2019
Pimax announces its Sword and Sword Sense VR controllers
May 7, 2019 – Pimax has named its two new VR controllers “Sword” and “Sword Sense” and has announced that Sword will be shipped within the second half of 2019. … continue reading
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2019
AXA Hong Kong, CUHK, and Oxford VR announce partnership to pilot VR immersive therapy
May 3, 2019 – AXA Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Oxford VR have announced an agreement on a partnership to pilot a automated immersive therapy … continue reading
2019
Valve reveals full specs of its new Index VR headset, pre-orders to start today
May 1, 2019 – Following the release of teaser information for Valve’s new VR headset in March, Valve yesterday updated its website to list the specifications for its new Valve … continue reading
2019
Oculus announces new ‘Oculus for Business’ enterprise VR solution at F8
April 30, 2019 – Today at F8, Oculus introduced its new ‘Oculus for Business’ enterprise solution, designed to streamline and expand virtual reality in the workplace. Launching this autumn, the … continue reading
2019
Oculus Quest and Rift S VR headsets announced at Facebook’s F8 conference
April 30, 2019 – Facebook’s F8 developer conference started today, and the company has announced that both the Oculus Quest and the Rift S will begin shipping on May 21. … continue reading
2019
XRHealth partners with Healing HealthCare Systems to provide therapeutic VR video content
April 30, 2019 – XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, has announced today that they are partnering with Healing HealthCare Systems, Inc. to provide virtual reality relaxation videos to hospitals throughout … continue reading
2019
Bluedrop awarded contracts of over CDN $2 million to deliver its VR training system to LSI for US Air Force
April 29, 2019 – Bluedrop Performance Learning and its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation has today announced that it has received contracts of over CDN $2,000,000 to deliver its Hoist … continue reading
2019
HTX Labs Awarded SBIR Phase I by US Air Force for Virtual Reality Training Program
April 27, 2019 – HTX Labs, LLC, a creator of immersive training and simulation programs, has announced that it is a recent recipient of a US Air Force Small Business … continue reading
2019
Khronos establishes Exploratory Group for 3D commerce standards and guidelines in AR and VR
Snapshot of current distribution of real-time 3D content and opportunities for standards and guidelines to enable scalable deployment of virtual 3D products April 25, 2019 – The Khronos Group, an … continue reading
2019
BC Tech announces closure of Vancouver’s AR/VR/MR Cube facility
April 18, 2019 – BC Tech has announced that it will be closing its Cube facility in Railtown effective 17 May, 2019. The 6,000 square foot location was established as … continue reading
2019
CEEK VR Launches 4D Headphones with haptic feedback for Virtual Reality
April 17, 2019 – CEEK VR has announced the launch of its new 4D 360 CEEK VR Headphones. In line with the launch, CEEK VR brand ambassador, Dani Carvajal has … continue reading
2019
MIT team places first in Virtual Reality category for US Air Force’s VQ-Prize
April 13, 2019 – A six-person team of MIT students and alumni have emerged as first-place winners for their prototype of a virtual reality tool they called CoSMIC (Command, Sensing, … continue reading
2019
Surgical Theater debuts its Augmented Reality offering for use on Magic Leap One
April 11, 2019 – Surgical Theater has announced that it will debut its first ever Augmented Reality offering that combines it’s Precision VR patient-specific models with the Magic Leap One … continue reading
2019
Precision OS partners with 10 medical institutions across North America
April 09, 2019 – Vancouver-based Precision OS has partnered with 10 North American universities and medical institutions to bring their virtual reality orthopedic surgery training platform into the surgical classroom. … continue reading
2019
Surgical Theatre debuts Precision VR technology that allows patients to walk inside their own anatomy
April 5, 2019 – Surgical Theater has announced the debut of ‘Precision VR Enterprise’ at the 10th Annual Becker’s Hospital Review Meeting in Chicago, USA. Precision VR is a 360-degree … continue reading