Comments on: Nokia halted further development of the OZO camera. Focuses more on health

By: Startup run by ex-Nokian announced world's highest end VR headset Varjo VR-1 | Nokiamob

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:00:31 +0000

[…] Virtual Reality or VR has been present for a relatively long time now, but the technology still isn’t mainstream and it is a question will it ever become mainstream? Maybe VR alone not, but in combination with AR and MR (augmented and mixed reality) it could be, especially with the backing of many strong players in the industry like Apple, Facebook or Google. Even Nokia, that mainly focuses on Networks, had a short VR adventure with OZO VR camera. […]

By: Nokia OZO Audio coming to non-Nokia phones | Nokiamob

Nokia OZO Audio coming to non-Nokia phones | Nokiamob — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:39:55 +0000

[…] the development of OZO VR camera (that was cancelled), Nokia Technologies also developed a remarkable audio recording tech. And following the business […]

By: Nokia's camera expert Juha Alakarhu joins Axon | Nokiamob

Nokia's camera expert Juha Alakarhu joins Axon | Nokiamob — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:44:48 +0000

[…] 2016, he rejoined Nokia as Head of imaging for the OZO team. Late last year, Nokia Technologies announced that it is cutting back on VR hardware, stopping the development of OZO VR camera, and instead focusing on […]

By: Nokia opens up VR technologies to partners | Nokiamob

Nokia opens up VR technologies to partners | Nokiamob — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:39:51 +0000

[…] October last year, Nokia Technologies announced that they are stopping the development of Nokia OZO camera hardware and shifting focus to licensing VR technology. About 300 people departed from Nokia thanks […]

By: singhnsk

singhnsk — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:29:00 +0000

I’ve used VR headsets and watched a number of videos before feeling that VR is one of the most unwanted piece of technology right now. Anybody who agrees?

By: Themightym

Themightym — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:23:00 +0000

In reply to Stinger. Well, we know that Steel HR has been around since Nokia Helth was called Withings. So, it is late. I thought that we'll se a new version of the HR, but probably they have some difficulties manufacturing the device or just want it to me more perfect than it was. Just guessing.

By: Jukka-Pekka Sokero

Jukka-Pekka Sokero — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:17:00 +0000

In reply to Stinger.

I’ve had mine for ~10 months now 😉 Well, technically it was still Withings device.
I wonder how well have the related health platform caught wind among corporations. Not much has happened in the devices side, if we count ount the brand change and UI change for the app. There would be a lot of potential in the health department related to HR measurement, but no real new capabilities in the app since launch.

By: Stinger

Stinger — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:17:00 +0000

I’m not a captain of industry, but I think they should just put the programme on hold for now. I was really eager to see what they would have learned from OZO. But I guess money talks.

It’s a good decision to focus on the health side though. That’s a bigger market. The article said that the Steel HR is late, does that mean none have been delivered as yet??? That’s weird. I assumed that they were working on a replacement or new version by now.

By: Themightym

Themightym — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:45:00 +0000

In reply to Michael.

ha ha, I had that in mind for quite some time, but just love the OZO.

Well, I kind of liked the idea to push the content maker for the VR glasses instead of making another VR glasses.
I am a bit sad ti see it go.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:03:00 +0000

Wow, but to be honest, From an investor perspective, I never really understood Nokia’s involvement in this sector. You are right…have to know when to cut losses and move on.

So…..does that mean there is going to be a new Nokiamob graphic at some point 😉

Maybe something like…..
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/952d62ae842d80918de3c77fe6e6e51bf716b21ac1fab6e9fafdaf65a3e01e10.png

😉