VR Archives

PlayStation VR from Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Posted inin Gameplay

Sony nuked PlayStation VR’s biggest problem by promising PS5 support

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 17, 2019
3 min

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the best-selling consumer electronics products aren’t necessarily a company’s latest or highest-end products; mass-market customers often gravitate instead towards affordable...

Continue Reading
3 min

Posted inin Gameplay

SK Telecom offers early 5G users free VR, 4K videos, and mobile games

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 3, 2019
2 min

With only two days remaining before South Korea’s government-coordinated launch of commercial 5G services, top carrier SK Telecom today announced a series of aggressive last-minute promotions to...

Continue Reading
2 min

Posted inin Gameplay

The VR headset market is about to get way too crowded and confusing

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 20, 2019
6 min

Once, there was a single VR headset. Today there are quite a few, and within months, there will certainly be too many in the...

Continue Reading
6 min

Posted inin Gameplay

Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 20, 2019
2 min

After months of rumors and a somewhat damning leak, Facebook’s Oculus division today made the Oculus Rift S official as its follow-up to 2016’s...

Continue Reading
2 min

Posted inin Gameplay

Sony VR patent points to a pricier but wireless PSVR2

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 18, 2019
3 min

Patent filings alone don’t guarantee new products, but there are times when a patent is so specific that something tangible is likely to follow....

Continue Reading
3 min

Posted inin Gameplay

Nintendo VR? Yes. Cardboard Labo VR? No thanks

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 7, 2019
4 min

Back in 2014, Google debuted Cardboard, a basic virtual reality viewer made from $5 worth of parts. At a time when standalone VR headsets...

Continue Reading
4 min

Posted inin Technology

VR and cloud gaming frenzy seizes MWC as 5G hype builds

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 27, 2019
3 min

With 5G networks rolling out, the telecom industry and its partners are trying to identify use cases that will justify the trillions of dollars...

Continue Reading
3 min

Posted inin Gameplay

Qualcomm’s 5G XR Viewers will stop the wave of mediocre AR headsets

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 25, 2019
4 min

Companies have used the term “extended reality” (XR) to describe both virtual reality and augmented reality hardware, but consumers think of VR and AR...

Continue Reading
4 min

Posted inin Gameplay

At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 11, 2019
5 min

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...

Continue Reading
5 min

Posted inin Gameplay

HTC Vive Pro Eye hands-on: Gaze into VR’s future with foveated rendering

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 10, 2019
4 min

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...

Continue Reading
4 min