Virtual Reality – Page 24

What’s Bubbling Up in the Ed Market?

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference, the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S., has been forced online (due to the stresses of the Rona) for two consecutive years now. Every year I provide a conference session …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality

TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset maker Pico

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that the owner of TikTok, ByteDance, is in discussion with Pico about buying the company. On the other hand, a Chinese publication, Pandaily, reported that the deal had been …

Tags:China| Investment| Mergers & Acquisitions| Virtual Reality

Lux Research Forecasts XR Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lux Research has released (registration required) the exec summary of a report it has created on AR and VR developments. It forecasts that smart glasses will take 2-5 years to arrive …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Optics| Virtual Reality

Juniper Research: Global Revenue from Adult Virtual Reality Content to Reach $19 Billion by 2026, as Subscription Models Dominate

by Artem Alekseenko

A new Juniper Research study has found the global value of the VR (Virtual Reality) adult content market will increase significantly, from $716 million in 2021 to $19 billion in 2026; representing 22% of …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Monetization| Virtual Reality

Holoride’s in-car VR gaming system leaves the track for the real world

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Engadget reported on the latest version of Holoride’s software for XR in moving vehicles. The system works by tapping into data from a vehicle and that data is used to drive …

Tags:Automotive| Game Playing| Virtual Reality

The Metaverse is on the Menu

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there was lots of discussion on issues of the ‘Metaverse’, the idea that XR can allow interaction in a digital virtual world made up of immersive shared spaces, an …

Tags:Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Tobii introduces Tobii Spotlight for Foveated Transport for VR/AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Siggraph 2021, Tobii, the gaze specialist, introduced a a lightweight foveation codec for VR/AR/MR according to the VRAR Association, The codec performs image pre-reduction that can give a 5:1 reduction …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Commencing 16th August 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Latest Sony Patent Gives VR Headset Outward …

Valve Wins Patents Including Eye Tracking

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check pointed out that Valve Corp has won a number of patents recently and highlighted one that covers tracking. What We Think Reality Check had trouble with a …

Tags:Patents| Virtual Reality

Intel Webinar 24 August: How Sky Produces and Distributes Live Premier League Matches in High Quality VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Intel is running a webinar that will discuss how Sky in the UK is using Tiledmedia to distribute Premier League football matches in VR, at the best quality. Richard Mills, VR …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Intel| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality

Facebook’s New Bug-Eyed VR Prototype

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook Research Labs posted a blog post that showed a headset concept that adds displays on the outside of the device to show the user’s eyes, a concept it calls ‘reverse …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

ROE Visual selected for VA Corporation’s Hanam Studio

by Artem Alekseenko

VA Corporation unveiled its Virtual Production Studio VA STUDIO HANAM. Partnering with ROE Visual and ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, VA Corporation claims that this is the largest studio in Asia, where next-generation immersive …

Tags:Virtual Reality