Virtual reality spans across a wide range of price points, but HTC’s only shown interest in the high-end so far. HTC is ‘open’ to the idea of a smartphone-based virtual reality headset. Speaking to TrustedReviews, Ryan ...
VerLASE Technologies LLC of Bridgewater, NJ, USA (a spin-off from technology development firm Versatilis LLC of Shelburne, VT, USA) says that the US Patent Office has issued US Patent No. 9,269,854, a fundamental patent covering the use of ...
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Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is investing about €63m to strengthen its consumer board and biomaterials capabilities in China and Sweden. Of the total amount, the company will invest €31m in a new ...
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We've been promised that this is the year that virtual reality finally takes off. This piece of kit adds gesture control to VR headsets, making them more intuitive and hence more immersive than ever. The Orion is made by Leap Motion, a ...
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As competition in the high-end notebook market is expected to start heating up, Asustek Computer has been increasing its orders for high-end notebook models, benefiting its component suppliers and manufacturers such as AU Optronics (AUO), ...
The Oculus Touch controllers for the Oculus Rift VR headset will not launch until the second half of 2016, the Facebook-owned company announced on Thursday. Oculus VR says it needs more tome to ‘perfect’ the handheld Touch ...
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A new mobile app from Los Angeles-based media company RYOT allows users to step virtually into crisis zones, even taking them on a tour of the war-torn streets of Syria. The project is a video called "Welcome to Aleppo" offering viewers a ...
Tags: Virtual Reality, APP
Plenty of drones enable you to see what they see via a phone or tablet. But Flybi is the first to stream back the footage in virtual reality. It comes with its own set of VR goggles. Slap them on, and you can watch the drone's footage in ...
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Smart is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to combine an online store for new cars with a virtual showroom. As of now, customers in Italy can explore a smart at www.smartforstore.it and also buy one online, 24 hours a day. ...
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HTC co-founder Cher Wang has claimed the long-awaited HTC Vive virtual reality headset will debut some previously unseen innovations at CES 2016 next month. Speaking at the Vive Unbound developers forum in Beijing, Wang claimed the new ...
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Everyone wants to get into the virtual reality game, including journalists. RT, formerly Russia Today, has announced the launch of a new mobile app for 360-degree video news. RT360 offers up panoramic video that puts audiences right in ...
Tags: virtual reality game, 360-degree video news, Electronics
Privately held integrated optical communications component and sub-system developer ColorChip of Yokneam, Israel has raised $25m in a round of growth funding. Founded in 2001 by Dr Shimon Eckhouse and professor Shlomo Rushin of the School ...
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The market for wearables has maintained a certain growth level in recent years, though device vendors have not experienced a boom in demand as they would hope. The total wearable device shipments in 2015 are estimated at 68.1 million units, ...
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Intel Capital is estimated to invest a total of US$500 million in 2015. Prior to the end of October, Intel Capital had already invested US$168 million in China and with a separate US$1 billion investment in the Tsinghua Unigroup, several ...
Tags: China, Dalian, foundry, Intel Capital, wafer
Japanese automotive giant Honda has inaugurated its Silicon Valley R&D facility, along with its 2016 Accord flaunting first use of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. With a view to changing the automotive experience of its consumers, the ...
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