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RelayCars 8 lets you shop for cars in virtual reality


Tuesday, November 20, 2018 by

RelayCars, the virtual reality automotive research experience that puts consumers in the driver’s seat of thousands of vehicles, announced the launch of RelayCars 8. RelayCars 8, features the new RelayCars Garage, an immersive showroom which allows car shoppers and car dealers to select, save and compare a personally curated selection of vehicles.   “...


A-designer

A designer's guide to mobile AR and VR


Thursday, August 16, 2018 by

When most people think of 3D user experiences, their mind goes straight to headsets - Oculus Rift for VR, for example, and Hololens for AR. But for designers and developers, that mindset changed dramatically last summer when Google and Apple released their mobile AR platforms - ARCore and ARKit, respectively. Almost overnight, these platforms swung the center of gravity...


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What VR developers need to know when creating educational apps


Thursday, May 25, 2017 by

From dissecting frogs without the guilty consciousnesses, taking a history class in ancient Rome, or swimming with marine animals in the Galapagos islands, VR is offering modern students a more authentic and immersive learning experience, in which they can interact with dimensional environments and place themselves in different times and locations.While the initial hype...


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Experience severe weather in VR with new app from AccuWeather


Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by

AccuWeather announced the launch of the new virtual reality application, AccuWeather - Weather for Life for Samsung Gear VR, allowing users to and interact with exclusive 360-degree video content, weather information, and updates in revolutionary new ways. The new app gives users an additional platform to access the most personalized, localized weather information. ...


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Mobile games market generated $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016


Thursday, February 2, 2017 by

First ever joint look at mobile, mobile VR and VR markets by SuperData Research and Unity Technologies shows the category equaling that of global box office sales during that time The mobile games market generated $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016 - a sum equivalent to all global box office sales during the same time period - and grew 18% over the year bef...


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Strategy Analytics releases VR Apps Data Nov 2016


Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by

Strategy Analytics tracks the apps available across the dedicated VR app stores for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and the VR apps available on Steam. Data collected from the storefronts at the end of November 2016 was analyzed in the report "VR Apps Data Nov 2016: Games and Education Top App Categories in VR App Stores." Unsurprising, games is the top apps category acros...


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Visbit nabs $3.2M for new mobile UHD VR streaming service


Friday, December 9, 2016 by

Visbit, the virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree video streaming company, has raised $3.2M in seed funding with participation from Presence Capital, ZhenFund, Colopl VR Fund, Amino Capital, and Eversunny Limited. The company has also announced the closed beta version of the industry's first cross-platform streaming service for VR, which enables 360-degree video and VR co...


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Chance Glasco and Lily Snyder from Doghead Simulations talk all things VR


Tuesday, October 11, 2016 by

This week the largest gathering of digital creators will come together in Orlando, Florida for OrlandoiX to highlight the latest in innovative technologies and immersive digital experiences. OrlandoiX is an interactive festival that serves as a catalyst for digital innovation and creativity for both established and emerging players in the technology industry. ...


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TVU VR Offers and IP and CellularBased Live VR Transmission Platform


Monday, April 11, 2016 by

TVU Networks has introduced TVU VR, an IP and cellular-based live virtual reality transmission solution. By incorporating TVU’s Inverse StatMux Plus (IS+) technology, TVU VR can stream live VR content from anywhere, even in a moving environment like a car or train.TVU VR delivers an ultra-high definition, full frame rate and live 360-degree fully immersive video to any ...


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GDC 2016 Industry Survey Shows 16 Percent of Developers Working on VR


Wednesday, January 27, 2016 by

Game developers are continuing to embrace the potential of virtual reality (VR) gaming as a recent survey shows that the development of VR titles has more than doubled among surveyed developers with 16 percent currently developing for VR, up from the 7 percent of developers said they were working on VR projects in last year’s survey.The survey, State of the Industry Sur...


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The Oculus Mobile SDK v0.4.0 is Now Available for Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition on Note 4


Tuesday, November 18, 2014 by

Oculus VR has released the Oculus Mobile SDK v0.4.0, the initial version of the Oculus Mobile SDK which is specifically designed for the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition on Note 4.The SDK includes everything needed to get started developing virtual reality apps for Oculus VR for mobile. Oculus VR has been working on the mobile SDK for over a year in collaboration with ...


