Just recently we featured an article about the Infinitus Prime tVR and about the fact that they want to position themselves exclusively in the B2B sector. Now, HTC is aiming to fill the same market gap. After having announced that the entire backlog of HTC Vive orders has been cleared…
Airlines and the application of Virtual Reality is nothing new. Lufthansa or Emirates have already showcased their offer in VR and Qantas was the first airline to offer an in-flight VR experience to their customers. Now, another player is stepping in the game and puts VR for airline promotion on a new…
While most people are excited that the first proper consumer HMDs are finally hitting the markets, it was easy to forget that they are – as the name implies – mainly meant to be for the final consumers. At least we have always applied the thinking that they might as…
NextVR, a live virtual reality broadcast, has become an ally with events firm Live Nation. The first show of live concert will be this summer 2016. The goal is to broadcast “hundreds of live, cutting-edge performances in VR to music fans worldwide”. This partnership sounds like a huge deal. But…
It is not too late to be the one. The VR market is still developing, but with an incredible strength. There are constantly new players and new opportunities for the tourism industry. Huawei is a multinational organization working in 172 countries all over the world. It is serving almost one…
While we previously argued that the exploration of senses is not yet advanced for all of our senses, there have been some attempts in development trying to improve the implementation of senses in VR. With the consumer HMDs that have been released in the past weeks, the only senses strongly stimulated…
We have already had a look at Augmented Reality and Microsoft HoloLens. Today we are looking at holoportation and its application in tourism. As in VR, development in AR is constant and provides new fields of application. In a recently released video, Microsoft Research is explaining what holoportation is and how it works. 3D…
If something is being spoofed on April Fools day, one is usually safe in the assumption that the technology or item is sure to be of great importance. Well, maybe that is not yet scientifically proven, but we still believe that it shows how the industry is preparing for the…
Even though this VR production is from last year, we still believe that it is worth mentioning here because of the incredible effort that was invested by the participating teams. A total of six months in the making and using every trick from the box, ranging from great storytelling techniques via…
“Seeing the world is a powerful thing.” Expedia.com launched a campaign with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to make travel and seeing the world also available to those who cannot. The Dream Adventures initiative made it possible for four children who suffer from cancer to travel virtually to their dream…