GUEST: I don’t know about you, but if I’m driving through downtown Detroit in the dead of winter, I might want to feel like I’m driving through the Florida Keys instead. Soon, that may just be possible. Swiss-headquartered WayRay, which makes holographic augmented reality displays for cars, announced a strategic collaboration with Harman, the car...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Field In View: So, Where Was Oculus At CES 2017?
Remember the buzz you had this time last year? Rather than another agonizing wait for updates, Oculus hit the 2016 ground running with a massive blowout on the consumer Rift, launching pre-orders and taking extensive interview sessions from which hundreds more details spilled out. It wasn’t all good news, of course, but it was still...
‘SVRF Tabs’ Is a Chrome Extension That Turns New Windows Into 360 Images
If I had a dollar for every tab open on my computer right now I could afford to eat something besides these mini donuts for lunch (even though they are good for me I suppose). I think I may still have a tab open somewhere with a very malnourished NeoPet on it. That’s how hoarder-esque...
Relive Your Best Memories in AR/VR With Owlii’s Volumetric 3D Telepresence
Have you ever been in the middle of an experience and thought “I wish I could preserve this moment forever?” Currently what you’ll do is pull out your phone and snap a few pictures for the various snaps and grams available to you online. But what if you could bottle that moment exactly as it happened...
‘Flaim Trainer’ Uses Vive’s Tracker For A Realistic Firefighting Experience
It’s been a pretty cold CES. The industry has been hurriedly hopping on one foot to another as they wait outside for Ubers and taxis to get to their next appointment, and heat lamps have had queues of people lining up to feel their flames. If you really wanted to stay warm, though, all you...
Build and Race on Your Own Tiny Racing Track with ‘Tiny Wheels’
The days of setting up ludicrously long Hot Wheels tracks and launching the tiny diecast metal cars straight into the side of a hastily constructed LEGO fort are all but over—not when you can practically revisit the glory days in the cheap but serviceable Tiny Wheels (2016) for HTC Vive. Created by indie developer Robbie Tilton, Tiny Wheels...
Lenovo and Kopin Form Joint Venture to Grow Enterprise AR Headset Market
Lenovo’s own investment group and wearable displays manufacturer Kopin Corporation have formed a joint venture named Lenovo New Vision. The combination of Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group’s (LCIG) global resources and Kopin’s wearable technology expertise hopes to grow the enterprise Augmented Reality market. Since May 2016, the LCIG has been managing the initial $500 million from the Lenovo Capital...
Kopin Unveils ‘Lightning’ 2k x 2k 120Hz OLED Microdisplay for Mobile VR
Display specialists Kopin have unveiled a tiny, high resolution OLED ‘microdisplay’ designed specifically for the use inside immersive headsets. It’s dubbed ‘Lightning’ and it could open the door to a thinner and lighter form of VR headset. Myriad VR hardware continues to be announced at CES 2017 as the space still remains one of the...
VR meets marketing: Get ready for this new reality (VB Live)
VB LIVE: A drop in the price of VR headsets and wildly successful campaigns from giants like Volvo prove that VR is set to reshape the marketing landscape. Join VR innovators in this VB Live event to learn how to tap into the revolution and take emotion-driven marketing to the next level. Register here for...
Hap2U wants you to get back in touch with your touchscreen
Gamers are familiar with the sense of touch you get from rumble controllers, but it’s a pretty blunt form of force feedback. But Hap2U thinks we’ve all been out of touch. So the five-person French startup has created a prototype of touch-feedback technology for touchscreens. I felt the demo at the CES Unveiled party this week...