VRFocus: YEI Technology relaunched their Kickstarter for the PrioVR motion-control suit yesterday, as reported by VRFocus, and today it has been revealed that the company has surpassed their target in less than 24 hours. In fact, at the time of writing they have raised 142% of the required funding, with $106, 950 USD pledged to a $75,000 target.
Landing a spinning kick on a zombie has never been so achievable.
We're seeing more and more of these types of alternate control methods but I'm not sure how useful they'll be in practice.
VRFocus reports on the news that PrioVR's Yost Labs has raised some $1 million USD in a series A round of funding for its technology.
VRFocus - YEI Technology has confirmed that its PrioVR full body motion controller for virtual reality (VR) experiences will not be shipping in June 2014 as originally planned. Company VP Mike Sutherland revealed as much, reasoning that it needed more time to deliver on a satisfactory product. While a new shipping date was not given, it did suggest that the suit will still arrive for Kickstarter backers ‘a little later this year’.
