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HTC Vive Cosmos Hits Preorder for $699 With Modular Features

By Scharon Harding published

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 published

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 published

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

Oculus Rift S Review: First-Gen VR Gets a Reboot

By Kevin Carbotte last updated

The Rift S isn’t a second-gen headset, but more like a do-over of the original, with improvements and compromises. If you have a headset, you can skip this one.

VR Headset Sales for 2019 Are Already Impressive

By Nathaniel Mott published

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 published

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.

Insta360 Evo VR Camera Review: Good Camera, Bad Stitching

By Kevin Carbotte published

The Insta360 Evo 5.7K VR camera with 360-degree mono and 180-degree stereo captures clear images and video, but could use an improved stitching algorithm.

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

By Scharon Harding last updated

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 published

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 published

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

HP Reverb VR Headset Review: Windows Mixed Reality Never Looked So Good

By Kevin Carbotte published

HP Reverb is the best Windows Mixed Reality headset, but that may be its biggest downfall. It's impressive, but the included controllers ruin the experience.

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

By Lucian Armasu published

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 published

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 published

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

Community Questions: On the Road to VR?

By Joshua Simenhoff published

What do you think of the state of VR? Have you bought in yet, or still in wait and see mode? Let us know in the forums.

HoloLens is Putting Teams In Each Other's Offices

By Andrew E. Freedman published

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 published

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 published

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 published

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 published

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

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