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by Bob Raikes
HTC has shown a new VR headset that uses the U11 smartphone (HTC U11 Beats Google Pixel) for processing and includes a 6DOF tracking system. A stereo camera is supplied for tracking purposes and …
Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20
by Isaac Oburu
Augmented and virtual reality headsets are by now a reality (pun intended), and they bring about a paradigm shift in form factor for portable electronics. Despite a level of uncertainty about the terminology used …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
IDTechEx Research believes that the market for AR/VR and “everything in between” headsets is already approaching $3.4 Billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $37 billion by 2027. The report highlights that there …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20
by Bob Raikes
In 2017, 40.0 million people in the US will engage with some form of augmented reality (AR) at least monthly, up 30.2% over last year, according to eMarketer’s first forecast on AR and virtual …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20
by Bob Raikes
Digitimes reports that Google is working with Asustek to make a new smartphone with a 5.7″ display and intended to give a good VR experience that it may launch later in 2017. As we …
Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20
by Bob Raikes
Cinoptics is a Dutch company (it was on the Netherland booth) and is a development from Cybermind, which developed virtual reality for more than twenty years. “Back to the days of Virtuality”, I said …
Tags:Augmented Reality| ITEC 2017| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Bob Raikes
Google announced at its Google I/O developer event that it would ship a stand-alone headset version of its DayDream VR technology, rather than relying on a smartphone as a display. Google said that building …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Bob Raikes
The legal battle between Oculus and ZeniMax (Facebook-Owned Company Oculus Loses Court Case) has intensified with reports that John Carmack and Matt Hooper, once of id Software, planned the strategy that led to the …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Arthur Berman
As one of the first steps in developing the concept for their Virtual Reality headset, the team at Exchimp considered the products currently on the market. On the one hand, it was possible to …
Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Norbert Hildebrand
If you are going to Siggraph in Los Angeles later this year, you may want to mark your calendar for a talk given by Oculus about a new class of displays they call ‘Focal …
Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Vision| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Bob Raikes
BT has said that it will broadcast the UEFA Champions League final in a number of 360°streams on YouTube and the new BT Sport Virtual Reality App, allowing viewers to choose between a 360°produced …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
by Matthew Brennesholtz
As is usual for a new technology, standards for Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) are, to put it politely, in flux. While at least three formal standards bodies (IEEE, …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19
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