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MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

LG to Launch Steam-based VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

At the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), SteamVR said that LG is working on a new headset that will use the SteamVR platform. A prototype headset shown at the event used a 1440 x 1280 …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

New VR Motion Scheme Proposed

by Bob Raikes

At the GDC, a company called Survios said that it has developed ‘Sprint Vector’, a new game using a special way of moving in VR applications that avoids breaking the ‘suspension of disbelief’ from …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08

ZTE Launches E2E VR Live Solution

by Bob Raikes

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced the official release of its end to end (E2E) virtual reality (VR) …

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AMD GPUs Catch Up with NVidia to Support Asynchronous Reprojection

by Bob Raikes

AMD said at the GDC that its Radeon GPUs will support Asynchronous Reprojection on SteamVR with the next version of its software. The technology, so far only supported on NVidia GPUs, helps to make …

NVIDIA Announces ‘FCAT VR’ Frame Analysis Tool to Help Demystify VR Performance

by Bob Raikes

At the Game Developers’ Conference, Nvidia has released a new version of its FCAT (Frame Capture Analysis Tool) that is specifically designed to help developers to understand the performance of VR apps and how …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08

New White Paper on Optical Aspects of VR Headset Design Released

by Chris Chinnock

Insight Media has completed a new white paper titled, “Understanding Trade-offs in Microdisplay and Direct-View VR Headset Designs.” It is now available for free download. REGISTER HERE Most current VR headset designs feature direct-view …

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New White Paper on Optical Aspects of VR Headset Design Released

by Chris Chinnock

Insight Media has released a new white paper, sponsored by Kopin, titled, “Understanding Trade-offs in Microdisplay and Direct-View VR Headset Designs.” It is now available for free download (with registration). The white paper suggests …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Understanding Trade-offs in Microdisplay and Direct-View VR Headset Designs

by Bob Raikes

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Education Watch: Is VR Headed for a Pricing Failure?

by Len Scrogan

The evening weather was hot and unforgiving, the humidity beyond palpable. Not a great time to be wearing a suit in Puerto Vallarta, I thought, nevertheless enjoying the enchanting gourmet meal set out with …

MWC 2017 Catch-Up

by Bob Raikes

As usual, after finalising our MDM report, we found several stories that slipped through the cracks or that we didn’t spot at the time and found elsewhere. Omate was showing a new 4G-enabled smartwatch …

Tags:audio| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Sony Sold 915,000 PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months

by Alan Spencer

Sony sold 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets in the last quarter of 2106 and up to 19th February this year. Sony is the only one of the big three tethered VR headset makers to release …