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AOC Presents Virtual Reality Headset at Gamescom

by Isaac Oburu

AOC, one of the top global brands in the display market, presents its first virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) at gamescom in Cologne from 18-21 August 2016. Virtual reality has a history of being …

AOC Enters HMD Market – Quietly

by Tom Allen

AOC has shown off a new VR headset at Gamescom in Cologne. Stefan Sommer, director of marketing and business management EMEA, said that the entry into the HMD market is a “natural step” for …

Actions Designs for Personal 3D HMDs

by Tom Allen

Actions Semiconductor, of China, has released a chipset called the V100 for personal 3D cinema headsets. It is an all-in-one chip, featuring a MIPS32 processor, an integrated video engine, display subsystem and audio engine. …

Dlodlo Introduces V1 VR Glasses

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Dlodlo (http://www.dlodlo.com/en/) Founder and CEO, Gang Li, introduced the company’s V1 VR glasses in an event in New York on August 8th. He founded the company in 2013 in Shenzhen China with the intention …

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Drone Maker Yuneec Creates VR Headset

by Tom Allen

Chinese company Yuneec has created an HMD specifically for first-person drone racing. Yuneec’s main business is drone manufacture, and its Skyview headset can be used to operate a drone’s onboard camera, as well as …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Modders Can Now Add New Display to OSVR

by Tom Allen

Highlighting the benefits of its modularity, OSVR has announced that the new dev kit display can be added to existing models. Owners of the HDK 1.3 and 1.4 can upgrade the screens to the …

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Hololens Now on Sale – For Some

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is now selling developer editions of its Hololens headset. Customers must be in the US or Canada. They can order up to five kits, each of which costs $3,000.

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AOC Ready for Gamescom

by Tom Allen

AOC has said that it will show new 24″ – 35″ gaming monitors at Gamescom in Germany this year, as well as a preview of a prototype VR headset. Gamescom runs from the 18th-21st …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30

by Tom Allen

The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …

Fove Showcases New Design for VR Headset

by Milos Pavlovic

Fove showed designs for a new VR headset at Siggraph last month. The concept has a head strap and cable-management system different from the original prototype, which had a plastic wrap-around piece.

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Siggraph 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 30

AR Glasses Rumoured From Intel

by Isaac Oburu

lntel is reportedly developing a pair of augmented reality smart glasses, which may be available for the public to see at the company’s Intel Developer Forum. The show will be in San Francisco in …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Tom Allen

Andromium‘s Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) – the laptop ‘shell’ powered by a smartphone – is now live on Kickstarter. Prices start at $85. It was funded within 10 minutes, …