ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE VIRTUAL + AUGMENTED + MIXED REALITY BUSINESS

News

Six Of The Best: 4th December

Six Of The Best: 4th December

Welcome to your Monday morning briefing of the most read stories on TheVirtualReport.biz in the past week.

 

1) One Million VR Headsets Shipped In Q3 2017

XR on the up as hardware manufacturers ship a million units globally in third quarter; the first time the industry has broken the barrier. PS VR leads market share by a large margin.

2) Oculus Panel: VR Today And Tomorrow

Oculus’ Exec producer, Warner’s EVP, a film critic, and Raindance founder talk about Virtual Reality, filmmaking and the future of narrative. And ask uncomfortable questions along the way…

3) The Future Of VR Arcades In China And Beyond

We speak with the CEO and COO of China's Yue Cheng Technology about Location Based Entertainment and building East-West bridges in Virtual Reality.

4) Vive Expands VR/AR Accelerator Program With Third Batch of Companies

26 new companies to receive investment from HTC’s global incubator to advance Virtual and Augmented Reality.

5) The First Red Letter Date For Your XR Diary In 2018

XR Connects returns to London with added AR, more MR and a veritable feast of VR once more as part of the biggest b2b games conference in the UK.

6) Pokemon GO Wins Best Game At BAFTA Children’s Awards

Niantic beats Playroom VR to the gong with its AR breakout hit.

 

Six Of The Rest

These all-time all-star stories are some of our most popular articles ever:

  1. Feature: 25 VR Developers To Watch 
  2. Feature: The Size Of The VR Consumer Market (Updated, 3rd March) 
  3. Feature: Million Dollar Babies: The XR Studios That Are Smashing It! [UPDATE 6th Sept] 
  4. Feature: The Best Apple ARKit Test Projects [UPDATE: 4th August] 
  5. Videos: VR University Sessions At VR Connects San Francisco 2017 
  6. News: VR Indie Pitch San Francisco Winners 
Managing Editor

Steve is an award-winning editor and copywriter with nearly 25 years’ experience specialising in consumer technology and video games. He was part of a BAFTA nominated developer studio. In addition to editing TheVirtualReport.biz, Steve contributes to BeyondGames.biz, PocketGamer.biz, PCGamesInsider.biz and BlockchainGamer.biz, as well as creating marketing content for a range of SMEs and agencies.