announcements signaling a major push forward with VR content. Later into October we saw the fruits of the VR arcade initiative with the launch of the first virtual reality arcade in Shenzhen, China and now the rest of those plans are bearing fruit.

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APRIL 19, 2021

The fitness application goes from costing $30 upfront to be free to download and costing $10/month after a trial. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. We can rejoice: Virtual Reality has a new unicorn company that proves its success.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Rikard Steiber, Viveport President and Senior VP of Virtual Reality, is departing HTC at the end of the year. Having joined the company in February 2016, Steiber oversaw the launch of Viveport in over 60 markets, HTC’s digital distribution platform for VR games and experiences.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

VRChat , one of the earliest social VR apps, announced that they’ve completed a $4 million Series A investment round lead by HTC’s Vive group. Joining HTC are venture capital firms Brightstone VC , GVR Fund and Rothenberg Ventures. VRChat says HTC is both a key investor and strategic partner now.

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JUNE 23, 2020

The software has been available in beta version since 2017, but it will officially be available for download on the Steam store beginning June 29th. In a 2017 interview with VRFocus, Bendarski said “WalkinVR aims at giving users with physical disabilities the freedom of unlimited movement in virtual reality.

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APRIL 19, 2022

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content. HTC hasn’t mentioned exactly what their “low monthly fee” will be, or when the service will drop, but we’ll be interested to see what the pool of apps looks like before we throw our money down. “We’re

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JUNE 25, 2020

In the meantime, if you’re looking for a playable Sonic VR experience to tide you over, NimSony’s Sonic VR prototype experience is still available for download. Its creator however says there aren’t any plans to share it online before its debut at SAGE 2020, which takes place September 5th.

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MARCH 4, 2025

I actually have a second reason to celebrate: Feedspot has put me in 3rd place in its classification of the best 60 Virtual Reality websites , ranked by authority. And the latest game by Owlchemy Labs, Dimensional Double Shift, which is free to play, just reached 500K downloads as a testament that this strategy works.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

According to Vinay Narayan VP, Platform Strategy and Developer Community HTC VIVE, this upcoming year will present the most robust ecosystem of innovations yet. As 5G networks come online, graphics and compute will increasingly be served from the network edge,” adds NVIDIA’s Director of Virtual Reality David Weinstein. “In

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Firefox Reality , Mozilla’s made-for-VR web browser, has been available on standalone devices for some time now, featuring support for Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, HTC Vive Focus, and Pico standalones. Now Mozilla has brought its WebXR-capable browser to PC VR headsets with its new PC Preview version.

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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Tokyo Game Show is the first big gaming event that is being held in virtual reality : this is quite a milestone for immersive technologies, and we hope it will be the first of a long series. a Virtual Reality Creative Studio based in Tokyo, Japan. What can we expect as users inside the virtual reality world of TGS?

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APRIL 3, 2017

With the Oculus Rift anniversary sale soon coming to an end , it’s now time for the HTC Vive—which launched just a week after the Rift—to get in on the celebration. The April 5th, 2016 Vive launch brought roomscale virtual reality into our livingrooms. Free Game – Arcade Saga.

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MAY 8, 2017

But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. “Virtual reality brings new excitement to traditional fitness equipment.

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JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, when we had the possibility of collaborating with HTC Vive China for a launch title of the Vive Focus Plus, we remastered HitMotion to work on a 6DOF standalone headset, in pass-through augmented reality : HitMotion: Reloaded was born. …or to directly download the game on SideQuest: [link].

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. image courtesy HTC. HTC says all eligible entries will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of Vive employees.

