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DIRECTV Launches First Virtual Reality App

by Isaac Oburu

DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T* family, is taking its first jab at Virtual Reality (VR). We’re giving boxing fans a ringside seat with the new Big Knockout Boxing (BKB) VR App. The new …

Tags:DirecTV| Events| USA| Virtual Reality

Enter the Ring With DirecTV

by Tom Allen

AT&T now owns DirecTVDirecTV has launched a virtual reality app, for owners of the Samsung Gear VR or any Google Cardboard viewers. Big Knockout Boxing shows highlights from the 27th June BKB fight at …

Google, Patents and Holograms

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news, Google was quoted by almost all publications on this planet (it seemed) as filing for a patent that involves displaying holograms in their next generation head mounted display device. There is …

New Camera Systems in Support of Virtual Reality Experiences

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual reality is often seen as a technology that fits perfectly to gaming, video consumption and some professional applications in the visualization and training markets. Although there is a market for professional applications, the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. …

Rumor: Microsoft Adds VR cardboard viewer

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to news on a Russian website, Microsoft will give away a virtual reality viewer named Microsoft VR Kit at a Moscow hackathon in October of this year. The VR Kit is similar to …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

Wall Street Looks at Virtual Reality as the Next Big Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Besides the number of big names jumping into the augmented and virtual reality markets, market success has been very limited. Virtual reality has been more of a future thing than a business success today. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Fast Forwarding Educational Advantage: 3D as Accelerator?

by Len Scrogan

For companies selling mobile, large display, virtual reality or augmented reality platforms using 3D, it is important to know the value-added benefits of their products in education. To date, most reports about the effectiveness …

Tags:3D software| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Oculus Lists VR Challenges

by Tom Allen

Oculus Connect is a relatively new conference (only in its second year!) for the virtual reality industry and took place recently in Hollywood. VR is still very new – although it’s a long way …

Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

by Norbert Hildebrand

By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …

Soccer is the First VR Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

As a test of VR, NOS of Portugal showed in VR a soccer match between FC Porto and Benfica, at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. Customers who saw the broadcast were in the …