<s>
vTime	B-Application
XR	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
virtual	O
reality	O
and	O
augmented	O
reality	O
social	O
network	O
created	O
by	O
British	O
virtual	O
and	O
augmented	O
reality	O
innovation	O
company	O
vTime	B-Application
Limited	O
,	O
developed	O
in	O
Liverpool	B-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launching	O
on	O
Gear	B-Device
VR	I-Device
in	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
vTime	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
virtual	O
reality	O
social	O
network	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
social	O
network	O
to	O
launch	O
on	O
Google	B-Device
Cardboard	I-Device
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Daydream	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
vTime	B-Application
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
virtual	O
reality	O
application	O
to	O
give	O
its	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
socialise	O
inside	O
their	O
own	O
360	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
Mixed	I-General_Concept
Reality	I-General_Concept
platform	O
in	O
October	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
vTime	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
cross	O
reality	O
(	O
XR	O
)	O
social	O
network	O
after	O
adding	O
AR	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
vTime	B-Application
likes	O
to	O
think	O
of	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
“	O
sociable	O
”	O
network	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
social	O
network	O
,	O
perhaps	O
emphasising	O
that	O
these	O
virtual	O
social	O
gatherings	O
are	O
essentially	O
friendly	O
and	O
more	O
genteel	O
in	O
nature	O
than	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
counterparts	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
focuses	O
on	O
facilitating	O
shared	O
conversations	O
in	O
virtual	O
reality	O
,	O
though	O
users	O
without	O
a	O
VR	O
headset	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
join	O
sessions	O
via	O
'	O
Magic	O
Window	O
 '	O
mode	O
on	O
Android	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
vTime	B-Application
Limited	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
$7.6	O
million	O
(	O
£5.4	O
million	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
A	O
funding	O
round	O
to	O
accelerate	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
