Secures funding to help expand its headsets and Varjo Reality Cloud, their XR streaming platform announced in April. Varjo, a producer of high-end virtual reality (VR) hardware, has acquired $40 million in funds to expand the Varjo Reality Cloud. Their service is a platform that allows off-site compute power and GPUs to do the heavy lifting and streaming of the content. … [Read more...] about Varjo is serious about the industrial metaverse
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Neurotechnology meets spatial computing
OpenBCI and Varjo partner up to fuse neuroscience with VR. By Joshua Volckaert OpenBCI and Varjo have come together to take the next step in virtual reality technology. By taking OpenBCI’s neurotechnology and applying it to Varjo’s advanced VR/XR systems, a new headset is being brought to the market: Galea. Galea utilizes cutting-edge brain-computer interface … [Read more...] about Neurotechnology meets spatial computing
Varjo streams VR from AWS
A real metaverse but only for professionals. The idea of virtual presence in a mission-critical design review or development processes sounds like science fiction. It was. It was until Helsinki-based Varjo brought cloud streaming to its Reality Cloud platform and moved the company toward its vision of real-life collaboration into the metaverse. “Being able to achieve … [Read more...] about Varjo streams VR from AWS
Varjo Teleport VR is available for download
Varjo has announced that its intuitive, virtual reality collaboration and communication app, Varjo Teleport VR is now officially available to Varjo business customers. The company says that teleport VR provides an immersive virtual environment for teams to jump in with a first-person perspective to meet as human-like avatars, present files, manipulate 3D models, and get to work … [Read more...] about Varjo Teleport VR is available for download
Varjo’s new Aero headset includes enthusiasts
New Aero headset features bright screens and high fidelity. Are you prepared for the cavalcade of headsets coming your way? Next week, the Augmented World Expo (AWE) conference will officially start as a hybrid. AWE was among the first on the trade-show circuit to announce in-person activities, and they have a busy virtual conference as well. The first time we were lucky … [Read more...] about Varjo’s new Aero headset includes enthusiasts
Varjo adds chroma-keying for realtime AR
Going places in a headset. Finnish-based Varjo has added realtime chroma-keying and object tracking to its XR-1 Developer Edition headset. Chroma-keying, also known as green-screening, has been used extensively in film making and broadcasting. Varjo has added that capability to its toolkit and is claiming to be the first company to do so for mixed reality devices. With … [Read more...] about Varjo adds chroma-keying for realtime AR
Varjo’s latest headset and software has the power to transform personal computing
New mixed reality features for professional applications put the personal back in computing. Virtual displays and experiential computing might replace desktops for designers and engineers. I have reported several times on Finnish XR start-up Varjo, since I first recognized the potential of their concept of “foveated resolution.” I reported most recently a few weeks ago from … [Read more...] about Varjo’s latest headset and software has the power to transform personal computing
Varjo’s XR-1 mixed reality headset
Varjo is the first one to get MR right. I have never been a fan of the term mixed reality, and think it is misleading, confusing, and annoying. Microsoft started it by calling their Hololens AR HMD an MR HMD because they were trying to get some product differentiation and distance from AR and the damage Google had done to the term. Qualcomm tried to sidestep the politics and … [Read more...] about Varjo’s XR-1 mixed reality headset
Enterprise VR with human eye resolution
Varjo says the VR-1’s full field of view covers 87 degrees. By Ted Pollak When I first encountered Varjo’s human eye resolution VR HMD in 2017, it was impressive but rough around the edges. The company, based in Helsinki, has since grown from 12 to 112 people and has raised $51 million. Their headset is targeted to design and simulation customers. The Varjo HMD is … [Read more...] about Enterprise VR with human eye resolution
Varjo Technology announces “eye resolution” virtual reality for professional use
The Finnish start-up claims resolution of 70x all current shipping and announced products. Product design and architecture are key early markets. Varjo — Finnish for “Shadow” — emerges from the shadows of stealth development today by announcing what it calls the first human eye-resolution headset for immersive display in virtual reality (AR). Today’s announcement is the … [Read more...] about Varjo Technology announces “eye resolution” virtual reality for professional use