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by Bob Raikes
Qualcomm has released a new VR development kit, the VRDK, for the Snapdragon 835 processor which is the flagship chip for the company at the moment and was including in the new Sony phone …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09
by Bob Raikes
The South Korean government has opened a new centre in Western Seoul to act as a hub for developments in Virtual Reality. There has been an opening ceremony for the Korea Virtual Reality – …
Tags:AR/VR| Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Alan Spencer
TeleSoftas, based in Lithuania, but with offices in the US, Switzerland and Dubai, has announced that it has received EU funding to research and develop VR applications for a new mental health project. The …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
In a blog post, Google Research has pointed out that shared VR experiences are less compelling than they might be, because the face of the users are blocked by the use of headsets. Google …
Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
UK audio specialist, Dirac Research, is planning to show two new audio technologies at MWC. Dirac VR is a headphone-based 3D audio solution that uses patent-pending dynamic HRTF (head-related transfer function) technology, a 3D …
Tags:AR/VR| audio| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
A review by Tom’s Hardware that explains that an air combat game, Bandit Six, runs better on a Daydream smartphone than on the Samsung Gear VR, up to now considered as probably the best …
Tags:AR/VR| | Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
Altair Digital has developed planetarium software and a double layer five metre dome using a wireless projection system and a spherical mirror and that costs a cool $7,900. It has also developed a version …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Planetariums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
We’ve reported regularly on the development of VR ‘Experiences’ by IMax, so were intrigued to see a review of the Los Angeles Center on the Wareable blog. The blog reports that in the first …
Tags:AR/VR| Cinema IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
It has been reported that the latest updates to the Oculus tracking software, version 1.11 have remaining issues including mis-aligned virtual floor and jumps in sensor position. The company has said that it expects …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07
by Bob Raikes
In an interview in ‘The Independent’, during a visit to Europe, Tim Cook of Apple said that he is very excited by AR because, unlike VR, it doesn’t block out the real world. “Most …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06
by Alan Spencer
There has been an update for some users to Oculus Home on Rift and Gear VR that has added a voice search feature in the VR content library. On both headsets you can click …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 06
by Alan Spencer
A Bavarian media company has live streamed its annual music festival in 360º video for the first time. This was made possible by the combined efforts of Keepixo, a provider of software head-end products …
Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06
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