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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HTC and Intel announce a partnership to produce wireless solution with less that 7ms latency.
Dell Reveals Updated MR Headset
Dell shows its updated Windows Mixed Reality Headset to Computex attendees.
Free live and on-demand MLB games as three-year partnership launches next week.
VR Live Pass Starts Tomorrow With UFC
Samsung series climbs into the cage with UFC; X Games and Live Nation to follow.
Markerless AR Software Tracking Now A Thing
Scope AR’s remote assistance application, Remote AR, now features markerless tracking for real-world mapping and annotation; Google Tango supported.
Virtual Reality Data Glove Launched
Bebop Sensors launches data gloves with haptic feedback for VR/AR for OEMs.
THX Launches Smartglass Certification
Legendary audio-visual company sets its sights on smartglasses with new Virtual Cinema Display Certification program.
Striker VR Opens Rifle Pre-orders
You’d like to pre-order a full-size rifle for your VR system? Certainly sir; that will be $2,800...
Kick The Habit With This Kickstarter
MindCotine seeks crowdfunding to combine VR, mindfulness, biofeedback and community to combat tobacco addiction.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Free With Vive
New Vive owners make first contact with free social VR game
New Tango phone; Next-gen VR mid-2018 on; Softbank buys $4b NVIDIA shares; VR at Cannes and Sundance film festivals; Credit card payments in HMD; Full-body tracking; Chemo palliative VR; Virtually training sports players.
Mobile AR To Top A Billion Users And $60 Billion By 2021
Tim Merel, founder and MD at international tech advisors, Digi-Capital, explains how mobile AR software could have four times the users of mobile AR hardware and what mobile AR growth to over a billion users looks like.
- Tim Merel, Digi-Capital
- Neil Trevett, The Khronos Group
- Steffen Römer, Applanga
- Clemens Wangerin, vTime
- Aruna Inversin, Digital Domain
- Daniel Burwen, Robot Sea Monster Games
- Andy Wilton, Climax Studios
- Aaron Hilton, Steampunk Digital
VR Gaming Start-Up Raises $2.5M in Seed Funding
Berlin-based developers, Playsnak, doubles its investment with new funding from Japan’s gumi Inc. New staff sought.
Bayside Developers Net $1.5m Investment
International funding for Subdream Studios to further explore home based and arcade VR.
WIN! Tickets To VR Connects San Francisco
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VR Connects San Francisco’s Tasty Offer For Indies
How does 50% off the cost of a table in the exhibition area at June’s VR, AR and MR event sound? Don’t miss out on this strictly limited offer...
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