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ZED Mini Camera Brings Mixed Reality to VR Headsets

by Andrew Fenn

Stereolabs’ ZED Mini mixed-reality camera will start shipping on December 18th. The device attaches to existing Oculus or Vive VR headsets, adding AR functions. The ZED mini features high-resolution and frame-rate 3D video capture, …

6-DoF Standalone VR Headset Next for Samsung

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has teased developers at its recent conference by suggesting that its next VR headset will have inside-out tracking and six degrees of freedom (DoF) control. Analyst Comment This combination would effectively take the …

Will AR be Short for “Apple Reality”?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the last Tom Cook interview tour promoting the Apple brand, we know that he likes AR as in ‘Augmented Reality’ better than VR (Virtual Reality). It comes as no surprise that he didn’t …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

How Real Can it Get? VR/AR and Mixed Reality

by Bob Raikes

One of the two ‘Breakout’ sessions that we attended was covering AR and VR applications. Natalie Walther, who heads up the Workstation group in FTS in Europe, made the introductions and started by saying …

Samsung Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset is Out Now

by Andrew Fenn

The Samsung Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality Headset is here. The latest hardware release for the platform costs $500, including controllers, and features two 1400 x 1600 OLED displays capable of refresh rates up to …

US Survey Shows VR Awareness is Growing – Adoption Not so Much

by Norbert Hildebrand

An online survey conducted by ReportLinker has been used to explore how the awareness and adoption of VR headsets has developed since 2016. The survey reached 650 US consumers representative of the US population …

Tags:Market Data| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 42

ABI Research Adds 40 New AR/MR Companies to Ecosystem Tracker

by Andrew Fenn

ABI Research has announced it is adding 40 new companies to its augmented and mixed reality ecosystem tracker. A quarter of these new companies are from China, owing to the significant growth witnessed in …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Microsoft Opens Three Mixed Reality Capture Studios

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has opened three new mixed reality capture studios—two in the United States and one in the UK. The new studios allow content creators to capture detailed human holograms to be used in content …

Avegant Ships Light Field Display Development Kits for AR & MR

by Bob Raikes

Avegant Corp. announced the availability of its Light Field Display Development Kit for augmented and mixed reality Featuring multiple focal planes, Avegant’s Light Field Display Development Kit is claimed to solve one of mixed …

Microsoft CEO Champions MR in Keynote Speech

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has gone on record to say that mixed reality “could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork”. Giving a keynote speech at the Ignite Festival in Orlando earlier this week, Nadella used …

Render of Samsung Windows Mixed Reality Headset Leaked on Twitter

by Andrew Fenn

Images have surfaced on Twitter of a Samsung VR headset displaying the Windows Mixed Reality symbol. Infamous technological whistle-blower @WalkingCat leaked the images out into the wild earlier this week, but elected not to …

World’s First Mixed Reality Arcade Opens in Stamford, CT

by Bob Raikes

A new arcade, the Holodeck, has opened in Stamford, CT, USA that is promoting VR gaming and is using a combination of Microsoft’s Holovision, some HTV Vive systems and also XBox gaming stations. The …