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HTC Vive Launches $10 Million “VR For Impact” Programme

by Bob Raikes

HTC Vive announced ‘VR For Impact, a $10 million programme to drive VR content and technologies that ‘create experiences that improve awareness, education, and lead to action’ at the WEF in Davos. The campaign …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 03

TCA Looks for VR to Take Off in 2016

by Bob Raikes

At the Taiwan Game Show, the Taipei Computer Association said that it expects the VR market to expand rapidly after growing to $1.8 billion in 2016, up 7.4% from 2015. Acer, HTC, MSI and …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Vuzix Completes FCC Process

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix said that it had completed filing of the FCC process for its M300 Smart Glasses and expects to start shipping very quickly to customers in North America.The company said that the work over …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03| Vuzix

Eonite Claims Tracking Solution for AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

Eonite has said that it has developed the “world’s most accurate, lowest latency, lowest power consuming software to democratize inside-out positional tracking for VR and AR.” The company has claimed that it has a …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Philips Uses VR for Spinal Surgery

by Bob Raikes

Philips is developing a new augmented-reality surgical navigation technology that may allow spinal surgery using image-guided open and minimally-invasive techniques. The system exploits Philips’ low-dose X-ray systems for imaging. The results of the first …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Oculus Ready PC Costs $500 (When Bundled with Rift)

by Bob Raikes

A custom PC maker, CyberPower Inc has developed a PC that is ‘Oculus Ready’ and that costs $1,099 for the bundle when bought with a Rift on Amazon or BestBuy’s online shop. Given that …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 02

VR Used for Retail Planning

by Bob Raikes

Italian supplier, inVRsion, is using VR and its ShelfZone ‘Retail Space Simulator’ to understand store planning and how consumers might react in a store. There’s a slightly clunky video below which is worth a …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Nokia Launches OZO Player SDK for VR

by Bob Raikes

Nokia has released the Ozo Player SDK, which is designed to act as a cross-platform technology for VR video. The platform will work with any 360º content, not just the content captured with the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

BBC Captures New Year Fireworks in 360 Degree Video

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has experimented with broadcasting in 360º video with a recording of the New Year Fireworks in London. The video is below.

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| BBC| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Microsoft Offers a Deal on Vive

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has a deal for an HTC Vive on its store that gives an extra $100 discount which, when combined with a $100 Microsoft gift code in the offer, brings the price down to …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Will HTC Suffer from OLED Shortage?

by Bob Raikes

Forbes.com has said that it believes that HTC will suffer poorer sales and market share in VR during 2017 because of difficulties in sourcing enough OLED displays for its Vive headsets. The site quoted …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Jaunt Makes it to PS4

by Bob Raikes

Jaunt, which is specialising in VR content, has released a new app for the PlayStation 4 that supports the PlayStation VR. The company said that 150 VR ‘experiences’ including travel, sports, music, film and …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 51