This Startup Wants to Bring Microsoft Windows to V
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Posted On: 08/05/2016 8:03:09 PM
This Startup Wants to Bring Microsoft Windows to Virtual Reality
You’ve never experienced Windows until you’ve strapped on a virtual reality headset.
You’ve never experienced Windows until you’ve strapped on a virtual reality headset, opened Excel in a virtual world, and watch as charts and tables open like flowers in front of you.
A startup, Envelop, plans to introduce software to the general public on Friday that converts users’ Microsoft MSFT 0.99% Windows operating systems into a version that works with virtual reality headsets like Facebook’s FB 0.64% Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive.
The software makes Windows virtual reality-ready so that people can create Word documents and surf the web while in virtual reality. The goal is to make virtual reality more user friendly—even for office work—instead of just a playground for marauding monsters and race cars.
Envelop’s so-called “VR shell” does the heavy lifting that morphs the popular Windows into a VR-friendly format, according to Envelop CEO Bob Berry. It’s similar to Google’s GOOG 1.38% recently released “VR shell” for a special developer version of its Chrome mobile browser that will make mobile websites display better in virtual reality through smartphone-powered headsets like the Samsung Gear VR.
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You’ve never experienced Windows until you’ve strapped on a virtual reality headset.
You’ve never experienced Windows until you’ve strapped on a virtual reality headset, opened Excel in a virtual world, and watch as charts and tables open like flowers in front of you.
A startup, Envelop, plans to introduce software to the general public on Friday that converts users’ Microsoft MSFT 0.99% Windows operating systems into a version that works with virtual reality headsets like Facebook’s FB 0.64% Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive.
The software makes Windows virtual reality-ready so that people can create Word documents and surf the web while in virtual reality. The goal is to make virtual reality more user friendly—even for office work—instead of just a playground for marauding monsters and race cars.
Envelop’s so-called “VR shell” does the heavy lifting that morphs the popular Windows into a VR-friendly format, according to Envelop CEO Bob Berry. It’s similar to Google’s GOOG 1.38% recently released “VR shell” for a special developer version of its Chrome mobile browser that will make mobile websites display better in virtual reality through smartphone-powered headsets like the Samsung Gear VR.
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