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Report Casts Doubt on HoloLens 3, Microsoft Says AR Headset is “doing great”

Road to VR

This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. In any case, Samsung’s reported partnership with Microsoft sounds like very familiar territory for the South Korean tech powerhouse.

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Samsung’s New Galaxy S10 Lineup Announced with Gear VR Support

Road to VR

Samsung today announced its latest and greatest flagship phone lineup, the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and S10 5G. The latest version of the headset (SM-R324NZAAXAR), which supports an impressive 14 different Samsung smartphone models, now also supports the four new members of the Galaxy family. Image courtesy Samsung.

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A Work in Progress: Virtual Reality

VRScout

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 Since then, we have seen a movement. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. Average time spent in headset is 25 minutes.

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Best VR Headsets in 2018

VeeR VR

Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets. For those of you that will not be able to attend in San Jose, California you can watch the event live streamed in virtual reality on your Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR!

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VR Has Officially Ascended to ‘Crappy Last-Minute Gift’ Thanks to This AXE Bodywash Bundle

Road to VR

After it was introduced in 2014, Chinese manufacturers flooded the market with these ‘Plastic Cardboards’, which on the surface seem to fill a use: headsets made of cardboard get greasy and dinged-up fairly quickly, so having a more robust plastic version helps keep them in good shape longer.

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The Tantalizing Promise Of Augmented Reality Games

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We’ve been investing in it since 2014. We got into AR seriously in 2014. An example of something that’s working out right now in VR is the Samsung commercials, the Samsung VR that was running every second over Christmas. GB: Is it a tradeoff against what you’d call latency, maybe? That’s what you’re seeing.

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Apple Vision Pro Review: A Portable But Heavy Cinema & Monitor With A Promising Spatial OS

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In the near field, Quest even uses positional tracking so that your head can translate through this reprojected view before the next camera frame is even available to minimize perceived latency. The streaming quality is excellent and the latency feels lower than any wireless remote desktop I’ve ever tried.

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