Products
I Was Wrong About The iPad And I Hope I’m Wrong About Apple Vision Pro
Can the Vision Pro win me over?
virtual reality
Another View
Retail’s VR Future: A New Shopping Dimension
Technology and everyday life are slowly melding together. Once upon a time, Virtual Reality (VR) was science fiction. Now it’s transforming our lives and...
Products
The State Of VR: How Meta Dropped The Ball
What the industry can learn from the Meta Quest Pro less-than-auspicious launch
Products
Apple Glasses Delayed ‘Indefinitely’ — But A Cheaper VR/AR Headset Could Be Coming
Apple Glasses could be on the backburner while Apple makes mixed reality more affordable
Accessories
Apple’s AR/VR Headset Reportedly Enough To Pique Samsung’s Interest In Micro OLED Tech
Samsung is thought to be readying microLED displays at Apple's behest
Products
Apple VR/AR Headset Will Reportedly Get Content From Hollywood’s Biggest Hitters
Jon Favreau said to be on board, but there's apparently some major hiccups
Products
Augmented Reality Market To Hit $175B By 2026: ABI Research
Growth and demand are spread across both enterprise and consumer
Products
Trying Out the World’s Most Advanced AR/VR Headset
My experience with the Varjo XR-1 and the Varjo Workspace Dimensional Interface
Products
It’s For Real: New Age Teams With HTC Vive For VR
Offerings include newest premium stand-alone headset
CES
Consumers Aren’t Terribly Impressed With Home VR
Enthusiasm is waning, so what does the future hold?
Products
Walmart’s Virtual Shopping Tour Is Waiting To Take You Away
Perusing an apartment in 3D and VR
Keeping Current
Why Retail Will Survive AR, VR & Drones
Technology can be a boon to brick-and-mortar too.
Products
Apple Readying VR Headset: Report
Apple may be working on a headset that combines virtual reality and augmented reality.
Products
Samsung Debuts VR Content Series
Grant program provides indie filmmakers with pro 360 cam, distribution on Oculus store
Products
Do AR & VR Have Real Shots In Retail?
Tom Campbell, corporate director for Video & Audio Center, discusses the retail prospects (and hurdles) for virtual reality and augmented reality.
Retail
This Is What Shopping Could Be Like Real Soon
Four retail tech trends stood out at this week's NRF "Big Show" in New York.
Blogs
How AR/VR Can Create A ‘Wow’ Experience At Retail
Many CE retailers sell virtual reality (VR) glasses by brands such as Oculus, Samsung (Gear) and even Microsoft (HoloLens). But VR technology can help...
Keeping Current
Sony Cuts Price Of PlayStation VR
Sony is lowering the price of its upcoming PlayStation VR system by bundling the VR headset and camera attachment to a round $400, down...
Industry
The Year Ahead In Gaming
1Xbox One X: Microsoft’s Project Scorpio was the only brand-new video game system from the three major console makers to be shown for the...
Blogs
VR Goes To The Head Of The Class
EdTech offers boundless opportunities for retailers, distributors and educators Educators are constantly looking for new ways to engage their students. Virtual reality is a...
news
Samsung Announces New VR Partnerships With UFC, X-Games, Live Nation
Samsung has inked deals with UFC, X Games and Live Nation to stream select live events in virtual reality. Samsung’s VR Live Pass on...
Computers
Acer Gets Skinny For Back-To-School PC Line; Shows Off Microsoft Mixed Reality
Acer unveiled it full 2017 back-to-school product lineup at a press conference in New York, including new all-in-one PCs, gaming notebooks and detachables, all...
Camcorders
GoPro Seeking Testers For Its New Fusion VR Cam
GoPro announced a pilot program for its newest action cam, the Fusion. Few details for the spherical camera were given, other than that it...
news
Facebook Takes Deeper Dive Into Augmented Reality
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees the phone as the bridge product to the widespread adoption of augmented reality (AR), and the company is basing...
Blogs
What’s Next For VR
There are many current and upcoming trends swirling around virtual reality (VR) that will certainly give the buzzed-about technology staying power over the next...
Appliances
Lowe’s Taking In-Store AR/VR To The Next Level
No. 1 appliance retailer Lowe’s is taking its futuristic HoloRoom home-improvement simulation space to the next dimension. As a refresher, the HoloRoom — which...
news
Through The Looking Glass With VR/AR
The following is an excerpt from the latest installment of TWICE’s Executive Retail Roundtable, in which we gather some of the best and the...
news
Sony, Samsung, HTC, Acer, Facebook & Google Form Global Virtual Reality Association
A team of VR-headset manufacturers have banded together to form the Global Virtual Reality Association. The non-profit organization will “promote the growth of the...
news
Alcatel Offering Flagship Idol 4S With Windows 10
Updated! Alcatel, a TCL Communications brand, will begin selling a more muscular Windows version of its flagship Idol 4S smartphone exclusively through T-Mobile on Nov....
news
LeEco Goes Disruptive On All Fronts: Products, Ecosystem, Distribution
When TWICE reported the sale of Vizio to Chinese electronics and content services giant LeEco earlier this year, it’s probable that few in the...
Blogs
The Future Of VR and (Non-Gaming) Entertainment
You have probably noticed the lottery-winner level of investment money being showered on VR technology. Aside from the simple fact that these devices are “cool,”...
Camcorders
GoPro Omni Will Ship Aug. 17
GoPro has set a shipping date for the Omni 360-degree VR action cam. Consumers will be able to purchase the $4,999 Omni on Aug....
news
Yuneec SkyView Gives You A Drone’s-Eye View
Yuneec is merging two of the hottest tech categories in retail: virtual reality and drones. The company’s SkyView first-person view (FPV) headset enables users...
news
Technicolor Opens Experience Center To Develop VR Content
Technicolor announced a new dedicated space for the creation of virtual-reality content. The Technicolor Experience Center will focus on developing VR, augment reality and...
news
You Can Now Buy Merge VR’s Soft Purple VR Goggles At Best Buy
Merge VR continues its retail expansion with its colorful VR headset that saddles the fence between all-but-free Cardboard headsets and high-end Oculus Rifts. The...
Digital Cameras
Insta360 Nano Turns Your iPhone Into A 360-Degree Action Camera
Arashi Vision has begun shipping a clip-on camera that shoots and live-streams HD 360-degree stills and video directly from an iPhone. The Apple MFi-approved...
news
T-Mobile Techs Up MLB’s All-Star Home Run Derby
T-Mobile is swinging for the fences at this year’s MLB All-Star Home Run Derby. The un-carrier is the official sponsor of the T-Mobile Home...
news
Sony PlayStation VR Headset Arrives Oct. 13
Sony’s entry into virtual reality takes place October 13 when the company’s $399 PlayStation VR headset hits the North America market along with VR-optimized...