AMD wants to make your VR headset wireless
Acquires Nitero millimeter wave company
You might seen we've writing about millimeter waves several times. and we usually attributed this term to 5G. AMD has just acquired Nitero, a millimeter wave company that wants to use this technology to cut the cord on your VR and AR headset.
Windows 10 Creators Update ISO available early
Windows 10 build 15063 goes RTM
Although Microsoft is set to officially release its Windows 10 Creators Update to the general public on April 11th, the company has already made the ISO files available for download on its official site on Thursda, just before the end of the Q1 business cycle and the last day of March.
ASUS spins off its AR development team
Readying to support Windows Mixed Reality headsets in Q4
ASUS said that it is ready to spin off its augmented reality and virtual reality development teams to become an independent startup, according to the latest Far East reports.
VR headset sales expected to pick up
IDC expects a 10-fold increase
Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that global shipments of augmented and virtual reality headset devices are expected to reach 99.4 million units in 2021.
Total Recall loses case against Oculus
On a technicality
Total Recall Technologies (TRT) has had its lawsuit against Oculus VR and its founder Palmer Luckey tossed out of court on a filing technicality.
Why did Microsoft rename Win Holographic to "Windows Mixed Reality"?
First developer kits arriving later this month
Last week Microsoft decided to make a brand name change to the Windows Holographic platform that will ship with an upcoming version of Windows and enable a variety of apps and programs to run on new head-mounted display units arriving this spring.
Asustek VR ready for third quarter
Sorting out suppliers
Asustek is choosing suppliers for its VR head-mounted display (HMD) devices so it can have its production start in the third quarter of 2017.
Microsoft kills second gen HoloLens
Working on Version three instead
Microsoft appears to be getting cold feet over its HoloLens and is not going to release a second version of the gear.
Apple to invent AR glasses
It is going be a game-changer
The super-cool and innovative tech power house Apple is rumoured to have come up with some game-changing glasses which superimpose information and pictures onto reality.
Google partners rushing into AI
Because that is not a bubble waiting to burst
Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices using its tech.