Oculus Co-Founder Quits as VR Firm Promises a New Rift Headset By Nathaniel Mott published 23 October 18 Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe departed amidst reports that he butted heads with Facebook execs, who may also have canceled the Rift 2 headset.
Samsung Fights VR's Screen Door Effect, Doubles PPI With HMD Odyssey+ By Nathaniel Mott published 22 October 18 Less than a year after releasing the original HMD Odyssey, Samsung continues to chase the Windows Mixed Reality crown with the revised HMD Odyssey+.
SteamVR Tries Bringing VR to Weaker GPUs With Motion Smoothing Feature By Nathaniel Mott published 19 October 18 Valve announced beta testing of a new feature in SteamVR called Motion Smoothing that "enables more players on more PCs to play high-fidelity VR games and experiences."
Oculus (Finally) Rolls Out Rift Core 2.0 to All By Nathaniel Mott published 11 October 18 Oculus released the Rift Core 2.0 update to all Rift owners exactly one year after announcing the overhauled software at Oculus Connect 4.
Oculus Adding Custom Avatars, Hybrid Apps By Sherri L. Smith published 26 September 18 Oculus announced a new platform chockfull of useful features during its developer conference.
$399 Oculus Quest Offers Premium Standalone VR By Sherri L. Smith published 26 September 18 Scheduled to ship next spring for $399, the Oculus Quest headset is the company's first standalone headset to launch with Oculus Rift-level graphics.
Watch the Oculus Connect 5 Keynote Live! By Kevin Carbotte published 26 September 18 Oculus Connect 5 kicks off today and the company is touting this year’s conference as the biggest Oculus Connect event yet! Join us to watch the live keynote presentation this afternoon.
What Tom’s Played This Weekend: Creed: Rise to Glory By Kevin Carbotte published 25 September 18 Creed: Rise to Glory is a first-person VR boxing game based on the Rocky spin-off, Creed. You take the roll of Adonis Creed and must fight your way up through the ranks of the boxing circuit.
HumanEyes' 5.7K Vuze XR Camera Supports 360- and 180-Degree Video By Kevin Carbotte published 25 September 18 HumanEyes technologies today revealed the Vuze XR camera, which supports 360-degrees or 180-degree stereo video capture at up to 5.7K resolution.
HTC Officially Releases the $300 Vive Wireless Adapter By Nathaniel Mott published 24 September 18 HTC Vive and Vive Pro headset owners can finally experience wireless VR with the long-awaited $300 (or $360) Vive Wireless Adapter.
Valve Extends Battery Life With Third Evolution of Knuckles VR Controllers By Kevin Carbotte published 19 September 18 Valve revealed a new revision of the upcoming Knuckles controllers which should be more reliable than the previous version.
Mozilla Releases VR and AR Firefox Browser for Oculus, Viveport, Daydream By Nathaniel Mott published 18 September 18 Mozilla released the Firefox Reality browser to make it easier to access web content on Viveport, Oculus and Daydream headsets.
Pimax Finally Prepping 8K, 5K+ VR Headset Shipments By Kevin Carbotte published 6 September 18 Pimax is preparing to ship the first run of Pimax 8K headsets to early Kickstarter backers at the end of the month. The company also revealed a new model of Pimax 5K headset.
Pixvana VR Video Streaming Tech Is Now Open Source By Kevin Carbotte published 29 August 18 Content creators now have access to cloud-based distribution for streaming VR Video content.
Acer Goes Premium With New Windows MR Headset By Andrew E. Freedman published 29 August 18 At IFA, Acer announced a Windows Mixed Reality Headset with a detachable design, integrated audio and software IPD adjustment technology.
Microsoft Was Making an Xbox VR Headset, But Not Anymore By Kevin Carbotte published 28 August 18 News surfaced this week that Microsoft was planning on bringing a VR headset to the Xbox console but scrapped its plans earlier this year.
HTC Vive Adapter Brings Wireless VR for $300 By Kevin Carbotte published 21 August 18 HTC’s long awaited Vive Wireless Adapter is almost here. The company announced that pre-orders would begin on September 5. The units will sell for $300.
Sony Has Sold 3,000,000 PlayStation VR Consoles By Nathaniel Mott published 16 August 18 Sony announced that it has sold 3,000,000 PSVR systems and 21.9 million games and "experiences" to accompany them.
Strange Bedfellows: HTC’s VR Store Now Supports Oculus Rift By Kevin Carbotte published 16 August 18 HTC today revealed that Rift owners will have access to Viveport in September.
Vicon Debuts Unbreakable Tracking for Multi-User VR By Kevin Carbotte published 13 August 18 Vicon is taking the location-based VR (LBVR) business model seriously and its doubling down on its efforts to be a leader in the space at Siggraph 2018.