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Head Mounted Display Market Is Anticipated to Grow at a CAGR of 59.4% Through 2020: FMI Estimate

by Isaac Oburu

Future Market Insights (FMI), with sharp focus on emerging technologies, delivers key insights on Global Head Mounted Display market in its recent report titled “Head Mounted Display Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Are Augmented- and Virtual Reality Threatening Cinema?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent article ‘Cinematically Immersive Environments’ published by Michael Goldman, in SMPTE Newswatch, November 2015 #2, he discusses the opportunities that augmented reality may bring to the cinema environment. The article quotes Peter …

SMI Eye Tracking and WorldViz Make Researchers Turn to Virtual Reality

by Isaac Oburu

SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) and WorldViz announce a plug and play integration of their leading Eye Tracking and VR technologies. With the Vizard VR Software, researchers and professionals can easily design immersive experiments and replicate …

Tags:Devices| Virtual Reality

VirtualPorn360, the First Virtual Reality Site to Launch a Streaming Media Player for Cardboard

by Isaac Oburu

VirtualPorn360.com, the first website at an international stage to produce and distribute adult content in 360º for virtual reality devices, launches this week a streaming media player for Cardboard glasses. This new format provides …

Tags:Streaming Video| Virtual Reality

Displays, Drones and VR in Canada

by Tom Allen

Multiple methods are being developed to work with virtual reality, most involving an additional wearable, or some form of external camera. But what if the interaction became physical? The Human Media Lab of Queen’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Website Accelerates VR Takeup With That Old Standby…

by Tom Allen

By far the safest image we could use for this story…It’s been said many times – often in this very publication – that “Porn drives technology”. A website called VirtualPorn360 is out to prove …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Are You Ready for Digital Humans?

by Chris Chinnock

And just what are digital humans you ask? According to Pulse Evolution (Port St. Lucie, FL and San Rafael, CA), they are computer-generated animations that have such high fidelity, they look almost real. And …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rental and Staging| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Gimmick or Godsend: AR/VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled Good, Better, Best: …

Good, Better, Best: The Research Chase

by Len Scrogan

One of first questions people ask me about 3D (and sometimes VR and even HD visualization technologies) is about its instructional effectiveness, based on available research. “What is the difference some of these technologies …

Sky Transports Viewers to the Front Lines

by Tom Allen

Sky News has published its first news report in virtual reality, and it can be accessed now. The report, ‘Migrants Crisis – The Whole Picture’, takes viewers to the Greek border, to see the …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Previewing SXSWedu: 3D VR/AR Arrives

by Len Scrogan

During the last decade, the very best ideas in education and technology could be scouted by attending or listening to a TED talk. Times have changed. Move over TED, because, in the U.S., the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

BIMA Launches Digital Day in VR

by Tom Allen

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) held a Digital Day at schools across the UK last week. 10,000 students used Google Cardboard headsets and 360° live streaming technology from Visualise to watch the opening …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47