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...
DevLab 2018 offers VR/AR artists an incubator and shot at funding
Two years ago, Oculus teamed up with VR promoter Kaleidoscope to create DevLab, an incubator for independent VR projects. Now they’re back to do...
Open AR Cloud Organization launching effort to connect all augmented apps and services
As augmented reality apps and hardware continue to evolve, they still largely deliver solitary experiences that exist in isolation. Now a new industry group...
Qualcomm offers first 802.11ay 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets for WiGig devices
Earlier this month, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that the next generation of Wi-Fi devices will be called “Wi-Fi 6,” all but dismissing the cryptic...