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by Isaac Oburu
In a move to incorporate its Virtual Reality (VR) Lab in line with its broader Simulation Hub in 2015, Australia’s Macquarie University embarked on an upgrade plan to find a visual system that would …
Tags:Laser Projectors| Projectors| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
The BBC has posted a video showing Google Earth running on an HTC Vive headset and available on the Steam website. Google has set up a home page for Google Earth VR https://vr.google.com/earth/.
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 47
by Bob Raikes
Google has defined the requirements for a Daydream VR device in the latest Compatibility Definition Document for Android. Displays must have at least 1080p resolution (with a strong recommendation of 1440p) between 4.7″ and …
Tags:AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Bob Raikes
In its earnings call last month, HTC said that it has sold ‘much more’ than the 140K – 150K of its Vive headsets and also confirmed that it is selling the headsets at a …
Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Bob Raikes
Royole Corporation, which is developing OLED-based VR headsets, has raised $80 million in a ‘pre-D’ series funding from Warmsun Holding group, which values the company at $3 billion. The round brings the total raised …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Bob Raikes
Japan Display Inc (JDI) said that it has developed a 3.42″ LTPS LCD for virtual reality (VR) head mount displays (HMD) and has started sample delivery. The display has a resolution of 1440 x …
Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Bob Raikes
HTC Corporation (“HTC”), a pioneer in innovative, smart mobile and virtual reality (VR) technologies, today signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Shenzhen Municipal Government. Under the agreement, the Shenzhen Municipal Government will support …
Tags:HTC| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
HTC has signed a deal with the Shenzen Municipal Government to set up an RMB 10 billion ($1.45 billion) fund for the development of VR and the formation of a China VR Research Institute. …
Tags:China| HTC| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Chris Chinnock
The Future Media Lab from NYU Engineering profiled their live VR performance of Hamlet during this session and demonstrated it in the nearby demo area. This may be the first demonstration of this kind. …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| NYC Media Lab 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Chris Chinnock
Fove had a demo and a presentation at the Exploring Future Reality workshop where they showed their eyetracking technology. This is based upon six IR emitters and two sensors and is integrated into their …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| NYC Media Lab 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Chris Chinnock
Winslow Burkeson of the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at NYU described what he called “experiential supercomputing”. He is basically trying to build a medical holodeck with funding from the National Science Foundation. It …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| NYC Media Lab 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
by Chris Chinnock
Christian Egeler noted that Verizon is more than just a wireless cellular service provider. They own AOL, The Huffington Post, Hearst Publishing, Engadget, TechCrunch and more, offering services in big data, security, advertising, IOT …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| NYC Media Lab 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 46
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