Valve Index review – When only the best will do
Valve doesn’t make anything anymore, right? At least that’s the meme. The company just sits back and cashes those sweet Steam store checks. Except...
Oculus forces Virtual Desktop to stop streaming SteamVR apps to Quest
Less than a month after releasing the standalone VR headset Quest, Oculus is already hobbling one of its most appealing abilities, developer Guy Godin...
Vive Cosmos gets vague release date as HTC offers development guidance
HTC’s Vive Cosmos has remained enigmatic ever since its name leaked in a trademark filing last year, and despite a somewhat perplexing unveiling at...
What Oculus Quest nails and misses: Hardware, software, and pricing
Several days after purchasing an Oculus Quest, I shared my early experiences here, noting that I was on the fine edge of returning the...
Ultrahaptics acquires AR/VR pioneer Leap Motion for only $30 million
Leap Motion publicly established itself as a pioneer in VR hand-tracking controls and DIY augmented reality gear, but reportedly didn’t generate much revenue — one...
Palmer Luckey: I left Facebook enraged, but Zuckerberg is VR’s top backer
Though the exact circumstances of Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey’s March 2017 departure from Facebook have remained somewhat ambiguous, he’s now talking openly about...
Oculus promises Rift S software update will fix open-ear audio volume
Oculus’s Rift S tethered PC VR headset is only days old, but complaints have already piled up over the audio experience delivered by its...
Mobile VR’s dying gasps mean new life for standalone and tethered VR
Even if you were expecting this news, the latest research confirms it: “High-performance” VR platforms are increasing in popularity while “mobile VR” is declining. Users,...
IDC: High-end VR grew 60% in 2018, users have smartwatch-level satisfaction
While interest in smartphone-dependent VR devices has cooled off, the high-performance VR market has continued to grow, IDC says in a new report, as tethered and...
Ericsson: Users expect to pay more for novel 5G devices and networks
European carriers have publicly questioned whether customers will compensate them for building faster 5G networks, so it’s no surprise that 5G hardware supplier Ericsson...