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Jaunt Branches into AR and MR with New Distribution Platform

by Andrew Fenn

Jaunt has announced its new XR Platform, a distribution solution available to media companies, brands, content aggregators and enterprise customers, designed to help them deliver immersive virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality content …

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Airbnb Shows Off VR/AR App Prototype

by Andrew Fenn

Airbnb has revealed that it is developing AR and VR features for its service, and even showed off some early prototypes on its official blog. The app allows hosts to capture 360° VR video …

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JDI Adds New Display For VR

by Bob Raikes

Japan Display Inc (JDI) has developed a new 3.6″ LTPS IPS LCD with 803 ppi and supporting 1920 x 2160 resolution at up to 90Hz. The display has a brightness of 150 cd/m² and …

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AR What It Is and What It Isn’t

by Norbert Hildebrand

AR here, VR there, these days it seems that we cannot discuss any technology development without hearing how AR and VR will change not only consumer electronics but all life as we know it. …

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The VR Ecosystem Develops

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I’ve written about the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) before and covered their Draft VR Guidelines. The current version of this draft is dated November 27, 2017 and can be downloaded here. The VRIF …

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VR Used to Test Emotional Response to Colour

by Andrew Fenn

A recent initiative by Australian-based virtual reality company, Liminal VR, in conjunction with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is using VR to test emotional responses to colours in different environments. The …

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Samsung Partners with Sydney Hospital on VR Pain Project

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has designed a VR solution for pain management, in response to the opioid crisis and over-prescription of pain medication. The technology is currently under a clinical trial at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, …

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D-Box, Cineplex and IMax Launch Cinematic VR Experience

by Andrew Fenn

D-Box, Cineplex and IMax have launched a collaborative VR cinema experience at the Scotiabank Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. The company installed ten motion seats at the Cineplex theatre’s new VR centre, which also features …

Amimon Brings Its Wireless Technology to AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

Amimon showed its wireless technology used in a VR/AR application with ‘zero’ latency at the VRX conference in San Francisco. Unlike 60GHz solutions (for example from TPCast and Intel), the Amimon technology uses the …

PlayStation 4 Sales Now 70.6 Million, PSVR Hits 2 Million

by Andrew Fenn

Sony recently announced that the PlayStation 4 has achieved 70.6 million unit sales. The earlier PlayStation 3 sold around 84 million. The firm also revealed that a combined total of more than 617.8 million …

Oculus Releases List of Recommended and Minimum GPU Specs

by Andrew Fenn

Oculus has released a comprehensive list of minimum and recommended GPU requirements for Rift content. Many games will work with entry-level cards, with graphical settings dialled down a little, while a GPU from the …

Football, Augmented Reality and More

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The National Football League (NFL), Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and the Thinkwell Group have teamed up to present American football fans with a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) …