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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...
Industry
Time Warner, Intel, Comcast Execs Join Virtual Reality 20/20 Advisory Board
Execs from Time Warner, Intel, Comcast Ventures, Avriss VR, MediaLink, Grey AdVentures, WPP/GroupM and Comcast Ventures have joined the Advisory Board for Virtual Reality...
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ZTE Brings VR, High-Quality A/V To Axon 7 Smartphone
ZTE is bringing virtual reality, enhanced audio and video performance, a fingerprint sensor, and a better camera to its latest unlocked smartphone, which is...
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Queen Guitarist Brian May launches Owl VR Viewer
May’s Owl VR kit is designed to be used with any type of smartphone. “Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has designed and launched...
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Google Unveils Smart Speaker, Android Wear Updates, Better VR
Virtual reality and Android Wear wearables starred at Google’s annual developers conference, where the company also unveiled its Google Home voice-controlled wireless speaker and...
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VR Headset Demand On The Rise
Two percent of broadband-equipped U.S. households, or 2.3 million households in all, already own a virtual reality headset, and 5 percent of broadband households...
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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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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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Game-Console Penetration To Fall Below 50% By 2019
The number of broadband-connected households with a game console will fall to less than 50 percent by 2019 from today’s 58 percent, thanks to...
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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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Lowe’s Tests Microsoft HoloLens VR Headset For Kitchen Remodeling
Home-improvement chain Lowe’s launched a pilot program to test the use of Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic VR headset to help shoppers remodel their kitchens. Lowe’s...
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Nationwide Considering VR For Furniture Sales
The Nationwide Marketing Group is looking into virtual reality as a showroom selling tool for furniture. According to member services executive VP Frank Sandtner,...
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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...
Keeping Current
Make A VR Headset From A Happy Meal Box
McDonald’s has released a version of its Happy Meal box that can be transformed into a VR headset. The Happy Goggles are only available...
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Microsoft HoloLens VR Headset A Step Closer To Consumer Reality
Microsoftsaid it’s a step closer to bringing its untetheredHoloLensholographic VR headset to the consumer market with the March 30 shipment of theHoloLens Development Edition...
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2016 MWC: Samsung S7, S7 Edge Focus On Cameras, Gaming
Samsung upped the camera and gaming performance of its new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones, brought back a removable memory-card slot, and added...
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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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Yezz Smartphone Doubles As VR Action Camera
Smartphones decimated sales of MP3 players, point-and-shoot cameras, and home phones, and now they might be poised to take a major chunk out of...
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Ashton Kutcher, Samsung Among Investors In Wellington Virtual Reality Company
This wouldn’t be the first time Kutcher has dipped a toe into the CE waters, nor the first time he’s crossed paths with Samsung....
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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’...
Accessories
Vuzix ‘Video Headphones’ Reach Market
Los Angeles — Vuzix has begun preorder sales for its new iWear “video headphones,” designed for immersive high-definition video viewing and gaming. The iWear...
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Oculus Reveals Consumer Headset, Microsoft Partnership
San Francisco — Oculus is aiming squarely at the computer gaming market with a consumer version of its Rift virtual-reality headset. The headset, lighter...
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10 Things We Learned About Windows 10
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft sketched a bold roadmap for its upcoming Windows 10 launch and laid out a welcome mat to developers at its...
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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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Sony Upgrades Morpheus VR Headset Prototype
San Francisco — Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled the latest prototype of its Project Morpheus VR headset for the PS4, adding a bigger and better...
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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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