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Insta360 Partners with Huawei on Honor VR Camera

360-degree camera company Insta360 has partnered with Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei on a branded camera called Honor VR.

At an event in Beijing this week, Huawei announced it would release a clip-on 360-degree smartphone camera co-branded and developed by Insta360 as part of Huawei’s online-focussed Honor range.

Insta360 - Huawei Honor VR Camera

Modeled on the camera makers soon to be released Insta360 Air for Android smartphones, the Honor VR Camera will offer 3K photography and seamless 360-degree live-streaming as well as an app that’ll allow users capture, share and live-stream their 360-degree creations.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Huawei to grow the global community of 360-degree and VR creators,” said JK Liu, founder and CEO of Insta360. “Like us, Huawei is committed to reinventing photography, and they believe in our products as the best way to introduce users to the future of the camera.”

In 2016 Insta360 launched its first 360-degree camera, the Insta360 Nano for the iPhone 6 series. The device can be clipped onto the smartphone or used independently, with a built in battery and shutter release button.

And at CES 2017, Insta360 announced the Insta360 Pro, a six-lense professional camera boasting 360 video in up to 8K, as well as 3D video and high-definition livestreaming.

Huawei hasn’t yet confirmed a release date of the Honor VR Camera, when it does VRFocus will let you know.

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Second Google Daydream Headset Revealed – Manufactured by Huawei

Second Google Daydream Headset Revealed – Manufactured by Huawei

Google continues to make its interest in virtual reality more and more apparent. Last year, the Silicon Valley super giant formed an official VR division within its secretive walls and appointed Clay Bavor as its head. Fast forward to today and Google’s VR platform, dubbed Daydream is in full swing. The Daydream View headset hit the shelves in early November and made Google an official competitor with Samsung and Oculus for the mobile VR marketplace. Now, Google is expanding its library of smartphone powered VR headsets through the revelation of a second headset manufactured by the Chinese electronics giant: Huawei.

From the start, Google made it clear that Daydream would be a VR platform that other electronics manufacturers would eventually participate in with hardware of their own. It’s now clear that Huawei will be the first partner OEM to join Google in the race for mobile VR supremacy.

The new headset was unveiled via a Google blog post announcing an expanded suite of Daydream ready products. The post explains the specs of the Huawei headset more completely, explaining that:

“Huawei has been working on a Daydream-ready headset for launch at a later date. The Huawei VR headset is built to be easy to use. It has an adjustable focus so it can be used without eyeglasses, and provides a 95° field of view. By bringing new headsets onto the Daydream platform, we hope to give consumers even more choice in how they enjoy VR.”

The focus dial, and overall form factor of the Huawei manufactured device is reminiscent of a last-generation Samsung Gear VR. The picture also indicates that Huawei’s headset will also be taking advantage of the Google VR motion controller that features as a cornerstone of the Daydream ecosystem.

In addition to the Huawei headset, Google is also announcing four new Daydream ready smartphones from Huawei, Zenfone and Axon.

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Huwaei Hires Former Oculus Chief Scientist LaValle For VR/AR Future

In some ways 2017 has started how 2016 finished for virtual reality (VR), with job movements and discussions on the ever changing role within China.

As you already know if you follow our regular Sunday feature The VR Job Hub, there are always roles appearing in both the VR and augmented reality (AR) sectors. We’ve also in recent months reported on a number of instances of notable workers jumping to new VR/AR projects. Notably from working with Hololens. We’ve also spoken a number of times about the increasing presence within the Asian market at large and the rise of China.

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Huawei Technologies are the latest company to acquire someone from one of the big VR companies, this time Oculus’ former Chief Scientist Steve LaVelle, who was partly responsible for the Oculus SDK.

Despite some concerns for what will happen in 2017, Huawei are continuing to investigate cutting edge technologies, such as work on artificial intelligence (A.I.) following their ascent to become the world’s third largest manufacturer of smartphones late last year.

LaValle, whose last role was as an educator at the University of Illinois, has confirmed he will be becoming Chief Scientist once more for Huawei. Heading research project and working on the development of product lines for VR, AR and mixed reality (MR). Both AR and VR were earmarked by the company in mid-2016 as areas where the company would seek outside expertise.

