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Towards Better Educational VR Content

by Len Scrogan

In a previous article (Is educational VR content ready for prime time?) I tackled the notion of educational content categories for both 3D and virtual reality. I wrote: “…3D educational content came in a …

Previewing ISTE 2016

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening in the last week of June in my own home town of Denver, Colorado. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and …

eyeSight Developing Gesture Control for Smartphone Based VR

by Arthur Berman

If fully successful, the gesture control technology under development at eyeSight Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel) will minimize the need for using input peripherals in conjunction with smartphone based VR headsets. Such headsets include the …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21

The Future of Shopping is Here – in Australia that is

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an article by the Australian Financial Review, Paul Smith reports that eBay Australia / New Zealand and Myer, a regional department store, have partnered to create the first virtual reality store in the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

VR Arrives in France

by Tom Allen

For the first time, the French Open tennis tournament is being filmed for a virtual reality audience. France Télévision’s RG Lab is recording certain live matches in 360° UltraHD, with an avatar creation booth …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Facebook Takes on VR ‘Experts’

by Tom Allen

Facebook has hired a team of VR ‘experts’ in London, according to The Telegraph. The recruitment creates Facebook’s first European base for its Oculus division. Mike LeBeau leads the UK team. He is a …

IMAX Unveils Comprehensive Virtual Reality Strategy; Launches Location-Based Initiative Through Partnership With Starbreeze

by Isaac Oburu

IMAX Corporation today announced its strategy to develop a premium location-based virtual reality offering that will deliver immersive, multi-dimensional experiences, including entertainment content and games, to multiplexes, malls and other commercial destinations. Following yesterday’s …

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Google and IMAX Partner to Develop Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Camera

by Isaac Oburu

Google and IMAX Corporation today announced at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, that the companies are working to develop a cinema-grade virtual reality (VR) camera – the IMAX® VR camera – to enable …

Tags:Cameras| Google| IMAX| Virtual Reality

IMAX Plans VR Experiences

by Tom Allen

IMAX has announced a partnership with Starbreeze AB (creator of the StarVR headset) to create a location-based VR offering. Shopping centres, multiplex and other venues will be able to use this to offer immersive …

Google Sets Specs for New VR Platform

by Tom Allen

At its annual Google I/O developer conference this week, Google unveiled a new platform for virtual reality built on the next version of Android (Adroid N), known as Daydream. It will be a combination …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 19

AR and VR Dominate CES Asia – Well, Duh!

by Chris Chinnock

AR and especially VR were very popular at CES Asia. There were so many demos it became a bit mind numbing after awhile. Booth after booth had lines of people waiting to try on …

Is there Such Thing as Too Immersive?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Following the development of virtual reality and to a certain degree also augmented reality technology, we keep hearing about how immersive these new experiences are. As a matter of fact, I have also used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20