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Universities Employ VR for Education and Research

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent case study WorldViz, a California based VR company, described how a university can use virtual today for preparing their students for real life challenges. The case studies shows how Embry Riddle …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

NBC to Make US Presidential Debate a VR Event

by Norbert Hildebrand

NBC, together with AltspaceVR, is turning the US presidential election into a VR event by broadcasting the first presidential debates to registered users with VR headsets. The broadcast is available to people from around …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Oculus Touch Price Revealed by Retailers

by Milos Pavlovic

A tweet from a UK editor of Engadget has revealed that the Oculus Touch controller system will cost £189.99 in the UK ($208 plus tax), and pre-orders are being taken by some specialist stores. …

First 360° Streaming Successful

by Yvette Raikes

Deutsche Telekom’s groundbreaking live streaming of a 360 degree HD concert on YouTube has been hailed as a success. The Red Hot Chili Peppers concert from the Kraftwerk in Berlin was watched by over …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Innoactive’s ‘VR Suitcase’ is for High End VR Demos

by Milos Pavlovic

Innoactive of Germany has developed a mobile system it is calling a “VR Suitcase” for the HTC Vive. The system includes an MSI notebook with an NVidia GTX 1060 GPU that can support the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Retailers| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Royole Introduces 3D AM-OLED HMD

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In a press event just before Pepcom in New York on Thursday, September 15th, Dr. Bill Liu, Royole (pronounced “Royal”) founder and CEO, introduced Royole’s successor to the 2D Royole X (Subscription required) Virtual …

Tags:Flexible Displays| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Update on VR in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Context held a meeting at a downtown conference venue during IBC to talk about VR and AR. The company has established a group including AMD, Oculus, John Lewis, Exertis, Retail Week and Dell to …

Z Cam S1 is Aimed at 360 Content Creators

by Milos Pavlovic

ImagineVision Technology is using Indiegogo to launch its Z Cam S1 camera which is intended to bring professional quality to keen consumers. The camera can create 4K 60fps or 6K at 30fps and the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

VR Study Shows Bright Future in Germany

by Yvette Raikes

At IFA, Bitkom presented its “Consumer Technology 2016” study, audited by Deloitte. The study said that many consumers were just discovering virtual reality (VR) and that VR would be the “next big thing”. 59% …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Acer Inc to launch VR backpack PCs next year

by Milos Pavlovic

We reported on the deal that Acer has done with Starbreeze in our IFA report (Acer Jumps onto Gaze for Monitors & PCs) and now the Taipei Times is reporting that the company is …

Tags:3D| Acer| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Dlodlo Has Carbon Fibre VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Dlodlo is a company based in Shenzen and founded in 2013 that is 100% focused on AR and VR products and was showing its new V1, a very lightweight (88g) set of glasses with …

Tags:IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

IFA Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Aiptek, the specialist maker of pico-projectors was showing its Boombox P800 which we reported on in detail in June (Aiptek Shows Pico and Micro Projectors at CE Week). The Boombox is now going on …