VR Industry Newsbits for March 21, 2018
Text Entry via Micah Blumberg, Journalist Researcher SVGN.io and deathstarrobot.con
Text Entry via Micah Blumberg, Journalist Researcher SVGN.io and deathstarrobot.con
“VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets “Today at GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that they are bringing Vive Focus to the global markets later this year. Vive Focus is the first 6DOF stand-alone VR headset to be commercially available. We also are making Vive Focus developer kits available to registered developers in most countries through our developer portal, starting today.”
VIVE AT GDC 2018: VIVE FOCUS Coming To International Markets Later This Year; VDA Winners Announced
Today at GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that we are bringing Vive Focus to the global markets later this year. Vive Focus…blog.vive.com
The Lenovo Mirage Solo all in one VR headset is available for pre-sale at B&H it costs $399.99 and is expected to ship May 7th
Lenovo Mirage Solo VR Headset (Moonlight White) ZA3C0003US B&H
Buy Lenovo Mirage Solo VR Headset (Moonlight White) featuring 2560 x 1440 Resolution, 5.5" 75 Hz Display 110° FOV.…www.bhphotovideo.com
Techcrunch claims Google is buying Lytro the Lightfield film maker for $40 million.
Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40M
Last week, Google showed off a new app to display immersive photography in virtual reality, and a multi-camera technique…techcrunch.com
“Think Facebook can manipulate you? Look out for virtual reality”
Think Facebook can manipulate you? Look out for virtual reality
As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against…theconversation.com
“The U.S. is investing billions into virtual reality training for the military by 2022.” , “By 2022, as much as $11 billion will go to virtual, augmented and mixed reality training systems, with virtual reality becoming a primary focus of military innovation.”
“AR & VR Shipments To Soar 52% By 2022"
AR & VR Shipments To Soar 52% By 2022
Latest data from IDC forecasts global shipments of augment reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products to notch 68.9…www.channelnews.com.au
Next week Silicon Valley Global News will be headed to the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California (and a couple of other interesting stories)
“NVIDIA to Host World’s Top AI Experts at GPU Technology Conference
More Than 8,000 Developers, Industry Experts to Discuss Future of Self-Driving Cars, HPC, Robotics, Healthcare, Cloud Computing and More, March 26–29 in Silicon Valley” Via
NVIDIA to Host World's Top AI Experts at GPU Technology Conference
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA will host thousands of the world's leading AI experts at…globenewswire.com
GPU Technology Conference
The world's biggest and most important GPU developer conference. Learn how to harness the latest GPU technology. Enjoy…www.nvidia.com
“Introducing the Google News Initiative
“The Google News initiative is our company-wide effort to help journalism thrive in a digital age. It brings together everything we do across products, partnerships and program to build a better future for news.”
“Google is making new sounds with AI
“Making music using new sounds generated with machine learning” https://youtu.be/iTXU9Z0NYoU
NSynth Super is an open source experimental instrument. It gives musicians the ability to explore completely new sounds generated by the NSynth machine learning algorithm.
Learn more at
NSynth Super
An experimental physical interface for the NSynth machine learning algorithm.g.co
“Kevin Joyce discusses the importance of the VR diversity initiative”
Kevin Joyce Discusses the Importance of the VR Diversity Initiative
Kevin Joyce, CEO and Editor of VRFocus used to be a videogame journalist. With over a decade of covering console, PC and…www.vrfocus.com
