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Every Oculus Rift pre-order will come with a copy of Eve: Valkyrie

Oculus announced today that every Oculus Rift pre-order will come with a copy of the game ‘Eve: Valkyrie’ from CCP games, who recently raised $30 million to boost its VR development efforts.

Tech website engadget has great coverage on the announcement:

Talking about today’s announcement, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey saidValkyrie “perfectly captures to the promise of immersive gaming,” adding that “multiplayer space dogfights is the ultimate VR thrill.” That’s mildly hyperbolic, but the game is definitely pretty, and it’s a lot of fun.

See also: Iceland: VR Valley?

Keystrike secures pre-seed funding from Philippe Langlois, cybersecurity entrepreneur

The Icelandic cybersecurity startup Keystrike has secured funding from Philippe Langlois, founder of cybersecurity company Qualys (QLYS) which is currently valued at over $4 billion. Keystrike’s technology was invented by Ymir Vigfusson, Associate Professor at Emory University, to rethink multi-factor authentication. “Keystrike seals off the path that is commonly

Smári McCarthy, CEO of Ecosophy and Steph Matti, COO of Ecosophy

Ecosophy's 'OverView' wins in EU Space Agency competition

Ecosophy’s prototype for its platform OverView is among the winners of the EU Space Agency’s (EUSPA) innovation competition. Ecosophy is an Icelandic startup focusing on making environmental data actionable, in part by making access to data from EUSPA’s Copernicus system accessible. The company received a prize of

Kerecis becomes Iceland's first Unicorn after being acquired by Coloplast for up to $1.3 billion

Kerecis has signed an agreement with Coloplast, the Danish medical device manufacturer, to be acquired for up to $1.3 billion, making them Iceland’s first Unicorn company. In today’s Kerecis business meeting, which took place in Ísafjörður where they have a manufacturing facility, Fertram Sigurjónsson, founder and CEO

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