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Have your mind bent with the Viveport Video science series Mindbenders.

Mindbenders is an all-new immersive VR 360 video series on Viveport Video, allowing viewers to get up close and personal with the principles of science. We sat down to chat with creators Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara to hear what inspired them to create this immersive new way to learn about the world around us.   Why is a video based learning experience like Mindbenders so effective?  Kari Byron: When I was a kid, learning science in school was always more fun when we got to get
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Summer (Sale) Begins At Camp Viveport

Score the deal of the summer with 45% off Viveport Infinity   Viveport Infinity offers the best value in VR content with unlimited access to hundreds of titles for one low monthly fee. But the deal just got hotter. From today through June 23, you can purchase a 12-month Viveport Infinity membership for $6.99 a month, a 45% savings on the monthly plan.   A Viveport Infinity membership allows HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift* and Windows Mixed Reality owners to experience unlimited VR gaming with unrestr
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Soak in some Arizona Sunshine with The Damned DLC this August.

Featuring the largest Arizona Sunshine mission to date, The Damned DLC is a new stand-alone story in the Arizona Sunshine universe that ties into the events of the previous Dead Man DLC, which had you scrambling to launch a nuclear missile to stop the advance of the undead. In a story about the drastic measures taken and sacrifices made to try and contain the spread of the undead, you play as Liam, a survivor who not that long ago happened upon the military base at the refinery. As the pressu
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‘Front Defense: Heroes’ Celebrates Full Launch

A first-party VIVE Studios title developed by Fantahorn Studio, Front Defense: Heroes has been designed specifically for VR. Offering intuitive controls, sprawling battle maps, realistic World War II era weapons and the opportunity to engage in 5v5 strategic military operations with friends, Front Defense: Heroes has built a dedicated community of players in Early Access.     Since entering Early Access in December 2017 the Fantahorn has made significant gameplay updates based on player fee
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Viveport Welcomes Oculus Rift S Owners to the Viveport Infinity Family

Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift users to receive two free months of unlimited VR gaming starting in June   To celebrate the addition of the Oculus Rift S to the greater VR ecosystem, VIVEPORTTM is gifting two months* of Viveport Infinity, Viveport’s subscription service, to all Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift consumers. For the month of June, new and existing Infinity members with these new headsets can redeem two free months by signing into the service. With two free months of Viveport Infinity,
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Compatibility issue causes BSOD/Freeze on select AMD systems

BSOD/Freezing issues may be encountered when the PCIe card is installed and setup. We have partnered with Intel and AMD to develop and test a hotfix for this issue that will be deployed to the VIVE Wireless Adapter Connection Utility on April 25.   To ensure you have the latest 1.20190410.0 update, click on the “Update now” button in your VIVE Wireless Adapter Connection Utility. This will walk through updating the software, including the hotfix for this issue.
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Conservation comes alive on Viveport with these Earth Day experiences

The Curse of Palm Oil This immersive film chronicles the lives of the indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia and their connection to their forests. Alarming deforestation rates threaten their very way of life, as they rely on it as their source of food, medicine and other vital materials. Experience the sounds and sights of the clash between the natural world of the rainforest with the machines involved with deforestation as this experience hammers home the tragic conflict between the indig
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Five VR Apps to Help You Relax

Five VR Apps to Help You Relax   Escape the real world and explore virtual reality with these five relaxing VR experiences, available on Viveport.   By Joshua Hawkins, Greenlit Content     Whether you’ve spent the day buried in paperwork at the office, or you’re enjoying a nice day away from work, sometimes you just need to take a step back and relax. If you’re looking for a way to relax while still enjoying new worlds and experiences, then virtual reality is a great way to take a trip
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How to play Oculus Rift titles via Viveport

