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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

Google Planning UltraHD Wireless STBs

by Bob Raikes

Based on filings with the FCC, Google is planning a new wireless UltraHD STB using Wi-fi 802.11ac using the part number A4R-GFHD254. Details of the FCC filing, including photos, are confidential until early August …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Google ‘Removes’ Headsets to Improve Shared Experience

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post, Google Research has pointed out that shared VR experiences are less compelling than they might be, because the face of the users are blocked by the use of headsets. Google …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Games better on Daydream than Gear VR?

by Bob Raikes

A review by Tom’s Hardware that explains that an air combat game, Bandit Six, runs better on a Daydream smartphone than on the Samsung Gear VR, up to now considered as probably the best …

Google Lifts DAP Restrictions

by Alan Spencer

Google has lifted the restrictions on developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform. In order to keep the standards high, Google has issued a “Quality Requirements” guide. Developers can opt-in to …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 04

TV OS, UI and Delivery News

by Chris Chinnock

The integration of third party Operating Systems (OS) into TV and bundling of content from a wide array of sources, picked up steam at CES 2017. The range of solutions seems to be consolidating …

BenQ Releases X12000 UHD/HLD Projector & Prepares for ISE

by Bob Raikes

BenQ has announced its first UltraHD DLP home cinema projector and claimed to be the first with DCI-P3 support, as it uses the Philips ColorSpark HLD LED technology. The projector produces 2,200 Ansi lumens …

Google Struggling in the UK for Pixel Warranty

by Bob Raikes

The BBC ran an interview with an unhappy customer in the UK that was unhappy that when the display for his Pixel smartphone was broken, Google’s options were only to ship the phone to …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 51| warranty

Daydream Wins More Content

by Bob Raikes

The Google Daydream platform has now got more content, with Nextflix VR, which has previously only been on Gear VR. HBO’s Now VR is also on the platform although we hear that both Netflix …

GVRA – Industry Association to Support VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

GVRA, the Global Virtual Reality Association, was formed by industry leaders in the VR field to “promote the responsible development and adoption of virtual reality globally”. So far the association includes Acer, HTC, Facebook …