Virtual Reality – Page 15

Avoiding the Landfill of Educational Promise

by Len Scrogan

Although most in the ed tech manufacturing and sales industry covet the first sale or the largest tender, I sincerely wonder if this priority is misplaced. An initial sale can certainly impress our competitors …

Tags:Education| Robotics| Virtual Reality

DPVR Announces New Plug-and-Play 4G/5G Module for its Virtual Reality Headsets, Enabling Access to VR Experiences in Remote Areas

by Artem Alekseenko

DPVR, a Shanghai-based company specializing in virtual reality (VR) device design and manufacturing, has officially launched the DPVR 4G / 5G module for its all-in-one virtual reality headsets. The company stated that the new …

Tags:5G| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Varjo Aero Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Laptop blog tested a Varjo Aero VR headset, the version of its headset that uses miniLED LCDs and is intended for serious use with apps such as Microsoft Flight Simulator …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Radiant Vision Systems Announces New XRE Lens Solution with Electronic Focus for Near-Eye Display Testing

by Bob Raikes

Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of visual test and measurement solutions for light sources and displays, announces the release of its new XRE Lens for near-eye display testing of extended reality (XR) headsets …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenses| Radiant| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

AR/VR Headset Shipments Grew Dramatically in 2021, Thanks Largely to Meta’s Strong Quest 2 Volumes, with Growth Forecast to Continue, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The worldwide market for augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets grew 92.1% year over year in 2021 with shipments reaching 11.2 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| IDC| Virtual Reality

SPREE Interactive Launches Strategic Team-Based and Family-Friendly game, Anteater Picnic Panic, in the SPREE Arena

by Artem Alekseenko

SPREE Interactive, a specialist in multiplayer free-roam VR attractions for the location-based entertainment market, announces its latest team-based family friendly game, Anteater Picnic Panic. Developed as a sequel to the popular SPREE Arena game, …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Fan Sets out His Thoughts on VR and MicroOLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Wearables-era.com published an interview with John Fan, CEO of Kopin, looking at developnments in AR/VR. He said that Disruption of markets by new technologies often happen from doing one thing very …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| OLEDs| Virtual Reality

Japan’s Sharp bets on VR hardware as ‘metaverse’ takes off

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Sharp is beginning to benefit from the work it has done over time to develop displays for VR, especially since the Foxconn takeover in 2016. The Nikkei reported …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| sharp| Virtual Reality

Qualcomm’s New Deal With ByteDance and Pico

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm announced at MWC that it is working in a new partnership with ByteDance that is now the owner of the Pico VR company. (TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Qualcomm| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

HTC VIVE and holoride Unveil VR in-car entertainment at MWC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC Vive said in a blog post that is working with Holoride to allow support of the Vive Flow VR headset in vehicles. The two companies are working together to demonstrate …

Tags:Automotive| HTC| MWC 2022| Virtual Reality

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Researchers Taken Facial Recognition in VR to a New Level

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers from Australia, New Zealand and India have used facial recognition technology to use users’ expressions to trigger actions in virtual environments, potentially reducing the need for hand-held controllers. Smiling, frowning …

Tags:face recognition| HMI| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality