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KN2 Google Makes AR/VR Display Breakthroughs

by Bob Raikes

Clay Bavor is from Google where he is the VP responsible for AR & VR. After checking with the audience how many people had tried ‘good VR’, he explained that when he introduces people …

Google to Work with Asustek?

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Google is working with Asustek to make a new smartphone with a 5.7″ display and intended to give a good VR experience that it may launch later in 2017. As we …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google To Put 360º Video on TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

At the Google I/O event, the company announced that it is to support 360º video on the web or on mobile devices based on Android, including the NVidia Shield, That will mean that content …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google To Develop Stand-Alone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Google announced at its Google I/O developer event that it would ship a stand-alone headset version of its DayDream VR technology, rather than relying on a smartphone as a display. Google said that building …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Samsung Still Leads VR Market

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS Markit said that competition in the VR market is hotting up with Google’s Daydream platform emerging to offer an alternative to the established market leader, Samsung’s Gear VR. According to the latest forecasts, …

Google Intros Yi Halo VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Google used NAB to introduce its latest VR camera, the Yi Halo, one year after partnering with Xiaomi-backed, Chinese action cam maker Yi Technology. (Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x …

Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x 8K Output

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google has announced a new camera, the Yi Halo, that takes 360º video acquisition to the next level. It is the high end version of the Google Jump VR platform. In addition to the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Amazon Offers its Smart Speakers in Battle with Google Home

by Alan Spencer

Amazon has started offering select manufacturers free use of its smart speaker microphone technologies as part of its efforts to spread the use of its Alexa virtual assistant. The move is in response to …

Google Offers Cash for OLEDs

by Alan Spencer

According to Electronics Times, Google has offered to invest at least $880 million (KRW 1 trillion) in LG Display in order to boost the output of smartphone OLED screens. Google offered the investment to …

Oculus Founder Luckey Leaves the Company

by Alan Spencer

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, has left the company. Luckey was responsible for the company’s rise to prominence and its VR headset which went on sale in early 2016. No comment was available …

Google Patent Develops Cardboard as Package Concept

by Bob Raikes

Google has been very successful with its Cardboard VR viewer, with over 10 million shipped and the firm has now filed a patent for a smartphone package that can be re-used to make a …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 10

More Details on Google’s UHD “Jamboard”

by Bob Raikes

Google’s 55″ UltraHD Jamboard interactive display is on course to start shipping in the US in May and will cost $4,999. It was originally announced at ‘less than $6,000’. (Google Announces Jamboard Interactive Meeting …

Tags:Google| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10