Samsung Gear VR's Motion Controller, Hands On By Chris Schodt published 30 June 17 Another year, another update to the Gear VR. Still one of the most ubiquitous mobile VR systems, the Gear VR is Samsung’s proprietary platform that turns a Galaxy (or Note) phone into a VR headset.
Google's AutoML AI Won't Destroy The World (Yet) By Chris Schodt published 28 May 17 The singularity still seems to be a long ways off (until we crack Moore’s Law), but at Google I/O, we got a glimpse of our future robot overlords from Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
New Tools From Google Promise PC Quality VR On Mobile By Chris Schodt published 18 May 17 Google is expanding its Daydream VR platform at the same time that it’s looking to both improve the quality of VR content and make developing great experiences easier.
Google Aims For Social VR With Daydream 2.0 By Chris Schodt published 18 May 17 Google is continuing to refine and expand Daydream, its VR-specific platform and interface.
New Startup uSens Wants To Give You Hands In VR By Chris Schodt published 23 November 16 Yes, YOUR hands in VR.
LeEco Takes Aim At Samsung Gear VR With Its Own Mobile 'ExploreVR' HMD By Chris Schodt published 19 October 16 LeEco is taking the Samsung Gear VR approach with its own mobile Explore VR HMD and companion phones.
Clever VR Tricks: A 60fps VR Experience On An Old Phone With Tessellation And Vertex Displacement By Chris Schodt published 21 May 16 How the creators of "Arctic Journey" for Google Cardboard created a 60fps VR experience that will run on a four-year-old-phone.
Behind The Scenes At Wargaming's Battleship VR Shoot By Chris Schodt published 30 April 16 We watched and learned as the Wargaming team—the guys behind "World of Tanks," among other titles—figured out how to shoot a WWII battleship in 360-degree video.
Imagination's New Low-Power Series8XE GPU Doubles Fillrate By Matt Humrick, Chris Schodt published 23 February 16 Imagination Technology announced the PowerVR Series8XE at MWC 2016, a low-power GPU targeting low-cost smartphones, wearables, televisions, IoT devices, and other embedded applications.
The Nextbit Robin 'Cloud' Smartphone, Hands On (Video) By Chris Schodt published 1 January 16 NextBit Robin is (kind of) a cloud-based smartphone.
LucidCam: From An Abandoned Robot, The 'GoPro of VR' Rises By Chris Schodt published 17 November 15 We spent some hands-on time with the LucidCam, a device whose creators bill it as the "GoPro of VR." Is it all bluster or does it pass muster?
OnePlus Seeking Midrange Magic With $250 OnePlus X Smartphone By Chris Schodt published 29 October 15 OnePlus added a more midrange handset to its burgeoning lineup of so-called flagship killers with the OnePlus X. Here are the details.
Lenovo Debuts Yoga Successor And Oddball 'Home' Variant: Yoga 900, Yoga 900 Home By Chris Schodt published 20 October 15
Hot Laptops, Desktops: Impressions From Asus' 'ROG Unleashed' By Chris Schodt published 12 October 15 Asus wants us all to know how much it loves gamers, and at its Republic of Gamers (ROG) Unleashed event in San Francisco, the company made it clear why.