HaptX wins $1.5 million NSF grant to create full-body haptics for VR
Virtual reality headsets are already advanced enough to make your brain believe you’re moving through an artificial 3D space, but VR hardware makers are...
Oculus Connect becomes Facebook Connect, goes virtual on September 16
Goodbye, Oculus Connect — hello, Facebook Connect. Following last week’s controversial announcement that Facebook accounts will be required to use all future Oculus virtual...
Facebook is killing Oculus accounts, starting in October
Immediately after Facebook acquired Oculus VR in 2014, some developers expressed concern that the social media giant would fully absorb the pioneering virtual reality company,...
The AR/VR ecosystem — Are we there yet?
Digi-Capital’s virtual and augmented reality forecast is for global revenue to grow from over $13 billion this year to more than $67 billion by...
Zero-trust authentication may replace passwords in AR/VR headsets
Security has become enough of a concern for phones, tablets, and computers that passwords or biometric scans have become mandatory for most devices, preventing...
Facebook advances VR rendering quality with neural 4×4 supersampling
Rendering 3D graphics for the latest high-resolution displays has never been an easy task, and the challenge level increases multiple times for VR headsets...
Facebook reveals holographic optics for thin and light VR headsets
Today’s virtual reality headsets are universally big — closer to goggles than glasses, and even then, larger and heavier than modern ski goggles. While...
HTC is selling a standalone Cosmos Elite headset and tracking faceplate
The Vive Cosmos had a shaky start, but HTC has made a lot of improvements to its latest VR headset. And those updates (which...
Nvidia develops lightweight VR gaze tracking system using LED sensors
All of the world’s top virtual reality headset makers agree that gaze tracking is going to be fundamental to the next generation of VR...
VR darling Beat Saber surpasses 2 million copies sold
Beat Saber is one of virtual reality’s biggest hits, and the laser-sword rhythm dancing game has now reached a major sales milestone. Developer Beat...