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Google revamps Daydream VR headset, launches Pixel 2
Google released an updated version of its Daydream VR headset, along with the VR and…
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IDC: VR has suffered from ‘unrealistic expectations’
Virtual reality has suffered from “unrealistic growth expectations” but the market is still expanding at…
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Microsoft CEO: mixed reality to transform collaboration
New technologies like virtual and augmented reality could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork, according to…
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Ericsson’s Steve Plunkett: IBC 2017 preview
Ericsson’s CTO of broadcast and media services, Steve Plunkett, tells us what to look out…
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VR and AR headset shipments up 25% in Q2
Worldwide shipments of virtual and augmented reality headsets grew 25.5% year-over-year in the second quarter,…
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Google widens AR reach with ARCore Android SDK
Google has previewed a new augmented reality software development kit (SDK), designed to bring AR…
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Inception signs up for Microsoft MR and Facebook Camera Effects
RTL Group-backed virtual and augmented reality specialist Inception has joined Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality Programme…
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Disney and Lucasfilm launching Star Wars augmented reality event
Disney and Lucasfilm are to launch a Star Wars augmented reality event as part of…
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AR/MR market to reach US$14.1bn by end of 2021
The augmented and mixed reality market is tipped to soar in value to US$14.1 billion…
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VR and AR investments reach US$2 billion in past year
Deal makers in the virtual and augmented reality space invested US$2 billion across 27 sectors…
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eMarketer: US virtual reality use to climb 110% this year
Virtual reality usage will grow by 110% in the US this year, but will not…
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Google announces standalone Daydream VR headsets
The first standalone virtual reality headsets to run using Google’s Daydream VR platform are due…
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Facebook makes AR push, launches VR app
Facebook signalled a major push into augmented reality and launched a VR app for communicating…
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Mixed reality entertainment still ‘future gazing’ but tech advancing rapidly
The application of ‘mixed reality’ to consumer-facing entertainment services is still some way off, but…
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Brands ‘should partner to unlock VR potential’
Brands should partner up with each other to unlock the potential of VR, according to…
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VR headset sales to grow 800% by 2021
Global sales of smartphone VR headsets will grow fivefold and sales of dedicated VR headsets…
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VR device shipments to reach 110m by 2021
VR device shipments will reach a total of 110 million by 2021, with the industry…
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Video to account for three quarters of mobile traffic by 2021
Mobile video will represent 78% of the world’s mobile data traffic by 2021, up from…
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AR and VR investments reach US$2.3bn
The amount of money invested last year in virtual and augmented reality companies more than…
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Fox creates new video-gaming, location-based ents and VR division
Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Networks has created a new division to oversee video-gaming, location-based…
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AR to be ‘primary driver’ of VR/AR market by 2021
Mobile augmented reality (AR) could be the primary driver of the US$108 billion (€101 billion)…
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BBC looking to develop haptic VR and AR experiences
BBC Earth is looking to experiment with ‘haptic’ virtual reality experiences – involving a sense…
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Google’s Tango AR goes live on Lenovo smartphone
The first smartphone to support Google’s augmented reality (AR) initiative, Tango, has now launched in…
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AR app downloads to top 2.3 billion by 2021
Augmented reality app downloads will top 2.3 billion by 2021, representing a 380% increase from…
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Immersive tech companies form VR coalition, Disruptive Reality
A coalition of five immersive technology-focused companies has come together to work on a category…
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Portugal’s Nos launches AR app as Microsoft HoloLens comes to Europe
Portuguese pay TV provider Nos has launched an augmented reality online TV app using the…
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Techicolor launches VR, AR development centre
Technicolor has launched a centre that will be tasked with developing “high-end content, platforms and…
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VR and AR investment reaches US$686m in 2015
Augmented and Virtual Reality deals accounted for US$686 million of investments in 2015, according to new…