Virtual Reality – Page 106

‘Bigscreen’ Looking to Virtual Working

by Bob Raikes

As we saw at MWC, companies including Samsung are developing systems to allow multiple computer workspaces in virtual environments (MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes). As well as allowing ‘unlimited’ display size and resolution, the concept …

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Western European AR/VR Spending to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2017

by Alan Spencer

IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update has forecast Western European revenues for the AR and VR market to be $2.5 billion in 2017. This represents a 131% rise of over …

Western European Spending on Augmented and Virtual Reality Forecast to Reach $2.5 Billion in 2017, Driven by Consumer and Manufacturing Adoption, says IDC

by Milos Pavlovic

The Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update, recently released by International Data Corporation (IDC), forecasts Western European revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market to reach $2.5 billion …

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MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes

by Bob Raikes

Away from the main show at the older exhibition centre in Barcelona, Montjuic, the organisers held a special event called “Four Years from Now”, or 4YFN, that was designed for technology innovators from academia …

Asustek to Choose OLED for HMDs?

by Bob Raikes

Asustek is likely to choose Samsung Display to supply OLED displays for the headsets that it is developing for Microsoft’s Mixed Reality platform (previously Holographic) according to Digitimes, while the headsets are likely to …

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Was Steve Jobs Right or Not? And What it Means for VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we do not know what Apple is going to do, we all like to look back at Steve Jobs and imagine how he would have handled the situation? He was the man to …

Korea Telecom has Impressive 360 Deg VR Baseball

by Bob Raikes

Korea Telecom had an extreme VR set-up. Image:Meko Korea Telecom (SK Telecom) had this Virtual Reality ‘experience’ which was provoking very strong responses from participants! The system rotated around and bumped while the users …

Intel Working on Wireless VR via WiGig

by Bob Raikes

Intel had a setup to test the use of 802.11ad 60GHz radio for VR applications, allowing the untethering of the headset. The system was said to be transmitting 2K content at 90fps. The system …

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DisplayLink Extends Wireless to VR

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink was close to the HTC Vive booth and was getting a lot of attention for its reference design which uses the firm’s implementation of Wireless VR which uses the 60GHz radio band and …

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F&S Research Shows That VR Will Replace TV

by Alan Spencer

According to Digital TV Europe, Frost & Sullivan believes that in the next five years, the VR market has the potential to replace television for the consumer market. The Frost & Sullivan report, “Future …

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VividWorks Previews VR/4K Omnichannel Showroom

by Isaac Oburu

VividWorks, experts in Cloud-based 3D visual sales solutions for omnichannel commerce, has announced that it will showcase a prototype extension to its proven VividPlatform solution during EuroShop 2017, at the Messe Dusseldorf in Dusseldorf, …

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Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon 835 VR Developer Kit Headset

by Arthur Berman

Qualcomm debuted the company’s Snapdragon 835 VR Developer Kit (VRDK) headset at the recent GDC 2017 (Game Developers Conference). The headset is not a consumer device. Rather, the VRDK is primarily intended to serve …

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