Schlagwort: Vive News & Events
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With The Help of VIVE, Janimation Proves Mixed Reality Entertainment Isn’t All Hot Air
Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten by Dave Tomlinson The other morning, I climbed into a real, live, hot air balloon basket, slid a VIVE Pro headset over my face, and took a ride over the Grand Canyon. When I pulled down on the gas handle, the tanks burned and the basket creaked, lifting me quickly from…
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The best of Viveport Subscription for Oculus Rift
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs of today we are proud to support Oculus Rift compatible titles on Viveport, and as part of Viveport Subscription. If you want to get started with Viveport on Oculus Rift, read our blog on how to set things up. Then when you’re ready to play, experience the best value in VR…
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How to play Oculus Rift titles via Viveport
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re an Oculus Rift user discovering Viveport for the first time, welcome! It’s easy to set up Viveport and start playing titles on your Rift – but if you need a quick start guide, follow the steps below. Without your Rift ready to go, we can’t start playing titles from Viveport,…
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Viveport improvements – 2018, so far
Reading Time: 3 minutesDevelopment on Viveport is an ongoing process, and as we get closer to our two-year anniversary, we wanted to give you an update on what’s changed ‘under the hood’ since we shared a comprehensive look at our improvements since launch. 2017 was mostly spent working on the biggest issues highlighted by community…
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Vive Wireless Adapter Scoops “Best Hardware” at the Gamescom Awards 2018!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Vive Wireless Adapter took center stage at Gamescom last week, Europe’s biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment, walking away with the coveted “Best Hardware” prize at the official Gamescom Awards 2018! The Gamescom Awards, judged by an independent international jury of experts honours the best new games and…
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Rinnai America Increases Lead Generation by 50% With VR
Reading Time: 4 minutesby Dan Ferguson Installing a tankless water heater is easier than you think. Telling people that is one thing; proving it is something else entirely. Rinnai America knows it certainly seems like no easy task. That’s why they came up with a little something to help people overcome those fears: a virtual…
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Back to School VR sale! Join the Education Evolution
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether you’re a parent sending a child back to school, a student yourself or just someone who never lost the love of learning, we want to evolve your education in VR! You can save up to 90% on selected titles in our Back to School Sale, on now. An incredible, awe-inspiring experience…
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HTC Vive Cuts the Cable With Debut of Vive Wireless Adapter
Reading Time: 3 minutesPre-order for device launches Sept. 5; Global on shelf date set for Sept. 24 HTC VIVE™ today is meeting the promise of wireless premium VR with the official announcement and pre-order of the Vive Wireless Adapter. The adapter frees VR users from the tether back to their PC, while maintaining the performance…
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HTC VIVE & Immersive Factory Provide World Infrastructure Leader with Innovative Safety Solutions
Reading Time: 3 minutesLike most infrastructure companies, Colas Group is not necessarily a household name—though they should be. With 55,000 employees on five continents and an average of 80,000 road construction and maintenance projects every year, Colas’ work and presence are felt the world over. In 2017, their consolidated revenue totaled 11.7 billion euros—with international…
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Viveport and Viveport Subscription Add Oculus Rift Support – Consumer launch set for September 4
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of Viveport’s commitment to connect content creators to global audiences, we’re excited to announce that Viveport now supports Oculus Rift compatible titles. Developers can opt-in their titles to display as Oculus Rift compatible from today, with the full consumer launch on September 4th. Adding support for Oculus Rift doubles the…
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VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets Later This Year; VDA Winners Announced
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday at GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that we are bringing Vive Focus to the global markets later this year. Vive Focus is the first 6DOF stand-alone VR headset to be commercially available. We also are making Vive Focus developer kits available to registered developers in most countries through our developer portal,…
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HTC Vive Announces Price of Vive Pro HMD at $799, Pre-orders Start Today; Price of Vive Reduced to $499
Reading Time: 2 minutesHTC Vive PRO HMD will ship on April 5th and come with six-month Viveport Subscription HTC Vive™ today announced that the HTC Vive Pro™ Head Mounted Display (HMD) will be available for $799 with global pre-orders starting now. The company also announced a $100 price reduction for the current Vive full kit, bringing it down to $499 across the globe. All Vive Pro HMDs purchased by June 3rd,…
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Watch the HTC VIVE and VIVEPORT Keynotes from Mobile World Congress 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week at Mobile World Congress 2018, HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang gave a keynote sharing her vision for HTC Vive and the VR industry. Watch the speech below to hear her thoughts on the on the convergence of major technologies like VR, AR, 5G and AI. [embedded content] Also at Mobile…
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Tonight The Distracted Globe from Ready Player One Comes To Life On TheWaveVR
Reading Time: 2 minutesTonight from 9:00pm CST, TheWaveVR will bring The Distracted Globe from Ready Player One to life, with a DJ set from the film’s Tye Sheridan, who will be mixing live in VR from Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas. Fans will be able to enter The Distracted Globe zero-gravity dance club & take…
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The World Needs More Talented Women In Tech
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, on International Women’s Day, HTC VIVE is supporting the 5th Women In Tech (WIT) conference in Stockholm with 1,300 WIT participants and several thousand on the waiting list. There is clearly an appetite for this as the +1,000 ticket sold out in 100 seconds! The mission of WIT is to inspire…
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Blasting back to old-school arcades, with Operation Warcade
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a period in the 1980s mounted guns on arcade cabinets were hugely popular, with the feel of those guns and the rapid-fire feedback giving players a real sense of immersion through the machine’s CRT monitor. Today, Ivanovich Games is bringing back the arcade experience inside your HTC Vive – literally. We…
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HTC Vive Debuts Lineup of Ready Player One VR Experiences
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn March 29th, virtual reality will further cement its place in pop culture with the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Throughout this past year, Vive Studios has been collaborating with some of the top developers in virtual reality to create one-of-a-kind VR adaptations set in the film’s universe. Steven…
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Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor to Present Two Virtual Reality Artworks at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Reading Time: 5 minutesHTC VIVE, Art Basel’s Official Virtual Reality Partner, is delighted to announce the first public presentation of two virtual reality artworks by Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor from 29-31 March 2018 at Art Basel in Hong Kong. Rising by Marina Abramović and Into Yourself, Fall by Anish Kapoor are produced in collaboration…
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Announcing VDA2 Nominees
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual Viveport Developer Awards! These 10 nominations represent some of the best and most innovative VR experiences. With a record number of entries from developers, it was incredibly difficult to shorten the list. In no particular order, here’s the 10 nominees, 2…
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Playing a virtual god in Townsmen VR
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe ‘God game’ genre is one of the oldest in PC gaming, but recreating that experience in VR is a relatively new idea. Having made a successful mobile franchise, HandyGames are building on that success (pun intended) with Townsmen VR, letting you get up close and very personal with your virtual minions. We spoke with…
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OrthoVR rebuilds lives in virtual reality
Reading Time: 3 minutesMillions of people around the world suffer amputation and disability due to war, accident, and congenital conditions. Yet relatively few of them have access to mobility aids that would allow them to walk, a freedom most people take for granted. Without prosthetic limbs, it can be incredibly difficult to participate in education,…
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Step Inside the Unabomber Investigation with HTC Vive and Newseum
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a guest blog post by Lukasz Biernacki, Communications Associate at Immersion. If you’re one of the many that spent the Christmas break binging on Netflix then you may be familiar with Manhunt: Unabomber, the eight-part docudrama outlining the FBI investigation that led to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski. For those…
