Tag: vr
UK urges YouTube and TikTok to promote educational content, scientists build VR goggles for mice
The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has written to video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube and TikTok, urging them to promote higher quality educational content to children. Recent statistics suggest that although a decade ago children watched an average of two hours’ television a day, that has since dropped by more than 70%. Instead, children were migrating…
The Future of Digital Real Estate: Investing in Virtual Land
Back in the early days of the internet, few could have predicted how big it would become. However, the first visionaries who realised that websites would take over the world profited massively. People who bought up valuable domain names made a lot of money, and the same thing could soon happen with virtual reality. According…
Technology Trends in Gambling: What You Need to Know
The gambling industry stands strong even after many decades of existence, maintaining relevance through the implementation of timely changes, and keeping the market afloat as a result of them. While the discussions around the industry may be polarizing at times, one thing cannot be denied, the market is growing for the better, and it is…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sales of AR and VR headsets drop 12%, data claims
Worldwide shipments of virtual and augmented reality headsets dropped 12% to 9.6 million this year according to data from CCS Insight - a problem for Meta and other tech companies that are invested in the digital worlds' potential. VR headset sales in the U.S. also slumped 2% from a year earlier to $1.1 billion as of…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Oppo latest to launch foldable phones
Image: Oppo Chinese companies seem really keen to get their phones out before the end of the year, as hot on the heels of the Xiaomi 13 launch, there’s now the Oppo Find N2 and Oppo Find N2 Flip – two new foldable phones designed to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Samsung Galaxy Z…
5G will pass 1.3 billion global connections in 2022, claims research
5G will account for almost 60% of global mobile service revenues in 2026, coming from 40% of subscriptions by volume. Omdia expects more 5G subscriptions to be added in 2022 than in the last three years since the technology was launched commercially in 2019. Although 5G is still in its infancy, representing just 5% of…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Robot chef taught to chew and taste food
Robot chef tastes scrambled eggs and tomatoes. Image: University of Cambridge Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a bot to imitate the human processes of chewing and tasting, in order that they might eventually be able to produce food humans will not only enjoy - but which can also…
Apple hoping to revolutionise the tech world with the new AR and VR headsets
Apple is poised to take a brave step into the exciting frontiers of AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality). In the pipeline are AR and VR headsets, which will be music to the ears of gamers. Apple is set to redesign their ecosystem, and its system will end in rOS. It is suspected that…
Emirates launches first airline VR app for Oculus Rift
Customers can now experience Emirates' Gamechanger First Class Suites, explore the airline's signature A380 Onboard Lounge, or check out the cabin around their own seat from the comfort of their own home, on the Oculus Rift. Already available on emirates.com, via the Emirates app, and now on the Oculus Store for Oculus Rift users, Emirates…
Global Adult VR market to increase to $19 billion by 2026
A Juniper Research study has found that the global value of the VR (Virtual Reality) adult content market will increase significantly, from $716 million in 2021 to $19 billion in 2026, representing 22% of the global digital adult content market value by 2026. It predicts that subscription-based models will be key in enabling adult content…
