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- Oct 3, 201790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Microsoft Acquires Social VR Platform AltspaceVR
- Microsoft and AltspaceVR announced the acquisition on 3 October 2017; the price was not disclosed[1][4]
- AltspaceVR had ceased operations in early August 2017 because of financial difficulties, having raised US$15.7 million, so the deal saved it only weeks after closure[1]
- AltspaceVR, founded in 2013 and launched in May 2015, brought web content into shared virtual spaces for events, meetups and games[1][3]
- It joined Microsoft's Mixed Reality division alongside HoloLens, and elements of the platform later surfaced in Microsoft Mesh[3]
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- [1]90%siliconangle.com/2017/10/03/microsoft-saves-altspacevr-virtual-reality-death-real-world-acquisitionsiliconangle.com· Posted Oct 8, 2026· Starts Oct 3, 2017 ✓· 33% of score
SiliconANGLE is stamped October 03 2017 and reports "Microsoft Corp. has acquired virtual reality social platform startup AltspaceVR Inc., the companies announced today".
- [2]75%Microsoft acquires social VR platform AltspaceVR - Game Developergamedeveloper.com· Added Oct 8, 2026· 33% of score
Microsoft acquires social VR platform AltspaceVR.[1]
- [3]70%AltspaceVR - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 8, 2026· 33% of score
AltspaceVR was acquired by Microsoft in 2017 and became part of its Mixed Reality division.[1]
- [4]75%AltspaceVR acquired by Microsoft - Modem Worldmodemworld.me· Published Oct 3, 2017· 0% of score
Published 3 October 2017: AltspaceVR acquired by Microsoft.[1]
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