Tag: virtual reality
Unless you live under a rock, you’ll have noticed the recent explosion of virtual reality (VR) devices and games over the last few months. Despite being a work in progress for the last few decades, VR really hit the headlines in 2015 thanks to Oculus Rift and its now owner, Facebook. Although Oculus Rift and […]
We can’t help it, but virtual reality brings out the cynic in us. Most things do, you will say, and you would be right. The question, though, and one for serious debate over the coming months, is whether virtual reality is the Next Big Thing, a game changer or a red herring. There are clearly […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A growing number of U.S. companies are counting on virtual reality for real profits. With growth hard to come by amid the lethargic economy, companies ranging from snowmobile manufacturers to furniture sellers are incorporating virtual reality that so far has mostly been found in video games. Their bet: that the trendy […]
(Reuters) – Virtual reality company Oculus started shipping its highly awaited Rift headsets from Monday, about two years after the company was acquired by social media giant Facebook Inc. The earliest investors in Oculus’s fundraising campaign on crowdfunding website Kickstarter in 2012 started receiving their Rift headsets from Monday. The first of the pre-orders will […]
One of the biggest digital/gadget trends at this year’s Mobile World Congress was undoubtedly virtual reality. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg talked it up in his keynote, an entire conference session was devoted to it, and device makers like Samsung, LG, HTC, Oculus Rift and Alcatel announced new VR headsets. There were also plenty of demos on the exhibition floor, such […]
With virtual reality (VR) on course to become a $1 billion global business, the launch of the eagerly-awaited HTC Vive VR headset has been one of the highlights of this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The Taiwanese electronics company HTC set up a booth at the four day exhibition, showcasing how the consumer […]
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has created a virtual reality (VR) computing division and moved Clay Bavor, the executive running its product management team, to run the new arm, Re/code reported citing people familiar with the matter. Bavor, vice president of product management, oversaw some of Google’s key apps, including Gmail, Drive and Google Docs, […]
One of the things that causes a certain degree of cynicism (surely not, Ed) at DisruptiveViews is the concept of Virtual Reality (VR). It is also a name that lends itself easily to the ‘bon mot,’ the witty rejoinder and toe tapping title beloved of journalists. Headlines such as ‘Will this be the year when […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – YouTube announced two new features Thursday for its Android app that expand the video site’s use of virtual reality, giving the new technology its biggest platform yet. The app now supports VR video – a format that gives viewers what the company says are more realistic 360-degree perspectives of films. To […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Hrvoje Prpic is wandering through a fashion boutique trying to pick out a new accessory. Only he’s not actually there. He’s sitting in a trendy London coffee shop wearing a virtual reality headset that he believes could be the future of online shopping. The 43-year-old is the founder of Trillenium, a start-up that […]
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