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Former Hulu exec joins VR firm SubVRsive
Former Hulu executive, Johannes Larcher, has joined Austin, Texas-based virtual reality firm SubVRsive as CEO….
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AR and VR investments reach US$2.3bn
The amount of money invested last year in virtual and augmented reality companies more than…
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Facebook ordered to pay US$500m in Oculus VR lawsuit
Facebook’s VR division, Oculus has been ordered to pay US$500 million to games firm ZeniMax…
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Facebook hires Hugo Barra to lead VR efforts
Facebook has hired former Xiaomi and Google executive Hugo Barra to lead all of its…
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PlayStation VR now supports 360° YouTube videos
PlayStation VR users can now experience immersive 360-degree YouTube videos using their PS VR headsets….
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Fox creates new video-gaming, location-based ents and VR division
Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Networks has created a new division to oversee video-gaming, location-based…
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Facebook CEO denies Oculus technology theft
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a US court yesterday to deny claims that Oculus…
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AR to be ‘primary driver’ of VR/AR market by 2021
Mobile augmented reality (AR) could be the primary driver of the US$108 billion (€101 billion)…
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European and Australian VR content firms merge
Virtual reality-focused producers in Europe and Australia have merged to create a new conglomerate, the…
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BBC looking to develop haptic VR and AR experiences
BBC Earth is looking to experiment with ‘haptic’ virtual reality experiences – involving a sense…
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Kabo picks up Tilt VR format
Kabo International has picked up international rights to Tilt, the Finnish virtual reality game and…
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BBC Earth teams up with Oculus for natural history VR experiences
BBC Worldwide’s naturally history service BBC Earth has struck a partnership with virtual reality outfit…
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VR headset sales tipped to climb 79% in the US this year
US sales of virtual reality headsets are projected to reach 2.5 million units in 2017,…
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BBC launches first VR project on Oculus
The BBC has launched its first virtual reality (VR) production on the Oculus store. The…
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Global VR Association launches with backing from Google, Facebook, HTC
Google, HTC VIVE and ’s Oculus are among the founding members of the Global Virtual…
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Howard to head Discovery VR
Discovery has brought in Rebecca Howard to head up its virtual reality content efforts. Howard…
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BBC launches virtual reality talk show
UK public broadcaster has launched No Small Talk, a virtual reality talk show for millennial…
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Sony Pictures agrees VR deal with Nokia
Sony Pictures has agreed a VR deal with Nokia that will see it explore the…
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Google’s Daydream VR service now available
Google has launched its new Daydream View VR headset in five markets, along with Daydream…
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Futuresource: 360-degree camera shipments to quadruple
Shipments of 360-degree cameras are expected to quadruple this year, compared to last, according to…
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Intel buys VR startup Voke for immersive sports
Intel has acquired virtual reality startup Voke as part of a move into immersive sports….
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VR revenues in the US to reach US$38bn in 2026
US virtual reality revenues will experience “very modest growth” in the next two years but…
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Ovum: VR video to generate US$8.2bn by 2020
Virtual reality (VR) video will generate revenues of US$8.2 billion (€7.5 billion) by 2020 and…
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Juniper: Smartphone gesture controls important for VR uptake
The use of gesture and motion controls in smartphone-based virtual reality will be particularly important…
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Microsoft announces VR headsets for 2017
Microsoft this week announced that it is partnering with PC makers to build a range…
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Immersive tech companies form VR coalition, Disruptive Reality
A coalition of five immersive technology-focused companies has come together to work on a category…
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Orange launches virtual reality headset aimed at OCS customers
Orange is launching a mid-range universal virtual reality headset for the European market as part…
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MIPCOM: VR ‘definitely here to stay’
Virtual reality is “definitely here to stay” and is “completely different from 3D” delegates at…
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Jaunt adds branded Sky section to VR app
Cinematic virtual reality firm Jaunt has struck a content deal with investor Sky that will…
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Strategy Analytics: VR uptake in the UK to be a ‘slow burn’
Virtual reality uptake in the UK will be a “slow burn” with just 3% of…