The Khronos Group is proud to announce that Ben-Gurion University has joined as an academic member. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of Israel’s leading research universities and among the world leaders in many fields. Through its technology transfer company, BGN Technologies, which is also responsible for the University’s patent portfolio, the University initiates, leads and implements projects with institutions, companies and foundations world-wide.
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that Pico Technology has joined as a Contributor Member. With operations in the China, United States, Europe, and Japan, Pico develops innovative VR solutions which enable our users to experience the best in VR entertainment, including Games, Videos and Interactive CGI experiences.Founded in 2015, Pico has over 300 team members around the world.
Dell Technologies is excited to join the Khronos Group and actively contribute to innovation in xR. Joining the Khronos Group provides a forum to drive critical and strategic requirements for open standards run by the Khronos Group such as OpenXR and OpenGL, said Liam Quinn, CTO for the Client Solutions Group.
The Khronos Group announces expanded membership opportunities. The Khronos Board of Directors has approved the addition of a nonprofit membership tier and an expansion of the associate-level membership, to reduce membership fees for smaller companies, to encourage wider participation from every industry served by the consortium. The Associate-level membership has been expanded to reduce membership fees for companies that have up to 100 employees. The annual pricing model is $175 per company employee with a minimum starting fee of $3,500 per year - scaling the annual dues based on the size of the member organization. The new nonprofit membership tier is available to registered nonprofit organizations at $7,500 per year. Learn more about The Khronos Group membership levels and how to join.
Antilatency develops 6DoF positional tracking for AR/VR. The team believes that mobile VR should be mobile and want to give mobile headset owners the feeling of full immersion. ALT: Antilatency tracker, the main product of the company, makes these things possible.
Neil and Yuval Boger (VRguy) talk about VR/AR standards, overlapping standards organizations and what’s the best way for companies to get involved. There is also a complete transcript of the podcast. In Neil's own words "...the key thing to realize about the Khronos Group, if people haven’t come across Khronos before, is that it’s an open organization. So, any company is welcome to join."
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that Logitech has joined as a Contributor Member. Focused on innovation and quality, Logitech designs personal peripherals to help people enjoy a better experience with the digital world.
Neil Trevett, President at The Khronos Group is one of 50 world-class speakers appearing at VR Connects San Francisco 2017 on the 27th and 28th June. Learn more about Neil and the Khronos group in the Virtual Report Speaker Profile.
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that UX3D has joined as an Associate Member. UX3D - Real time graphics experiences - offers creative and innovative 3D visualizations, serving all major industries. From consulting, concept to development, UX3D transforms state of the art real time graphics engineering and motion design into next generation interactive, dynamic and immersive visual experiences. Our mission is to provide cutting edge graphic technologies to enhance opportunities for future-oriented markets and business applications.
In December last year, Imagination announced we were the first to submit an OpenVX 1.1 conformant implementation. In this blog post, we will show how our work has developed since then on one of the first implementations of the Khronos OpenVX 1.1 API as well as the new and very first implementation of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) extension that goes along with it.
The GPU Technology Conference (GTC2017) will be running from May 8-11 this year in San Jose Convention Center. This year will see many sessions related to Khronos Technology including OpenCL, OpenGL, OpenVX, Vulkan and WebGL. NVIDIA has just added more sessions to their schedule. Check a list of Khronos related sessions on the Khronos site, or visit the NVIDIA GTC site to see all sessions.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that the Cadence Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs are the first imaging/vision DSPs to pass Khronos Group's conformance tests for the OpenVX 1.1 specification. Application developers can now take advantage of Tensilica Vision P5/P6 functionality without detailed knowledge of the hardware architecture and still achieve high performance. This enables faster development of computer vision and imaging applications on Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs being deployed in applications processors for mobile, automotive, drone, security, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) and other markets. Read the full press release.
The GPU Technology Conference (GTC2017) will be running from May 8-11 this year in San Jose Convention Center. This year will see many sessions related to Khronos Technology including OpenCL, OpenGL, OpenVX, Vulkan and WebGL. Check a list of Khronos technology only sessions on the Khronos site, or visit the NVIDIA GTC site to see all sessions.
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that PlutoVR has joined as an Associate Member. Phone calls, texts, and video chat don’t come close to what it’s like to interact face to face. PlutoVR sees VR and AR as the opportunity to close that gap. With Pluto, you’ll be able to communicate, collaborate, and connect with anyone anywhere, as if you were together in person. PlutoVR is currently hiring.
Antilatency develops 6DoF positional tracking for AR/VR. The team believes that mobile VR should be mobile and want to give mobile headset owners the feeling of full immersion. ALT: Antilatency tracker, the main product of the company, makes these things possible.
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that Logitech has joined as a Contributor Member. Focused on innovation and quality, Logitech designs personal peripherals to help people enjoy a better experience with the digital world.
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that UX3D has joined as an Associate Member. 
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The GPU Technology Conference (GTC2017) will be running from May 8-11 this year in San Jose Convention Center. This year will see many sessions related to Khronos Technology including OpenCL, OpenGL, OpenVX, Vulkan and WebGL. NVIDIA has just added more sessions to their schedule. Check a list of Khronos related sessions on the 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that the Cadence Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs are the first imaging/vision DSPs to pass Khronos Group's conformance tests for the OpenVX 1.1 specification. Application developers can now take advantage of Tensilica Vision P5/P6 functionality without detailed knowledge of the hardware architecture and still achieve high performance. This enables faster development of computer vision and imaging applications on Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs being deployed in applications processors for mobile, automotive, drone, security, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) and other markets. Read the full 
The Khronos Group is proud to announce that PlutoVR has joined as an Associate Member. Phone calls, texts, and video chat don’t come close to what it’s like to interact face to face. PlutoVR sees VR and AR as the opportunity to close that gap. With Pluto, you’ll be able to communicate, collaborate, and connect with anyone anywhere, as if you were together in person. PlutoVR is currently hiring.