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‘World’s Smallest 360 Camera’ Launches On Indiegogo
Nicovr, a Shanghai-based technology start-up, has launched what it is calling “the world’s smallest consumer 360-degree camera.” The Nico360 VR camera is cube that...
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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...
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Acer Officially Entering VR Headset Market
Acer and Sweden-based game creator Starbreeze AB have officially formed a previously announced joint venture to bring virtual-reality headsets to the market. The new...
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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...
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WeVeer Touts Indiegogo Offering As ‘World’s Best VR Glasses For Porn’
Virtual reality’s dirty little secret is no more. VR porn is going mainstream. That’s the idea behind WeVeer, billed as the “world’s best VR...
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HTC’s Vive VR Headset Becomes More Of A Reality
HTC rolled out its $799 Vive virtual-reality headset to select Microsoft, GameStop and Micro Center stores and accelerated shipment times for orders made through...
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How Microsoft Hopes To Kick-Start VR Adoption
Microsoft hopes to jump-start the virtual-reality and mixed-reality marketplace by offering the Windows Holographic software used in its HoloLens headset to other companies to...
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How The Kentucky Derby Will Be Broadcast In 360-Degree HD VR
NBC Sports is teaming up with NextVR for a live 360-degree HD virtual-reality broadcast of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7. Two Saturday...
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NextVR To Broadcast Live Concerts In 360-Degree VR
NextVR will team up with music-venue operator Live Nation to broadcast hundreds of live concerts around the world in 360-degree virtual reality, the companies...
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The Reality Of Virtual Reality: Slow Growth
Virtual-reality headsets are still in their early developmental stages, and it will take six to eight years for the U.S. market “to reach a...
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People Will Buy More Smartphone VR Headsets, But The Dollars Are Going Elsewhere
Smartphone-based virtual reality headsets will account for 87 percent of 2016’s global VR-headset shipments of 13.1 million but only 23 percent of the $895...
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Select Microsoft, GameStop Stores To Demo HTC Vive VR Headset
HTC teamed up with Microsoft and GameStop to let people experience its $799 Vive VR headset in stores in the U.S. and Canada before...
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Hulu Bringing Content To Samsung Gear VR
Highlighting an initiative announced last fall, OTT-TV provider Hulu launched a virtual reality app for Samsung’s Oculus-powered Gear VR headset. The app will play content...
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Sony PlayStation VR Gets Price, Delayed Launch
Sony priced its planned PlayStation VR headset at $399, well below that of some rival VR headsets, but postponed its global launch to October...
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New VR, AR Solutions Come Into View
The nascent market for virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets has nowhere to go but up, and with this year’s launch of multiple entries into the...
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Virtual Reality Is Here (Almost)
Trying virtual reality for the first time is somewhat akin to the first time you donned 3D glasses — but only if you multiply...
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Samsung, Six Flags Team For Virtual-Reality Rollercoasters
Riders on virtual-reality-equipped rollercoasters at nine Six Flags theme parks this year will fly with Superman or battle space aliens while wearing Samsung’sGear VR...
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Microsoft, NFL Look At Watching Football Through VR HoloLens
Football fans watching games through Microsoft’s HoloLens virtual-reality headset would get a room-wide view, watch a holographic replay from any angle on their coffee...
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IC Real Tech, HumanEyes Technologies Offer Affordable VR Options
While lines of hardcore gamers formed on the CES floor to demo virtual reality products from major players like Oculus Rift and Samsung, new...
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Google App Turns Smartphone Into VR Camera
Google released a Cardboard Camera app that turns Android phones into virtual-reality cameras. Users hold out the phone in front of them as they...
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Virtual Reality On The Cheap
Los Angeles – Startup NextCore launched its first virtual-reality headset though the Amazon and the Noon VR web stores at only $89. For its display, the Noon VR...
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HTC Demos Virtual-Reality Headset To Consumers
SAN DIEGO – HTC, the smartphone maker that is repositioning itself as a personal technology company, went to Comic-Con 2015 to demonstrate the developers’...
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Microsoft Reveals Valve Partnership For VR
San Francisco — Microsoft is apparently doubling down on its commitment to virtual reality gaming by revealing a partnership with Valve VR to “make...
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GoPro Tackling Virtual Reality
SAN MATEO, CALIF. – GoPro is aiming to conquer a new category, virtual reality. The action-cam pioneer will acquire Kolor, a leading supplier of...
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LG Plans VR Headset Giveaway With G3 Phone
Seoul, Korea – LG plans this month to give away a free VR for G3 virtual-reality headset with the purchase of a new LG...
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Samsung Prices VR Headset At $199
DALLAS – Samsung Telecommunications America (STA) revealed the pricing and sales outlets for its Oculus-powered Gear VR Innovator Edition virtual-reality headset, which is available...
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Samsung Unveils 360-Degree VR System
Ridgefield Park, N.J. – Samsung used its multi-city “Samsung’s Unpacked” event centered at the IFA show in Berlin Wednesday, to reveal its Oculus-based VR...
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