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Toms Review of Pimax ‘5K’ Headset Highlights Frame Rate/FOV Trade-off

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Toms Hardware took a look at the Pimax ‘5K’ Super (2560 x 1440 per eye) VR headset which supports up to 180Hz. Pimax 5K Super VR Launch (But it’s not 5K) …

Tags:Game Playing| HFR - High Frame Rate| Virtual Reality

Ming-Chi Kuo: OLED for 2022 iPad Air and Forecasts Apple XR

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is regarded as a good source for reasonably reliable rumours on Apple’s plans and we saw two separate reports on his comments. First, he has said that he …

VR on XBox? Or Not…..

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A rumour shot around the market this week that the XBox might support a Microsoft VR headset after some Italian XBox users saw a message that said “An update for the …

Tags:Consoles| Microsoft| sony| Virtual Reality| xBox

Bumper Cars Enter the Virtual World with Cyber Blaster, the New VR Bumper Car Attraction from SPREE Interactive

by Artem Alekseenko

SPREE Interactive, previously known as HolodeckVR, a global leader in, multiplayer, free-roaming commercial VR attractions, is proud to announce the release of their latest VR Bumper Car attraction “Cyber Blaster”. Set in the not …

Tags:Game Playing| Virtual Reality

10K Facebook Employees Working on AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that nearly a fifth of Amazon’s global workforce are working on AR and VR projects and that 17% of employees are in the AR/VR division, up 5% from …

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

AI Could Reduce Cyber Discomfort

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TowardsDataScience has reported work that looks at the issue that causes some to suffer from ‘cybermotion sickness’ when viewing 3 DOF content (from a fixed position) in 6 DOF (fully movable) …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IEEE Spectrum published an article about a new AI-based technique that has been developed to generate 3D holograms with very limited processing compared to conventional methods. The full material from the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Visual Computing

Pico Completes $37.4M B+ Funding Round; Announces Neo 3 Headset

by Artem Alekseenko

Pico Interactive, a global tech company that develops innovative virtual reality (VR) and enterprise solutions, announces the completion of a $37.4M (€31.4M) B+ funding round, supporting Pico’s B2C presence in Asia as well as …

Tags:Virtual Reality

Vive Face Tracker Now Being Offered

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has made available a face tracking option for its Vive Pro headset for $129.99. There are 60p dual cameras that are said to track 38 facial movements in the lips, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| face recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 19th March 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. AMC Theatres to Have 98% of Its …

Mark Zuckerberg Talks on the Future of AR and VR

by Bob Raikes

The Information 411 published a 45 minute interview on the Future of AR & VR with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that Facebook is so involved with AR & VR because he sees Facebook as …

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

Varjo’s Next Generation VR-3 and XR-3 Headsets Now Shipping Worldwide

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo™, the leader in industrial-grade VR/XR hardware and software, began shipping its next generation professional-grade virtual reality and mixed reality headsets – the VR-3 and XR-3. Suitable for any professional immersive workflow, both headsets …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality