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SDC launches 3.5″ QHD VR AMOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display has a new panel for VR headsets, the SDC-350-VR. The 3.5″ AMOLED has 1440 x 1660 resolution at 90Hz and provides 615 ppi. Panel size is 62.47 x 73.28mm and the thickness …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Scientists Show Thin Metalens with Broad Wavelength Band

by Norbert Hildebrand

The new publication ‘A broadband achromatic metalens for focusing and imaging in the visible‘ by scientists from Harvard (John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as the Department of Physics) …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Tom’s Hardware Includes Basic Tutorial on VR Lenses

by Bob Raikes

The Tom’s Hardware blog site has published an interesting basic tutorial and description of the challenges in developing lenses for virtual reality systems. The article highlights that new nanotechnologies will be needed to overcome …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Samsung C-Lab to Reveal Creative New Projects at CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

Since MWC, (MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes) we have reported several times on Samsung’s Relúmĭno app that it has developed via its C-Lab start-up initiative – and which is designed to help those with challenges …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Pico Has Standalone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Pico said that a press conference held in its global headquarters in Beijing, it showed the Pico Neo which it claims as the world’s first mass-produced standalone VR device with six degrees of freedom …

Tags:CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Sega and StarVR Collaborate on VR Arcade Experiences in Japan

by Andrew Fenn

Sega and premium VR solutions provider StarVR have announced a collaboration to bring StarVR arcade experiences to existing Sega Game Center locations throughout Japan. StarVR will work with Sega to roll out its VR …

Tags:AR/VR| Japan| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

A VR Surprise Ball: Merge VR

by Len Scrogan

The holiday season was a mixed and dizzying experience for me this year, to say the least. The lead-up week to the holidays included Christmas surprise balls, a stressful cross-country move, the entire-family-gathering thing, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 03

The Void Announces New Locations for 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Virtual reality arcade gaming experience, The Void, is coming to Las Vegas and California in 2018, the company has announced. Both of the new locations will feature the firm’s Star Wars: Secrets of the …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Pico Has a Standalone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Pico is a Chinese company with 300 employees globally and has released a standalone (no smartphone or PC needed) VR headset. The display is a 5.5″ ‘super fast’ LCD with 2560 x 1440 resolution. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Investigation Into VR Death Launched

by Andrew Fenn

A 44-year-old man in Moscow has died after apparently falling into a glass table while wearing a VR headset. The man’s body was discovered at his home on Thursday. He had suffered serious wounds …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Pimax Raises Series A Funding

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a prototype headset at IFA (Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches) and the NY VR Expo (NYVR Expo and Conference) and the company has completed a kickstarter campaign that raised $2.45 …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

Mixed Reality capability has been included as part of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Mixed Reality is Microsoft’s name for the combination of augmented reality and virtual reality. In conjunction with the release …

Tags:Acer| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48