Project Alloy, Intel’s VR headset with mixed reality (MR) capabilities revealed at Intel Developer Forum last August, got a little extra stage time this CES, as Intel showed off some more of the headset’s gaming chops. The video shows two users playing a multiplayer wave-based shooter from the comfort of a living room. Since it’s a tetherless...
The bleachers at Intel’s CES sprawling booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center were packed to the gills with eager technophiles waiting to see something incredible on Thursday afternoon. As it turns out, they’re rewarded for their loyal presence when Aneet Chopra from Intel takes the stage and begins to explain the concept of “Merged Reality.” To...
Here’s a visual tour of some of the first VR headsets to be shown adopting Microsoft’s new Windows Holographic platform. At CES Acer, 3Glasses, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all showing VR headsets due for 2017, this is what they’ll look like. Microsoft’s Windows Holographic is the company’s immersive initiative built on foundations begun with...
VR input gloves are getting a big boost thanks to HTC’s newly revealed Vive Tracker. The combination of Noitom’s Hi5 VR glove and the Tracker forms a surprisingly compelling input experience that adds finger-level fidelity to Vive experiences. We’ve seen plenty of VR gloves and other finger-tracking input methods over the years, and while a few...
The New Year 2017 has seen a number of new market reports emerging this week predicting the growth of the AR market. A round up of the key headline findings with links to the individual reports is as follows: Research and Markets report forecasts the global mobile AR and VR apps market to grow at...
An article on Shacknews provides information on the debut of the HoloLamp at CES this week. Instead of using a headset to produce Augmented Reality, the HoloLamp uses a projector to project holographic images in a small area like a table. The demos shown of HoloLamp reveal that the device scans a designated area and...
(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years, beating expectations on strong chip sales and a smartphone rebound. The upbeat outlook comes despite a slight fall in revenue and the anticipated $2.1 billion profit hit from...
China’s Insta360 has announced its 8K professional virtual reality camera, the Insta360 Pro, to raise the bar for 360-degree VR films. The company made the announcement at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. The 8K-resolution Insta360 Pro camera is designed for shooting 360 films that can be displayed with virtual...
Pico Technology unveiled a completely untethered virtual reality headset, the Pico Neo CV. Untethered VR is expected to be the wave of the future, as VR growth has been stunted by PC-based VR systems that come with wires you can get tangled up in. But it’s a big design feat to pack a lot of...
Lumus, an Israeli startup that just raised a $45 million funding round, is unveiling new augmented reality displays for smartglasses that offer a wider field of view. The company showed the Maximus prototype for AR glasses with a 55-degree field of view at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week....
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