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Telsyte: VR On Track For 25% Of Homes By 2021

Fergus Halliday February 21, 2017 No Comments

Analytics firm Telsyte have said that sales of virtual reality headsets are making fast gains in the Australian market, with more than 200,000 units said to have been sold in…

Boost Founder Predicts Future Of 360-Degree Cameras Will Be Mobile

Fergus Halliday February 20, 2017 No Comments

Speaking to media in Sydney last week, Boost Mobile co-founder and former CEO of 360Fly Peter Adderton said that the future of the 360-degree is not as an accessory but…

HTC Said To Be Moving On Mobile VR

Fergus Halliday February 16, 2017 No Comments

HTC already has a solid handle on the high-end VR market, with their HTC Vive said to be outselling rivals two-to-one. However, when it comes to mobile VR, Samsung’s Gear…

HTC Close Out 2016 With Net Loss, Commit To VR

Fergus Halliday February 16, 2017 No Comments

HTC have reported an operating loss of NT$3.6 billion (approx. US$117 million) in their latest earnings report for the final quarter of 2016. Revenue for the quarter ending December 31st…

Samsung ‘Bixby’, Set To Take On Apple Siri

David Richards February 13, 2017 No Comments

Apple has Siri, now Samsung is set to give us Bixby, a new virtual assistant that will make its appearance in the all new Samsung Galaxy 8 smartphone that will…

Facebook Scales Back Oculus Retail Presence

Fergus Halliday February 9, 2017 No Comments

Facebook is shutting down two hundred retail “pop-up” kiosks for its virtual reality headset amid reports of slack demand from consumers and fallout from their recent court case. Reports say…

SuperData Say Samsung Frontrunner Of VR Landscape

Fergus Halliday February 6, 2017 No Comments

Analytics firm SuperData has released a detailed report on the state of virtual reality industry, highlighting Samsung and Sony as sales leaders for the category. SuperData says that “As with…

VR Trial Concludes, Facebook Penalised $500 Million

Fergus Halliday February 2, 2017 No Comments

The jury responsible for the outcome of the on-going legal drama between videogame publisher ZeniMax and Facebook-owned VR giant Oculus has delivered its verdict. The jury ruled in the favor of ZeniMax,…

Oculus Cofounder Blasts ZeniMax Over Soured Partnership In Court

Fergus Halliday January 20, 2017 No Comments

The former CEO and cofounder of Oculus Brendan Iribe has taken the stand in the legal battle between the VR giant and videogame publisher ZeniMax, revealing that the relationship between the two companies soured…

HTC Commits $10 Million To VR “Impact” Projects

Fergus Halliday January 20, 2017 No Comments

A HTC spokesperson speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland has revealed the company will invest $10 million dollars in “VR content and technologies that will create positive impact and change.”…