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Vive X Adds 26 More Companies to its AR/VR Acceleration Program

by Norbert Hildebrand

HTC Vive announced that it has added 26 more companies to its AR / VR acceleration program called Vive X. The program contains now more than 80 companies worldwide. The Vive X program is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Will VR be just a Gamer’s Dream or a Way of Life?

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about the success of VR and AR we typically reflect on some new market forecast that tells us how many billions AR / VR will create in near future. Independent of …

Tags:Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 45

VR Market Keeps Growing Says Canalys

by Norbert Hildebrand

The market research firm Canalys released its latest Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Analysis service, which showed that the worldwide shipments of VR headsets exceeded 1 million units per quarter in Q3 2017. According …

Apple Reported to Have Downsized its Micro-LED R&D Team in Taiwan

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since Apple bought Lux Vue, the interest in micro LED display technology has increased sharply. Recently several rumors around Apple’s involvement with the micro LED technology have been giving a good reason to reflect …

Will AR be Short for “Apple Reality”?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the last Tom Cook interview tour promoting the Apple brand, we know that he likes AR as in ‘Augmented Reality’ better than VR (Virtual Reality). It comes as no surprise that he didn’t …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

US Survey Shows VR Awareness is Growing – Adoption Not so Much

by Norbert Hildebrand

An online survey conducted by ReportLinker has been used to explore how the awareness and adoption of VR headsets has developed since 2016. The survey reached 650 US consumers representative of the US population …

Tags:Market Data| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 42

OLED – LCD Supply Chain Results

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the third quarter results mostly in, it is a good time to look at the position and trends of the market leaders to see in what direction the display industry ship is sailing. …

NYVR Expo and Conference

by Norbert Hildebrand

The NYVR Expo is a new conference taking place together with the NY PhotoPlus Exhibition and conference. As can be expected, the NYVR was just a side show for the NY PhotoPlus event. While …

Is a Wide Color Gamut the Wrong Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release Corning and Healthe announced their collaboration on protecting eyes against damage from digital device blue light exposure. This collaboration is based on Healthe offering Eysafe covers for smartphones, tablets, …

VR and Cinema – a Natural Fit?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release, AMC Entertainment Holding Inc. and Dreamscape Immersive announced a partnership to bring VR experiences to the cinema complex. While this sounds like a natural fit at the first glance, …

Tags:Cinema| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Oculus Announces New Headset Go at Oculus Connect 4 Conference

by Norbert Hildebrand

At their Connect 4 conference in San Jose, Oculus announced an new VR headset as well as some other news. The new headset is called Oculus Go and is an untethered headset that does …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been supporting AR and the release of the ARKit through many CEO interviews with news outlets and analysts around the globe. The latest was with the UK-based Independent …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38