SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
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....
Yesterday, BMW revealed that it will introduce 40 self-driving test cars to U.S. and European roads in 2017. But until that happens, the German automotive giant announced that it will let car buyers check out some of its currently available electric and hybrid cars virtually, thanks to the powers of augmented reality (AR). With the...
Over at AMD’s booth, CyberPowerPC was one of many that made an appearance with a design that’s taking advantage of the motherboards powered by the new Ryzen processor. That’s not the only appearance they’re making, though, as they’re also bringing rigs that are based on Intel’s 7th generation Kaby Lake processor along with some VR-ready...
Arizona Sunshine by Vertigo Games is a great game. We liked it so much, in fact, that we awarded it the designation of our favorite VR game of 2016. The complete single player campaign mode, cooperative multiplayer support, and addictive horde mode delivered a lot of content to a game that was already overflowing with fun and...
I’m not well-versed in Chinese mythology, but even I’ve heard of the Monkey King, otherwise known as Sun Wukong. Most notably, I know about his appearance in the 16th century novel, Journey to the West. This is of course the premise of Monkey King, a new cinematic VR series in development by Digital Domain. Although, this...
As someone that has a PS VR, Gear VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift all in the same apartment, cables, controllers, and headsets are often scattered everywhere. Beside my couch in the living room I’ve luckily got the POWER A Charge and Display Station for my PS VR already, but my home office has the...
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