LandmarkVR wants its showrooms to be the industry standard for Canadian real estate
When Anson Wang moved to China in 2014 to help one of his best friends break into the VR market through a company called…
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Art Gallery of Ontario exhibit demonstrates how the future of art is in virtual reality
“Virtual reality has allowed us to answer questions – and find new ones we never even thought to ask – about art,” proclaimed the…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Hermés brings haute couture to the smartwatch world
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about wearables…
Report: Canadians will spend $643 million on virtual and augmented reality by 2017
In addition to being some of the heaviest internet users in the world, Canadians are also enthralled with virtual reality. The latest IDC report…
Canada’s first VR popup cinema opens in Toronto
Three Queens University grads have launched North America’s first VR popup cinema in Toronto, according to a report from NOW Toronto. Audiences can purchase…
Retinad co-founder Samuel F. Poirier is the first French Canadian to be named a Thiel Fellow
Montreal-based Retinad co-founder Samuel F. Poirier is the first French Canadian to be named a Thiel Fellow. Retinad is an analytics platform for virtual…
OMERS Ventures and CFC Media Lab invite VR companies to participate in Canadian VR ecosystem study
The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab and OMERS Ventures announced a partnership today to carry out a study examining the virtual reality ecosystem in…
Simwave wants to bring virtual reality to the next level with temperature, smell
Virtual reality is already disruptive in its own right as it changes the way we think about entertainment — but one Ottawa-based company wants…
PinchVR envisions a world where anyone can customize their own VR environment
As VR emerges as the next must-have hardware, companies like Oculus Rift and Google are competing for the top spot in the consumer market….
Wearables have gone to the dogs (no, really)
Another year and another CES 2015 over. It was clear from the amount of devices on the showroom floor that this year is going…
14 Wearable Tech Predictions for 2015
It’s that time of year: tech predictions! If you thought 2014 was the year of wearable tech, hang on to your connected hats. 2015…
Virtual Reality Paperboy Homage Pedals Toronto’s Globacore Around the World
The year was 1988. Mulroney and Regan were signing the Canada-US free trade agreement, Jim Duggan was dominating at the first WWF Royal Rumble…