VRScout

MAY 11, 2017

Microsoft brought their latest mixed reality efforts front and center Thursday at its Build conference in Seattle. On top of partner device and price announcements that challenge the likes of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Microsoft also unveiled new controllers as part of mixed reality headset bundles. These controllers look familiar.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2018

Digital Trends recently published a report entitled ‘VR is in a tailspin, and the sales numbers prove it’ It seems HTC has taken umbrage with the article’s thesis in its newest blog post however, which pushes back against some of the article’s claims, saying it’s “not the whole story.”

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MARCH 6, 2017

Still another example is eye tracking, and we’ve seen demonstrations from both Tobii and SMI in the HTC Vive offering a glimpse of how much better future VR systems will be at understanding our behavior. ” Tagged with: htc , SMI , tobii , valve. A look inside a headset with eye tracking from Tobii.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Pixvana, a Seattle-based startup creating a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Vulcan Capital with participation from Raine Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, Cisco Investments and Hearst Ventures, and existing investor Madrona Venture Group.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Organized by Vulcan Productions and Kaleidoscope, Impact Reality Summit will have its first edition on January 9 and 10, 2020, at Vulcan Technologies headquarters in Seattle, WA. If curators select your project, you will attend the XR event in Seattle to present it before the review committee. An XR Event for a Sustainable Future.

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2019

I’m in Seattle. Depending on the workout, Chacon would use either an Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, or an HTC Vive to pump up his cardio. After all, he is the CEO of the company that created Rumii , a social VR tool that gives users a virtual space in which to collaborate and learn. . Great 60 min. immersive #VR audio). He’s in Miami.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Talking about a purely digital event, the digital CGI show around the Space Needle in Seattle was surely beautiful. One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality.

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MAY 3, 2017

Software Development Manager in Virtual Reality to work in its Seattle offices, according to a new job listing. The listing notes that experience with “Oculus Rift, Gear VR, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, or Google Daydream” is a bonus, so we’d expect this service to come to multiple platforms too.

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VRScout

MAY 12, 2017

The intuitive project was announced at this year’s Microsoft Build Developer Conference which officially kicked-off Wednesday in Seattle. The New York City-based studio was also involved in the production of the trippy VR music video for the song “Chocolate” by Giraffage as well as the hit HTC Vive game, Smash Party VR. .

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The HaptX Gloves Development Kit makes its worldwide debut October 3, 2018 at the Future of Storytelling Summit in New York City and the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. Disclosure: The HaptX launch trailer was filmed at VRScout’s mixed reality studio. Image Credit: Az Balabanian.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2017

If you’re fortunate enough to own an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift VR headset, odds are you’ve checked out Steam. Utilizing SPIN Play technology from Seattle-based VR studio Pixvana , Valve has enabled adaptive video streaming in Steam VR and is offering an eclectic selection of 360-degree content to celebrate the launch.

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MAY 12, 2017

This new week of HTC Vive releases welcomes a few deviations from the usual formula. It released on PS VR last year as one of its best launch titles and is now available for HTC Vive (and Rift), giving PC players a high-octane tank shooter to experience. New HTC Vive Releases on Steam. New HTC Vive Releases on Viveport.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It is available in cities like Seattle, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and most recently, San Diego and Portland. Cathy Hackl , a former Magic Leap, HTC and AWS executive, and author of the new book The Augmented Workforce (with John Buzzell) is joining the company as Global Strategic Advisor.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

At that time, Valve partnered with Synapse , a Seattle-area product development firm, to provide a mandatory training program for all SteamVR licensees. SEE ALSO A Look at NASA's Hybrid Reality Astronaut Training System, Powered by HTC Vive. Road to VR: Getting to Seattle is a difficulty for some VR startups.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Viveport President, Rikard Steiber, recently announced at Virtual Reality Developer Convention (VRDC) in San Francisco that HTC will be unveiling the Viveport Arcade , a new content delivery platform for arcade operators. HTC says that it will then roll out to “thousands of locations” worldwide by the end of next year.

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APRIL 6, 2017

You may have already heard of Lifeliqe; last year the company partnered with HTC to make educational VR experiences for the Vive headset. In fact the company has already run pilot lessons using the headset in classes at Renton Prep in Seattle, Washington, and Castro Valley Unified College in California.

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APRIL 4, 2017

When PC VR headsets first launched a year ago now, we worried that there wouldn’t be enough support from developers, and Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners would be facing a content drought. In the end, the opposite turned out to be true. In the past year well over 1,000 pieces of VR content have released for Vive and Rift on Steam.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

There’s already a lot of great content on the HTC Vive, and big developers are also working with the headset. Valve Product Designer Greg Coomer teased as much at the start of the Steam Dev Days event in Seattle, Washington today. Excitingly, that may be coming next year.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive…. Although it’s not too different from their consumer model, HTC Vive is releasing a business edition of their high-end headset – and a dedicated Business Edition support line is one of the perks.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

During a press conference that took place at Valve’s HQ in Seattle yesterday, company founder Gabe Newell elaborated on the many goals of the company in terms of virtual reality, highlighting some significantly exciting projects in the process. What could be better than virtual reality?

