Laval Virtual 2017 – Display Daily

Virtual Laval Heads for Twenty

by Bob Raikes

Bizarrely, in the middle of the French countryside is a high technology event about VR (and AR and MR). Virtual Laval is in its 19th year as a conference on the development of VR, …

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Diota Developing Projection AR System

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Diota at last year’s Laval event and the progress is clear from last year’s ‘sheet metal prototype’ to something that looks much more like a finished product this time. (Diota Offers …

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Nucleus VR Uses the Cast AR 3D Projector

by Bob Raikes

NucleusVR is an integrator that is developing a collaboration platform for VR applications that allows the use of 360º photography together with models built from CAD data. The company was showing how its system …

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Epson Adds Moverio Helmet

by Bob Raikes

We were impressed when we saw the first prototypes of the Epson Moverio 2200 headsets at MWC last year. The headset is based on an OLED microdisplay that is made in-house by Epson. (Epson …

Goertek Tries Laval for the First Time

by Bob Raikes

There was an area of the show that was devoted to Chinese companies. One had nobody that could speak French or English, at least when we went by, so we weren’t sure quite why …

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Laval Virtual 2017 Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

3DRudder’s Motion controller. Image:Meko 3D Rudder has developed a foot pad that can be used to control movement in VR games. Tipping the board moves in the appropriate direction and the board can also …

Practice is Behind the State of the Art in Professional VR

by Bob Raikes

Kathleen Maher is from Jon Peddie Research where she focuses on content creation and software and was the first speaker after lunch when she talked about commercial VR. She started by saying that in …

Inami Wants Superhuman Sports

by Bob Raikes

Masahiko Inami – University of Tokyo – gave an intriguing talk. As it turned out, little of it was really related to displays, but it was intriguing. Inami has previously worked at Keio University …

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AR Will be Big, but Not Easy

by Bob Raikes

Dr Jon Peddie started his talk by saying that Laval Virtual should be called Laval Immersive because it covers not only VR, but also AR and Mixed Reality. The market for these technologies is …

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