VRScout

APRIL 18, 2017

It was six months ago when Google launched a VR version of Google Earth for the HTC Vive. Originally launched for free on the HTC Vive, Earth VR is available on the Rift with support for Oculus Touch controllers — and of course it’s still free. VR’s killer app just got a major update. Now Google Earth VR is getting a major update.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2019

Mindesk , a startup developing a platform for real-time CAD collaboration in AR/VR, today announced a $900,000 seed round from HTC Vive, Barcamper Ventures, A11 Venture and Invitalia Ventures. Mindesk was founded in Bari, Italy.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Japan’s very first VR-focused international film festival, Beyond the Frame Festival , is currently underway thanks to a partnership with HTC Vive. Of course, you can also use your HTC Vive to jump into VIVEPORT and experience each film in VR. Beyond the Frame Festival and FIVARS tease the next generation of media artists.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

That’s what’s so unique about Tiny Bull Studios Blind , an upcoming VR puzzle game for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and Open Source VR that pulls a switcheroo of sorts, using VR technology to actually limit the visual senses of the player for a unique gameplay experience unlike any other. Image Credit: Tiny Bull Studios.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TPCast, the wireless streaming device that lets HTC Vive owners play VR games cable-free, is now available for pre-order in most of continental Europe starting at €349 (or the regional equivalent). ” TPCAST has already been available for pre-order via HTC’s Chinese Vive online store since November last year.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

(2017), is dialing in on CS:GO territory with its recently released trailer which shows all of the trappings of the popular PC shooter, replete with Italy-inspired map, AWPs, and bomb planting galore. The game is slated for a 2018 with its release targeting cross-play for PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

MyndVR is a veteran of HTC VIVE’s Accelerator Program and has maintained a close relationship with the hardware giant – including through the development of the recently announced VIVE Flow. “We Is Flow’s Biggest Market the Elderly? We think it’s going to be a huge breakthrough for our audience,” MyndVR CEO Chris Brickler told ARPost.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2018

Thanks to new more comfortable hardware releases like the HTC Vive Pro and tetherless HTC Vive Focus, people are spending more consecutive time in VR than ever before. Enea Le Fons, an immersive developer based out of Italy, has been eager to find out with his recent “30 Days In VR” challenge.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

No, Flower isn’t coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but Italy-based developer Storm in a Teacup’s Lantern is. Next week, though, you’ll get a taste of what the developer’s previous release, Flower , might be like in headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

More info HTC VIVE launches VIVE Business+ HTC is one of the leading companies in enterprise virtual reality. It also features a heartbeat sensor, even if it is not clear where it is installed. OPPO MR Glass will be available as a Snapdragon Spaces developer kit in China, distributed in the second half of 2023.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2020

COVID-19 has now spread to 114 countries and territories, with China, Italy, Iran, and Korea seeing the greatest number of cases so far. Big players like Oculus, Sony, and HTC have used the event to showcase their latest VR hardware and content. E3 has long been among a handful of key conferences for the VR industry.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2020

This September marks the start of the 77th annual Venice Film Festival in Lido di Venezia, Italy. Great Hoax: The Moon Landing arrives on Viveport this September as part of the Venice Film Festival.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Now after more than three years in development, the studio has finally announced that Runes is heading to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on November 14th. Runes: The Forgotten Path is a single-player fantasy spell-caster from StormBorn Studio that puts you in the magical garb of a renegade wizard fighting for survival.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I’m back to Italy after my trip to Helsinki! More info (Quest 3 going ok in Steam Hardware Survey) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than Quest 3 on Amazon) HTC announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker Finally, HTC has officially announced the Vive Ultimate Tracker, its standalone inside-out tracker unit.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Tiny Bull Studios and Fellow Traveller (ex-Surprise Attack Games), today announced that Blind, the long-awaited psychological thriller, is slated to launch globally on September 18th for PSVR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and OSVR. Instead of seeing, she uses echolocation to reveal the curious world around her. Image courtesy Tiny Bull Studios.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I’m currently in Beijing and today I’m taking the plane to get back to Italy. Here in Italy, I have no idea where to buy any smartglasses, but I’ve seen many shops selling Ray-Ban Meta. These are my last hours in China. If this partnership is exclusive, Meta has just got a huge edge over its competitors like Samsung or Google.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2018

In effort to make his life easier in the some 7 to 16-hour sessions split between an HTC Vive, Vive Focus, and the new HTC Vive Pro, Le Fons completely ‘digitized’ his entire apartment using photogrammetry, and even created individual captures of things like chairs, tables and dishware.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2019

HTC is sending these devkits to selected developers to let them experiment with the devices, provide feedback and create 6 DOF applications. They arrived yesterday evening at my home, after a complicated journey going from China to Italy.

