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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. University of Florida, USA. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. VIGAMUS Academy, Italy.

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‘Tis The Season to VR

VRScout

HTC Vive at GameStop. Target has started carrying the Merge VR headset, and T-Mobile stores are stocking up on Samsung Gear 360 and Gear VR. As a mom of 3, living in Gainesville, Florida (population 127,000+) there are not many options when it comes to retail stores. and many places worldwide. Well, everything. and Canada. .

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

As the two premiere VR hardware manufacturers, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive both recognize this impediment to adoption and are lowering the price to play, albeit in different ways. HTC Vive has launched their own financing program which relieves the upfront pricing burden of their system– although still maintaining the total cost at $800.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. And we pulled the Samsungs out at different times just to make sure we had a cause of the fire, up until it gets too dark.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR's Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

And also, yeah, the Samsungs get a bit melted. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alan: We actually melted one of the Samsung Gear VRs back in the day. Alex: On the last burn, we actually had to put two Samsungs in and one Fusion. Alan: [Laughs]Yes! Alex: Yeah. Alan: Yeah. Alex: Yeah.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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