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.
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The Oculus court wrangling continues and drags Samsung into the ring too.
Google Announces Standalone VR At I/O 17
California event sees Google share its vision of a standalone VR future.
Win $100,000 For Your HoloLens Idea
Unity launches contest to find MR solutions to real-world problems.
Vive’s Standalone Daydream Headset
The first information and picture of HTC’s all-in-one VR hardware, out later this year.
Google shares details about WorldSense; a Daydream update; Chrome VR; Chromium AR; Instant Preview and achieving desktop-level graphics with a mobile GPU.
Windows Mixed Reality Dev Kits Available For Pre-order
American and Canadian developers can now place pre-orders for developer editions by Acer and HP.
Live 360 viewing in your living room announced at Google I/O 2017.
Applications are open for BAFTA’s open call to British filmmakers and game creators.
Half-Life 2 VR Gets The Greenlight
Steam community makes an appointment to revisit Dr Freeman – this time in VR!
Microsoft says the phone is already dead; What consumers really think about VR; AR glasses will control your eating; Easing pain and anxiety; Historic women; Porn is on the up.
HTC Vive Finance For UK Market
British consumers can buy now, pay later, as HTC Vive reveals new finance package; rest of Europe to follow.
Buy Daydream, Git Gud At Dodgeball
That seems to be the message behind Google’s 36-second ad released on Wednesday.
Star Wars And Seurat: Opening The Door To Cinematic Realism In VR
ILMxLAB offers an insight into Google’s new technology that enables high fidelity rendering of scenes in real-time on mobile VR.
Enterprise VR Investment $167m In 2017
New forecast from Superdata shows continued growth for VR in business next year, both in investment and R&D programs.
Industry Veteran Mick Morris Joins Kuju
Business Development role for Audiomotion founder and games and film industry stalwart.
Past, Present And Future Collide At VR Connects San Francisco 2017
Conference track examining the medium's timeline from its roots - and into the future.
Meet the Keynotes Of VR Connects San Francisco 2017
Superstars HTC, IDG, Unity, Digital Domain and an industry veteran lead a superpacked conference agenda.
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