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JUNE 11, 2017

A new report from Nielsen suggests that not only is public awareness of virtual reality at record levels, it’s nearly doubled year on year. The Oculus Rift follows close behind with 8% with the HTC Vive trailing surprisingly far behind at 5%. You can download the full U.S Image courtesy Nielsen.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Revive, the mod which lets HTC Vive owners play games released only on Oculus Home, has just got a new release and is now compatible with 35 titles in the Oculus Store. Download ‘Revive’ from GitHub. Boursin Sensorium Virtual Reality Experience. Introduction to Virtual Reality. AirMech: Command.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Fox is finally releasing their long-awaited Martian VR experience for the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, with Oculus Rift support coming soon. In partnership with RSA Films and The Virtual Reality Company, you’ll be able to download the experience for $19.99 starting November 15.

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JUNE 17, 2020

VR events are one of the big trends of virtual reality of the last 3 months. Electronic French composer Jean-Michel Jarre , that is very famous in the electronic music environment , is going to seize this opportunity and host one of the first live concerts all in virtual reality.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This means that it doesn’t feature the standard front binary of objects coming towards you, but it exploits all your room ; It is in passthrough mixed reality. For the first time, an official game of a virtual reality headset is actually in augmented reality, thanks to the use of the front cameras.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Virtual reality artistry really has exploded since the HTC Vive gave the world room scale VR and tracked motion controllers, making the VR art application Tilt Brush possible. ” The artist then got a chance to get his head and hands into VR and take that doodling urge into three dimensions via an HTC Vive.

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JANUARY 8, 2017

All of that effort culminates in some of the biggest tech announcements of the year and this year, for virtual reality, that meant one thing: the Vive tracker. That company was HTC. HTC unveiled its new elite head strap, complete with integrated audio, but its most important announcement was the Vive Tracker.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The company got more than $10M of investment over the years, including important support from HTC Vive, which uses its spaces to organize the virtual events to launch its XR hardware. Most of the portals are “coming soon”, and among all the important companies, I could visit only the HTC hub.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

The experience, called Home – A VR Spacewalk, supports HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift and is now available for free to the public. The Home Virtual Reality experience brings that opportunity even closer, in a very authentic and accessible way. image courtesy REWIND.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

If you haven’t had the chance to check it out, well, there’s never been a better time than right now as Rockstar has just announced 4 new versions of the original title coming to major consoles as well as a new experience built specifically for virtual reality.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Right now, the high-end VR scene is a roost ruled by three major players: Oculus (owned by Facebook), HTC (in partnership with Valve) and PlayStation VR (a Sony product). That leaves Oculus and Facebook to duke it out with HTC and Valve’s $799 Vive headset for dominance in the PC-powered VR space. What do you think?

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MAY 26, 2017

Videogame publisher and developer Square Enix, famous for its Final Fantasy franchise, among others, has launched its first game for the HTC Vive, Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR in Japan. The game’s Steam page officially lists support for the HTC Vive and Seated and Standing play areas. Photo courtesy Square Enix.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

High Fidelity, the social VR platform headed by Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, will host its first festival completely in virtual reality, which will feature contests, giveaways and live music shows in VR. For VR newcomers, it’s a fun way to dive into virtual reality to see what’s possible beyond video gaming.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Augmented reality ( AR ) and virtual reality ( VR ) are slowly but surely creating a mass market for designers, everyday consumers and fashionistas to experience fashion in a whole new way. This year-long exhibition is now hosted within HTC Vive’s MOR virtual environment. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Did you ever hear the story of 1993’s Wolfenstein 3D Virtual Reality StarterKit 1 ? Another poor attempt at 90’s virtual reality, the obtuse “virtual reality” system incorporated an extremely bulky VR helmet alongside cumbersome joystick controls for an awkward, unnecessary version of the 1992 cult-classic.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

So instead of having to download an app each time you’d like to access it, as is the case with mobile apps on mobile devices, WebVR would allow VR users to access experiences immediately, much like visiting a standard webpage. You can download the latest edition of Mozilla Firefox for Windows, Mac & Linux HERE.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Welcome to Light Fields” is available for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. VR video is a promising technology for exploring the world, and while they are still an experiment, light fields show a new level of how convincing virtual reality experiences can be,” said Debevec.

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