Case Study: Rinnai® America Increases Lead Generation by 50% With VIVE

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearn how Rinnai’s collaboration with HTC Vive and Groove Jones improved lead generation by 50% year-over-year with the use of VR technology. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvg6uG_V10E] Rinnai, the largest gas appliance manufacturer in Japan, is also the number one selling brand of tankless gas water heaters in North America.  Tankless water heaters are rapidly increasing in popularity […]

Now in INFINITY: Survive the Post-Apocalyptic Southwest in Arizona Sunshine

Reading Time: 2 minutesAnd you thought the heat in Arizona was tough to survive! The built-for-VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine, developed by Vertigo Games, is shuffling its way onto INFINITY for a limited time. The first-person shooter has made a name for itself with its emphasis on free movement in its environments and real-world handling in its weapons. […]

Vive Cosmos: Continuing to Update

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe built VIVE Cosmos to adapt to the needs of VR customers with ease, comfort, and performance. It’s our most versatile headset yet—with inside-out tracking, unlimited content in the box, swappable faceplate mods for more options in the future, and an entirely new design. We’re proud to have developed a VR kit that is built […]

VIVE Pro Eye Simplifies Research Applications Involving Visual Attention

Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Peter Schlueer, President and Founder of WorldViz. With VIVE Pro Eye scientists have easy access to research quality VR eye-tracking. WorldViz Vizard VR software makes this data available with as much low-level control exposed as possible. Believe it or not, our VR technology has fueled scientific research for over two decades, and about every five years a […]

Clean up the planet with awesome robot arms in Trash Rage from Giant Lazer

Reading Time: 8 minutesVR has the power to educate as well as entertain, but designing experiences that do both successfully is easier said than done. Luckily, the team over at Giant Lazer were more than up to the task when they created the sci-fi arcade experience Trash Rage. Tasked with cleaning up a planet ravaged with pollution and […]

Vive Cosmos and Vive Wireless Adapter

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe VIVE family of virtual reality products proudly offers the only native support of wireless for PC VR and we’re excited to extend that distinction to the new Vive Cosmos. We’re fine-tuning performance of the Vive Wireless Adapter with Cosmos and are very close to releasing official support. We expect to deliver adapter compatibility with […]

VIVEPORT Turns 3! | A VIVEPORT History

Reading Time: 3 minutesBreak out the cake and party favors, VIVEPORT turns three today! To celebrate, we’re offering a discount on 12-month Infinity memberships! Starting today through September 30th you can purchase an annual plan for only $7.99 a month. But that’s not all! We’ve also added the full version of Sariento VR to the Infinity library for […]

Case Study: Intel Enhances Training With VR, Sees 5-Year ROI of 300%

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearn all about how the tech juggernaut deployed a scalable, effective VR training solution with the help of VIVE Enterprise & Advantage. A look at Intel’s Virtual Electric Recertification Course. Why virtualize this course? Electrical accidents are considered one of the deadliest workplace accidents—only 1/10 of an amp is all it takes to stop a […]

Samsung HMD Odyssey Owners Receive Two Free Months Of Viveport Infinity

Reading Time: 2 minutesVIVEPORT and Samsung today announced that all Samsung HMD Odyssey owners can now receive two free months of Viveport Infinity, the first unlimited subscription service for VR. Starting September 18 through the end of 2019, any new or existing Viveport Infinity member who has a Samsung HMD Odyssey will be able to redeem two free […]

HTC VIVE ANNOUNCES PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF VIVE COSMOS; PRE-ORDERS BEGIN THIS WEEK

Reading Time: 4 minutesHTC VIVE® today announced features and functionality of the new VIVE COSMOS including upcoming pricing and availability, and pre-order bonuses. Vive Cosmos is the latest premium PC-based virtual reality (VR) system created with a new level of accessibility and ease of use, designed to grow with users over time through a modular faceplate design that […]

