Tag: virtual reality

Samsung has a long history as a leading pioneer in developing innovative technology that delivers incredible experiences and immerses users in amazing new realities.

Samsung and Live Nation team-up to stream Coldplay Live in virtual reality. On August 17 Fans Across 50+ Countries Can Tune-in to the Live VR Broadcast of “A Head Full of Dreams Tour” from Soldier Field via Samsung Gear VR Samsung Electronics America and Live Nation will broadcast Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams Tour” live in virtual reality from Chicago’s Soldier Field

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Worldwide spending on augmented and virtual reality expected to double or more every year through 2021. Worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market are forecast to increase by 100% or more over each of the next four years, according to the latest update to the Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide from the International

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VR headsets more popular than tablets and wearables were at the same stage. Ownership levels of Virtual Reality VR headsets are outstripping those seen for wearables and tablets at the same stage of their lifecycle, new research from YouGov reveals. A Deeper Perspective study finds that currently, 6% of the British population own VR headwear. At the equivalent time after

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Samsung C-Lab to Exhibit New VR Projects at Mobile World Congress 2017 Samsung Electronics announced that it would showcase four innovative Creative Lab (C-Lab) projects, delivering a broad spectrum of experiences via Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), two of the most significant current technology trends, at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The projects will be exhibited

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Survey Shows that Teachers See Potential for Virtual Reality in Education Digital technologies take education to an entirely new level, opening new doors and possibilities for teachers and students alike. As part of its citizenship initiatives, Samsung Electronics Germany has explored how these possibilities can help reshape education for a better tomorrow. A recent survey, conducted by Kantar EMNID, a

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Will Social VR be the driver to make virtual reality mainstream? Say virtual reality to most people and they will probably first associate it with gaming.  Whilst gaming will indeed be popular (you only need to see the millions of VR game downloads on Apple App store and Google Play to see that), here at Freefly VR we believe it

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Google Daydream – Google finally show the world what Google’s vision for VR is With the introduction of Google Daydream, Google’s VR division finally showed the world what Google’s vision for VR is and perhaps where we can expect VR to go. Google’s Daydream platform makes several nods to Facebook’s Oculus platform in their UI and use of a controller,

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VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING TURNS OLYMPIC TRIATHLON COURSE INTO MOTOR MEMORY IT HELPS Gwen Jorgesen, World Triathlon Series Champion tO KNOW THE ROAD BEFORE She goes – with Virtual Reality Training The Rio bike course is viewable in 360 degrees through a Samsung Gear VR headset. It lets Jorgensen use the Virtual Reality Training to see each facet of the course, even looking

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Virtual Reality is ready for big business The applications of virtual reality are endless. Almost everything done today in ‘real life’ can be replaced by a virtual version. The barriers are just technical and will be overcome. So far we mainly saw applications within the entertainment niche but VR slowly finds its way into daily life. Virtual reality will change the

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