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Forecast: VR Market Will Reach $162 Billion by 2020

VRScout

According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is forecast to grow from $5.2 The US, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) are projected to account for three-quarters of revenue for VR and AR.

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The XR Week (2020.11.16): HP Reverb G2 still haunted by WMR tracking, Quest 2 update brings 90Hz, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. News worth a mention.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.02.08): Samsung is back to XR, Echo VR gets shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Is virtual reality a bubble? Digi-Capital reported that venture capitalists invested $500 million in augmented reality and VR during the third quarter, with 65 percent of that money coming from mainstream traditional VCs. With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space.

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WebVR: Taking The Path Of Least Resistance To Mainstream VR

VRScout

In its ease of use and lack of friction for consumers, WebVR presents a glimmer of hope for the mainstream adoption of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). . Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. . ” Browsers.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. However, in June 2020, a U.S.