SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Qualcomm has big ambitions for its Snapdragon 835 processor. The company is unveiling more details about the flagship mobile processor today at a press event at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. The processor has 3 billion transistors and is built in an advanced 10-nanometer manufacturing process, enabling advances in battery life,...
Computer vision is working better than it once did, and EyeSight Technologies is one of the companies taking advantage of that. The company is revealing new hand and finger gestures for the second generation of its Singlecue gesture-recognition technology. With Singlecue Gen 2 and a wave of a hand, a pinch of a finger, or a palm...
Hubblo is launching a new 360-degree camera to enable personal virtual reality broadcasting. Hong Kong-based Hubblo is announcing the Hubblo VR camera — a 3D livestreaming device that can stream at 4K — at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. The all-in-one camera will shoot 4K video and debut...
3dRudder wants virtual reality users to get off on the right foot. The New York startup has created a wireless foot-powered controller for PC games, mobile apps, and VR headsets. The company unveiled what may be the strangest product at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. But hey, it is...
Like NASA’s experiments with mixed reality, entities are using VR and AR to increase efficiency and lower cost in big ways. NASA is using VR as a training space for astronauts, but also testing out components for different mechanisms in mixed reality without having to manufacture things that may or may not work or fit...
2016 was rough. A gorilla died, trolls ruled the earth, and we lost more than our fair share of icons and legends. But, thankfully, every year eventually comes to a close and now we turn to the promise of 2017 — and it’s kicking off with a bang for VR. CES is upon us and...
Following today’s news about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor, we learned about more mobile VR and AR developments. In a leaked Qualcomm blog post (which has since been taken down), it looks like the upcoming ASUS ZenFone is expected to be both Google Daydream and Tango ready. Daydream is the VR ecosystem released by Google...
The first VR headset for Window’s recently announced Holographic platform is almost here, and according to a report by The Verge, it’s going to cost between $300 and $400 when it goes on sale later this year. Ramping up for CES 2017 in Las Vegas, Lenovo has revealed their newest entry into the world of VR,...
For some time now, there has been quite a bit of speculation as to when the selection of augmented and mixed reality head-mounted displays would begin to trickle out to the public. Pricing, availability, and software selection are all issues that will have to be addressed before widespread adoption will start. Lenovo has already released...
Mobile VR will always be under-powered compared to the bigger, better PC and console-based counterparts. The fact of the matter is that a mobile device such as a smartphone just doesn’t pack the punch that a $1,000+ computer or game console does, no matter how advanced it is. However, that doesn’t mean the gap can’t...
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