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by Andrew Fenn
Oculus has confirmed that the Rift Core 2.0 public beta will launch next month. Rift Core 2.0 brings about an overhaul to the Home interface and the Dash virtual desktop. The updated Oculus desktop …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 45
by Andrew Fenn
Epson has announced the launch of its consumer rebate program, offering a $100 discount for those purchasing the Drone Edition of its award-winning Moverio BT-300FPV smart glasses. The promotion is available from now until …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Epson| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 46
by Andrew Fenn
ABI Research predicts that the VR training market will generate $216 million in 2018 and grow to $6.3 billion in 2022. Khin Sandi Lynn, an industry analyst at ABI Research, said: “In heavy industries, …
Tags:AR/VR| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Bob Raikes
Samsung has teased developers at its recent conference by suggesting that its next VR headset will have inside-out tracking and six degrees of freedom (DoF) control. Analyst Comment This combination would effectively take the …
Tags:AR/VR| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
Porsche Cars North America announced the introduction of “Tech Live Look,” an AR technology designed to improve technical services at Porsche dealerships in the United States. “Tech Live Look” uses the AiR Enterprise software …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 45
by Bob Raikes
Apple is said to be working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for next year’s iPhone according to Bloomberg. The news service said that the technology was intended to help with AR by better …
Tags:Apple| AR/VR| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
CCP Games, the team behind virtual reality shooter Eve: Valkyrie, has announced its VR studios will close. Eve: Valkyrie was released in March 2016 for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, to mixed …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
Disney Pixar has released a free VR experience themed around its new film, Coco. In Coco VR, users can create and customise a skeletal avatar, in keeping with the film’s central theme; Dia De …
Tags:AR/VR| Disney| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
Weasel Labs has designed a fan system for VR head-mounted displays (HMD), currently compatible with HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. ZephVR was created using machine learning and audio labelling to respond to …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
Logitech has announced Bridge, a solution for the integration of keyboards into VR settings. The company announced the availability of 50 developer kits for Bridge, via a blog post on the Vive website. Bridge …
Tags:AR/VR| Keyboards| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
HTC has announced that the Vive Tracker, the tracking module that uses Valve’s Lighthouse tracking standard, is now available to consumers. The Vive Tracker shipped to developers earlier this year, and now boasts support …
Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44
by Andrew Fenn
HTC has announced Vive Wave, “a VR open platform and toolset that will open up the path to easy mobile VR content development and high-performance device optimisation for third-party partners”. The new platform was …
Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 43
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