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Alcatel Rebrands and Repositions

by Tom Allen

TCL subsidiary Alcatel Onetouch rebranded itself to simply ‘Alcatel’ at the show, which it believes will help it reach its millenial target market. The new products are aimed at young adults such as university …

NextVR Partners with Fox

by Isaac Oburu

NextVR has announced that it will begin a five-year partnership with Fox Sports, offering fans live VR coverage of US sporting events. Fox Sports’ Daytona 500 VR broadcast will be available free through the …

Skylights Pioneering In-Flight VR

by Arthur Berman

Virtual reality start-up Skylights (Paris, France), a B2B hardware and service provider to airlines, plans to provide in-flight 2D and 3D movies by way of the company’s so-called SkyTheater VR Headset. The current activity …

Tags:Aviation| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 07

VR Plays a Larger Role at the Tribeca Film Festival

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 13 to the 24, has always supported new forms of entertainment in the forms of gaming, events, installations etc. This year the number …

Sports Illustrated Goes Virtual

by Tom Allen

Quad/Graphics has included a VR viewer (the Quad Virtual Reality Viewer, or QVR) in about 500,000 select copies of the 2016 Sportswear Illustrated swimsuit issue. The viewer can be used to watch the magazine’s …

Are AR and VR Becoming the Tech Bubble of the 21st Century?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Writing about augmented and virtual reality is kind of fun, as it describes a new technology that is developing incredibly fast, where nobody knows what will happen each day. There’s anticipation before the computer …

Toshiba Uses VR to Ease MRI Anxiety

by Norbert Hildebrand

Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Medical Systems are showcasing a virtual reality solution for the use in MRI machines. Most MRI systems include a narrow tunnel where the user’s head goes leading to anxiety in …

Why the Future of Virtual Reality Isn’t Movies or Video Games

by Tom Allen

New Frontier presented almost five times as many virtual reality works at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival as it did at the 2014 show according to an interesting article from Indiewire. Viewing expanded to …

Tags:Events| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

2016 NAB Show to Host Kaleidoscope Virtual Reality Showcase

by Isaac Oburu

NAB Show has partnered with Kaleidoscope, the largest community for virtual reality (VR) creators, to host the inaugural Kaleidoscope VR Showcase at NAB Show, which will take place April 18 – 21 in Las …

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Acer VR Products Due in 1H 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Acerhas announced, through CEO Jason Chen, that it plans to unveil its first VR product for consumers in the first half of this year. Chen told reporters that the company has been conducting VR …

Tags:Acer| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

by Norbert Hildebrand

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

VR Should be for UberGeeks

by Bob Raikes

I saw this editorial in Jon Peddie’s Techwatch newsletter. I know how to save the VR market It’s being overhyped, and that will ultimately drive consumers away—I have a plan “Commentators from all corners— …