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Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR Headset

Road to VR

Palmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new XR headset. The company has also mentioned in the past it’s developed XR software for the battefield, which could mean an Anduril headset could be on the horizon as well.

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Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR Headset

Road to VR

Palmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new XR headset. The company has also mentioned in the past it’s developed XR software for the battefield, which could mean an Anduril headset could be on the horizon as well.

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HTC Files Trademark For ‘Vive Cosmos’

VRScout

Details include a ‘head mounted display for computer simulated reality.’. While the description itself doesn’t explicitly state that the trademark is related to VR, phrases such as “head mounted display for computer simulated reality” and “optical devices,” indicate that immersive technology is more than likely involved.

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Valve Says New Calibration Software Makes Lower-Cost LCD Panels Viable for High-End VR

Road to VR

“World class VR requires highly precise tracking, matched optics and display technologies, and a software stack that weaves together the interactions between these components,” said Jeremy Selan of Valve. ” image courtesy Valve.

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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light. Head mounted display including pancake lens block.

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VR: Fad or Fiction?

Tech Trends VR

Back in 2012, a starry-eyed young entrepreneur called Palmer Luckey announced a new and improved head-mounted display that would be better than pretty much everything on the market at the time, and affordable for gamers to boot. Gaming continues to be the main driver in VR software sales with sales of around $1.2

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Is 2020 Virtual Reality’s Breakout Year?

ARPost

The first computerized head-mounted display, created in 1968 by Ivan Sutherland, was so heavy that it needed to be suspended from the ceiling with a mechanical arm — a clear limit to commercial use cases and widespread adoption. The Beginning. The Present. Guest Post.