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Valve Believes in VR – Cautiously

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gabe Newell, the CEO of Valve has talked about Valve and its position in VR gaming market. The interview was reported by Polygon and includes a lot of personal observations about Valve besides some …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

300 Companies Now in VR in Europe

by Bob Raikes

The Venture Reality Fund from Silicon Valley and LucidWeb from France have released a report that identifies nearly 300 companies in Europe that are developing business in the VR ecosystem. The research shows that …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

New Virtual Reality Software Unveiled at Mobile World Congress

by Isaac Oburu

Telesoftas, one of Europe’s leading software outsourcing companies, is launching a new virtual reality software at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. ‘VR Medusa’ is their latest virtual reality business tool enabling professionals …

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8i Wins $27 Million for Mixed Reality App

by Bob Raikes

8i, a company that is developing ‘holographic’ technology for VR & AR has won a $27 million Series B round of investment to release a new app called Holo. The round was led by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Voice Search Feature Added to Oculus Home

by Alan Spencer

There has been an update for some users to Oculus Home on Rift and Gear VR that has added a voice search feature in the VR content library. On both headsets you can click …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Music Festival Live Streamed in 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

A Bavarian media company has live streamed its annual music festival in 360º video for the first time. This was made possible by the combined efforts of Keepixo, a provider of software head-end products …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Virtual Reality Device Shipments to Hit 110 million by 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

After a content-starved market introduction, virtual reality (VR) is ready to thrive off a swath of new and compelling content choices. ABI Research forecasts total VR device shipments will reach 110 million by 2021. …

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VR Shipments to Reach 110 million by 2021

by Alan Spencer

According to ABI Research’s AR and VR Devices and Enterprise Verticals report, following a content-starved market, VR is set to take off with new content choices. It is forecast that the total VR device …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Matterport Brings VR to the Browser by Supporting WebVR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Matterport announced that they are now supporting viewing their virtual reality spaces directly through the browser without having to download an app. For now this works only for Daydream-enabled phones (running Android Nougat) using …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Hulu Releases 360º Update for Gear VR

by Bob Raikes

Hulu has released an update to the Gear VR app that allows up to three people to watch regular and 360º videos together online. This feature was first promised by Netflix some time ago …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

WebVR Officially Launches on Chrome for Android with Daydream Support

by Bob Raikes

WebVR is now officially available on Chrome for Android on a Daydream headset-supported mobile phone. WebVR uses the same version of Chrome that is available in the Google Play store. With WebVR and a …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Acer to Create VR system for National Palace Museum

by Bob Raikes

Acer is to work with the National Palace Museum in Taiwan to create a VR system for viewing antiques. The company has been working with the museum to create electronic versions of the museum’s …

Tags:Acer| Back Panel| IMAX| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06