Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by joeld42 on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:40PM
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Hmm. I'm a solo developer with kind of a hobby business right now (mostly mobile games/apps now), but not in any way a "real" studio. I've been playing around with Vive VR stuff and have a couple of side projects I'd like to work on. I wonder if I should apply for something like this or if I'm too "small potatoes" for it. It would be cool to be able to work on these more than just evenings and weekends.
Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by madez on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:54AM
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In an email I got from HTC after ordering my Vive there were also multiple spelling errors. Then, after using their support website to tell them, there was a promt that asked me to wait while my support ticket is transmitted, and that prompt contained obvious spelling errors as well! I'm talking about the german email and german prompt, not the english ones.
Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:48AM
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Uh, the three countries are the USA, China, and Taiwan. How is that disappointing? Taiwan is HTC's home country and the other two are the two largest economies and countries with direct links to VR: the American companies who are making VR a reality (Valve, Oculus, AMD, Nvidia, etc) and the Chinese and Taiwanese companies making the hardware. The USA also has all the gaming and media companies who make the content.
Considering this is a tiny, tiny industry (less than 50k HMD's shipped this year), its a fairly big step. Give it time and lets see how the market reacts to VR.
Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by danielbln on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @12:40PM
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I think OP isn't questioning the choice to start with USA/Asia (for the reasons you have stated), but that it is disappointing for devs that are not located in those regions.
Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by anirudh24seven on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:21AM
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"HTC originally stated that the Vive X program would be held in three cities – Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco – however have now added that this is just the beginning. The company is aiming to ‘rolling out across other global hubs in the near future’."
Re:VIVE X: HTC's Accelerator for VR Startups
by Roritharr on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:37AM
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I really hope they choose Frankfurt as a stop in Germany. The Crytek guys have awesome stuff in Store for VR and the local gamedev community could build on that experience a lot!
Considering this is a tiny, tiny industry (less than 50k HMD's shipped this year), its a fairly big step. Give it time and lets see how the market reacts to VR.
If being part of this program gives you an excuse to visit, then I recommend it.
as stated in this article: http://www.vrfocus.com/2016/04/htc-comments-on-vive-x-accele...