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Apple Sees a Better Future for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple was asked about the new iPhone 7 and also where Apple stands on the new topics of Augmented and Virtual Reality. Tim Cook …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Elemental Encoding Provides First for Germany

by Yvette Raikes

Elemental Technologies supplied the solution for the first live concert in Germany to be shown as a 360 degree VR streaming experience. The Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Berlin was available to fans …

Tags:3D| IFA 2016| Large Display Monitor| Virtual Reality

Oculus Henry Emmy

Oculus Wins First Emmy

by Norbert Hildebrand

The TV academy announced four Interactive Media Jury Winners this week. One of the surprises is the one award going to Oculus and their virtual reality experience, Henry. The experience is about a hedgehog …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

VR Headset Sales Flatline

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to the August 2016 Steam hardware survey, adoption of virtual reality headsets in the US market has slowed dramatically. Instead of a runaway success this market segment looks right now more like a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 35

AMD Lays Out VR Vision in IFA Keynote

by Chris Chinnock

Mark Papermaster, CTO at AMD and Roy Taylor, Corporate VP for Alliances and Content shared a keynote speaking spot at IFA where they laid out their view of the status and future of VR. …

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

Samsung Gear VR 2015 Model Now $60

by Milos Pavlovic

The Samsung Gear VR 2015 model is now selling for $60 and is available through Amazon Prime. It is compatible with the Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6, S6 Edge, S7, and S7 Edge. See …

Tags:3D| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Acer Jumps onto Gaze for Monitors & PCs

by Milos Pavlovic

Acer held the first press conference at IFA, a couple of hours before the main IFA press event. CEO, Jason Chen, started by talking about Pawbo, a new service which is for tracking and …

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

Alcatel Has Stand-Alone Headset

by Bob Raikes

Alcatel, now owned by TCL of China, is keen on VR and has multiple solutions. First, the company is supplying a ‘smartphone add-on’ (think Gear VR) headset for free with its Idol 4S phone. …

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

‘Jesus VR’ First Public Preview at Venice Film Festival

by Isaac Oburu

The film ‘Jesus VR: The Story of Christ’, which is about the life of Jesus of Nazareth, will feature at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The movie lasts for 90 minutes and has been …

Tags:3D| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Sunic Systems Enables 2,250 PPI AMOLEDs and FMM OLED TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

The Korean display manufacturing tool maker, Sunic System announced a new manufacturing method that allows to produce high resolution AMOLED displays using fine metal masks (FMM). While metal masks have been used in AMOLED …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 34

VR And AR Markets to Grow Says CSS

by Bob Raikes

Market researcher, CCS, predicts that the sales of VR headsets will reach 16.5 million this year, valued at over $500 million, with sales growing to 72 million by 2020. That number includes smartphone VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 34