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MARCH 21, 2018

HTC is expanding its out-of-home VR entertainment reach with a new deal with gaming giant IGT that will see its Vive hardware and software power a new competitive VR initiative where players compete for real money stakes. The post HTC and Gaming Giant IGT Partner on VR Tournament Platform for Casinos appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

If I were a betting man, I’d put money on each location offering access to popular VR experiences available on existing headsets like the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift S rather than developing their own original content. The ill-fated Atari Jaguar headset in all its glory / Image Credit: Geek.com. Feature Image Credit: Atari Inc.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Holoride technology turns your everyday commute into a location-based VR theme park. It’s only day one of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and already we’ve seen the unveiling of two never-before-seen HTC Vive headsets, as well as new controllers and tracking capabilities for the ultrawide Pimax 8K.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mobile VR motion controller manufacturer Finch Technologies today announced it’s working with Qualcomm and HTC to deliver its six degrees of freedom (6DOF) FinchShift controllers to a multitude of devices supporting Vive Wave. Image courtesy Finch Technologies. Image courtesy Finch Technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

This shows that the ecosystem is alive, and notwithstanding the pandemic, there are many XR companies that are pushing the technology forward. This hilarious tweet thread by Nima Zeighami shows you all the worst uses that have been of the M-word on the Las Vegas showroom. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. Further references.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

It’s our pleasure to work with Digital Domain to unveil its sneak preview of Monkey King ,” said Mr. Raymond Pao, Vice President, VR New Technology, HTC in a prepared statement. “The This episodic tale will mark Digital Domain’s first original content produced in-house.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

The internet has been going bonkers ever since HTC unveiled their most exciting Vive accessory to date at this years CES in Las Vegas, The Vive Tracker. The revolutionary accessory can attach to various real-world items, turning them into trackable VR controllers compatible with the HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2017

Developers LYRobotix are behind the new system which comprises a headset ‘marker’, base station, two wireless, tracked motion controllers featuring with buttons, triggers and track-pads seemingly designed to emulate functionality found on the HTC Vive’s SteamVR controllers. We’ll get to that shortly.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Now, with immersive technologies growing at a rapid pace, the esports community is begun embracing VR technology as a viable competitive platform. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019. Image Credit: Virtuix.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

It requires a close partnership deep at the engineering level to design the right optics, display technologies, sensors,” said Singh. ” The current count of Daydream-compatible phones includes Google Pixel and Pixel XL, Moto Z and Z Droid, Asus ZenFone AR, and ZTE Axon 7, with more to come from Samsung, LG, HTC, Mi, and Alcatel.

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JANUARY 7, 2017

Owlii is an emerging startup that debuted its technology this week on the show floor at CES 2017 in Las Vegas. The first was running on an HTC Vive and the second on Microsoft’s HoloLens. What if you never had to miss a first step, first word or little league game ever again? What if you had Owlii.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Instead of showing people how the “metaverse” is now with very rough images (that easily become memes) or how it may be in the future with some fluffy videos, Zuck has used the best technologies from the Meta R&D department: Meta’s Codec Avatars. And as you can imagine, the leaks come from him, always him: Brad Lynch.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Professional gaming has always been a serious pursuit that attracted dedicated players and a large audience, and with immersive technologies becoming more pervasive, the esports crowd is increasingly embracing VR. Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

However, if I had been able to access Trinity VR’s technology at the time, perhaps I would have. Trinity VR is an ambitious new virtual reality company behind DiamondFX — an experience that combines the immersive power of the HTC Vive with the unending statistics of Major League Baseball.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

However, HTC — the creators of the Vive high-end, PC powered VR headset — were on hand for a press conference that teased and revealed an intriguing road map of new hardware strategies for 2017. O’Brien’s announcement from the HTC press conference, however, may point to something larger than a simple accessory.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Welcome to a new week of releases for th HTC Vive! We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. New HTC Vive Releases on Steam. The game has no microtransactions and you can play with no limits with Las Vegas house rules.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

More info There is a huge sphere of LEDs in Las Vegas This is not strictly XR news, but I guess can be relevant to the people in our community. In Las Vegas, it has been built a huge sphere all covered with LED displays that can create majestic effects on the skyline. BILLIONS.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 6, 2023

