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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.11): Pico Neo 3 launched, HTC may announce Focus 3 and Pro 2, and more!

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Image by HTC Vive). HTC new products may be the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3. According to a leak discovered by Protocol, HTC may launch two headsets tomorrow at Vivecon: The Vive Pro 2, a premium PC VR headset, priced at €842 ($1,012) The Vive Focus 3 Business Edition, a business-oriented standalone, for €1,474 ($1,771).

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‘Red Alert 2’ In VR Is Historical Fiction We Can Control Directly

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Released back in 1996, Command and Conquer: Red Alert is set in a universe predicated on the idea that Albert Einstein went back in time and eliminated Hitler before he could do damage, altering history in such a way that Russia rose to power in Germany’s absence. The video shows the game being played in room-scale mode with HTC Vive.

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5 Half-Life: Alyx Easter Eggs & Secrets You May Have Missed

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Drawn on the globe is a series of markings confirming City 17’s location to be somewhere in Russia. The first 10 minutes of Half-Life: Alyx is ripe with world-building Easter eggs, the most telling of which an old school globe location inside Alyx’s makeshift base. Spoiler alert: it’s not good.

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Famous musician Jean-Michel Jarre to host a live VR concert on VRrOOm on Sunday

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As you can see, it is a hybrid event, a bit like the just organized HTC event that was held simultaneously in Shanghai and on ENGAGE. And then there is the need to coordinate people from Russia, Italy, France and lots of other countries and this is not always easy.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. Russia-based company Antilatency has raised a $2.1M

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Archangel Gets PSVR Price Drop, Rift And Vive Versions Launch

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on the very day it launches for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for the same price. Whatsmore, Archangel is also launching on PSVR in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and Turkey today. Skydance is dropping the game to $29.99

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Field in View: Google Earth VR Gave Me The Trip Of A Lifetime Inside My Kitchen

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In between the 55 miles of water separating Russia and Alaska, there sits a tiny island. But here’s the amazing thing: Big Diomede is Russia, Little Diomede is America. The second I dived into Google Earth on the HTC Vive, I knew where I had to go. Or rather, there are two tiny islands; Big Diomede and Little Diomede.

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