Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/16
By: Esme Jiang and Frances Huang
Tokyo, Sept. 16 (CNA) Palmer Luckey, founder of California-based virtual reality
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey
technology firm Oculus VR, visited the booth of Taiwan-based HTC Corp. (宏達電) at the Tokyo Game Show on Friday to experience the HTC Vive, the HTC’s first VR headset.
The presence of Luckey at the special VR pavilion at the Tokyo Game Show came under the spotlight as Oculus VR and HTC compete head-to-head in the global VR market. Google Inc.-invested Oculus unveiled the Rift VR headset in 2012.
Wearing the HTC Vive, the Oculus founder played the new game “Linked-door Loves Space Channel 5” developed by Japanese telecom operator KDDI. The KDDI software is the first game in the world that allows several players to experience the game simultaneously. [FULL STORY]