VR’s next goal: Quickly winning over new users
Headset makers are actively trying to make VR easier for new users to experience -- quickly.
Synaptics chip paves the way for dual 2K VR headsets with 1,000 PPI
Synaptics is raising the bar for flagship VR headsets by announcing two new components: a VR display driver chip and a cable interface that will collectively let computers drive two separate 2K eye displays at once.
Oculus founder roasts Magic Leap One as ‘HoloLens 1.1’, bemoaning hype
Controversial Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has posted a conceptual teardown of the Creator Edition on his personal blog, calling the augmented reality headset a "tragedy in the classical sense."
Oculus said to plan Santa Cruz VR for Q1 2019, Go phone viewer soon
Oculus is about to have a thrilling September: Its standalone Santa Cruz VR headset is expected to finally get a release date -- and some Rift ports -- while its entry-level Go headset will soon gain the ability to share its visuals with smartphones.
Samsung’s new Odyssey+ headset could fix its muddled VR vision
As one of the world’s most technologically innovative companies, Samsung should be leading the pack in VR — one of the decade’s top transformative...
StarVR reveals its next-gen virtual reality headset with eye-tracking
The new StarVR head-mounted display debuted at the SIGGRAPH 2018 technology event in Vancouver today. The StarVR One, as it is called, adds a...
Vicon’s Origin hardware suite is designed for location-based VR
Motion capture company Vicon unveiled its Origin line of location-based virtual reality hardware at the computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH in Vancouver. The product suite includes...
Virtual reality lands at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport
Virtual reality arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City earlier this summer when PeriscapeVR set up 12 stations in Terminal 4. It’s...
Virtual Battlegrounds hopes to be the VR battle royale game
When a game vanishes off the face of the Earth for over six months after an initial reveal, it’s usually a bad sign. But...
The HoloSuit delivers full-body tracking in a compact package
The HoloSuit is a full-body tracker designed for VR and AR platforms. It's impressive, but expensive.