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Parks: 8% of US broadband households own a VR headset

April 15, 2019 20.18 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

A new Parks Associates report finds gaming remains the primary use case for VR (virtual reality) headsets.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Parks Associates, US, VR Edited: April 15, 2019 20:18

Facebook launches Oculus TV with VR content

May 4, 2018 08.24 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Facebook will launch a new VR app Oculus TV with content from ESPN+, Hulu, and Pluto TV at the end of the month.

Filed Under: Channels, Newsline Tagged With: ESPN, Facebook, Hulu, Oculus TV, pluto.tv, virtual relaity, VR Edited: May 4, 2018 08:24

NBCUniversal and Google partner for VR

May 1, 2018 08.36 Europe/London By Robert Briel

NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce virtual reality (VR) content including original content from Saturday Night Live, Bravo Media’s Vanderpump Rules and Syfy wire.

Filed Under: Channels, Newsline Tagged With: Google, NBCUniversal, VR Edited: May 1, 2018 08:36

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: July 24, 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: June 30, 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 ConsumerLab report.

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

Visbit launches 360-Degree VR streaming service

April 19, 2017 08.42 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Following a closed beta period that began in December 2016, virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree video streaming company Visbit is releasing their service into open beta.

Filed Under: Newsline, Technology Tagged With: 360, Streaming Video, Visbit, VR Edited: April 19, 2017 08:42

VR device shipments will hit 110m by 2021

February 13, 2017 09.48 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

Virtual Reality standalone services are set to drive market development through compelling content, according to ABI Research, who forecasts that VR device shipments will hit 110m by 2021.

Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: ABI Research, Vortual reality, VR Edited: February 13, 2017 10:29

“The impact that virtual, augmented and mixed reality has is ground-breaking!”

February 3, 2017 12.24 Europe/London By Dieter Brockmeyer

Nonny de la Peña, founder of Emblematic Group, a global pioneer in Virtual Reality (VR) in documentary films, talks to Diplomatic Council’s global media chair Dieter Brockmeyer about the impact of VR on our society.

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Global Media Innovator 2017, Nonny de la Peña, virtual relaity, VR Edited: February 3, 2017 12:26

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: January 13, 2017 10:05

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