Qualcomm’s 5G XR Viewers will stop the wave of mediocre AR headsets
Companies have used the term “extended reality” (XR) to describe both virtual reality and augmented reality hardware, but consumers think of VR and AR...
At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward
Ahead of 2019’s Consumer Electronics Show, I hoped to see several key developments with next-generation VR and AR headsets — dramatically higher-resolution PC VR...
HTC Vive Pro Eye hands-on: Gaze into VR’s future with foveated rendering
Unexpectedly announced at an early CES 2019 media event, HTC’s latest and highest-end VR headset is the Vive Pro Eye — an upgraded version...
Acer may shutter or sell StarVR after location-based VR revenues sink
Only months after introducing a $3,200 virtual reality headset with an ultra-wide field of view, location-based HMD maker StarVR is facing the threat of...
Oculus reportedly plans Rift S, a small PC VR upgrade that’s not Rift 2
When news broke last week that Oculus cofounder Brendan Iribe was departing the company, the Facebook-owned VR headset maker was quick to claim that...
HTC Vive joins VirtualLink, a cable standard now backed by all major PC VR players
A universal cable standard for virtual reality devices can’t be considered “universal” without the participation of all the major makers of VR hardware. That...
HTC Vive Wireless Adapter review — Trading cables for a battery
The problem with VR is … well, VR has more than one issue. The biggest one is that it’s still too expensive. But OK....
Pimax prices 5K and 8K VR headsets at $700-$900, reveals iffy specs
After it wrapped up a record-breaking $4.2 million Kickstarter campaign to launch the first 8K VR headset, Pimax has made headlines for all the...
Samsung’s Odyssey+ VR headset claims 1233 PPI user-perceived resolution
Leaked two months ago by the FCC, Samsung’s HMD Odyssey+ Windows Mixed Reality headset became official today with a somewhat unexpected feature: a “user-perceived...
SuperData: Oculus Quest will mainstream VR in 2019, but AR will lead by 2021
Though 2016 was once described as the “year of VR” because that’s when consumer headsets became available, 2019 will be the year virtual reality...