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HTC denies its VR business spin-off ‘will be wholly owned by Wang’
In an effort to squash the rumors regarding the spin-off of its virtual reality business, HTC has only raised more questions. HTC issued a statement which denied that the spin-off the VR business into an “independent entity that will be wholly owned by Wang is incorrect.” Many tech outlets are taking this statement as a…
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THORPE PARK Resort makes Derren Brown’s Ghost Train a suspended VR experience
Those in the UK looking for a thrilling adventure will want to board Derren Brown’s Ghost Train when it arrives this spring at the THORPE PARK Resort. The scary, one of a kind virtual reality ride will be on an old Victorian train car suspended in the air inside an old Victorian style warehouse. Those…
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HTC Vive pre-order listed on eBay for US$1200
Official pre-orders for HTC’s ultimate virtual reality experience isn’t expected this month. In fact, HTC’s CEO, Cher Wang said to look for a February 29th announcement and we still don’t know how much the Vive will cost. So it’s interesting to find a listing on eBay, that closes in six days, to pre-order the HTC Vive.…
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Report claims that Cher Wang plans to spin off HTC’s VR business into a separate company
According to an unnamed source, HTC Chairwoman and CEO is planning to step up the company’s commitment to the virtual reality market by spinning off the HTC Vive and any related virtual reality work that the company has under way into its own subsidiary. The entity would focus exclusively on virtual reality products and work…
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HTC Vive campus tour heads to Houston, Texas
Things are settling down from CES 2016 and now it’s time for the HTC Vive tours to resume and the group is starting the new year off at Rice University in Houston, Texas. When HTC announced the delayed launch of the consumer version of Vive one of the positives we tried to hold onto was…
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CES sheds light on PC specs for HTC Vive
The year 2016 is definitely going to be the year of VR! If the 70% increase of VR presence on the CES show floor isn’t convincing enough how about the PC industry creating a whole new certification for machines that are VR Ready. That’s what GPU maker NVIDIA has done to help consumers prepare to…
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HTC will start taking HTC Vive pre-orders on February 29
We’re know for a while that HTC Vive pre-orders would start in February, but Cher Wang gave out the exact date during an interview with The Telegraph. The date to circle on your calendar is February 29 – the week after Mobile World Congress. Not much is known about the HTC Vive’s price, but we’re…