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An Update on VR Porn

by Bob Raikes

As it’s mainly about content and might not be fully ‘office friendly’, we haven’t included much here. However, we can point you to an article by the Wareable blog that digs into the development …

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

IHS: AR/VR Consumer Content and Apps Market Hit $3.2 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

There was good progress in the combined VR/AR market in 2017, as a growing user base invested in more content, apps and out-of-home VR entertainment. The global market for consumer AR/VR content and apps …

Laval Virtual 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Most of Daqri‘s developments in the last year have been in software as it produced its helmets in 2016 and its glasses in 2017. At the show, the company was highlighting its Worksense software …

Christie Collaborates with Antycip

by Bob Raikes

Christie was at the show, but as in previous years, it was mainly supporting partners and the main recepient of this support was Antycip, a simulation specialist that was using UST Christie projectors with …

Laval Virtual Reaches Twenty

by Bob Raikes

I started writing this report on the plane back from Laval Virtual, a specialist AR/VR show that is now in its 20th year and takes place in the historic city of Laval, Normandy, France …

Tags:France| Laval Virtual 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Digi-Capital: AR/VR Start-ups Raised Over $3.6 Billion in Past 12 Months

by Andrew Fenn

Click for higher resolution AR and VR start-ups raised over $3.6 billion in the 12 months preceeding the end of the first quarter of 2018—a new record, according to Digi-Capital. Magic Leap, Niantic, Imporabable …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

CCS Insight: Commercial Use of Smartglasses is “Disappointingly Low”

by Andrew Fenn

CCS Insight has predicted that sales of VR and AR head-worn devices will grow by an average of 50% annually over the next five years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will …

VR Progress is Slow

by Bob Raikes

We had a short week, after a public holiday on Monday and I spent some time in France at the Laval Virtual show (much of it hanging around for trains as there was a …

Apple Looks to VR for Reducing Motion-Sickness in Autonomous Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Last month, we reported on a patent filed by Uber regarding the use of virtual reality technology in self-driving vehicles. (Uber Patents VR Experience for Self-Driving Car Passengers) Now it appears that Apple are …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Mozilla Launches Open-Source AR/VR Web Browser

by Andrew Fenn

Mozilla has announced a new cross-platform, open-source web browser for standalone virtual and augmented reality headsets, called Firefox Reality. The company also announced that, during the initial development phase, the source code will run …

HTC Releases $300 Hardware Bundle for New Vive Pro Users

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has announced it’s launching a $300 accessory bundle for new Vive users purchasing the Pro headset. Available for purchase later this week, the package includes two SteamVR base stations and two Vive controllers, …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Tom’s Hardware Likes the Vive Pro

by Bob Raikes

Tom’s Hardware has reviewed the HTC Vive Pro headset that was shown to us at CES. (HTC Vive Pro Matches Visuals of Samsung Odyssey) The website highlighted the reduced screen door effect and improved …