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Viaccess-Orca 360° VR Pre-integrated

by Bob Raikes

Viaaccess-Orca, in Paris, France, said that it will show its secured 360º VR content solution. The aim of the technology is to ‘dramatically’ improve video quality while maximizing bandwidth efficiency and assist with monetisation. …

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

WordPress Gets Support for Embedded VR Media

by Bob Raikes

Much of the web is driven by sites built on the WordPress CMS platform (26% of the web by some accounts). Now the platform has been updated to allow the support of VR 360º …

Tags:AR/VR| Content Management (CMS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Continental to Work with DigiLens in Automotive AR

by Bob Raikes

Continental (which we see as a tyre supplier, but which sees itself as a technology company!) said that it has done a deal with DigiLens Inc, a supplier of holographic projection technology for application …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Pokemon Effect is Short-Lived

by Bob Raikes

We reported at the end of October that researchers had found that the Pokemon Go craze had encouraged more movement and excercise (And finally… Pokemon Go Makes You Healthier!). Sadly, the effect has been …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

BBC Adds Oculus as Platform

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has put a programme, “We Wait”, an animate film about the dangerous boat journey from Turkey to Greece made by migrants, on the Oculus store so that it can be viewed on …

Intel Announces First Voke VR Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

Intel said that the Voke VR platfrom will be used to show the work of designers at New York Fashion Week on virtual reality headsets. A live stream will be run on Intel Xeon …

Tags:AR/VR| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Microsoft Enables Rift Use with XBox One

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has enabled a feature on the XBox One that allows content from the console to be seen on a VR headset connected to a PC. It seems that the headset needs to be …

Hololens in Retail

by Bob Raikes

Essential Retail interviewed Leila Martine of Microsoft about the Microsoft Hololens and the plans in retail as the Hololens has started to ship in the UK. Martine (after correcting the augmented reality phrase to …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Nikon Promotes 360 Camera

by Bob Raikes

Nikon held an event in New York to promote its recently released KeyMission 360 action camera. The company showed content uploaded to YouTube and viewed on Cardboard and Daydream devices. 8ninths, a creative company, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

AR Used to See Veins

by Bob Raikes

At CES 2017, Evena Medical is planning to show a system it calls ‘Eyes-on’ that is designed to be used by nurses and will allow them to see ‘through’ a patient’s skin to find …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Daydream Wins More Content

by Bob Raikes

The Google Daydream platform has now got more content, with Nextflix VR, which has previously only been on Gear VR. HBO’s Now VR is also on the platform although we hear that both Netflix …

NBA Leads the VR Sports Application

by Norbert Hildebrand

One of the potential applications for virtual reality is watching sport events. In some cases, currently the sports fan can’t get close enough to the action or has no chance to get tickets for …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49