VR – Display Daily

China’s XR Market: A Tale of Two Technologies

by Emory Kale

Reduced consumer interest and decreased investment from major players in VR change market dynamics.

Pimax Unveils New VR Headsets with Replaceable Optics

by Shawnee Blackwood

A novel new approach to VR headsets, switch between QLED and MicroLED or MiniLED, and at half the price of the Vision Pro.

Spatial Cinema: The Couch is the Safest Place for Pass-Through Mixed Reality

by Omid Rahmat

There is a world in which headsets work.

A Spatial Computing Black Hole Dragging Tech Industry Into Purgatory

by Omid Rahmat

Follow the money.

Tags:Augmented Reality| showcase| spatial computing| VR

China’s AR/VR Market Pins Hopes on Vision Pro

by Shawnee Blackwood

Domestic consumer-grade XR device sales in China are expected to increase by just 6.5% year-on-year to 757,000 units in 2023.

Meta’s $42 Billion Loss on Reality Labs is Marie Antoinette Moment for Tech

by Joseph Bryans

Meta’s Reality Labs reported over $1 billion in sales for the fourth quarter or 2023. Despite this revenue, the unit experienced a significant operating loss of $4.65 billion.

UK Startup Claims World First Retina Resolution Holograms

by Joseph Bryans

VividQ’s demonstration of these retina resolution holograms uses a high-performance LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) display from JVC Kenwood (JKC),

Tags:Holographic Displays| LCOS| showcase| VividQ| VR

Global XR Market Set for Record Growth in 2024 with Apple’s Vision Pro Leading the Way

by Joseph Bryans

Apple’s Vision Pro launch is imminent with high or unrealistic expectations for it to drive market growth, depending on where you stand.

AR/VR Happenings Tease but Don’t Excite

by Emory Kale

There’s a fair number of AR/VR devices and technologies launching at CES 2024.

2023 Sees Significant Decline in VR Market: 24% Drop in Headset Sales

by Shawnee Blackwood

The lack of substantial investments in VR technology by major tech companies, with the exception of Meta, is expected to result in a continued slump in the industry over the next two years.

Samsung Unveils New Sensors for Robots and VR/AR Devices

by Joseph Bryans

Both the 63D and 931 are currently sampling to device makers globally.

Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| VR

Alt-Reality Investments Skyrocket, But Future Success Remains Elusive

by Omid Rahmat

Contradictions abound in VR and AR, but sales do nothing but go down or disappoint.