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VividQ, which has raised $15M, says it can turn normal screens into holographic displays

VividQ, a UK-based deeptech startup with technology for rendering holograms on legacy screens, has raised $15 million to develop its technology for next-generation digital displays and devices. And it

Bright spots in the VR market

Virtual reality is in a public relations slump. Two years ago the public’s expectations for virtual reality’s potential was at its peak. Many believed that VR would transform the way we connect, i

Does Ready Player One reveal the future of VR?

Maggie Lane Contributor Share on X Maggie Lane is a writer and producer of virtual reality experiences and covers the industry for various publications. More posts by this contributor Virtual reality

FOVE eye-tracking headset starts shipping

Japanese eye-tracking virtual reality headset FOVE is starting to ship its first units from its successful Kickstarter campaign last year. The company originally planned to ship its product about eigh

Daqri acquires 1066 Labs to power its augmented reality smart helmet

Augmented reality smart helmet company Daqri announced today that it had acquired 1066 Labs, a leading head-mounted display manufacturer focused on serving enterprise clients with augmented reality so

Augmented Reality Will Make Us Smarter

Moore’s Law is bound to pop up any time you read an article about the future of technology. Moore’s Law is common knowledge in tech; it deals with the exponential growth of the number of transisto

Breaking Down Billion-Dollar AR/VR Investment In The Last 12 Months

Augmented and virtual reality are the new hotness, as VCs and corporates get in on the act. While Facebook’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Oculus got everyone’s attention early last year, it

Lytro Introduces ‘Immerge’ For Cinematic Virtual Reality

Camera maker Lytro is hopping into virtual reality. Today, it announced a product called “Immerge” which the company describes as “world’s first professional light field soluti

Watch The Golden State Warriors Get Their NBA Championship Rings In Virtual Reality

So we’re definitely at the “see-what-we-can-do-with-virtual-reality” stage of virtual reality. You’re going to be bombarded with cool tricks that show off the “potential&

Virtual Reality In Healthcare: Where’s The Innovation?

Virtual reality is no longer just about video gaming; it holds promise as nothing short of revolutionary for just about every other industry, as well. Since 2012, there has been an incredible explosio

In Pursuit Of Presence And True Immersion

The experience of “reality” is a result of our sensory organs delivering information about the external world to our brains via electrical stimulus. The brain interprets this input and creates our

Hands On With The Avegant Glyph, A Head-Mounted Display For The Average Commuter

Every day, I see commuters hunched over their iPhones and other smartphones watching videos on their devices, and it looks uncomfortable and full of compromises. Michigan-based Avegant ran a Kickstar

Video: AiRScouter, Brother’s Futuristic Head-Mounted Display

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/airscouter.png" /> We reported in July about the AiRScouter, Brother's pretty <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/21/airscouter-b

Tokyo Virtual Reality Expo 2008: $80,000 high-end VR helmet presented

Yesterday I attended the 16th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo to find some cool tech to cover for CrunchGear. However, a lot of what I saw was just boring stuff. Advanced maybe, but boring: m