Starbreeze announces a partnership with Acer to develop the StarVR virtual
reality headsets they first announced
almost a year ago. Here's the
news:
Starbreeze AB and Acer Inc. today signed a letter of intent to form
a joint venture for the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Display (HMD).
The two companies aim to cooperate on the design, manufacturing, promotion,
marketing and sales of the StarVR HMD to the professional- and location-based
entertainment market.
“We’ve been working with a clear roadmap for our VR strategy from day one, and
are now about to realize one of the first major collaborations we set out to
achieve. The future for StarVR is now set and extremely exciting.”
“Since our launch in June 2015, we have had an amazing start with StarVR. By
partnering with Acer we shift gears yet again to firmly position us as the
leader in top-end VR experiences. Acer is an excellent, experienced and
prominent hardware partner that will accelerate us in realizing and producing a
high-definition, high-fidelity VR headset,” said Bo Andersson Klint, Starbreeze
CEO. “We’ve been working with a clear roadmap for our VR strategy from day one,
and are now about to realize one of the first major collaborations we set out to
achieve. The future for StarVR is now set and extremely exciting.”
“Acer is thrilled to join forces with Starbreeze in bringing the StarVR
head-mounted display to the market,” said Jason Chen, Acer Corporate President
and CEO. “We are devoting R&D resources across multiple aspects of the VR
ecosystem for a coherent and high-quality experience, while just last month Acer
announced powerful desktops and notebooks fully-ready for StarVR. Starbreeze and
Acer share the same goal of delivering best-in-class VR applications, and we
look forward to unlocking new VR possibilities together with this partnership.
”
Here's Valve's accounting of the
10 seven bestselling titles on
Steam for last week:
- DOOM
- Stellaris
- DOOM Steam Pre-Purchase
- FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
- Stellaris
- Stellaris (Pre-Order)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- DARK SOULS III
- Sid Meier's Civilization V: Complete Edition
- Total War: WARHAMMER®
Well my speculation about going to the movies this weekend came before it became
clear just how nice the weather is out there. Yesterday was beautiful, and it's
really nice right now as well, a definite deterrent from staying inside. There
are scattered showers forecast for later, though, so this may all still work
out, but I won't complain if it doesn't... this hasn't been the most spring-like
spring, so the warmth and sunshine are more than welcome.
R.I.P.:
DC Comics mourns Darwyn Cooke, who gave iconic heroes an iconic style.
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