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Qualcomm demos 5G VR edge computing
Published in Network
Friday, 02 March 2018 09:14

Qualcomm demos 5G VR edge computing


Wireless VR from PC to HMD Snapdragon 835

By the summer of 2017, I started hearing the term edge computing from a lot of C level meetings I had in the computing industry and it became very clear that this is the next big thing. At MWC 2018, Qualcomm demonstrated edge computing 5G mm Wave powered VR, which is likely to become the future of VR.

Snapdragon 845 Mobile VR reference design is out
Published in Graphics


Next-Generation VR Experiences

Even the producers and screenwriters of the Silicon Valley TV show think that mobile will be driving VR, and it seems that they have closely followed what Fudzilla and Qualcomm have been saying for a while.

IBM and Unity use Watson AI for games
Published in News
Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:05

IBM and Unity use Watson AI for games


Star Trek Bridge Crew and AR and VR games

It is not every day when heavyweight of the Artificial Intelligence market, IBM, announces that its Watson AI will end up in the Unity engine targeting future AR and VR games.

Unified VR proving tricky
Published in News
Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:15

Unified VR proving tricky


Market should learn from console wars


Beancounters at ABI Research have added up some numbers and worked out that the VR market is in danger of fragmenting.

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR
Published in News
Thursday, 12 October 2017 02:34

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR


Oculus Go ships in 2018

This is the first of two headsets that we have been hearing about in the last few months to be coming from Facebook owned Oculus

Nokia gives up on VR camera
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:27

Nokia gives up on VR camera


Makes more workers redundant

The former rubber boot maker Nokia has abandoned its OZO VR camera project and made more workers redundant.

HP ships VR backpack
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:24

HP ships VR backpack


Omen priced at $2,499.99

HP began shipping its virtual reality backpack the OMEN X Desktop VR Backpack today.

Microsoft’s mixed reality expected this Christmas
Published in IoT

 
Samsung already announces display

Software king of the world Microsoft has been talking up its latest mixed reality options,

IDC has not given up on AR and VR
Published in IoT
Monday, 02 October 2017 11:31

IDC has not given up on AR and VR


13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021

Beancounters at IDC have been shuffling their tarot decks and reached the conclusion that AR and VR are going to continue to grow like crazy – despite the fact that other analysts are not so sure.

Bethesda's VR games coming in 2017
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:16

Bethesda's VR games coming in 2017


Skyrim VR, Doom VFR and Fallout 4 VR

In a Quakcon welcome blog post, Bethesda officially revealed the launch dates for three of its upcoming VR titles, Skyrim VR, Doom VFR and Fallout 4 VR.