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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CES: HTC Announces High Res Vive Pro
3K VR headset to release this quarter with built-in audio and new strap.
New standalone Oculus Go headset to be manufactured by Xiaomi, with China-only variant.
CES: Looxid Labs Wins Best of Innovation Award
The mobile VR headset that can read your mind...
CES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support
Chinese tech co developing a universal wireless VR module offering a plug-and-play solution to HMD OEMs, starting with Windows Mixed Reality.
CES: Vuzix Unveils Blade AR Smartglasses
The first truly wearable pair of lightweight Augmented Reality smart glasses for consumers and enterprise.
CES: Black Box VR Innovation Award Honoree
The world’s first fully automated cable resistance machine that integrates Virtual Reality and eSports with Vive.
CES: Virtual Reality Industry Forum Publishes Guidelines
VRIF encourages VR professionals to work together to protect content, enable monetisation and create powerful experiences for users.
CES: uSensAR Brings AR To Two Billion Android Users
SLAM-based solution to accelerate Augmented Reality adoption for low-end processors, sensors and cameras.
CES: Realmax Previews Biggest Ever FoV AR Glasses
100-degree mobile Augmented Reality Glasses supported by multi-platform AR creation tool.
CES: Intel To Broadcast The Olympic Winter Games In VR
First-ever live Virtual Reality broadcast of the Olympic Winter Games is also the largest scale immersive media event to date.
CES: Intel Opens Volumetric Content Studio
LA-based facility boasts the world’s largest volumetric video stage; designed for the next generation of immersive media.
CES: Intel Launches Smallest Virtual Reality-Capable System Ever
Meet the new small form-factor PC that's been introduced as the ‘Intel VR Machine’.
Humaneyes adds functionality to its range of Virtual Reality cameras.
CES: Multiplayer Wireless VR From Displaylink
2018 looks like being the year of wireless Virtual Reality, as demonstrated by this racket ball head-to-head game.
CES: Tactical Haptics Debuts Reconfigurable VR Controllers
Innovative controllers slot together for various Virtual Reality scenarios, demonstrated with new game, Colony Defense.
CES: NetEase Unveils $30 AR Glasses
Chinese tech co aims Augmented Reality squarely at the consumer, fires shots at HoloLens and Magic Leap.
CES: Lenovo Launches First Standalone Daydream VR HMD
The Mirage Solo Virtual Reality headset will be joined by a 180-degree camera by the middle of the year.
CES: Vive Video Now Includes Vimeo
HTC upgrades its native VR video player with additional curated content.
CES: Viveport's Biggest Upgrade Since Launch
Online software store enables VR Previews in a new ‘Virtual Reality-first approach’.
CES: Official Vive Wireless VR Adaptor Revealed
HTC shows 60Ghz Virtual Reality add-on utilising Intel’s WiGig technology.
What’s On The Immersive Horizon In 2018?
Dr Adrian Leu, INITION's CEO, takes a quick look into his crystal ball to see what’s in store for VR, AR and MR in 2018.
Regulars
Your Monday morning briefing of the six most read recent VR, AR and MR stories.
- Patrick O’Luanaigh, nDreams
- Brynley Gibson, Kuju
- Adam Robaszyński-Janiec, The House of Fables
- Sami Hamid, Glitch Studios
- Marcus Pullen, Blue Donut Studios
- Sam Gage, The Third Floor
XR Games Gets $2.6m Investment
Capital to develop mobile and arcade Virtual Reality games based on licensed IP.
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