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Rude Awakening: Google Quietly Says Goodbye to Daydream VR

By Nathaniel Mott

Google dropped Daydream VR support from the Pixel 4 smartphone and removed the Daydream View headset from its online store.

PSVR 2 May Be Wireless, With AR Potential

By Ash Puckett

Sony filed a patent for an interesting new VR headset that seems worthy of being called the PSVR 2.

Microsoft Patents Virtual Reality Floor Mat

By Nathaniel Mott

Microsoft filed a patent application for a virtual reality (VR) floor mat in April 2018.

Hand Tracking Coming to Oculus Quest in New Update

By Andrew E. Freedman

Oculus VR unveiled a wave of new features coming to the Oculus Quest—including hand tracking—expected to release by early 2020.

HTC Vive Cosmos Hits Preorder for $699 With Modular Features

By Scharon Harding

HTC Vive Cosmos will be the first of the family to not require base stations. It's currently available for pre-order for $699.

PSVR Earns VR Crown as Low-End VR Bottoms Out

By Nathaniel Mott

Strategy Analytics said that Sony's lead on the VR market increased as low-end products from Google and Samsung became less popular.

Tobii Spotlight Technology Uses Eye Tracking to Lighten the Load for VR Headsets

By Scharon Harding

Tobii's benchmarks show that its Spotlight Technology eye tracking reduces GPU load for VR headsets, helping to increase efficiency and maintain frame rates.

VR Headset Sales for 2019 Are Already Impressive

By Nathaniel Mott

IDC said that shipments of VR and AR headsets rose 27.2% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019.

HTC Vive Cosmos Will Have Greater Resolution Than the Vive Pro (Update)

By Scharon Harding

At CES 2019, HTC Vive has announced an upcoming lightweight VR headset, the HTC Vive Cosmos, and an enterprise VR HMD, the HTC Hive Pro Eye.

HTC Vive Pro Eye Hands-On: Feeling Powerful With Built-In Tobii Eye Tracking (Update)

By Scharon Harding

I tried out a beta version of the feature myself playing MLB Home Run Derby VR. It’s still in development and thus was a little wonky, but I can’t deny its cool factor.

10 Things You May Not Know About Valve’s Index VR Headset

By Kevin Carbotte

Here are 10 things about Valve new Index VR headset and controllers that you may have missed.

HP Drops Omen Branding From New VR Backpack, Makes it More Powerful

By Matt Safford

Shifting away from a consumer focus, HP’s latest VR backpack gets souped up internals and a push toward arcades and theme parks.

Arm Mali-D77 Display Chip Promises High-Res VR Without the Nausea

By Lucian Armasu

Arm announced the new Mali-D77 display processor for VR headsets. It claims it can support up to 3K resolution at

The Walking Dead: Onslaught VR Game Lets You Fight Zombies as Characters From the Show

By Nathaniel Mott

AMC and Survios today announced "The Walking Dead: Onslaught," which is billed as the first VR experience based on "The Walking Dead" TV show.

ThinkReality Puts Lenovo Into Business AR

By Andrew E. Freedman

Lenovo’s ThinkReality A6 AR headset is targeted at businesses.

HoloLens is Putting Teams In Each Other's Offices

By Andrew E. Freedman

An update to Microsoft Teams that works with HoloLens 2 will put virtual workers in each other's offices.

Microsoft's Developing a VR Controller to Improve Virtual Feels

By Nathaniel Mott

Microsoft unveiled a prototype for the Touch Rigid Controller (TORC), a VR controller that uses haptic feedback to mimic the feel of 3D objects.

Vive Investigating Wireless Adapter Issues with Ryzen Processors

By Nathaniel Mott

HTC partnered with Intel and AMD to figure out why the Vive Wireless Adapter has caused blue screen of death (BSOD) and other freezing issues with Ryzen CPUs.

En Garde: Pimax Unveils Sword Sense VR Controllers With Finger Tracking

By Kevin Carbotte

Pimax plans to offer two versions of its next-gen VR controllers, dubbed Sword and Sword Sense. They plan to release them in the second half of 2019.

SteamVR Getting Firefox VR Browser In Time for Valve’s Index HMD

By Scharon Harding

This summer, gamers will be able to download Firefox Reality, Mozilla’s browser for VR and augmented reality (AR), from SteamVR.