“Our visions of the future closely align, which is that a holistic approach to VR/AR research and product development is absolutely necessary, and must tightly integrate hardware, software, human perception, and neuroscience.” said LaValle in a statement.

VRFocus will bring you more news about the growing market in China throughout 2017.

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Huawei Mate 9 Pro ist Daydream Ready

Google hat während der Pressekonferenz von Huawei offiziell verkündet, dass das Huawei Mate 9 Pro und Mate 9 Porsche Design mit dem Google Daydream System kompatibel ist. Das Huawei Mate 9 Pro wird aber nicht wie das ZenFone AR auch zusätzlich mit Project Tango ausgestattet, aber Google sagt, dass Tango ein Bestandteil von zukünftigen Smartphones von Huawei werden wird.

Huawei Mate 9 Pro ist Daydream Ready

Laut Google sei die Herstellung eines Virtual Reality Smartphones keine einfache Angelegenheit. Deshalb arbeite das Unternehmen eng mit den Partnern zusammen, damit die Geräte eine gute Performance bei VR Inhalten ermöglichen können. Menschen die sich für Google Daydream interessieren, haben also bald die Wahl zwischen dem Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Moto Z, Z Droid, Asus ZenFone AR, Huawei Mate 9 Pro und dem ZTE Axon 7. Außerdem werden weitere Geräte von Samsung, LG, HTC, Mi und Alcatel erwartet.

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Während andere Hersteller aber derzeit noch auf das Daydream View von Google zurückgreifen, wird Huawei auch ein eigenes Daydream Headset anbieten, welches nach dem Vorbild des Daydream View gebaut wird.

Da sich langsam die Anzahl an kompatiblen Geräten erhöht, wird der Google Play Store für Daydream Apps auch für Entwickler interessanter. Wir sind gespannt, wie sich das Angebot an Software für Daydream Systeme in diesem Jahr entwickeln wird.

Unseren Test zum Daydream System von Google findet ihr hier.

Die Spezifikationen des Huawei Mate 9 Pro sehen wie folgt aus:

  • 5.5 Zoll AMOLED Display
  • 1440 x 2560 Pixel (~534 ppi)
  • Hisilicon Kirin 960
  • Octa-Core (4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
  • Mali-G71 MP8
  • Dual 20 MP +12 MP, f/2.2, OIS, 2x zoom, Leica optics, phase detection & laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
  • Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
  • Nicht austauschbarer Li-Po 4000 mAh Akku

(Quelle: Road to VR)

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Google Confirms Huawei Mate 9 Pro Will Be Daydream Ready

Google Confirms Huawei Mate 9 Pro Will Be Daydream Ready

Daydream’s launch yesterday was just the first step in a long journey. The first headset, Daydream View, works with the first Daydream-ready phones, Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL, but other companies will be bringing new devices to the ecosystem over time. It looks like Huawei could be the next to do so.

Earlier this month the China-based smartphone maker revealed its latest handsets, the Mate 9 and enhanced Mate 9 Pro. The latter of these two devices had already been rumored to support Daydream, but Google’s VP of VR, Clay Bavor, just confirmed it. Speaking at Recode’s An Evening With Code Mobile event this week, Bavor stated that the Mate 9 Pro will be “Daydream-ified over a software update soon.” He didn’t say how soon, though the Mate 9 Pro isn’t even available in western territories yet and we don’t know when it will be.

According to GSM Arena, the Mate 9 Pro boasts a AMOLED 5.5 inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920. It’s powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor and has 4GB RAM. That’s not a make of chipset we’re familiar with, though if it’s Google-approved for Daydream it obviously meets to quality standards the company has laid out for its mobile platform.

Huawei is just one of many companies making Daydream-ready smartphones, though, and we’re still expecting to see handsets from Samsung, ZTE, LG, Asus, Lenovo and others, as well as new takes on the headset.

We don’t know which of those we’ll see next, but Bavor did drop a hint as to when we might here some news. “I’ll just say it, I think CES and Mobile World Congress will be very exciting for VR,” he said later on in the interview. CES takes place in January while Mobile World Congress gets underway at the end of February. Daydream-related reveals for both events seems likely.

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