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Google Developing New 6DoF Controller Tracking Technology

by Andrew Fenn

Google is developing a computer-vision-based method of positional tracking, allowing 6DoF controller tracking without active markers or any additional hardware. Of the VR headsets released — or slated for release — this year, Lenovo’s …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Alphabet Result 23/04/2018

by Vijaya

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Revenues of the company for the Q1 2018 were $31.1 billion, an increase of 25.8%, compared to $24.7 …

Tags:Financial Data| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Google Releases “Welcome to Light Fields” for Certain VR Headsets

by Chris Chinnock

Google has been investing quite a lot into VR technologies. The latest release is what Senior Research, Paul Debevec at Google VR calls “Welcome to Light Fields”. It is a free app designed to …

Tags:Google| Light Field Cameras| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 12

eBay Launches “Will it Fit?” Augmented Reality App Feature

by Andrew Fenn

eBay has launched a new augmented reality feature for newer Android devices that uses the motion-tracking and environmental awareness features of Google’s ARCore, enabling sellers using USPS Flat Rate Shipping to confirm which size …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

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Google To Buy Lytro

by Bob Raikes

Google is buying light field pioneer company, Lytro for a deal that is reported to be somewhere between $25 million and $40 million although one report claims that Google is getting only the assets …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Light Field Displays| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Next Action| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Google to Present on HR OLEDs at SID

by Bob Raikes

Last year at SID, Google’s Clay Bavor gave a keynote in which he said that Google was working on systems with 20 megapixels per eye and drew gasps from the assembled engineers. At this …

Tags:BOE| Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Support for 30 New Languages Rolling Out to Google Assistant

by Andrew Fenn

Google Assistant will be available in more than 30 languages by the end of the year, the company announced at the Mobile World Congress this week. Dutch, Hindi, Swedish and Thai are among several …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Strategy Analytics: Explosive Growth for Smart Speakers Continues

by Andrew Fenn

The smart speaker market took a giant step towards mainstream acceptance in the fourth quarter of 2017 as aggressive discounting tactics and a wider choice of models, price points and country availability resulted in …

Tags:Amazon| Google| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Alphabet Result 1/02/2018

by Vijaya

Alphabet announced fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results. Revenue was $32.3 billion, up 24% year on year compared to $26.1 billion reported in Q4 of 2016. Google segment revenue was $31.9 billion in …

Tags:Financial Data| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

HTC Finalises Smartphone Staff Transfer Deal with Google

by Andrew Fenn

Google and HTC have closed a $1.1 billion deal which will see HTC transfer its ODM smartphone team across to Google. HTC manufactured Google’s Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones. The staff transfer will see …

Tags:Google| HTC| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Android TV Now Available in Stick Form—in Japan

by Andrew Fenn

Android TV is now available in a stick form-factor, similar to Amazon Fire and Roku, albeit only in Japan for the time being. The CCC Air Stick TV outputs in Ultra HD resolution and …

Tags:Android| Google| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Google Shows off AR 3D Model Viewer Prototype

by Andrew Fenn

Google’s Daydream WebXR team is working on a new 3D model viewer called Article. In a blog post, Reza Ali and Josh Carpenter said: “Article is a 3D model viewer that works for all …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04