From 7-17 March, MeshMinds 2.0: ArtxTechforGood brings together a new generation of artists, leveraging the latest Apple tech to shed light on some of the toughest environmental challenges facing our world today. A free exhibition at the ArtScience Museum at the Marina Bay Sands, these artists broach challenging issues like
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Launched as a tripartite collaboration between Crescent Girls' School (CGS), Serl.io and Microsoft, cutting-edge Mixed Reality (MR) technology comes to the classroom in the form of holographic virtual simulations that transport students across locations and time. This MR learning experience is the first implemented in Singapore, leveraging on the simplicity
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It has been a little more than a month since the Kickstarter campaign launch of CLOVR and they seem to be going strong and making a substantial impact within the VR-gaming community. Since their Kickstarter launch, they have garnered a lot of attention from both media platforms and backers of
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Looking more like a sci-fi knuckleduster, Tap's groundbreaking wearable keyboard and mouse combo has been something I've been proud of since its early days in development. With the inherent user-unfriendliness of tablets when it comes to text inputs (I have tiny hands), I've longed for something that requires less contortion
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iStaging, a provider of augmented and virtual reality solutions for the real estate and furniture industries, is in the process of cooperating with Alibaba to provide VR service to the retail sector. The Taipei-headquartered company will unveil its affordable VR Maker and showcase how it has been used in retail and
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VR Zone had the opportunity to have a chat with Mr Alvin Wang Graylin, the China President of Vive. Vive is a VR headset jointly developed by Valve and HTC, which features "room scale" tracking technology to allow users to better interact and move around in their environment. We asked
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EmTech Asia 2018 brought together some of the best and brightest minds and visionaries from around the world, with the chief purpose of sharing and discussing the latest developments in pertinent topics in technology. This was the fifth iteration of EmTech (short for "Emerging Technology") Asia, which was co-organised by
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Lenovo outlined its 2018 vision for technology with a myriad of gadgets which covers a wide range of uses. Amongst them are VR and AR solutions, a smart display, new Moto Mods, and laptop refresh. Lenovo’s VR: Mirage Solo with Daydream Headset + Mirage Camera Lenovo aims to create a
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited Singapore Branch (SIES) announced the release date of The Inpatient, an exclusive title for the PlayStation 4 VR. The game is set for release on 24th January 2018, pushed back from an initial announced release date of 22nd November 2017, as game developers need
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It seems like Star Wars fever in Singapore hasn’t yet abated, and it’ll take another leap forward in September 2017 as the hype build in anticipation for the next mainstream movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi which rolls out on the 13th of December 2017. 1st September 2017 is the
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01 August 2017 - HP has announced a major strategic initiative to provide a unified solution for companies expanding into Virtual Reality (VR), enabling these businesses to reduce production cycles, improve training and deliver fully immersive customer experience. As part of their new VR initiative, HP have now unveiled the
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26 July, Singapore - Asus has announced that the new Zenphone AR will be available in Singapore from the 5th of August. Powered by Google's Tango smartphone augmented reality technology and a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor customised for running Tango, the Zenphone AR is equipped with a number of sensors
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One of the hardest event tickets to get in Singapore is for the annual National Day Parade performance which takes place on the 9th of August at The Float at Marina Bay. With tickets demand vastly outstripping supply, each year millions of people in Singapore watch the parade from the
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RED, or more correctly, the RED Digital Cinema Camera Company, has been a major force in digital cinematography since the company was founded by Jim Jannard (who also founded Oakley sunglasses) in 2005, so while the company's announcement that it will be launching a 'holographic smartphone' has taken the tech
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With their latest OMEN by HP gaming products, the big American PC maker is intent on making a mark in the booming PC gaming market with a newly redesigned and reengineered lineup with sleeker lines and more powerful components. HP has also teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment to be the
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This is the recently released concept artwork for the Lenovo Daydream Standalone VR headset, a collaboration between PC maker Lenovo and Google. Of note is the term 'standalone' - details are scarce but Lenovo have said that all you need to do is pick up this headset and play - its a
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For VR to succeed and not become just a gimmick, there need to be those willing to be evangelists. In the United States, there are several of these. Mark Zuckerberg has become one in his own way, as has Gabe Newell of Valve. Here in Asia, we have our own
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As the year moves on, so does the technology industry. Sometimes so much happens at once it's impossible to keep track. This is very true with Virtual Reality, which seems to have found new life in this quarter. Last week we looked at a few new headset on the horizon.
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At the ongoing Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Google has announced four new VR games that will soon be available to download on the Play Store. These games include Virtual Rabbids, Beartopia, Virtual Virtual Reality, and Along Together. Virtual Rabbids from Ubisoft will let you communicate and interact
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Sony took a fairly brave jump when they joined the Virtual Reality bandwagon. The PSVR, which is a fairly solid headset even compared to the PC only counterparts, is still a very expensive peripheral. Those reading with good memories would remember other times that companies jumped on a new craze.
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