Partnership brings real-time engagement to premier virtual
reality and extended reality platform HTC VIVE
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Agora, Inc. (NASDAQ: API), a pioneer and leading
platform for real-time engagement APIs, today announced a
partnership with HTC as part of the HTC
VIVEⓇ Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Program to
accelerate the adoption of VR innovation in real-time engagement
(RTE) applications. HTC VIVE is the premier virtual reality (VR)
platform and ecosystem creating true-to-life VR experiences for
businesses and consumers. The ISV program enables developers
creating applications and platforms within HTC VIVE's VR and
extended reality (XR) ecosystem to seamlessly integrate Agora's
voice, video, messaging and interactive live streaming
technology.
"As a company by and for global developers, Agora couldn't be
more excited to join the HTC VIVE ISV Partner Program," said
Tony Zhao, Founder & CEO of
Agora. "By pairing our best-in-class RTE technology with HTC's
expertise in VR and XR, we are enabling developers to create
virtual environments and experiences that we have never seen
before. We especially look forward to working with HTC VIVE
developers who are experimenting with enterprise applications to
drive employee productivity. Through the pandemic, we have seen a
massive uptick in innovation within the space and feel strongly
that AR and XR coupled with RTE will drive the next-generation of
workplace collaboration."
As the market continues to demand innovation in VR and XR across
both the consumer and enterprise verticals, this partnership marks
a pivotal moment to marry cutting-edge metaverse use cases with the
collaborative power of RTE. With consumers and businesses alike
continuing to see the value of dynamic virtual environments during
and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, innovation within the space poses
greenfield opportunities for everything from workplace
collaboration, social networking, employee training, workshops and
record streaming.
"Tapping Agora's expertise in RTE brings that vital human
element into spaces powered by AR and XR," said Cher Wang, CEO of HTC. "By bringing this
champion of RTE into the HTC VIVE ISV Partner Program, we are
providing developers with a crucial piece of the innovation puzzle
-- human connection. As we look toward a future defined by VR and
XR, we feel confident that with Agora beside us, we will continue
to make our combined offerings increasingly accessible to all
developers."
To learn more about the HTC VIVE ISV Partner Program, visit:
https://business.vive.com/us/isv/partners/. Register now for
VIVECON 2021 on May 11 - 12, 2021 and
visit the Agora booth at the VIVE ISV Partner Expo. To learn more
about remote collaboration and how Agora is integrated into HTC
VIVE, don't miss our panel presentations "Remote work: The new
normal" and "Developing for VIVE: What's new?" For more information
about Agora and its partnerships, visit: www.agora.io.
About Agora
Agora is a Real-time Engagement Platform as a Service (RTE PaaS)
company. Agora's mission is to make real-time engagement
ubiquitous, allowing everyone to interact with anyone, in any
application, anytime and anywhere. Agora's platform provides
developers simple, flexible and powerful application programming
interfaces, or APIs, to embed real-time video and voice engagement
experiences into their applications.
About HTC
HTC VIVE is the premier virtual reality (VR) platform and
ecosystem that creates true-to-life VR experiences for businesses
and consumers. The VIVE ecosystem is built around premium VR
hardware, software, and content. The VIVE business encompasses
best-in-class XR hardware; VIVEPORT platform and app store; VIVE
Enterprise Solutions for business customers; VIVE X, a US$100M VR business accelerator; and VIVE ARTS
for cultural initiatives. For more information, please visit
www.vive.com.
HTC, VIVE, and the VIVE logo are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of HTC Corporation. All other names of companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
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