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Samsung Brings VR to V&A

by Tom Allen

In association with the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in the UK, Samsung has launched its Digital Classroom events at the venue, beginning with a VR-themed session. It marks the beginning of the V&A’s …

Starbreeze and Acer to Form Joint Venture for the StarVR Headset

by Isaac Oburu

Starbreeze AB and Acer Inc. today signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture for the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The two companies aim to cooperate on the design, …

Tags:Acer| Mergers & Acquisitions| Virtual Reality

China will account for 40% of VR headset shipments in 2016, says Canalys

by Isaac Oburu

Canalys predicts vendors will ship 6.3 million virtual reality (VR) headsets worldwide in 2016, of which 40% will be in China. VR has the potential to thrive in the country and Canalys believes competition …

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Virtual Reality Applications Will Drive Adoption

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an article published by the Forbes Technology Council, Where The Hype Meets (Virtual) Reality, Tracey Wiedmeyer, Cofounder and CTO of InContext Solutions, explains how the driving force behind VR will shift away from …

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

How About a Virtual Concert?

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have seen virtual reality being used in a variety of areas, now NextVR and Live Nation, the largest concert promoter in the world announced that they are planning to stream live concerts to …

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

VR Research Suggests Including Low Resolution Content in the Peripheral Vision to Decrease Nausea

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recently published article from the Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, “Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays” by Robert Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Sony Pictures, Madame Tussauds New York And The Void Team For “Ghostbusters”-Themed Immersive, Virtual Reality Experience

by Isaac Oburu

In advance of the July 15, 2016 release of Ghostbusters, one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer, Sony Pictures, Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and THE VOID have teamed up …

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Sony and The Void Call on The Ghostbusters

by Tom Allen

Ahead of the release of the new Ghostbusters film in July, Sony Pictures has worked with Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and The Void (The Void Creates VR War Games…And Dragons) to create …

Amimon’s Latency-Free HDMI Replaces Analogue for Drone Racing

by Tom Allen

Image: The IndependentAmimon is a company specialising in latency-free wireless HD video transmission (the technology is called Connex), and has now unveiled an HDMI product. The Connex ProSight HD Vision Kit is intended for …

Global Debut Release of Idealens II All-in-one VR Headset

by Isaac Oburu

At 19:00, May 5, 2016, the VR industry witnessed the official unveiling of its newest major product, the Idealens II in Seattle. Along with the product release, Idealens made public the multiple key technologies …

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Netflix CEO: VR is “Too Immersive”

by Tom Allen

Netflix can be watched in 2D on today’s VR headsetReed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, has said that he does not believe in the VR format. In an interview with VentureBeat, Hastings said that he …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 18

IHS Analysts Look at VR & Media Trends

by Bob Raikes

IHS held an analyst’s briefing meeting at the end of the recent TV Connect event in London and we went along to see what the company had to say. It was a short event, …