virtual reality

Why is Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT), the world's biggest retailer, getting itself involved with the same virtual reality technology used by professional athletes? Wal-Mart announced it will begin using STRIVR Lab's virtual reality technologies to train employees at each of its 200...

The death of brick-and-mortar retail is a well-worn topic. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is crushing. Online is the future. Yadda, yadda. But Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy has a different perspective. “We don’t typically talk about the percentage [of] sales that happen offline,...

Technology-focused Gene Munster peeked into another realm of reality last week at the Cannes Film Festival and discovered filmmakers eagerly awaiting progress in virtual reality. The new medium is expected to transform storytelling by more fully immersing viewers in an alternate world, provoking...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) expounded on its model to productize and monetize artificial intelligence and machine learning at last week’s Google I/O Conference ━ and effectively won over Deutsche Bank analyst Lloyd Walmsley. “Given Google's long standing expertise...

Advancements in technology are turbocharging development in the virtual reality space — and one young company is taking advantage of a market that didn’t previously exist. Salem, Utah-based Private Label VR, which started business in January, offers software that allows the operators of...

Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) traded as low as $148.72 Thursday morning after the company reported its first-quarter report Wednesday afternoon. Here is a round-up of what some of Wall Street's most notable Facebook analysts are saying. Baird: Strong Report With Some Overhangs Baird...

Following Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s first-quarter results, Loup Ventures' Gene Munster said the results reiterate the company's artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality ambitions. AI-First Mantra Munster noted Google CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized on the...

With the launch of the 10th anniversary iPhone 8 just months away, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors are anticipating the integration of new augmented reality technology into the landmark iPhone device. While the next step in AR will likely be integration with smart phones, Loup Ventures analyst...

Augmented reality can be combined with diminished reality to provide a “greater visual impact,” and this combination could boost the AR market projections, a report by Loup Ventures quoted Augment CMO Lindsay Boyajian as saying. What Is Diminished Reality? While most have heard of...

The in-trend in simulation gaming is not violence, gun shooting or racing — all predominant themes in the past. Slowly and steadily, the industry is gravitating toward concepts that highlight the social and economic plight of the present. Quite surprisingly, classic literature as an art...

Investors that assume virtual reality will dominate our lives in the coming years may need to re-examine that thesis. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), a leading pioneer in virtual reality technology through its Oculus Rift segment, is closing 200 of its approximate 500 demo stations inside Best Buy Co...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a public post on his Facebook page that the computer scientist Hugo Barra will lead all of its virtual reality initiatives, including Oculus Rift. Who's Barra And What Will He Bring To Facebook's VR? As noted by Recode, Barra...

One of the most hyped and often thrown around tech phrases in recent times is Augmented Reality, or AR. The term means integration of digital information with the user's environment in real time. A comparison with virtual reality, or VR, shows that VR creates an altogether different environment,...

TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) indicated that it would start shipping its Flex 2 Camera in December, and the full production is expected in the first quarter of next year. The company also revealed that it would release the virtual reality video at the International Association of Chief's...