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With its handset business continuing to falter, HTC is banking on making a success of mobile VR to improve the company’s outlook.

HTC is best known for its smartphones, but their recent flagships have failed to stand out amid tough competition from the likes of Apple, Samsung, and LG. Last year, HTC’s profits dropped almost 80 percent ahead of their next flagship release.

Where HTC has managed to carve itself a place is within the emerging VR market...

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Microsoft launched the developer version of HoloLens last year for a cool $3000, but until now the company has not indicated how many units have been sold. Roger Walkden, Microsoft's Commercial Lead for HoloLens, has now given us some idea after saying “thousands” have been shipped.

Bearing in mind HoloLens is still expensive and designed for developers at this stage, even a thousand units would be impressive. Microsoft is happy with the number...

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Honda and Dreamworks Animation have partnered up to demo a new augmented and virtual reality content and solutions test bed for an in-car experience.

The experience, Honda Dream Drive, uses a VR headset to immerse passengers in a VR world triggered by the movement of the car. A proof of concept version of the expeirence will be demoed at this year's CES in Las Vegas.

Dreamworks and Honda have created a software development kit. which fuses live telematics data to feed in-vehicle...

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As the new year begins, it’s not a surprise that the vast majority of news will be around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – and this particular piece of news has come out before the event has even begun.

Virtual reality start-up Finch will showcase its Mobile...

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A free update to Windows 10 early next year will bring “3D and mixed reality to everyone”, claims Microsoft.

The Windows 10 Creators Update will be brought to over 400 million devices running Windows 10 in 2017, and with it Windows users can start printing, capturing and creating in 3D as well as experiencing mixed reality.

Within the update, the classic, much-loved Paint app is getting a makeover and will become Paint 3D. The art studio will connect with a new online community, Remix3D.com, where...

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Developers and commercial bodies in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand and Australia can now pre-order Microsoft’s mixed reality HoloLens kit.

It’ll set you back $3,000 (over £2,700) and ship in late November, but at last, developers this side of the pond can now try out Microsoft’s MR offering.

HoloLens launched in the US for commercial...

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HTC and HP have partnered up to produce the Vive Ready HP Computer Bundle, meaning a full system, headset included, will cost you just under £1,500. 

The bundle consists of a VR-ready HP ENVY 750-470na alongside a full Vive VR system in a brushed-metal finished. 

It also comes packaged with a USB drive, which contains hardware set up instructions and required software allowing for a one-click installation.

The HP ENVY has some pretty...

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Research from Juniper has provided insight on the expected revenues which VR hardware is expected to generate within the next five years.

While there's a question over the power of current games consoles to deliver high-caliber gaming experiences, the pre-orders for the first PlayStation VR (PSVR) sold out within minutes. Whether this indicates significant interest or lack of...

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Hot on the heels of a story we posted earlier today which reveals Apple CEO Tim Cook believes AR will be bigger than VR, Microsoft has announced that its own AR device, HoloLens, is now being used by elevator company ThyssenKrupp.

The AR headsets will be put to work by 24,000 elevator technicians around the globe and the firm says it’s...

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Google Daydream’s on the horizon, and Qualcomm’s just announced details about its new Snapdragon 801 processor which supports the platform.

Most of the top Android smartphones run on the previous version of Snapdragon, but from now on, more and more handsets will run from 801.

One of the first, due out sometime soon, is