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2018

Blind was inspired by Tiny Bull Studios’ prototype PC game Come to See My House, which won The Best Game award at the Turin, Italy jam site for the 2014 Global Game Jam. Gramophones and other objects that make sound become lighthouses in the all-encompassing blackness.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004), Jesus VR was filmed in Matera, Italy under the direction of Passion executive producer Enzo Sisti. ” Jesus VR will be available Christmas 2016 on all major VR platforms including Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and the HTC Vive.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2018

In a week here in Italy will start a very interesting VR-related event called Immersive Architecture. You are organizing a very important XR-related event here in Italy called Im-Arch, can you tell us what gave you the idea to start it? It will start on May, 31st and end on June, 2nd 2018 and will feature conferences and workshops.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2023

Because if Apple is just going to repeat the same use cases of the HTC Vive and Meta Quest 2, but selling it at $3000, it is just going to fail spectacularly. That’s why the headset should be available by the end of the year, and my bet is that Apple is trying to have it ready before the holidays. But the big question is the “how”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 11, 2019

I wrote to HTC and in the end, I managed to someway solve the issue… so I am writing this post for everyone that may find him/herself in the same situation. I asked this to Tony Lin of HTC and he kindly pointed me towards the solution. Header image by HTC). Needless to say, this is a bit unusual.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 28, 2023

Anyway, in these two weeks, even with some difficulties, I’ve managed to work quite at the same pace that I had in Italy , and we are going full speed ahead in improving the platform (some news about it is coming very soon…). While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

As for me, I’ve been flooded by worldwide requests asking how I am here in Italy. The coronavirus outbreak is getting worse here in Northern Italy. We have more difficulties in going to Milan, that is the economical heart of Italy, and now a red zone with all its region. Header image by HTC Vive). Show your big heart.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones. Yesterday HTC has also unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC U12+. The Vive Focus and its friend the HTC U12+ phone (Image by HTC). Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2019

Created in partnership with UK-based studio Just Add Water , Sniper Elite VR takes place in World War II Italy, set prior to the events of Rebellion’s latest entry in the series, Sniper Elite 4 (2017). The studio also confirmed that PS Aim support is definitely coming to the PSVR version of the game.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 11, 2020

This has forced severely affected countries like Italy to shut down all but essential travel on health or professional grounds. HTC, on the other hand, has taken a different approach for its Vive Ecosystem Conference (HTC 2020 VEC) which is usually held in Shenzen, China. It will be held entirely in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2018

actually, he was in my city (Turin, Italy) because here there is an epic guy that is living 30 days inside virtual reality! That’s why HTC couldn’t do anything but accepting his proposal. And then, of course, there is HTC that is supporting them. He has this idea of a VR ecosystem that is completely free of chains.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

I will leave you the link to donate for these two causes below. Let me take a moment before to thank anyway all my Patreon donors for the support they give to me: Alex Gonzalez VR DeoVR GenVR Eduardo Siman Jonn Fredericks Jean-Marc Duyckaerts Reynaldo T Zabala Richard Penny Terry xR. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

While in Italy we get ready for the “Phase 2” of the lockdown, I write the best AR/VR news of the week just for you! Image by HTC Vive). HTC is now selling Vive Cosmos Elite headset-only. Finally, HTC is selling the Vive Cosmos Elite not only as a full bundle anymore but also as a headset-only option for $550.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

I am back in Italy! This was pretty weird to me because I never saw a single one of them in Italy. Now the design has been used also by other companies, like HTC that has just launched its Vive Flow headset. On the other side, it seems that HTC at the moment is offering more content, with 100+ compatible titles with the Flow.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Leading up to this year’s event, major XR device vendors such as HTC VIVE, PICO, Sony, and others are leveraging what is being perceived as an increasing level of hype stemming from Mark Zuckberg’s upcoming showcase. September has arrived, and the month is commonly an important one for the XR industry.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

EssilorLuxottica, a multinational corporation based in Italy and France, is already working with Meta on developing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. ” ‘Game-Changing’ HTC Vive Headset Coming Soon HTC has released a YouTube video about the impending release of a ‘game-changing’ Vive headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

As I said before, apart from other tech giants, no one is going to challenge Facebook on its own terrain : Pico, HTC, HP, Pareal, Skyworth, Shadow Creator… all these companies are going to try offering something different. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. Will they succeed?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info Vive discontinues Facial Tracker HTC has discontinued the Facial Tracker, the face-tracking device that worked with various PC VR headsets. May it be something that HTC is going to announce at CES? More info RIP E3 The E3, which was one of the most important gaming exhibitions of the world, is no more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

If you consider the Greater China region, we can even mention HTC, which is based in Taipei. These are the same sentiments that I’ve found in all the parts of the world I’ve traveled, from the US to Finland to my home country Italy. Hardware is still strong On the hardware side, China is still very strong.

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