Virtual Reality – Page 36

Oculus Quest 2 revealed, killing off future Oculus PC VR gear in the process

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 leaks in full via official promo videosThe new Oculus Quest 2 is half the weight of the previous Quest, at 503g, and has 1832 x 1920 resolution …

Tags:Oculus VR| Virtual Reality

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 leaks in full via official promo videos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A pair of promotional videos were uploaded to Facebook which indicated the Quest 2 VR headsets would use the Qualcom Snapdragon XR2 and ‘nearly 2K per eye’ as well as 6GB …

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VR Headset Market Expected to Grow Despite Short-Term Decline, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7% in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46.2% in 2021, according to …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| IDC| Virtual Reality

Bias and Ethics in Spatial Computing

by Len Scrogan

It seems like ethics are often an afterthought in our permissionless race towards more and better technology. And the more ubiquitous a given technology becomes, the more our senses are dulled to any Mr. …

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Introducing Tesseract Imaging and the JioGlass Headset

by Arthur Berman

In 2019, Tesseract Imaging Limited developed a mixed reality glasses type headset called the Jio HoloBoard. The company’s latest offering is called JioGlass and can be seen as a follow up to that product. …

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eMagin Announces A Direct Patterned OLED Micro Display With 7,500 Nits

by Barry Young

The VR/AR revolution has not materialized as expected by the illustrious leaders of Facebook, Apple, Google and just about all market researchers have had to drop their forecasts year after year. In 2019, 6.9m …

Kopin Patents Optical Design for VR HMD Systems

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In yesterday’s Display Daily, I discussed the 2.6K x 2.6K Duo-Stack OLED device from Kopin with the ColorMax silicon backplane intended for VR/AR/MR applications. One planned application of this display is in a VR …

Kopin Introduces ColorMax Duo-Stack OLED for VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On June 30th, Kopin Corporation formally announced its 2.6K x 2.6K (2560 x 2560) resolution chip that had previously been discussed at CES 2020. While Display Daily has republished the press release, I wanted …

Pandemic Tempers Growth in AR/VR Spending, but the Long-Term Outlook is Positive, says IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

Growth in worldwide and European* AR/VR spend will decline in 2020 compared to the pre-COVID-19 forecast scenario according to the June release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual …

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Maxon’s 3D and Motion Design Show for Siggraph to Feature All-Star Lineup

by Artem Alekseenko

Maxon, the developers of professional 3D modeling, animation, rendering and motion design software solutions, announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its upcoming 3D and Motion Design Show for Siggraph 2020. Running from Tuesday, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SIGGRAPH| Virtual Reality

Pico Interactive Expands G2 4K Line for Enterprise, Doubling Down on 3DoF Commitment

by Bob Raikes

Pico Interactive, a global tech company that develops innovative virtual reality (VR) and enterprise solutions, announces the addition of two new VR headsets to its Pico G2 4K line – the G2 4K S …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

ROE Visual Delivers 70 Million Pixels For Hyperbowl Virtual Showroom

by Artem Alekseenko

ROE Visual is selected as preferred partner to provide all LED screens for the installation of a huge virtual studio in the Expo Munich, a concept by ACHT and NSYNK, realized by TFN in …

Tags:LED| Virtual Reality