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BBC Adds Oculus as Platform

by Bob Raikes

The BBC has put a programme, “We Wait”, an animate film about the dangerous boat journey from Turkey to Greece made by migrants, on the Oculus store so that it can be viewed on …

AR / VR Dreams versus Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

AR and VR have been hot topics for us since they promised to enter the consumer market in 2016. As 2016 comes to an end many realize that the reality of AR / VR …

Third Oculus Sensor Needed for Roomscale VR

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this year, Oculus said that it didn’t think that ‘roomscale tracking’ was needed for VR (Oculus VR: Roomscale Tracking is ‘Not Necessary’), but has now said that the system can offer roomscale tracking …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Oculus Touch Price Revealed by Retailers

by Milos Pavlovic

A tweet from a UK editor of Engadget has revealed that the Oculus Touch controller system will cost £189.99 in the UK ($208 plus tax), and pre-orders are being taken by some specialist stores. …

Oculus Wins First Emmy

by Norbert Hildebrand

The TV academy announced four Interactive Media Jury Winners this week. One of the surprises is the one award going to Oculus and their virtual reality experience, Henry. The experience is about a hedgehog …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Oculus Explains Why They Didn’t Launch Touch with the Rift (Even Though They Could Have)

by Milos Pavlovic

Oculus said that it didn’t launch its Touch sensors along with the Rift in the spring because it wanted to see more software development alongside the hardware before it put the technology into the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Touch Controllers| Vol 23 - Issue 34

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 32

by Tom Allen

Doogee of China has launched a new handset called the T5, aka ‘the Businessport Phone’. It is IP67-compliant, with a 5″ display (1280 x 720) and 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. Doogee claims that …

DIsplays Most Expensive Part of Oculus Rift

by Tom Allen

A teardown of the Oculus Rift headset by IHS has shown that the total component cost is around $200 – with the displays being the most expensive part. The dual 3.51″ AMOLED displays (each …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Sony Pushes VR Shipments to 9 Million

by Tom Allen

Strong pre-orders of Sony’s Playstation VR – the release date for which was announced at E3 – will push VR device shipments past 9 million units this year, says TrendForce. Reception so far has …

Lightspeed Develops High-Quality VR Player

by Tom Allen

Lightspeed Design has built a new VR player platform called the DepthQ VR Film Experience, using its own DQVR codec. The player supports 4:4:4 encoding and CUDA real-time processing. One of the first experiences …

Tags:Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 22

How Does the Public Look at VR and AR Today?

by Norbert Hildebrand

While Display Week is just ending and Infocomm coming up soon, there is no shortage on news about new displays and gadgets per se. To break away a little from the ‘news about new …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Four VR Headsets Compared at Next@Acer

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the Next@Acer press conference on April 21 (See related article in this issue), Virtual Reality (VR) headsets from four different suppliers were on display. These were all dedicated VR headsets, not systems based …