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Zuckerberg Commits to XR Future

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a year end speech to employees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he would be “particularly focused” on technologies that deliver “a deeper sense of presence,” like augmented and …

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

What comes after smartphones?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The interesting Benedict Evans, who publishes a general technology email (freemium model) that included this week an interesting article that discusses ‘What comes after smartphones’. He takes a very generalised view …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

How FitXR is gearing up for our AR fitness future

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol had an interesting article about FixitXR, which wants to bring XR to the fitness industry. The company has developed from an earlier business, BoxVR which encouraged VR users to box …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Fitness Trackers| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality

Deloitte Also Predicts XR Developments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Earlier this week we carried a forecast from Deloitte about 8K. After publication we realised that we had missed the firm’s predictions for VR and XR. We also found that the …

2020 In Review: Virtual Reality Gets Real

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBC365 carries some information from Omdia on the state of VR with a report that consumers will have bought 6.4 million headsets during 2020 worth up to $1 billion. While that …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Apple VR headset may use fluid-filled lenses to counter a user’s bad eyesight.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AppleInsider reported on a patent from Apple for an optical system for a VR headset that uses fluid-filled lenses to accomodate the eyesight of different users. In the patent titled “Electronic …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

No New Apps for Oculus Go

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol newsletter highlighted that Facebook will shut down new app submissions for Oculus Go, the $200 standalone VR headset first introduced in May 2018. It will support Gear VR and …

Tags:Oculus VR| Virtual Reality

Pimax 5K Super VR Launch (But it’s not 5K)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for flagging up the news that Pimax has a new ‘5K’ headset with refresh up to 180Hz after he saw my DD about Varjo (You …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

VR Consumer Content Revenue to Exceed $7 billion in 2025, Led by Console Gamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

You Can’t Make Things Better and Cheaper, or Can You?

by Bob Raikes

I have been following the Finnish mixed reality headset maker, Varjo, for several years and have been impressed and surprised by the company’s products, which have delivered the best mixed reality experiences that I …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| Virtual Reality

Cleaning Things Up II: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

As I wrote in my previous article, “Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age”, many of us are now hyperaware (almost to the point of bacillophobia) of cleaning often-used equipment surfaces in …

Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

Having borrowed the gear nearly a week beforehand, I finally found some disposable time to sit down and give my son’s Oculus Quest VR a robust test drive. I was so looking forward to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Education| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality