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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

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The Facebook team articulated a distinction between lightweight AR, requiring only your smartphone and available today, and ‘full AR,’ requiring a head mounted display, such as AR glasses. For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

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One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. Because of their input, a single DVD was capable of holding 95 minutes of footage (encompassing the runtime of 90% of films) all for a retail price under $20. It’s not a passing fad but an eventuality.

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How Nokia Broke Into Virtual Reality With Its Ozo Camera

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The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. Video came along and people would hire someone to film a wedding, maybe. Then VHS and digital cameras arrived.