{"id":3225,"date":"2016-04-27T08:54:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T00:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/27\/htc-launches-100-million-virtual-reality-fund\/"},"modified":"2016-04-27T08:54:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T00:54:48","slug":"htc-launches-100-million-virtual-reality-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/27\/htc-launches-100-million-virtual-reality-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC launches $100 million virtual reality fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Htcviv33\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzI3LzIxL2h0Y3ZpdjMzLjljYWRhLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/560247f6\/d6d\/htcviv33.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=HTC+launches+%24100+million+virtual+reality+fund&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F26%2Fhtc-virtual-reality-startups%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F26%2Fhtc-virtual-reality-startups%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The burgeoning <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/virtual-reality\/\">virtual reality<\/a> industry is all about creating simulated realities, but for VR startups focused on the HTC Vive, things just got a lot more real<\/p>\n<p>HTC has announced the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htcvive.com\/us\/vivex\/\">Vive X<\/a>, a $100 million fund designed to foster the growth of VR startups around the world<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/13\/facebook-vr-selfie-stick\/\">Facebook just made VR selfie sticks a thing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Virtual reality is changing the world, yet to do that effectively it needs a healthy ecosystem to expand into the mass market,&#8221; Cher Wang, CEO HTC, said in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/htc-launches-global-accelerator-program-for-virtual-reality-start-ups-300257683.html\">a statement<\/a> released on Tuesday. &#8220;Through HTC Vive, <span class=\"microcontent\">we look forward to enabling global talent to create interesting and compelling content and to help shape the future of this industry<\/span>.&#8221;   <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/26\/htc-virtual-reality-startups\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/venture-capital\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Venture Capital<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/investments\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Investments<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/asia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Asia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/htc\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Htc<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/vr\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Vr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461717753' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461717753'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/CwbUUX8wIBQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The burgeoning virtual reality industry is all about creating simulated realities, but for VR startups focused on the HTC Vive, things just got a lot more real HTC has announced the launch of Vive X, a $100 million fund designed &hellip; 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