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Taiwan to ship 1.2 Million VR HMD Devices in 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, the forecast shipments for 2017 of VR head-mounted displays from Taiwan, including ODM models, will be 1.2 million units. The figures were compiled by the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute. …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

How Telesoftas Is Harnessing VR To Empower Public Health

by Isaac Oburu

Imagine a gadget which empowers patients to overcome their life-limiting phobias. TeleSoftas has just received EU funding to research and develop virtual reality applications to do just that. The solution will help treat mental …

Tags:Medical| Virtual Reality

TeleSoftas to Develop a VR Application to Treat Phobias

by Alan Spencer

TeleSoftas, based in Lithuania, but with offices in the US, Switzerland and Dubai, has announced that it has received EU funding to research and develop VR applications for a new mental health project. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Google ‘Removes’ Headsets to Improve Shared Experience

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post, Google Research has pointed out that shared VR experiences are less compelling than they might be, because the face of the users are blocked by the use of headsets. Google …

Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

SXSWedu 2017: A Preview (hint – VR is up!)

by Len Scrogan

The annual SXSWedu phenomenon has rapidly outpaced the Ted talk as the most innovative, fresh, and prognostic venue for envisioning the future of the education and technology marketplace. This year, the SXSWedu Conference & …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Dirac to Demo VR Audio at MWC

by Bob Raikes

UK audio specialist, Dirac Research, is planning to show two new audio technologies at MWC. Dirac VR is a headphone-based 3D audio solution that uses patent-pending dynamic HRTF (head-related transfer function) technology, a 3D …

Tags:AR/VR| audio| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

SK Telecom to Unveil ‘360 VR Live’ at MWC 2017

by Isaac Oburu

SK Telecom today announced that it will unveil its 360-degree live broadcast platform named ‘360 Adaptive VR Live Streaming Platform (hereinafter referred to as “360 VR Live”)’ at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 …

Tags:MWC 2017| Virtual Reality

Growth in Game Developers for AR/VR Headsets

by Alan Spencer

The 2017 GDC State of the Game Industry report shows that 39% of developers attending the annual GDC conference (starting Feb 27th in San Francisco) are developing titles for AR and VR headsets. The …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Games better on Daydream than Gear VR?

by Bob Raikes

A review by Tom’s Hardware that explains that an air combat game, Bandit Six, runs better on a Daydream smartphone than on the Samsung Gear VR, up to now considered as probably the best …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Virtual Impresses Dr. Jon with Virtual Planetarium

by Bob Raikes

Altair Digital has developed planetarium software and a double layer five metre dome using a wireless projection system and a spherical mirror and that costs a cool $7,900. It has also developed a version …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Planetariums| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

The IMax VR Experience is Tested

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported regularly on the development of VR ‘Experiences’ by IMax, so were intrigued to see a review of the Los Angeles Center on the Wareable blog. The blog reports that in the first …

Tags:AR/VR| Cinema IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Oculus Plans Tracking Fixes

by Bob Raikes

It has been reported that the latest updates to the Oculus tracking software, version 1.11 have remaining issues including mis-aligned virtual floor and jumps in sensor position. The company has said that it expects …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07