Extended reality (XR) entertainment firm holoride announced a retrofit device for installing its virtual reality (VR) system in any vehicle at the CES 2022 in Las Vegas this week. The full package costs $799 and includes the retrofit, an HTC VIVE Flow headset, a one-year subscription, and safety straps.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 29, 2021

The company claims that it will open in Summer 2021 a new center in Las Vegas, and will re-open 15 venues before the end of the year. Thanks to the technological advancements and the reduction of the price, the CEO expects the sales to be 10x the ones of the Neo 2. Mojo Vision reveals some details on its upcoming contact lenses.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

And subscribe to my newsletter to not miss my upcoming CES roundup, which will contain all the news I’ve read about XR from Las Vegas! This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. So for today’s article, let me focus mainly on the non-CES-related news about AR and VR.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

At CES 2023 in Las Vegas we tried out Holoride, a startup working to add “thrill to every ride” with a VR platform made for use while riding in fast-moving vehicles. Here too I found Arvore’s Pixel Ripped 1995 spin-off On The Road the more memorable use of Holoride’s technology.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

The Black Box VR studio has developed the world’s first fully automated cable resistance machine that integrates virtual reality hardware and original virtual eSport software powered by HTC Vive. We couldn’t be more excited to unveil our product in Las Vegas, and proud to have been honored with a CES Innovation Award.”

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In January during the CES 2019 technology event in Las Vegas, HTC Vive announced its next virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), the Vive Cosmos. While the HTC Vive Pro is designed more towards enterprise use cases, the Vive Cosmos is the company’s new high-end headset for consumers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

Last week, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 kicked off its yearly event by bringing leading firms and representatives together to discuss emerging technology trends and innovations. CES 2023 occurred between January 5 – 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. HTC VIVE Announce Major Meta Quest Competitor.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

The VITURE One demoed its mixed reality (MR) gaming Mobile Dock solution at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas. Coupled with HARMAN spatial audio technologies, the headset also features brightness and background adjustments for optimal video playback.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 11, 2018

Lenovo used this week’s CES in Las Vegas to highlight several aspects of their 2018 product and service lineup in the augmented reality and virtual reality spaces. Like the cancelled HTC Vive Focus, Lenovo’s Mirage Solo is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 VR platform. Lenovo Mirage Solo and Mirage Camera with Daydream.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The best news of the week has not been the release of a new fantastic VR headset or AR glass, but of a technology that will make a new generation of XR headsets possible: I’m talking about the XR2 chipset by Qualcomm. That is, the Quest 2 and the Vive Focus 2 may be based on this technology. Why am I so excited?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. The big news of the week is that CES 2021 won’t be physically held in Las Vegas, but will have just a digital edition. Top news of the week.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

That in and of itself is a relief, and hot on the heels of the new year was the Consumer Electronic’s Show in Las Vegas. These demos included an HTC Vive machine gun, the Audi Car Configurator, the Audi Le Mans Mixed Reality Experience and a winner from MSI’s recent VR Jam Contest. 2016 is over. Freeman said.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Miller will offer the company advice on its direction, leveraging his expertise in over 300 patents and AR technologies. The National Association of Broadcasters Show previously received awards for the 2023 Product of the Year and Best of Show in Las Vegas. Additionally, XR could contribute up to an estimated $1.5

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known. April 2016.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. As the technology emerges, we will keep up with latest and greatest.”. Currently we use the Oculus Rift simply because at the time the developers felt like it was the stronger headset of the two.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

Roughly 177,000 people are expected to converge on Las Vegas next week for the Consumer Electronics Show. If I look at the big trends that are happening in the industry right now, you have some new technologies that are coming on to the scene that I think have the potential to start a wave that lasts the next couple of years.

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. The casino game with the most to gain from VR technology would be poker.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 6, 2020

During Sony’s press conference at CES 2020 in Las Vegas today it was revealed that 5 million PlayStation VR’s have now been sold. It’s difficult to compare to rivals like Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest or HTC Vive for example because neither of those companies ever reveal hardware sales figures.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 24, 2017

During the 2017 edition of CES in Las Vegas, we’re starting to see an appearance of new Virtual Reality applications, as businesses see VR as a new medium. Many technologies are vying to be the next big thing, and Virtual Reality is one of the new mediums that can deliver that message.

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