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by Andrew Fenn
Travel website, Kayak, has launched a free prototype virtual reality app that allows its customers to visit potential holiday destinations before they book via a VR headset. At the moment, the app only supports …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Travel| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Andrew Fenn
LGfL and Avantis have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate VR/AR learning across nearly 3,000 schools in the UK. Image: Twitter (@ClassVR) The companies say that the initiative will save an estimated £500,000 (about …
Tags:AR/VR| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Andrew Fenn
A new report from Digitimes Research has indicated that the Japanese AR/VR market is growing at a slower rate than other territories. With about 300,000 units sold in 2017, analysts predict that the market …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Andrew Fenn
Pimax has announced that the ongoing development troubles surrounding its “8K” M1 VR headset have now been eliminated and the device has entered mass production. Pimax says that pre-production headsets sent out in May …
Tags:AR/VR| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26
by Andrew Fenn
European VR developer VRgineers has introduced its new Xtal headset, which the company says is designed around the needs of professional designers and engineers who require superior image quality and accuracy, wide field-of-view, easy …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
Vaio, best known as the brand face of Sony’s previous PC business, has announced that it will begin screening movies in virtual reality at a theatre in Tokyo, Japan from July 2nd, in partnership …
Tags:AR/VR| Cinema| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
French VR company Go Touch VR has adapted its fingertip-mounted haptic feedback technology for flight simulators, with the help of FlyInside, a VR simulator software developer based in the United States. Users wear three …
Tags:AR/VR| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
Oculus has launched a dedicated platform for watching 2D video in a VR environment, called Oculus TV. The virtual theatre features the equivalent of a 180″ flat screen, the company says, and provides access …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
Through a partnership with HTC Vive and state libraries in California and Nevada, USA, visitors can explore and learn in new ways with VR systems, which have been donated to a hundred public libraries …
Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
A patent filed by Magic Leap, dating back to November 2017, details a new AR glasses product that can monitor vital signs including body temperature, heart rate, respiration, sweating and glucose levels, with built-in …
Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Healthcare| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25
by Andrew Fenn
Russian developers have revealed “TauTracker”, a new VR technique for patients recovering after a stroke, at the CEBIT 2018 event in Hanover, Germany. The user manipulates objects in VR with their own hands to …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 24
by Andrew Fenn
PeriscapeVR has launched a VR Experience Centre at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, US. Featuring curated VR, the six-month pop-up will provide more than 70,000 daily passengers with experiences to enjoy …
Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 24
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