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Samsung Gear S Gets Opera Mini Web Browser


Monday, October 13, 2014 by

Opera Software has announced that the Opera Mini browser has become the first web browser on Samsung’s Gear S smartwatch which runs on a Tizen-based wearable device platform. With more than 250 million monthly users around the world, Opera Mini uses compression technology that shrinks the size of webpages to as little as 10%. The result is a faster and more energy-...


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Qualcomm Launches Vuforia SKD to Allow App Developers to Create Augment Reality Experiences with Digital Eyewear


Sunday, September 21, 2014 by

Qualcomm Connected Experiences has announced the Qualcomm Vuforia mobile vision platform which will allow developers to build augmented reality (AR) applications for digital eyewear. The new Vuforia Software Development Kit (SDK) for Digital Eyewear will allow interactive 3D content to be visually aligned with the underlying world. This capability will enable new applic...


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Android Wear to Offer Music Playback and GPS Support


Monday, September 8, 2014 by

Google has announced that Android Wear users will now have the ability to listen to offline music via Bluetooth headphones as well as having access to GPS support for watches with a GPS sensor. Users will now also be able to download custom watch faces.Current Android powered watches that are commercially available include the LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live and the Moto ...


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MediSafe Becomes the First Mobile Health App Android for Wear Smartwatches


Thursday, July 10, 2014 by

MediSafe has become the first mobile health app on Google’s just-announced suite of Android Wear smartwatches. The app offers users the ability to automatically receive two-way sync medication reminders and provides the ability to record medication doses.Users wearing either the LG Android Wear, Samsung Gear Live or Moto 360 smartwatches, who also have the MediSafe...


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Salesforce Offers Enterprise Developers New Salesforce Wear Developer Pack


Wednesday, June 11, 2014 by

The new Salesforce Wear Developer Pack is a collection of open-source starter apps that lets developers design and build wearable apps that connect to the Salesforce1 Platform. The Wear Developer Pack is now generally available and is included with all user licenses of Salesforce CRM and the Salesforce Platform.Salesforce Wear is building in support for devices which ca...


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Tizen: The OS of Things has Arrived in a Ripe Market


Thursday, June 5, 2014 by

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Tizen, a new open source mobile operating system developed primarily by Samsung and Intel, and hosted as a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation.  So what is it, and why is it important? Fundamentally, Tizen is about convergence, and developing a single platform that can be used for all manner of devices. But to rea...


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The Key to Developing Apps for Smart Wearables


Thursday, May 29, 2014 by

I’m a golfer and recently received a catalog by mail from one of the national US golf retailers (yes companies still use the mail for marketing).As I was leafing through the catalog, I came across a number of GPS golf watches (priced from $149 to $300) that can be used on the golf course to calculate yardages so that you know what club to hit with. I am familiar with th...


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Get Serious Swag for Attending the Tizen Developer Conference 2014 Including a Samsung Gear 2 Smart Watch


Tuesday, May 20, 2014 by

They are throwing out the stops to make sure developers attend the Tizen Developer Conference which has just announced that all attendees of TDC 2014 in San Francisco will receive a free Samsung Gear 2 smart watch and an Intel NUC. The Giveaway is being sponsored by the Tizen Technical Steering Group, and hosted by the Linux Foundation, and is intended to...


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Game Developers Conference Wrap up: Five Things We Learned


Friday, March 21, 2014 by

As the Game Developers Conference (GDC) comes to a close, what are the big picture thoughts we can take away?1) Console gaming still has legs – A number of new titles from game publishing titans in the industry were rolled out. Sony announced its new Project Morpheus virtual reality (VR) system for the PlayStation4, Microsoft announced DirectX 12 and...


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App Developers Can Program for Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo with New Samsung Backed Tizen SDK for Wearables


Tuesday, March 18, 2014 by

Samsung has announced that Tizen Software Development Kit (SDK) for Wearables is now available. Samsung is targeting developers to create apps for the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo and is promoting over 100 apps that are now available for these devices.The Tizen SDK for Wearables is a comprehensive set of tools for developing Samsung Gear applications. It consists of th...


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Samsung Releases a Number of SDKs Including Those for the New Galaxy S5 and Samsung Gear 2


Thursday, February 27, 2014 by

Enough with new tech, its time for developers to get their hands on coding details and Samsung didn’t disappoint yesterday. Included in its Developer Days activities at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) was the release of new SDKs for the new Galaxy S5 and the Tizen powered Samsung Gear 2 which were unveiled earlier in the week at M...