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 25, 2019

Seattle, US. Seattle, US. Seattle, US. Slough, UK. Developer Relations Engineer. Click Here to Apply. Vive International BD and Sales manager. Click Here to Apply. Director of Software Development, Virtual Reality. Click Here to Apply. San Francisco, US. Senior Content Marketing Manager, VR. Click Here to Apply. Birmingham, UK.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

This release (available 9/8 for HTC Vive) is really just a taste of the larger project to come: Favreau’s ultimate goal is a sprawling open world that you explore and build relationships with the gnome and goblin inhabitants… we can only hope that funny elves will somehow be involved.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Pluto , a Seattle based VR startup which reeled in a $14 million Series A investment last year, today launched their unique Pluto application in Early Access via Steam.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

He said as much during his keynote talk at the 2016 Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle. We’ve already seen the launch of Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine for the HTC Vive, but there’s also a new experience based on the upcoming Rogue One movie heading to PlayStation VR for Star Wars: Battlefront owners.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Today at the Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle, Valve is showing off brand new prototypes of its Steam VR controllers. Today’s HTC Vive controllers are bulky compared to what’s coming. The new SteamVR controller prototypes have a much smaller footprint handprint than what’s in the hands of HTC Vive users today.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Exactly six years later a premium location in downtown Seattle has just become Sandbox VR’s 40th location worldwide—they are present across the US, Europe and Asia—and they are the fastest growing company in the sector. But it very nearly didn’t happen.

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 18, 2017

The Austin, Texas-based startup has created a social VR music platform where performers can create music while wearing a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset and spectators can watch the whole experience. 2) Pluto VR , the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey , has raised $13.9

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Valve’s pseudo-annual developer focused event ‘Steam Dev Days’ will kick off tomorrow and the gaming giant has already teased some of what attendees at the Seattle based show will see. SEE ALSO Second-gen Lighthouse Chip Could Improve Tracking, Reduce Cost of HTC Vive 2.

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XROM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

NEWS PROVIDED BY HTC Sep 18, 2024, 08:00 ET Pre-orders now open worldwide with time-limited special offers available. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HTC VIVE, the global leader in premium XR solutions, today launches its new cutting-edge headset VIVE Focus Vision.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

At a press briefing in Seattle this week, as reported by Gamasutra , company founder Gabe Newell teased what it was working on in VR right now, and shared thoughts about where he thought the tech would go in the near future. Tagged with: Gabe Newell , htc vive , valve. But the company’s plans for the future go well beyond that.

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VR Game Critic

JUNE 10, 2016

Steam Dev Days 2016 will be held from October 12-13 in Seattle, WA. The announcement lists four main areas of focus, including virtual reality such as SteamVR and the HTC Vive. After skipping Steam Dev Days last year in 2015, Valve is back in full-force with what is planned to be the biggest and best event yet.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Zeiss provides a $150 HTC Vive alternative. Zeiss’s entry-level VR One headset changes this, though, and provides a viable HTC Vive alternative for the budget VR gamer. Vreal is a Seattle-based startup with one goal: to create Twitch for VR. Vreal wants to create VR Twitch. Earlier this month, they received $11.7

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In a mission to make 360 video less terrible, the Seattle-based company has developed a number of technologies since they came out of stealth last December. As ‘platform agnostic’ player, we’re sure to see apps available for headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Business leaders gathered at this year’s Seattle based IMMERSE Summit ( previously Sea VR ) to explore how VR/ AR and Mixed Reality is transforming manufacturing, design, education, health and medicine and much more. SEE ALSO Madrona Venture Group on Why Seattle is a Hotbed for VR and AR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

And now also companies are affected directly : after a worker has been found positive to the virus in the Seattle venue, now a group of Facebook employees has been left working from home. HTC has answered to Road To VR about the critics regarding the too many headsets of its on the market. Header image by HTC Vive).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Road to VR got a brief sneak peak at Accounting while at this year’s PAX West in Seattle, and it is as hilarious as you would expect. That’s right, newly formed VR studio Squanchtendo’s first game, Accounting , will be completely free.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

So naturally, Valve doesn’t just let anybody wander in and around its headquarters in Seattle, Washington to see what’s going on. For those more interested in Half-Life: Alyx, the highly anticipated videogame arrives 23rd March, also compatible with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Window Mixed Reality headsets.

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