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Apple Adds Some AR Functions, but no News on Delayed Headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was lots of speculation before this week’s Apple WWDC event about support for AR and any news or hints about the expected upcoming Apple AR/VR headset. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 24th June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. A lighter moment – hat tip to economist …

Links Week Ending 6th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Zeochem offers custom Deuterium solutions for …

Links Week Ending 10th June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. Almost half of US adults watch video via …

China-based StepVR has launched an “omnidirectional motion system” for VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say StepVR of China has a new headset and a complete ‘omnidirectional motion system’ for VR. It includes an omnidirectional treadmill, haptics, VR displays, and motion capture gloves in a 3 m² …

Tags:China| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

EdgeVR has opened its first VR location

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EdgeVR in New York has opened a new location that uses ‘magnetic, full-body tracking technology’ to locate other players within virtual space. The operators said that the advantage of magnetic tracking …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Metasurfaces| Optics| USA| Virtual Reality

Pimax Crystal At Lower (but not low) Price Revealed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported that Pimax has a new headset intended to compete with Varjo’s ‘ultra-enthusiast’ Aero headset. The headset should sell for around $1900, a lower price than a previously announced ’12K’ …

Tags:Virtual Reality

PS VR2 Soon to Go into MP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ming-Chi Kuo, a supply chain analyst with a history of good leaks on product developments, has posted that Sony will start mass production of its PS VR2 headset in the second …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Links mid-Week Week Ending 3rd June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle and end of this week. Samsung Display to fully exit from …

Links Week Starting 30th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

What Displays Have to Do to Bring AR Superpowers

by Bob Raikes

One of my vices is trying to play musical instruments and a lot of musicians suffer from ‘option paralysis’. That is to say, when presented with the infinite flexibility of DSP-based digital options, they …

Meta Teases Progress on Clearer VR Vision

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the recent SID Display Week Keynote, Meta gave some information on the use of stacked LC lenses to allow variable focus in XR headsets. RoadtoVR summarised a paper given at …

Tags:LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Optics| Virtual Reality