The Seas are Yours: Battlewake Now Available on Viveport and Viveport Infinity!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThar be high-seas mayhem ahead in the all-new rip-roaring pirate combat game exclusively for VR. Guest post by Survios Studio [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQfvu5odxg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&w=730&h=411] After months of anticipation, Survios’s new VR game Battlewake is available now on Viveport for $29.99, with an additional 15% launch discount, or as part of your Viveport Infinity membership. This highly-anticipated seafaring […]

VRChat Partners with HTC and Makers Fund to Close $10m Series C

Reading Time: 8 minutesThis is a guest blog post written by VRChat. The VRChat team is excited to announce that we have closed a $10m Series C investment round. This latest financing includes new investor Makers Fund, alongside existing investors HTC, Brightstone VC and GFR Fund. We welcome Makers Fund and are proud to have them on board! […]

New In Viveport Infinity: Fujii, Loco Dojo and More!

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s time again to introduce INFINITY’s Top Games for the month! During August, we added a new batch of games that offer alien landscapes, ridiculous challenges, lighthouses within lighthouses, and more! Fujii Explore the ethereal gardens of Fujii as you bring life back to otherworldly landscapes. Using water, music, and touch, you’ll coax plant life […]

VIVEPORT Infinity Now Supports Valve Index

Reading Time: 2 minutesViveport Infinity continues to expand its hardware-agnostic offering while gifting two free months of the subscription service to all Valve Index Owners VIVEPORT is announcing today that its Viveport Infinity service has officially started supporting Valve Index headsets, making the service now compatible with all major consumer PC VR devices. To celebrate, Valve Index owners […]

Ciao! VIVE is Heading to Venice

Reading Time: 4 minutesCanals, gondolas, vino and romance, Venice is known as a dream Italian destination but for two weeks at the end of summer, “The City of Canals” is flooded with international film stars. The Venice Film Festival takes place from August 28 – September 7 and this year, VIVE is supporting six bellisimo VR experiences at the event. […]

Peering beyond the veil with Afterlife from Signal Space Lab

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the recently released Viveport Infinity title Afterlife, viewers will embark on the emotional odyssey of a family stricken by grief at the loss of their young son. Merging VR filmic techniques and branching interactive narrative design, Afterlife crafts a multilayered story that reveals its many complex facets based on viewer decisions. We spoke to […]

Case Study: Hard Rock International Leverages VIVE VR For $1.5 Billion AEC Project

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearn how the rock star brand saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in the creation of a 450-foot guitar-shaped hotel with interactive VR mockups. The expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is a massive undertaking. This far-reaching project includes an expanded gaming floor with 170+ table games and 3,200+ slot machines, a […]

Education Has Evolved with VIVEPORT– Back to School Sale Starts Today!

Reading Time: 2 minutesMany of us associate learning with boredom and constant standardized tests. At VIVEPORT, we recognize the value of virtual reality as a means of engaging with new ideas and concepts on a more empathetic and immersive level. We have one of the largest collections of educational VR titles for all our supported headsets (VIVE, Oculus […]

Education Has Evolved with VIVEPORT– Back to School Sale Starts Today!

Reading Time: 2 minutesMany of us associate learning with boredom and constant standardized tests. At VIVEPORT, we recognize the value of virtual reality as a means of engaging with new ideas and concepts on a more empathetic and immersive level. We have one of the largest collections of educational VR titles for all our supported headsets (VIVE, Oculus […]

Getting your green thumb with the serene art experience Fujii

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntro paragraph Interview by Nathan Allen Ortega, Viveport Staff [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5InNQr3rFgo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&w=730&h=411] Tell us a bit about yourself and the team at Funktronic Labs Funktronic Labs is a small studio based in Pasadena, California. We focus on forming playful connections between humans and technology. What were some of your main influences on the design concepts and […]

VIVEPORT Video gets upgraded with new content and features

Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you tried VIVEPORT Video yet? The native video player has become the number one downloaded free title on Viveport, surpassing the 2nd most downloaded free title by over 2x! Why are users so enamored with the Viveport Video app? To start, there are now over 700 videos available to watch on the service! Whether […]