VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi took the stage and confirmed that “Valve is bringing SteamVR to Mac.” Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. Apple Embracing Virtual Reality.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Check out the full list of the 2025 winners in all hardware and software categories. Image courtesy Sean Chee Bajarin also participated as a first-time judge at the Hack and wrote up his thoughts on Forbes , calling his experience one of the highlights of my career, after 40+ years in the tech industry.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

However, Meskill also had a lot to say about the software, including one potentially unforeseen change. The other kind of theme for us is that we’re really exploring our [independent software vendor] program in collaboration with Qualcomm.”. . “With your mind’s eye, you can extend that five years into the future.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 13, 2025

The XR world continues to evolve, with more affordable headsets (like the Meta Quest 3S) and more flexible software for creating digital twins and training workflows. The strategy reduces dependence on expensive physical simulators, reduces operational costs, and improves the scalability of training initiatives.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2024

So that brings us to this week’s Horizon OS news ; the biggest move that Meta has made with its XR strategy in years. ” Gear VR was the first Oculus headset made by a third-party And the company did in fact pursue that strategy. The headset’s software platform, however, was made by Oculus.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2025

HTC XR solutions have been revolutionizing the extended reality landscape for some time now. Ever since the original launch of the first HTC VIVE headset in 2016, HTC has constantly strengthened its position in the enterprise market, proving that XR solutions can be intuitive, cost-effective, and versatile for a range of business use cases.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 6, 2023

Jason Southern, EMEA Head of Enterprise Software and Visualization, NVIDIA. Sasha Wallinger, Head of Web3 & Metaverse Strategy, Journey. Shen Ye, Global Head of Product, HTC VIVE. Justin Barad, Founder & CEO, Osso VR. Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer, RealWear, Inc. Hendrik Witt, Chief Product Officer, TeamViewer.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 7, 2025

Interested in learning more about HTC XR’s business benefits? Companies worldwide are beginning to turn to extended reality market leaders like HTC for innovative hardware and software that can help them boost productivity, efficiency, and creativity. Youre not alone.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Two OEMs are already onboard: Lenovo and ASUS are already working on devices whose software will be built on top of the Meta Horizon ecosystem. It is playing the same Android-for-XR strategy against the same company that invented Android. And with the operating system comes also Meta’s store.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

A pioneer who helped kickstart VR’s renaissance is driving the strategy for Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, spanning both HoloLens and a collection of VR headsets rolling out later this year. UploadVR has now confirmed Bolas’ role. .

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Mixed Reality software. It would be totally useless to launch the Quest Pro without also announcing some software already implementing the special mixed reality feature of the device. So for sure Meta is going to showcase some software that uses it. Quest for enterprise.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What’s more, Meta’s flexibility makes it easy to combine Oculus headsets with state-of-the-art technology and software for building prototypes and designs. HTC Vive stands out as one of the market leaders among companies creating XR solutions specifically for the enterprise and business landscape.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The second annual Virtual Reality Strategy Conference hosted by Greenlight Insights takes place October 24th through the 26th with new focus-areas reflecting the VR and AR industry’s lightning fast changes and growing worldwide impact across industries. VR Strategy Conference 2017.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

During the first phase, the Kentucky Department of Education learned and adapted its distribution strategy to ensure best practices when deploying the next wave of Quest headsets at scale in educational environments – taking lessons learned into phase two.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

VirZOOM (pronounced ver-ZOOM) has created a collection of VR sports games designed to combine strategy, coordination, and fitness. The setup will use small form factor PC’s created by AMD to go along with HTC Vive VR headsets. image courtesy VirZOOM. image courtesy VirZOOM.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 18, 2019

More than 600 attendees from across 10+ enterprise and consumer verticals, will join a senior speaker line-up from some of the world’s most powerful technology companies and brands, including HTC Vive, General Electric, Paramount, ExxonMobil and more. Unquestionably the best conference of its kind I’ve been to.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Regarding these new Quest features, John Carmack has said that n ow FRL’s goal is to release a new software update for Quest every month , and has invited Quest users to express their feedback on the Oculus User Voice portal so that Facebook knows how to improve the software. HTC predicts the rise of all-in-two devices.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vision Pro isn’t exactly revolutionizing XR hardware (though the external display is pretty cool), but its real advantage stands to be a mature software platform that’s easy to use and easy to develop for. That leaves HTC to fall back to the enterprise sector, the one place where it has long had a strong reputation.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The HTC Vive is arguably the most popular high-end VR headset on the planet. Now, Vive is trying to do for VR software what it did for VR hardware through its software subscription service known as Viveport. This strategy may be more effective than the company has previously let on.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s the direction we’re going in right now and companies are laying their cards on the table in a bid to be the dominant force driving us forward through their own varying strategies. HTC HTC is about to release its offering in the form of the VIVE XR Elite with a release date of February 25 and an entry-level price of $1,099.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Their strategy since well before the consumer Rift launch has been to actively stimulate and support developers keen to help build VR content in a small, risky marketplace – helping them mitigate that risk. SEE ALSO HTC's $100 Million 'Vive X' VR Accelerator Announces First 33 Investments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

