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Philips to Roll out Oreo Update to Android TVs Later this Year

by Andrew Fenn

Philips will begin rolling out the Android TV Oreo (8.0) operating system update to its 2016, 2017 and 2018 Android TVs — in that order — beginning in November. The company says it is …

Google Partners with Science Education Firm on Daydream VR Labs

by Andrew Fenn

Google has partnered with science education company Labster to create more than 30 virtual labs on the Daydream platform, where students can do their lab work in VR without having to walk, drive or …

Google Assistant for LG AI ThinQ TVs Heading to Seven New Markets

by Andrew Fenn

Google Assistant will be made available for LG’s 2018 AI ThinQ TVs in seven more markets – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, Spain and the UK – from the fourth quarter of 2018, …

Siggraph 2018 Show Floor Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Christie had no new products at the show but had a number of demos of projection mapping, its video over IP technology and one in particular that caught our attention. The company has a …

Verizon Collaborates with Apple, Google for 5G service

by Bob Raikes

Verizon has reached deals with Google and Apple for the deployment of its 5G residential service in four markets: Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif. Sources say that new subscribers will receive either …

Chromebooks May Soon Support Windows 10

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this year, Google said that it was working to allow the support of an alternative OS alongside Chrome OS. This caused some confusion as some had already run Linux distributions and Chrome OS …

Google Releases ARCore Version 1.4

by Andrew Fenn

Google has released version 1.4 of its ARCore augmented reality toolkit, extending support to new devices from Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi, and bringing new features including passthrough camera auto-focus support, faster …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Daydream View Headset Heavily Discounted at Verizon

by Andrew Fenn

A few months on from the release of Lenovo’s Mirage Solo standalone headset running on Google’s Daydream VR platform, Daydream View is being heavily discounted as companies seemingly wind their stocks down. When we …

Google Hires Sony VR Specialist Richard Marks

by Andrew Fenn

Google has fuelled the fire of supposition that it may be planning to enter the gaming sector, with the appointment of Sony’s Richard Marks, head of the company’s Magic Lab team and a senior …

Google Launches Chrome Browser for Daydream Headsets

by Andrew Fenn

A recent update to Google Chrome for Android has added fully featured support for Daydream VR headsets, including Lenovo’s Mirage Solo device. The app incorporates voice search capabilities, bookmarks and private browsing, otherwise known …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Lenovo Ships First Google Assistant Smart Display

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Lenovo’s Google Assistant-based smart display at CES (details in Lenovo Maintains Innovation at CES) that are intended to compete with the Amazon Echo Show. There are two models (10.1″ 1920 x …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 29

YouTube VR App Coming to Gear VR with Co-Viewing Feature

by Andrew Fenn

Google has announced that the YouTube VR app will come to Samsung Gear VR soon, alongside “Watch Together”, a new co-viewing feature, where up to four app users can chat and watch content together …