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Virtual Reality Startup WEVR Gets $10 Million from HTC
Venice, Calif.-based virtual reality startup WEVR has gotten a major cash injection from HTC, the maker of the Vive virtual reality headset. HTC disclosed to investors this week that it has invested...
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Lionsgate Teams Up With Wevr for ‘John Wick’ Virtual Reality Experience
John Wick is back: The hitman from the 2014 Lionsgate thriller by the same name isn’t just gearing up for his second movie, in which he will once again be played by Keanu Reeves. He’s also at the...
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Skybound, Wevr and Samsung Release ‘Gone’, a Serialized Virtual Reality Thriller
Lights, camera… everyone hide behind a tree! When David Alpert’s Skybound Entertainment shot an 11-part thriller series titled “Gone” in Los Angeles and the Sequoia National Forest this summer, things...
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Wevr Raises $25 Million, Starts Testing Transport VR Platform
Venice, California-based virtual reality (VR) startup Wevr has raised a $25 million round of funding from a number of investors including HTC, Samsung Ventures, Orange and others. The company aims to...
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Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition Straps On VR Goggles
For 2016, Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated is taking its bikini franchise into an entirely new exotic location: virtual reality. The SI Swimsuit edition this year will feature a selection of VR videos...
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Hardware Giants Bet Big on Virtual Reality and a Market That Doesn’t Yet Exist
Remember that feeling as a child before your birthday — the mixture of excitement and worry that deepest-held wishes might not come true? That’s how everyone in the nascent business of virtual reality...
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Hulu Releases Virtual Reality App for Samsung Gear VR (Exclusive)
Hulu just took its first step into virtual worlds: The streaming service released an app for Samsung’s Gear VR headset Thursday that allows consumers to watch close to 30 360-degree videos. The app,...
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VR Review: Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes & Goblins’
Fresh off his blockbuster success with “The Jungle Book,” Jon Favreau is trying his hands at an entirely different medium. With “Gnomes & Goblins,” Favreau is pushing the boundaries of virtual...
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Wevr Launches First Subscription Service for Cinematic Virtual Reality
Virtual reality startup Wevr thinks it’s time to set a price for premium virtual reality content. The company announced the launch of a new premium subscription service for cinematic virtual reality...
View ArticleHow Wevr & Dreamscape Immersive Reinvented ‘The Blu’ for Location-Based VR
When HTC first introduced its Vive virtual reality (VR) headset in April of 2016, “The Blu” quickly became one of the most talked-about launch titles: With its ability to transport viewers onto the...
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