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iQiyi Gets Funds to Develop VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin in China reported that iQiyi Smart, the VR-centred arm of iQiyi Inc, which Caixin describes as an ‘online video giant’ (Wikipedia reports that it has 500 million active monthly users …

Tags:China| Game Playing| Investment| Virtual Reality

LG Display introduces world’s first 48-inch Bendable Cinematic Sound OLED display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display said that it would show a new 48″ bendable OLED display that uses the display-based Cinematic Sound OLED technology an dis optimised for gaming. The display can be bent …

Tags:CES 2021| Curved Displays| Game Playing| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs

Twinkly has an addressable Display…

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I can’t remember how I got to it, but I was impressed with the Twinkly LED lights for festive trees and decorations. The system uses a smartphone camera to map its …

Tags:Game Playing| LED

Niantic COO Megan Quinn thinks consumer AR glasses are just around the corner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Blog site Protocol published some of its highlight articles of the year and included one from the COO of Niantic, the developer of the Pokemon Go app. The article was originally …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing

Links Week Ending 1st Jan 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from this week. Matthew Mancinelli puts 4KUniverse up for sale, wants $75m for 51% …

Tags:Game Playing| Outdoor Displays| Projectors| UltraHD & 4K

‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ VR Support Comes to SteamVR Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft has released a free patch for Flight Simulator that allows support for VR headsets that support OpenXR, which includes the Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Windows MR headsets like HP …

Tags:Game Playing| Microsoft| Virtual Displays

2020 In Review: Virtual Reality Gets Real

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBC365 carries some information from Omdia on the state of VR with a report that consumers will have bought 6.4 million headsets during 2020 worth up to $1 billion. While that …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| Market Data| Virtual Reality

AOC Launches 32:9 Super-Wide AGON Gaming Monitor: AG493UCX

by Artem Alekseenko

Display specialist and the world’s number one gaming monitor brand1 AOC launches the 49″ (124 cm) AGON AG493UCX with a jaw-dropping 32:9 aspect ratio. Essentially combining two 27″ QHD screens in one seamless panel, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing

VR Consumer Content Revenue to Exceed $7 billion in 2025, Led by Console Gamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Tilt Five Gets Series A Funding for AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report had news of a new investment of $7.5 million in Series A funding for its headset platform. The blog said that the company was started following the collapse …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Game Playing

I’ve Been Resisting it, but….

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tom’s Hardware published a list of what it regarded as the best value monitor deals on Black Friday What We Think There have been hundreds (and I mean hundreds!) of press …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing

Microsoft hints at turning Xbox into an app for your TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an interview with The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has revealed we’ll likely see an Xbox app appear on smart TVs over the next year. Microsoft is currently working on …

Tags:Game Playing| OTT Video| Streaming Games