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...
Digi-Capital: Over $4.1 billion invested in AR and VR in 2019
Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked $4.1 billion in AR/VR investment in 2019, the third-highest virtual reality investment and augmented reality investment year on record...
The VR world doesn’t need 4 Vive Cosmos headsets or 2 Proton glasses
I’m a huge fan of hardware experimentation and prototyping — enough to enjoy looking back at abandoned designs and forgotten products that either never...
HTC teases Vive Proton ‘display headset’ concept for 5G smartphones
Now that its Vive and Vive Cosmos families have been firmly established as PC-tethered virtual reality headsets, HTC is tentatively looking toward a future...
Japan Display launches 1058ppi 2.1-inch screens for smaller VR glasses
Two of this year’s most important evolutions of VR glasses involve increasing their display resolution and reducing their size — changes that Japan Display...
Microsoft: VR is big on Windows, but Xbox would need ‘a bunch of work’
Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality initiative may have brought multiple VR headsets and a substantial quantity of VR software to the PC platform, but the...
CES 2020 proved VR and AR are thriving — and moving into automobiles
Virtual and augmented reality have had a rough few years: Pundits tried to proclaim VR “dead” despite growing consumer interest and sales, while AR’s...