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VR Industry Forum presents first draft of industry guidelines

September 13, 2017 09.29 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) has announced it will be presenting a draft of its guidelines at IBC 2017.

Filed Under: IBC Special, Newsline, Standards, Tech Tagged With: IBC 2017, Paul Higgs, Rob Koenen, Virtual Reality, VR Industry Forum Edited: 13 September 2017 09:29

Nervous response to BBC VR study

July 21, 2017 11.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover

BBC research into the virtual reality has found initially dim expectations turned into excitement about the medium.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: BBC, UK, Virtual Reality, VR Edited: 24 July 2017 08:43

9% of US broadband households plan to purchase a VR headset

June 30, 2017 20.12 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

9% of US broadband households plan to purchase a virtual reality headset within the next year, accordig to Parks Associates.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Hunter Sappington, Parks Associates, Tu Skuse, US, Virtual Reality, VR Edited: 30 June 2017 20:12

Ericsson: AR and VR to merge with reality

June 22, 2017 07.18 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Seven out of 10 consumers believe that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will become mainstream in media, education, work, social interaction, tourism and retail, according to Ericsson’s latest […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: AR, Ericsson, Virtual Reality, VR Edited: 22 June 2017 17:04

Sky D and Sony to show Champions League final in VR

June 1, 2017 17.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will show the UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Juventus Turin in Virtual Reality (VR) in collaboration with Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe on […]

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, Tech, TV, Virtual Reality Tagged With: Champions League, Sky Deutschland, Sony Playstation, UEFA, Virtual Reality Edited: 4 June 2017 21:31

Ultra HD on the rise in Germany

May 29, 2017 09.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

More than a quarter of German TV viewers (28%) who don’t yet own an Ultra HD TV set want to buy such a device.

Filed Under: ANGA COM, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Research, Tech, Ultra HD Tagged With: Deutsche TV-Plattform, TV sets, Ultra HD, Virtual Reality Edited: 30 May 2017 22:46

BT to give away Google Cardboard ‘headsets’

May 22, 2017 10.12 Europe/London By Julian Clover

BT is to give away Google Cardboard virtual reality headsets as part of its promotional drive for the UEFA Champions League final.

Filed Under: Newsline, Tech Tagged With: BT Sport, Google Cardboard, UK, Virtual Reality Edited: 23 May 2017 11:23

Channel 4 takes stake in Brit VR firm

March 2, 2017 11.03 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Channel 4 and Studio Lambert chief executive Stephen Lambert have taken minority holdings in a new British virtual reality (VR) business.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Channel 4, Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund, UK, Virtual Reality Edited: 3 March 2017 09:51

Three VR companies launch ‘Virtual Content Group’

January 13, 2017 10.03 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Three international Virtual Reality companies are mergeing to launch the Virtual Content Group.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Virtual Content Group, Virtual Reality, VR Edited: 13 January 2017 10:05

VRIF – VR Industry Forum formed

January 6, 2017 10.17 Europe/London By Robert Briel

CES 2017. At CES in Las Vegas, 28 companies announced the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF).

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: CES 2017, Virtual Reality, VR Industry Forum, VRIF Edited: 6 January 2017 10:17

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