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NY City Jumps on the AR / VR Bandwagon

by Norbert Hildebrand

New York City announced a project to support and foster AR / VR start up companies to create a New York based AR /VR industry. The NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation) and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

TrendForce Projects Global Shipments of VR Devices for 2016 to Reach 2.91 Million Units, Driven Mainly By Holiday Sales

by Isaac Oburu

TrendForce’s latest market survey finds that VR devices will enjoy strong sales this Christmas season on account that game consoles are also going to be popular gift purchases. Based on TrendForce’s latest analysis, annual …

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Augmented and Virtual Reality Headsets Expected to Grow at a 5 Year CAGR of 108.3%, According to IDC’s Newly Launched AR/VR Tracker

by Milos Pavlovic

International Data Corporation (IDC) is excited to announce the launch of its newest Tracker ®research program focusing on the emerging Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headset market. The first data published by …

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Canalys Says Over 2 Million VR headsets to Ship in 2016

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of reports about VR headset sales and the list of analysts has been joined by Canalys which believes that headset sales will exceed two million units in 2016, with growth forecast …

Tags:Canalys| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

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 …

Intel Announces First Voke VR Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

Intel said that the Voke VR platfrom will be used to show the work of designers at New York Fashion Week on virtual reality headsets. A live stream will be run on Intel Xeon …

Tags:AR/VR| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Microsoft Enables Rift Use with XBox One

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has enabled a feature on the XBox One that allows content from the console to be seen on a VR headset connected to a PC. It seems that the headset needs to be …

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 …

Nikon Promotes 360 Camera

by Bob Raikes

Nikon held an event in New York to promote its recently released KeyMission 360 action camera. The company showed content uploaded to YouTube and viewed on Cardboard and Daydream devices. 8ninths, a creative company, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Introducing an iPhone Based Bridge Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

The original charter of Occipital Inc. (Boulder, CO and San Francisco, CA) was to develop state-of-the-art mobile computer vision applications. About three years ago, the company released a hardware product, a depth-sensing device called …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Will 2017 See VR Content Tipping Point?

by Steve Sechrist

As 2016 winds down, we enter the season of prophecy for next year’s digital future, and Virtual Reality (VR) content is being predicted as perhaps hitting a tipping point with “Mass Expansion of VR …

Tags:Content Creation| Emerging Markets| Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Daydream Wins More Content

by Bob Raikes

The Google Daydream platform has now got more content, with Nextflix VR, which has previously only been on Gear VR. HBO’s Now VR is also on the platform although we hear that both Netflix …