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Does Dystopia Promote VR?

by Len Scrogan

Educators using VR in schools certainly don’t shy away from their histrionics. Take for example some of the VR-related titles at a recent national ed-tech conference: OMG with VR Oh, the Places We Will …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 19

VR Simulation Effective in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article on this topic, entitled The Research Chase. In …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16

VRLA Conference is Coming May 4-5

by Norbert Hildebrand

The VRLA (Virtual Reality Los Angeles) conference is coming to the LA Conference Center on May 4th and 5th. The conference is in its fth year and is dubbed as one of the largest …

Tags:Events| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Educational VR: Prosumers versus Consumers

by Len Scrogan

There are a lot of good things happening with educational VR across the country, yet I find that many of the great stories about VR in classrooms somehow seem to fly under the radar. …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

NHK’s 8K Update

by Chris Chinnock

NHK was in the Futures Park area again in 2018 to showcase what it is doing in 8K. While trial broadcasting of 8K began in Japan in August of 2016, regular programming is now …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Astro Shows 8K Products

by Chris Chinnock

Astro Design was showing a novel lens on its 8K camera, the AH-4801-D. It was coupled to a fisheye lens to capture a 180º view of the immediate environment. This was then coupled to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

TPCast Supports Wireless Vive

by Bob Raikes

TPCast has released a multi-user wireless VR adaptor for the HTC Vive. The Business Edition Wireless VR Adapter can support two or four users and with a transmission delay of less than 2ms, while …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15| Wireless

New Image Compression Standard Could Reduce Latency in VR

by Andrew Fenn

The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has announced a new image compression standard called JPEG XS, designed to allow for higher-quality images to be transmitted with a lower degree of latency, reducing the motion …

Tags:AR/VR| Codecs| JPEG| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

HTC Releases New SDK for Vive Pro

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has released Vive SRWorks, a new set of SDKs for the newly-released Vive Pro, allowing developers to take full advantage of the device’s two front-facing cameras and audio system. The original Vive headset …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| HTC| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

TS07 Is VR Location-Based Entertainment Viable?

by Chris Chinnock

This session consisted of a panel moderated by Peter Lude of Mission Rock Digital. Speakers included Nancy Bennett of Two Bit Circus, Books Brown of Starbreeze Studios and Alexis Macklin of Greenlight Insights. Macklin …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Technology Summit on Cinema 2018| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Kone Launches “The Most Uneventful VR Experience Ever Made”

by Andrew Fenn

Elevator and escalator manufacturer Kone has created a sequel of sorts to the elevator-based VR experience it released last year, this time focusing on the escalator side of its business, with the help of …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Transport| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Wareable Takes a Closer Look at Star Wars VR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

Disney has launched a Star Wars-themed, location-based VR experience called Secrets of the Empire at its Disneyland and Disney World locations in the US. Secrets of the Empire was created by The Void and …

Tags:AR/VR| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15