Facebook strives for mainstream adoption for new VR headset and other augmented reality features
October 16th 2017
At Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect 4 Keynote VR conference, Facebook announced a variety of new products and features. The most notable product announcement is the $199 Oculus Go, an entry-level VR product that Facebook believes will be adopted by the masses. Facebook originally purchased the virtual reality startup Oculus in 2014, a bold move that cost Facebook $2 billion. Mark Zuckerberg was prideful and driven to bring virtual reality to a mainstream audience, a goal that has yet to be met.Good and obsolete
Techwatch October 6th 2017
On being relevant in a changing world I’m asked sometime when would you/ will you retire? My answer is, when I’m no longer relevant. Relevancy is another parameter that can be plotted on Maher’s practicality-gap or Roger’s Diffusion of Inno-vations curve; a predictive model for the life time of a product, and other items and people. Consider the fax. It is now possible to get a system that consists of a relatively fast, high-resolution full-color scanner, with a built-in high-resolution color ink-jet printer, that will answer the phone, and connectAugmented Reality: Where We Will All Live - New book out by Jon Peddie
Spinger publishing has just released Jon Peddie’s latest book, Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality Click here to read this news articleMimesys wins the Grand Prix at Laval Virtual
It’s time to think about things that last.
My customer, my supplier
Subscriptions open the portals for media flow Today, Adobe is rolling out new improvements in its Creative Cloud services. Because Adobe’s products span so many creative industries — photography, graphic arts, illustration, video production, movie production, marketing, audio, and all the jobs that fit somewhere in between&mdash Click here to read this blog entryPortrait Displays synergic acquisition of SpectraCal
Adding color analysis to color correct makes total sense Portrait Displays has been supplying visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry for almost two decades but didn’t have a closed-loop system. Customers relied on third parties to measure the results (at the screen). Click here to read this blog entry
What's New
- The October 3rd edition of TechWatch is ready for download.
Subscribers can now download the latest edition of TechWatch and read Jon Peddie's back-page editorial Good and obsolete - On being relevant in a changing world on the TechWatch product page. And in this weeks issue Apple’s milestone launch, Imagination’s break up
- The Semi-Annual edition of the JPR Workstation Report Series in now available.
The JPR Workstation Report series includes a breadth of market data and research, including six total reports issued over the year. This week we have released the April 2017 semi-annual edition. The semi-annual issues describe and assess all aspects of workstations and professional graphics: the markets, the technologies and the vendors. Semi-annual issues, typically around 300 to 400 pages, are built as up-to-date reference manuals, providing a comprehensive snapshot on the state of the industries - essentially a one-stop shop for information and analysis on anything and anyone associated with workstations and professional graphics.
