VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

One of Japan’s most iconic characters comes to life thanks to the power o f augmented reality. Let’s just get this out-of-the-way now: Hello Kitty is incredibly cute and it’s almost impossible to look at her without smiling. These facts are undisputable. What you might now know, however, is that behind the adorable cartoon character is global money-making empire, Sanrio.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Synaptics, a developer of input and display components for computers, smartphones, and other devices, recently introduced a new version of its ClearView display driver chip which has been optimized for head-mounted displays with high density displays, including a specialized feature for foveated rendering. Display driver ICs are the chips that tell a display exactly what to do in order to display incoming images; they are a small but critical component in the GPU to display pipeline and—like a s

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

As part of the company’s ongoing development of the Pimax “8K” headset, a select group of Kickstarter backers recieved pre-production units to aid in testing and feedback ahead of production. Today those backers are allowed to talk publicly about their time with the latest ‘M2’ units. A preview from one of those backers, Thomas “VoodooDE” Poersch, speaks glowingly about the headset’s wide field of view, but suggests that it’ll take ultra high

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