Viverse

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Viverse
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Country of originTaiwan
Founder(s) Cher Wang
ChairpersonCher Wang
Industry Virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality, software, web3, technology, metaverse, content
Services Vive World, Market, Vive Avatar, Vive Wallet, Vive Guardian, Viverse For Business, VRChat, Vive Sync
Parent HTC
Launched1 March 2022;2 years ago (2022-03-01)

Viverse is an open platform for virtual worlds and environments developed by HTC and encompassing multiple devices and applications. Conceived as a metaverse, the platform is intended to create an interconnected series of virtual worlds, and includes elements of augmented reality. The Viverse platform consists of various components, including virtual reality headsets, social applications, and content creation tools. [1]

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History and development

Some elements that later became part of the Viverse ecosystem were developed as early as 2014. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The formal announcement of Viverse only came in 2022 at the 2022 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. [7] Viverse was co-founded by Cher Wang, the CEO of HTC, who is also the Chairwoman of Viverse. [8]

While some HTC hardware has important implications for Viverse, [9] Viverse is envisioned as an open metaverse, and so is not confined to any HTC hardware. [10]

Components and partners

As of 2023, Viverse consists of a number of virtual environments, services, platforms, interfaces, and applications, including:

Partners

A number of virtual environments created by 3rd party developers are integrated into Viverse:

Strategy

Viverse is intended to be as open as possible in order to encourage third party development and integrations, and supports both the Open XR and Web XR standards. [21]

HTC is also seeking to appeal to cryptocurrency users with cryptocurrency integrations, such as native support for Ethereum and Polygon tokens on the Desire 22, a cryptocurrency wallet built into the Vive Flow, and an NFT marketplace as one of Viverse's first applications. [22]

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