If you’re an Oculus Rift user discovering Viveport for the first time, welcome! It’s easy to set up Viveport and start playing titles on your Rift – but if you need a quick start guide, follow the steps below.     Step One: Set up your Oculus Rift Without your Rift ready to go, we can’t start playing titles from Viveport, so make sure to:   Have your Oculus Rift HMD connected to your PC, with any other setup completed Create your account at Oculus.com, and install the Oculus Rift deskto
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How to play Oculus Rift titles via Viveport

If you’re an Oculus Rift user discovering Viveport for the first time, welcome! It’s easy to set up Viveport and start playing titles on your Rift – but if you need a quick start guide, follow the steps below.     Step One: Set up your Oculus Rift Without your Rift ready to go, we can’t start playing titles from Viveport, so make sure to:   Have your Oculus Rift HMD connected to your PC, with any other setup completed Create your account at Oculus.com, and install the Oculus Rift deskto
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Viveport and Viveport Subscription Add Oculus Rift Support – Consumer launch set for September 4

As part of Viveport’s commitment to connect content creators to global audiences, we’re excited to announce that Viveport now supports Oculus Rift compatible titles. Developers can opt-in their titles to display as Oculus Rift compatible from today, with the full consumer launch on September 4th.       Adding support for Oculus Rift doubles the potential audience for all Viveport published titles, and opens Viveport Subscription – the best value in VR – to Oculus Rift consumers. Viveport S
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Viveport Subscription update: get the best rate for 2018

If you haven't tried Viveport Subscription yet, there's never been a better time! Over 375 VR titles are waiting for you, with more being added every week.     In less than a year, Viveport Subscription has grown enormously, starting with a little over 50 titles available to over 375 now. As a member you can check out five titles a month - which means it would take you over five years of subscription to experience everything that's currently available!   We believe Viveport Subscription i
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Yee-haw! Saddle up with Hopalong: The Badlands

Yee-haw! Saddle up with Hopalong: The Badlands   If you’ve ever played at being a cowboy or pretended a broom was a horse (Wait, just us?) then you’ll be right at home in the wild, weird west of Hopalong: The Badlands. With Hopalong now available as part of Viveport Subscription, we talked to (appropriately enough) Texas-based developers From the Future about their rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ VR experience.     Well howdy there, partner. What’s yer name and what brings you to these parts… or
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Playing a virtual god in Townsmen VR

Playing a virtual god in Townsmen VR   The 'God game' genre is one of the oldest in PC gaming, but recreating that experience in VR is a relatively new idea. Having made a successful mobile franchise, HandyGames are building on that success (pun intended) with Townsmen VR, letting you get up close and very personal with your virtual minions. We spoke with Christopher Kassulke, CEO and one of the founders of HandyGames, about what makes Townsmen VR unique.   Townsmen VR is available now in V
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VR workouts for the mind and body!

The New Year is always a time of renewal, and for many of us it's a time to resolve to do better, whether that's with our bodies or in our minds. Naturally, there are VR apps for that!   From today until Wednesday, January 24th we're offering some fantastic VR apps at 50% off that will help you in mind, body and perhaps even soul. Here's a quick rundown of what's on offer:   For your body...   Virtual Sports Take on tennis and play some ping-pong with Virtual Sports, which includes two ba
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HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR

HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR With New VIVE PRO Upgrade And Wireless VIVE Adaptor   New Hardware Raises the Bar for High-End VR Market, While All-New Viveport VR and Vive Video Dramatically Improves the way You Browse, Discover and Acquire VR Content.   Today in Las Vegas, HTC VIVE™, the leader in room-scale Virtual Reality (VR) announced new hardware upgrades that deliver premium VR experiences to consumers and enterprises with the introduction of Vive Pro and Vive Wireless Adaptor
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Savings galore in our Viveport Holiday Sale

Savings galore in our Viveport Holiday Sale   Spend $29.99, get three months of Viveport Subscription FREE* Whatever you buy during this sale, it will count towards you getting three months of Viveport Subscription. As soon as you've spent $29.99 or more (or local equivalent) you'll be eligible to receive a three month subscription code, which will be sent to you in early 2018. That way you can spend the first quarter of 2018 exploring up to 15 different VR titles!   Want some hints on wh
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Vive and Viveport Black Friday deals!