These days, extended reality systems, like the Meta Quest line of hardware and software solutions , arent just for consumers. Though various vendors offer enterprise-focused solutions, from HTC VIVE to PICO and beyond, Metas Quest ecosystem is arguably the most popular and versatile option for many companies. Price: Starting at $299.99

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

HTC VIVE announced on Thursday it will sell its XR Elite mixed reality (MR) headset as a premium bundle for gaming. HTC VIVE Business+ Package FOr enterprises, HTC VIVE launched a major package for its VIVE Business+ solution. In the XR Elite Software FOTA 4.5

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In late 2017 Microsoft launched its Windows Mixed Reality platform, a software foundation built into Windows 10 which supports VR headsets. While it may look like Microsoft has largely given up on the effort, the company tells us that it remains committed. SEE ALSO Microsoft Affirms VR Isn't a Focus for Xbox Scarlett.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

However, there are plenty of other competitors worth considering too, such as: HTC VIVE: Powerful Headsets for Enterprises The HTC VIVE team has been focused on developing VR, AR, and mixed-reality solutions for business users for some time now. Think about the setup process first. Next, consider the user experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The HTC VIVE Focus Vision is now available to pre-order, and we’re excited about its potential for the enterprise market. So, what makes the HTC VIVE Focus Vision such a significant upgrade from its predecessor – particularly for enterprise users? What is the HTC VIVE Focus Vision? Unlike some VIVE devices.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 20, 2022

As the technology in the product portfolio offered by Autoliv continues to evolve, so too has the company’s marketing and sales strategy. In 2021, the company decided to double down on its strategy to convey a sense of serenity and clam to customers, by launching a new VR experience based on the ambience of nature. Rinnai and HTC VIVE.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

forward, OpenXR will retain “full backwards compatibility […], giving software developers and hardware vendors a solid foundation upon which to deliver incredible, portable, user experiences.” Today the group announced the release of OpenXR 1.0, representing the first production-ready version of the standard. OpenXR 1.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 28, 2025

Beyond that, Metas headsets support: Wireless, standalone capabilities Unlike other companies such as Varjo and HTC VIVE, which primarily offer tethered devices, Meta focuses on convenient, standalone functionality. Metas hardware and software solutions can adapt to a wide range of applications and specific industry needs.

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AR Insider

JULY 3, 2020

And how can VR software developers and hardware players optimize product strategies accordingly? Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality and HTC VIVE (all variants) had the third, fourth and fifth-highest penetration. What devices and apps do they prefer? And what do they want to see next?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2016

HTC opened their third officially branded ‘Vive VR Cafe’ last week, this time in Shenzhen, China, the country’s Silicon Valley of hardware. SEE ALSO HTC Partnership Aims to Bring Vive to "hundreds of millions" of Internet Café Users. ” (currently China-only).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2019

I expected the convention area to be a bit bigger … but probably HTC didn’t want to make a bombastic event with thousands and thousands of people there, but preferred a more sober event with some hundreds of people in the audience and thousands following the online stream. Lip Tracking module for the HTC Vive Pro.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The HTC Vive should not exist. For a troubled company that’s spent much of the past few years making losses instead of profits, the niche and expensive VR market is the last place HTC is going to make a quick buck. And yet here we are, with the smartphone maker and Valve seemingly in it for the long haul. Expected Expense.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2020

While other headset makers and platforms like HTC, Windows VR, and Pimax all build and maintain their own software integrations to make their headsets work with SteamVR, it’s Valve, not Oculus, which develops and maintains the integration which allows the Rift and Quest to work on the platform.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The agents have to wait until the building is complete in order to step in and build out a selling strategy and messaging points. Once the strategy is established, VR can continue to be an essential visualization tool in the sales process, as it can communicate the final property to a client. With VR, that is no longer the case.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2017

I had a chance to catch up with HTC’s Dan O’Brien , who is the Vive General Manager of America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. We talked about HTC’s emphasis of growing the ecosystem in 2017 with this new Vive Tracker, and what type of applications he expects that it will enable. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 29, 2017

There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? HTC/Microsoft .

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