Oculus has announced a price cut for its VR Rift headset and Touch controller bundle, as well as the Touch controller itself. In the US, Rift plus Touch is now available for $598, down from $798. A Touch controller on its own is $99, and the price of an additional Oculus Sensor is now $59. […]
ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has announced the official release of its end to end (E2E) virtual reality (VR) live solution at Mobile World Congress 2017. ZTE’s E2E VR live solution includes 4 key components: VR content capture, elastic networks, a premium video platform […]
Channel 4 has taken a minority stake in new British virtual reality (VR) business Parable, focussing on innovative content creation with storytelling at its heart. Launched this month, Parable will create VR and 360° content across the entertainment, brand marketing and training sectors. Parable is co-founded by former director of programmes at The Garden Productions, […]
The use of 5G to support future Virtual Reality services will be explored by BT and Nokia, as part of a new stream of research. This research will examine how the low latencies and high bandwidths of 5G can be used to maximise the experience of customers watching fully-immersive live sport or entertainment in future […]
ZeniMax, the video game publisher that recently won a case against Facebook’s Oculus, has asked a judge to block the firm from using its code in virtual reality products. Earlier this month a US court ruled that Oculus had used ZeniMax’s code without permission. If the ban is enforced, it could limit the number of […]
On February 26th, Liberty Global will live-stream a rare type of solar eclipse to people around the world via its Facebook page and YouTube channel. The Southern Ring of Fire solar eclipse will be streamed directly from the remote town of Coyhaique, in southern Chile – one of the best places in the world to […]
The latest global forecast from analyst firm CCS Insight for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices reflects the relatively slow start to this nascent market. However, CCS Insight continues to believe the segment holds great potential and can deliver healthy growth over the next five years and beyond. Sales of smartphone virtual reality […]
Google’s Cardboard VR ecosystem has a commanding share of shipments and installed base, but Samsung and Sony’s successful VR launches in 2016 see them split more than half of VR hardware revenues, according to market intelligence consultancy Strategy Analytics’ report, VR Headset Platform Market Share Year End 2016,
The unstoppable rise in mobile usage is fuelling video growth, according to a study from AOL, State of the Industry: Mobile Video Report, which shows an explosion in video viewing on mobile devices with mobile ad spend predicted to increase in 2017. The global research of industry and consumer behaviour, conducted in seven markets including […]
Sales of virtually reality headsets are off to a strong start in Australia with more than 200,000 units sold in 2016, according to a study by emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. The Telsyte Australian VR & AR Market Study 2017 shows that 216,000 VR headsets were sold in the calendar year 2016, with mobile VR […]