All the information you need on our exciting Vive Black Friday deals, across VIVE and VIVEPORT.       Customers who purchase a Vive between Friday, November 24th at 12:00am ET through Monday, November 27th at 11:59pm PT will receive a Deluxe Audio Strap with the purchase of their Vive in addition to the current Fallout 4 VR bundle. For $599 each customer will get the Vive headset and all the necessary hardware and software to set up room-scale VR as well as a Deluxe Audio Strap ($99.99 value
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Vive Developers Conference in Beijing, 2017

Today, at our Vive Developers Conference (VDC) in Beijing, we announced the VIVE WAVE VR Open Platform.  With it, we are taking another huge step in driving the most vibrant ecosystem for VR forward. Vive Wave will open up the path to easy mobile VR content development and device optimization for third-party partners. So far, twelve hardware partners in China, including  360QIKU, Baofengmojing, Coocaa, EmdoorVR, Idealens, iQIYI, Juhaokan, Nubia, Pico, Pimax, Quanta and Thundercomm, announced the
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Treat yourself to 50% off in our Halloween sale

Experience some of the most intense, scary and surreal titles that Viveport has to offer in our 50% off Halloween sale!   With Halloween not that far away and the nights drawing in, it's a perfect time to snuggle in with a hot beverage and scare yourself silly in VR. To help you with the scaring part, we've lined up a host of chilling VR experiences at 50% off - and also picked out a few perfect additions to your Viveport Subscription. (Not a subscriber? Now is a great time to sign up.) If y
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HTC VIVE Announces Fallout 4 VR Bundle

Existing owner? Get Fallout 4 VR plus three free months of Viveport Subscription.   HTC VIVE is glad to announce that starting today, October 2nd, customers who purchase an HTC Vive, will receive a free redemption code for Fallout 4 VR, a $59.99 value, which launches on December 12, 2017 (vive.com/fallout4-vr).   Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, and most
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Viveport improvements since launch

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on Viveport and wanted to share news of some fixes, updates and changes we have made to our Viveport desktop client since launch.     First, some context. Viveport is a brand-new software platform that has been live for less than a year. With all new software projects there are going to be bugs, and Viveport has been no exception. There are other digital software sales platforms that have been available a lot longer than Viveport, so we expect it wi
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New Vive Price Makes The Best VR System More Accessible to the Mass Market

It’s been a big summer for Vive and our ever-growing VR Ecosystem, and we’re ramping up for a fantastic holiday season.   Starting today (8/21), we are reducing the price of Vive by $200. The high-end, PC-based consumer Vive that is in market today, and will be for the foreseeable future, will now be available for $599.  All Vive purchases come with a free trial to Viveport Subscription, where consumers can choose up to 5 titles per month to experience, and copies of some of the most popular p
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Mapping your mind in VR, with Noda

What better way to map your mind than in VR? Noda lets you do just that.   Hello there! Tell us who you are, and what you do in relation to Noda.   I’m Brian Eppert, developer of Noda. Aside from the logo, the incredibly helpful feedback from early testers and the epic work of past and present geniuses to create the VR tech stack, I’ve done everything to bring the app out. It’s pretty amazing that today a single person can connect with users worldwide to release a VR app for sale or subscr
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Front Defense premieres on Viveport

The invasion of Normandy is over. The fiercest firefights of World War II have just begun.   Vive Studios and Fantahorn Studio are taking you to the front lines of World War II with Front Defense, premiering today on Viveport and in Viveport Subscription.   Set in the waning days of World War II, Front Defense puts you in the boots of an Allied Forces soldier facing an ongoing onslaught from Axis forces. As you defend strategic positions in a small European town, you'll engage with infantr
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