Microsoft executive promotes virtual reality 'super cluster' for Vancouver

B.C. companies already employ 17,000 people in 3D and digital imaging, so it makes sense to Microsoft president Brad Smith that Vancouver would pursue the federal government’s so-called “supercluster” strategy for virtual and augmented reality.
A Vancouver consortium is one of nine finalists for the federal government’s key innovation strategy that promises to infuse five centres of excellence with up to $950 million over five years to generate high-tech jobs and investme