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Starbreeze Opens New VR Centre in Sweden Later This Month

by Andrew Fenn

Starbreeze has announced the imminent opening of the Enterspace VR Centre, a new location-based VR arcade in Stockholm, Sweden. The 900m² space spans two floors, offers a range of experiences, both single-player and multiplayer, …

Virtual Reality: Defragmenting the Market

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I have written several times about standards for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), most recently in my Display Daily last December that focused on the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF). This week …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Google’s Gen 3 AI Goes Mainstream – Almost

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, your G-Mail, Photo’s and other apps are about to change in some very interesting ways, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what empowered AI programming can …

Lenovo Mirage Solo Won’t Come with 6DoF Controllers

by Andrew Fenn

Google’s Clay Bavor has revealed that Lenovo’s new Mirage Solo headset, which features 6DoF tracking, won’t use next-generation 6DoF controllers, unlike Oculus Santa Cruz. According to Bavor, the decision was made because the team …

JDI Boosts LCD PPI to 1000 for VR

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) has developed a new 3.25″ LCD with 1001 ppi for VR applications, a boost from the previous 803 ppi panel. The resolution of the display is 2160 x 2422 and …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Samsung Developing Wireless Standalone VR/AR Headset

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung is expected to reveal a new wireless VR/AR headset at this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany, which takes place in September. The device is believed to be a standalone headset which …

INT Will Show High PPI and Flexible OLED

by Bob Raikes

INT Tech Co., Ltd, a start up, has said that it will show an AMOLED display with 2,228 ppi for VR and AR applications at the forthcoming SID Display Week event. The display is …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 18

HTC Has a Positive Blip

by Bob Raikes

HTC has come to the end of eleven consecutive quarters of losses to hit a profit of NT$21.1 billion ($708 million) for Q1, following the sale of its smartphone ODM business to Google. (HTC …

Netherlands Theme Park Launches VR Version of Popular Attraction

by Andrew Fenn

A theme park in the Netherlands has launched a VR recreation of one of its most popular attractions, to allow disabled guests to experience it. Droomvlucht, meaning “dream flight”, was previously inaccessible for disabled …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Skonec Opens Its First “VR Square” Multiplex in Korea

by Andrew Fenn

Korean VR developer Skonec opened a VR multiplex in Seoul, Korea last month. Covering 1,700m², VR Square features five floors of virtual reality games and experiences, including VR Walking Attraction, which allows players to …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 18

The Topic of the Week is China

by Bob Raikes

We had lots of market data in MDM this week, with smartphone and tablet data being released and although there was lots in LDM, especially because of the report from Cinemacon, but there wasn’t …

Digi-Capital: China Could Dominate AR/VR Market by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

America delivered more AR/VR revenue than China last year, but Chinese growth in the next five years could see it dominate the market long-term, and not by a small margin, according to Digi-Capital. China …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17