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Snapchat is Now Snap Inc and Enters the Hardware Realm

by Norbert Hildebrand

Snapchat, the image messaging and multimedia mobile application has changed its name into Snap Inc. and is preparing to offer its first hardware product. With its short lived image and video clips, Snapchat has …

Tags:Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wearables

Survey Points to Low Content Offering and High Price as VR/AR Adoption Hurdles

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent “2016 Augmented and Virtual Survey Report“, PerkinsCoie and Upload present some of the results of their online survey about the opportunities, challenges and hurdles for AR/ VR if it is to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Universities Employ VR for Education and Research

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent case study WorldViz, a California based VR company, described how a university can use virtual today for preparing their students for real life challenges. The case studies shows how Embry Riddle …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Continental Brings HUDs to Trucks

by Norbert Hildebrand

As a head-up display (HUD) is becoming an available option on most luxury and many midsize cars, Continental is now bringing the HUD to commercial vehicles. They are developing a model that either works …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37

NBC to Make US Presidential Debate a VR Event

by Norbert Hildebrand

NBC, together with AltspaceVR, is turning the US presidential election into a VR event by broadcasting the first presidential debates to registered users with VR headsets. The broadcast is available to people from around …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Everyone is Talking About the Perfect Display (in the iPhone, that is)

by Norbert Hildebrand

Two weeks ago, I raised the question of whether Apple showed enough with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus to take the smartphone sales leadership away from Samsung, but I had no idea …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| LCD displays| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Twitter Enters the Video Streaming Business

by Norbert Hildebrand

Twitter announced the release of a new app that allows users of Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Xbox One to view live stream video available anywhere on Twitter. This new app is not only …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Apple Sees a Better Future for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple was asked about the new iPhone 7 and also where Apple stands on the new topics of Augmented and Virtual Reality. Tim Cook …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Oculus Henry Emmy

Oculus Wins First Emmy

by Norbert Hildebrand

The TV academy announced four Interactive Media Jury Winners this week. One of the surprises is the one award going to Oculus and their virtual reality experience, Henry. The experience is about a hedgehog …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

VR Headset Sales Flatline

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to the August 2016 Steam hardware survey, adoption of virtual reality headsets in the US market has slowed dramatically. Instead of a runaway success this market segment looks right now more like a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 35