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HTC Announces $100 Million Fund For Virtual Reality Startups (roadtovr.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the accelerated-growth dept.

An anonymous reader writes: HTC today announced the Vive X accelerator program through which the company will invest from it's newly created $100 million VR fund. The fund aims to kickstart the VR ecosystem in support of the company's Vive VR headset. Applications for the accelerator program, which will open first in Beijing, Taipei, and San Francisco, are open today. The company says their aim is to "help cultivate, and grow the global VR ecosystem by supporting startups and providing them with expertise, special access to advanced VR technology, financial investment, mentorship and unmatched go-to-market support."

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  1. How about a virtual meeting application? by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

    The article sidebar cites social VR as a way to get the tech rolling. How about a generic business meeting app? Simple avatars like the ones in Second Life would suffice here, because the participants in a specific situation already know each other and are limited in number, so there is no need to get fancy. What would be important is the ways in which people could interact virtually in a meeting space? Could they exchange meaningful informational as easily as face-to-face without the infernal overhead of arranging conference rooms and interrupting normal work routines.

    1. Re:How about a virtual meeting application? by Hadlock · · Score: 2

      What you're describing is called "AltspaceVR", they're sort of Second Life, but with all the bugs worked out in a totally cleansheet design.

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      moox. for a new generation.
    2. Re:How about a virtual meeting application? by suupaabaka · · Score: 2

      I can never quite grasp why, on a site like Slashdot that caters to nerds wanting interesting news about tech and geeky things, there are people who constantly fling passive-aggressive semi-Luddite comments around that contribute nothing to discussion.

      I'm sure there were people like you around in 1876, bashing on the telephone with statements like "It's called a telegram. Try one sometime."

  2. Re:When will you people get it through through you by Noxal · · Score: 2

    I bought VR. My husband bought VR. Eat a dick.