Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. The popular Gear VR has moved 5.5M The popular Gear VR has moved 5.5M

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

As consumers become increasingly receptive to sharing wearable-generated biometric data and are exposed to augmented reality via smartphones; ideas like replacing traditional travel documents with personal wearables and implementing AR wayfinding in airports seem less and less far-fetched.

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Wearables Philippines New Zealand Industry 53

Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

And though Google has withdrawn its Glass in 2015 for a major review, several cheap Chinese copycats just surfaced. This technology allows or forces you to see reality through the display while projecting digital information in your field of view. These goggles will abduct you from reality and plunge you into a virtual world.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The unique (and formerly Valve developed) retro-reflective-powered CastAR system gave us a glimpse at one of augmented reality’s possible futures; Avegant turned up with their bizarre yet technically impressive personal media player the Glyph ; PrioVR had their new entry-level motion tracking / VR input system to try.

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Virtual Reality Eye Tracking HTC Hardware 213

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In November 2015, UploadVR.com marked its first birthday at the dawn of the consumer VR age. November 2015. December 2015. Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. In fact, it was prior to most of the editorial team joining.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Sony – PlayStation VR. Just days after PSVR’s October launch, Jim Ryan, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, spoke to the company’s confidence in early traction of the PSVR headset in an interview with CNBC. “We SEE ALSO Sony Expects Early PSVR Sales to Reach "Many Hundreds of Thousands". Samsung – Gear VR.

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