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The latest IKEA VR project – employees getting VR headsets

February 6, 2020December 14, 2017 by Emory Craig

Whatever you may think of the Swedish retailer, here’s one IKEA VR experience you won’t see. 14,000 IKEA employees are getting VR headsets for the holidays. …

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Here’s the price and specs for the HTC Vive Focus standalone headset

February 6, 2020December 7, 2017 by Emory Craig

We finally have the price and specs on the new HTC Vive Focus standalone headset. This was the unit we originally thought would be released in …

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No surprise: prices fall, VR headset market grows

February 7, 2020November 29, 2017 by Emory Craig

Recent news that the VR headset market is growing comes as no surprise. We’ve always thought price was a major barrier to the use of virtual …

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Pimax VR Headset Crushes Records on Kickstarter

February 7, 2020November 4, 2017 by Emory Craig

The Pimax VR headset Kickstarter campaign wrapped up with a staggering amount of funding. In the end, 5,946 backers pledged $4,236,618. To put this in perspective, Oculus raised …

Mixed Reality, VR News

At Oculus Connect – Facebook Makes The Case for VR

February 6, 2020October 12, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

At the annual Oculus Connect OC4 conference today, Mark Zuckerberg made the case for VR as the next computing platform for work, play, and entertainment. In …

Oculus Connect VR conference live-stream

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Live-stream of Oculus Connect VR Event

February 6, 2020October 11, 2017 by Emory Craig

Here are the keynotes from Facebook’s Oculus Connect 4 conference. A number of major developments in VR were announced on Wednesday including the new Oculus Go …

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The New Google VR Headset – New Colors, Better Lenses

February 17, 2020October 4, 2017 by Emory Craig

The new Google VR headset appeared today along with new Pixel phones and Google Home devices. Google’s Daydream View headset arrived in November 2016. While not …

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Dreamscape Immersive VR: Hollywood’s Bet on Virtual Reality

March 29, 2020September 27, 2017 by Emory Craig

The Spielberg-backed start-up Dreamscape Immersive VR has arrived in Hollywood flush with partnerships, big-name figures and massive funding ($20 million in cash). Partnering with AMC Entertainment, the world’s largest theater chain, we’ll see virtual reality …

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Here Comes Pimax – The World’s First 8K VR Headset

February 6, 2020September 21, 2017 by Emory Craig

Ready for an 8K VR Headset? The much-hyped Pimax project arrived on Kickstarter two days ago. It’s a VR headset that blows away anything you’ve experienced in virtual …

Augmented Reality, VR News

Mimesys Connect – a Fascinating Experiment in VR Collaboration

February 6, 2020September 11, 2017 by Emory Craig

Mimesys Connect is offering a fascinating experiment in VR collaboration through Apple’s ARKit. It’s access to VR without the need for a VR headset. Just using …

Augmented Reality, VR News

AR VR News at Europe’s Massive Tech Show – IFA 2017

February 6, 2020September 7, 2017 by Emory Craig

AR VR news coming out of Europe’s IFA 2017 conference? Looks like CES 2018 in Las Vegas has a competitor. A few years back IFA was basically a …

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KFC’s Nightmare Employee VR Training

February 6, 2020August 24, 2017 by Emory Craig

Over the years, KFC has done some strange things to sell chicken (a take out box that charges your phone), but their new employee VR training program is …

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YouTube and Google Try Out A New VR180 Format

February 7, 2020June 29, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

As we venture further into the world of AR and VR, we always like to say there are no shortcuts. But it’s interesting to watch the …

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VR Headset Resolution that Blows Away Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

February 7, 2020June 21, 2017 by Emory Craig

We know immersive technologies are changing fast, but the VR headset resolution announced by Varjo even caught us by surprise. The Finnish startup revealed that they are …

VR training simulator will revolution workplace training. Walmart and STRIVR are taking the first steps in the service industry sector.

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Walmart dives into immersive tech with a VR training simulator for employees

February 7, 2020June 3, 2017 by Emory Craig

VR is already in use in high-risk industries and to train athletes, and now Walmart is rolling out a VR training simulator program for its employees. …

Augmented Reality, VR News

AR and VR News at the Google I/O Event

February 17, 2020May 18, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

It’s no surprise that there has been a flood of AR and VR news at the Google I/O event. As we predicted, Google announced a new standalone mid-range …

A new Google VR headset may come at Google I/O

Augmented Reality, VR News

Is A New Google VR Headset Coming?

February 7, 2020May 17, 2017 by Emory Craig

According to Variety, a new Google VR headset will be announced at the upcoming I/O conference. Google’s conference runs Wednesday through Friday of this week and has taken on …

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VR Content Challenges: Facebook Closing Oculus Story Studio

February 7, 2020May 5, 2017 by Emory Craig

We didn’t expect to see Facebook Oculus Story Studio close so soon. The award-winning venture had a number of VR projects in the works.

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AR, VR and AI Dominate Facebook’s F8 Conference

February 7, 2020April 21, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

F8, the Facebook Developer conference, has become a go to event for Virtual Reality developments. But this year’s F8 veered off in a new direction to focus on Augmented Reality and AI.

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