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Samsung Losing Ground In VR/AR Due To ‘Obsession’ With Foldable Tech

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Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald , Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR space due to its unhealthy “obsession” with foldable smartphone technology. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung.

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Light Field Lab Unveils Modular Holographic Video Wall

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Light Field Lab is based out of San Jose, California, and backed by partners such as Khosla Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast, Liberty Global Ventures, Bosch Ventures (RBVC), Taiwania Capital, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, HELLA Ventures, AVG, R7 Partners, and ACME Capital.

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Report: Facebook to Launch Oculus Go Standalone Headset at F8 Developer Conference

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In short, Oculus Go is essentially a standalone version of Samsung Gear VR , a mobile VR headset featuring rotational-only tracking (3DOF) for both the headset and the controller. The post Report: Facebook to Launch Oculus Go Standalone Headset at F8 Developer Conference appeared first on Road to VR.

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Report: Qualcomm to Unveil New Snapdragon Chip Specifically Designed For Standalone Headsets

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Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg maintains that Qualcomm will unveil the new SoC, reportedly dubbed the Snapdragon XR1, at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, California, which takes place May 30th – June 1st. Standalone VR headsets incorporating the 835 include HTC Vive Focus and Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. California State University Monterey Bay, USA. University of Southern California (USC), USA.

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Samsung announces Samsung Creators program to help VR / 360 content growth.

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Today Samsung Electronics America, Inc. launched Samsung Creators, a new initiative that empowers storytellers, partnering with them to generate content across a variety of audiences and channels to show everyday creators what’s possible with Samsung VR technology. “We Samsung Gear 360 also launched in the U.S.

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ESI Design Uses Unreal Engine To Create An AR-Inspired Lobby Experience

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Each screen depicts imagery of iconic California landmarks, such as the Redwood Forest, Yosemite National Park, and, of course, California’s coastal scenery, but with a vintage California travel poster-feel to them. If you’re lucky, you may even discover the many Easter Eggs the designers have hidden throughout the experience.

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