Welcome to the Week That Was on TheVirtualReport.Biz, where we bring you the highlights, biggest news and hottest topics from the world of VR, AR and MR business in the last seven days.
As the calendar ticked over into December, we’ve ignored our inner Scrooge and come over all seasonal with our first ever Countdown To Christmas: 25 VR Developers To Watch. With a new developer revealed every day, it’s like an advent calendar - but with added VR!
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New Speakers For VR Connects London 2017
Come and listen to Edward Miller, CCP, Supermassive, Breaking Fourth, Coatsink, Hammerhead and more! Oh, and Mid Term tickets are ending soon...
Los Angeles awards show beamed around the world, announces its only VR award before the event started.
New Ultra-High Resolution VR Display Announced
Japan Display Inc reveals 651ppi displays specifically designed for VR, with reduced latency and improved motion blur.
VR video hub closes its doors, citing lack of funding and costly expansion as reason.
Unity Update Includes HoloLens
Popular VR engine gains HoloLens integration with release version 5.5.
London VR Workspace Opens In December
Co-working, incubator programmes aim to deliver world-leading development and product creation.
Owlchemy Introduces New MR Tech
Owlchemy aims to revolutionise MR with their new Depth-based Realtime In-App MR Compositing.
Microsoft HoloLens Designer Hired By Tesla
More AR in the EV industry? EV company Tesla hires one of the designers of Microsoft HoloLens, David Kim.
Qualcomm To Launch Chinese VR Innovation Centre
China’s VR innovation continues to intensify as Qualcomm and Tencent announce strategic relationship to build a VR/AR innovation centre.
Business reality show dedicates this week’s episode to creating VR games.
SuperData Announces VR Data Network
Leading American market intelligence company announces new VR Data Network for more accurate market insight.
Superdata revises its forecasts based on new information from Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
How the early days of VR are unfolding and the challenges it must overcome to reach mass adoption.
Regulars
Focal Point: Is HoloLens Ground Zero For MR?
Our panel of industry experts on whether the release of Microsoft’s HoloLens marks the beginning of AR’s ascent.
See you in seven days...
