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Seene Moves From 3D to VR

by Tom Allen

Seene is a company specialising in 3D image capture on iOS and Android, and has now turned its attention to VR. The Seene app has now been updated, and can be used to shoot, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wearables

Barco Describes Continuing Evolution of Escape Theatrical Format

by Chris Chinnock

Barco’s Escape solution was debuted at last year’s CinemaCon. It features a traditional cinema main screen flanked by two side screens angled at about 110 degrees in the current installations. At TSC, attendees heard …

Tags:Cinema| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Cinematic VR Capture is a New Artform

by Chris Chinnock

At TSC, Jaunt VR CTO Arthur van Hoff gave a keynote address and participated in two panel discussions. In his keynote, he started by providing a nice overview of current VR headsets noting that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16

VR System from Wearality on Kickstarter

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Wearality Corporation, a Silicon Valley start-up, has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000 to finance production of its head-mounted Virtual Reality (VR) system called the Wearality Sky. As of April 8th, the company …

Tags:3D display| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 15

VR System Impression Pi Announces Funding Stretch Goal on Kickstarter

by Bob Raikes

Impression Pi, the virtual and augmented reality headset that took Kickstarter by storm last month, has announced a new stretch goal and a referral program. The VR/AR headset has already raised 212% of its …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Virtual Reality

YouTube and Facebook Supporting 360-Degree Video

by Chris Chinnock

360-degree videos are becoming more popular as content for virtual reality headsets, but they can also be viewed on a smartphone or tablet. Just swivel your head or mobile device side-to-side or up/down to …

Tags:Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 14

VR Motion Sickness Countered – With a Fake Nose

by Tom Allen

An undergraduate at Purdue University in the USA has suggested a way to counter the ‘motion sickness of virtual reality’ by programming in a virtual nose. Motion sickness occurs when you see motion with …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 13

AVRover: Past, Present, and Future

by Len Scrogan

There’s a lot of bustle around a certain booth at recent ed-tech conferences, and it is attention that is richly deserved. You see, AVRover has been around a long time, since the very beginning …

Tags:Education| Stereo 3D| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Laval Prepares for 17th Laval Virtual Show

by Tom Allen

From 8th – 12th April, the Laval Virtual conference will take place in Laval, France. The event is dedicated to promoting and covering virtual technology in various industries. Register at http://tinyurl.com/lrll9g3. (We’ll be attending …

Tags:Back Panel| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Impression Pi Boasts Control Through Computer Vision

by Tom Allen

uSens has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an interactive, mobile VR headset called Impression Pi (appropriately launched on Pi Day). The company says that development on hardware is nearly completed. The Kickstarter campaign is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Computer Vision| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12

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Gartner Predicts Strong Growth for Head Mounted Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

At a press event in Taipei, Gartner research director Brian Blau stated that the total unit sales for virtual reality, augmented reality and other smart glass apps will grow to 2 million units by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12