They say that numbers tell the story. If that’s true, then Google’s $15 Cardboard virtual reality viewer plays an oversized role in the virtual reality market. That’s because more than 10 million of the heavy paper viewers have shipped since 2014, and Cardboard apps have been downloaded 160 million times from Google Play. “And 30 …
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Now playing: Watch this: Throwing dice with Qualcomm’s hand-tracking VR headset… 1:06 Do you really want to strap on a backpack, or chain yourself to a beefy computer, to step into a VR world? You may not need to, if Qualcomm keeps on trucking. The chipmaker’s building a cord-free, hand-sensing, eye-tracking headset reference design that could make it way more …
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LG looks like another upcoming player in the VR landscape. LG is developing a VR head-mounted display, Valve said in a release Monday. A prototype of the headset will be demonstrated at Valve’s booth at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco this week. LG experimented with VR in a pair of mobile goggles about a year ago, but the …
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Apple may have over 1,000 engineers working on a project related to AR, UBS reports, and it could hit the iPhone 8 as early as this year. We’ve heard Tim Cook rave about augmented reality before, so this doesn’t come as a huge surprise. If Apple brings AR to the iPhone it will be competing with Google Tango enabled phones, …
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If you’re thinking about committing a heinous crime, you may end up being foiled by a 3D printer. Two 3D printers costing approximately $1,300 (AU$1,650, £1,050) each will be employed by the Hong Kong police to reconstruct crime scenes for death inquests and crime investigations, reported South China Morning Post. Hong Kong’s police have built 18 scale models of crime …
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The Galaxy Note 7 troubles continue to haunt Samsung. Samsung has spent the last few months recovering from the recall and scrapping of the Galaxy Note 7, whose batteries had an uncomfortably high tendency to overheat and catch fire. Greenpeace protestors drudged the issue back up on Sunday at a Samsung event in Barcelona with a demand to know what …
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Update: Samsung has announced 2 new tablets, and an updated Gear VR headset. Samsung Galaxy Book: This Windows tablet is an update to last year’s Galaxy TabPro S Samsung Galaxy Tab S3: Samsung’s new flagship Android tablet has an enhanced HDR screen Samsung Gear VR with Controller: The snap-on VR headset for Galaxy phones has been updated with an included …
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We’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that you can now finally get an accurate estimate of when the national broadband network will be coming to your area, along with the exact technology you can expect to be connected to. The bad news? You may still have to wait a couple of years to actually get …
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Amazon has the Moto Z’s back. Lenovo’s Motorola unit on Sunday unveiled a number of new Moto Mods — replaceable backs to the Moto Z that add new capabilities like extra battery life, a projector or better audio. One of the more notable additions is one coming from Amazon, which plans to build a Moto Mod with Alexa. Jon Kirk, …
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If you were worried about your smartwatch not lasting the day, Huawei has the watch for you — as well as new phones with Leica cameras. The Chinese company wheeled out the Watch 2 wearable and P10 smartphones at a press conference in Barcelona today. They’re among the countless new products to be unveiled this week at annual tech trade …
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