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Vive maker HTC has invested in a start-up virtual reality developer formed by ex-members of major film and games firms. Steel Wool Studios was founded by veterans from Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale Games and launched its first VR titles, Quar: Battle for Gate 18, alongside the Vive back in April. …
Read More »HTC backs Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio with $5m investment
Steel Wool launched debut title Quar: Battle for Gate 18 alongside Vive headset in April
Read More »HTC opens dev applications for worldwide Viveport VR marketplace beta
Storefront for virtual reality experiences aimed at Vive owners ‘who don’t use Steam’
Read More »HTC: ‘Triple-A publishers risk creating massive rivals by not investing in VR’
The content boss for the Vive VR headset has delivered a warning to major games publishers that are reluctant to invest in virtual reality. Joel Breton told MCV that these businesses risk enabling ‘massive new competitors’ by not getting in early on virtual reality – akin to what happened in …
Read More »Job Simulator studio Owlchemy secures $5 million investment
VR-focused dev backed by companies including HTC and The VR Fund, and will use funding to grow, create original IP and build virtual reality technology
Read More »Google cancels work on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive rival, goes all-in on mobile VR
Android-powered platform Daydream unveiled in May as successor to barebones Cardboard
Read More »Half of devs are interested in creating for VR (but only a third actually are)
HTC Vive leads battle of the headsets with 50 per cent of game makers exploring platform, while Oculus Rift attracts just over a third of the community
Read More »Newly-formed VR Venture Capital Alliance to invest $10bn in VR/AR devs
Collaboration between 30 major players in space, including HTC and Unity, will accept pitches six times a year
Read More »Oculus quietly removes Rift exclusivity DRM
Although headset maker insists ‘protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry’
Read More »Valve’s Newell: We will fund VR games without asking for exclusivity
‘We don't think exclusives are a good idea for customers or developers,’ boss of Steam and Vive firm explains
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