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Viveport Infinity VR Subscription Service Now Supports Valve Index

Today HTC have announced that the Valve Index VR headset is being added to the list of supported headsets for the Viveport Infinity app subscription service.

The virtual reality app subscription service Viveport Infinity is now available for Valve’s Index VR headset, HTC announced, bringing all-you-can-watch and -play content to the most deluxe consumer VR platform yet available. Starting today and running through September, Index users will receive two months of free service, regardless of whether they’re already Viveport Infinity members.

For $12 per month — $9 monthly if prepaid annually — Viveport Infinity users get access to hundreds of VR apps and games that can be used across multiple PC VR headsets, including HTC’s own Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. The company says it’s now offering “much more top-rated VR games and apps” to users, thanks to greater developer engagement.

While some have called Viveport Infinity the Netflix of VR, HTC is marketing the service as an opportunity for new VR users to “discover their favorite VR games, apps and videos,” potentially making purchases of content sampled in the library. Infinity adds new apps and games each month to keep its catalog interesting, while also offering Viveport Video content, frequent coupons, and free app giveaways to members.

Valve Index users can take advantage of the free two-month promo deal through this link by downloading the Viveport desktop app and plugging the Index into the PC for verification. New users will begin a two-month trial of Viveport Infinity, while existing users will get two months of free service added to their accounts.

This post by Jeremy Horowitz originally appeared first on VentureBeat.

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Netflix Is Officially Coming To Oculus Quest At Launch

Netflix Is Officially Coming To Oculus Quest At Launch

Despite the fact that the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is primarily a gaming device, plenty of people anticipated using it for media streaming as well. After all, that’s one of the most popular use cases for the Oculus Go. Now we’ve finally got confirmation that Netflix will be coming to Quest and it’s slated as a day one launch app alongside Oculus Video, Sling TV, FOX Now, Red Bull, and various other video streaming portals.

Obviously you still need an active Netflix subscription to use the app, but it’s great to know that people will be able to watch their favorite shows and movies from a virtual theater inside their headset. We don’t believe there will be multi-user support so you can’t invite friends over in VR to watch along with you, but multiplayer theater apps like Bigscreen can be used as a workaround.

On the Oculus Go you can watch videos from Facebook and a few other select sources in Oculus Rooms with your friends, but sadly that and other social apps aren’t announced for launch on Quest.

Oculus announced YouTube VR was also officially coming to Quest, offering a dedicated way to view VR and 360 content without needing to open the Browser. The dedicated Netflix app on Quest should offer a similar functionality, although we don’t expect support for downloading content for later viewing. You would have to sideload the Android version of Netflix to do that.

Are you excited about having Netflix in VR on a wireless, standalone, 6DOF VR headset? Let us know down in the comments below!

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iQiyi veröffentlicht 4K VR-Brille für 300 US-Dollar in China

iQiyi, quasi das Netflix für China, hat eine neue VR-Brille veröffentlicht, mit welcher die Kunden zukünftig die Inhalte der Plattform konsumieren sollen. Das Unternehmen setzt bei der “iQiyi Adventure 2S 4K” auf eine besonders hohe Auflösung, jedoch bleibt es beim 3DoF-Tracking.

iQiyi veröffentlicht 4K VR-Brille für 300 US-Dollar in China

Die neue VR-Brille von iQiyi setzt auf einen Snapdragon 835, welcher auch in der Oculus Go zum Einsatz kommt. In Sachen Auflösung spielt sie aber in einer anderen Liga und reiht sich neben der HP Reverb ein, wobei der Preis nur bei 300 US-Dollar liegen wird. Für Software wird auch gesorgt sein, denn die VR-Brille bekommt Zugriff auf den VivePort M, welcher beispielsweise auch von der HTC Vive Focus genutzt wird und in China durchaus erfolgreich ist. Zudem wird die Brille mit 32GB Speicher ausgestattet und ein Slot für SD-Karten mit bis zu 256GB ist vorhanden und auch der Akku fällt mit 3500 mAH deutlich größer aus als bei der Oculus Go.

Nimmt man all diese Fakten zusammen, könnte man eine ernsthafte Konkurrenz zur Oculus Go in der iQiyi Adventure 2S 4K sehen, jedoch scheint ein Verkauf in Europa derzeit nicht geplant zu sein. In China könnte die Brille jedoch durchaus erfolgreich werden. Ob Netflix auch irgendwann eine eigene VR-Brille auf den Markt bringen wird?

(Quelle:Upload VR)

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