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Google Assistant Now Rolling Out

by Bob Raikes

LG has started to roll out the Google Assistant on top of its 2018 OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs. Initially, the technology will be implemented in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, but …

Google Teases Details of Next-Generation Android TV OS

by Andrew Fenn

Google has released details of the next major update to Android TV, due for release later this year. The company has announced that the updated operating system will feature a streamlined set-up process, allowing …

Tags:Android| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 18

HTC Has a Positive Blip

by Bob Raikes

HTC has come to the end of eleven consecutive quarters of losses to hit a profit of NT$21.1 billion ($708 million) for Q1, following the sale of its smartphone ODM business to Google. (HTC …

Oculus Go Is Now Available for Pre-Order — And the Reviews Are In

by Andrew Fenn

Oculus Go, the company’s new standalone headset, was made available for pre-order on Amazon earlier this week, retailing at $199 — and apparently it has already sold out. The device was officially unveiled at …

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

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …