A seemingly small spec change to the Oculus Rift S means that a dramatically larger number of users will experience optical issues, explains an expert.Read More Source: Oculus founder Luckey: Rift S lenses won’t fit 30% of users
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Vive Focus Plus Ships April 15 For $799 With Business License
HTC revealed its Vive Focus Plus standalone VR headset is priced $799. It starts shipping April 15 with two hand controllers included. That is essentially double the cost of the consumer-oriented Oculus Quest, which starts shipping this spring starting at $399 for similar overall functionality. You can read our most recent hands-on impressions of Quest and...
Jupiter & Mars Brings Trippy Ecco The Dolphin Vibes To PSVR This April
Jupiter & Mars is really giving us some strong Ecco the Dolphin vibes, which is a very good thing. Today, during the State of Play livestream, PlayStation announced Jupiter & Mars from Tiger Tron is set to make its debut on PSVR this April 22nd, 2019. Yep, that’s less than a month away. We still...
Sony Sold 4.2 Million PSVR Headsets
Sony officially cleared a new sales milestone of 4.2 million headsets sold through March 3, 2019. Sony is the only wired VR headset manufacturer to release actual sales figures. Samsung released some sales figures for its Gear VR headsets, but those systems offer a different caliber of experience compared with PlayStation VR. We last heard...
FuturLab’s Mini-Mech Mayhem Arrives On PSVR In June
Good news FuturLab’s deceptively tactical VR boardgame, Mini-Mech Mayhem, just got a PSVR release date. The game’s due out on June 18th. That’s just after this year’s E3 so you’ll have something to play in the post-news blues. The date was confirmed during Sony’s State of Play broadcast earlier today. Mini-Mech Mayhem is a four-player...
Beat Saber CEO Talks Hacks, Mods And Getting Artists Paid
Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck met with us at GDC 2019 to show Beat Saber on Oculus Quest for the very first time. We were impressed with how well the game played and how great the Oculus Insight tracking system performed with the headset’s two Touch controllers. After trying it out, Ian Hamilton of UploadVR...
GDC 2019: Dead and Buried 2 Feels A Lot More Like Quake In VR Than Expected
Last week at GDC 2019 Oculus officially unveiled Dead and Buried 2, the dramatically expanded follow-up to 2016’s original western-themed shootout. I tried out the demo for Dead and Buried 2 on an Oculus Quest using two of the new-style Touch controllers. I played in a free-for-all Deathmatch against one other Quest player (an editor...
Alibaba acquires Israeli startup Infinity Augmented Reality
Infinity Augmented Reality, an Israeli startup, has been acquired by Alibaba, the companies announced this weekend. The deal’s terms were not disclosed. Alibaba and InfinityAR have had a strategic partnership since 2016, when Alibaba Group led InfinityAR’s Series C. Since then, the two have collaborated on augmented reality, computer vision and artificial intelligence projects. Founded...
NBA Update Delivers Live Games & Player Comparison Stats in Magic Leap App
It’s a magical time of year for basketball fans, with the NCAA Tournament in full swing and NBA frontrunners in the midst of their push to clinch spots in the playoffs. To capitalize on the season, Magic Leap is making its own push, highlighting new features in the NBA app for Magic Leap One. Don’t...
Palmer Luckey: ‘I Can’t Use Oculus Rift S’ Due To IPD Changes
What does the inventor of the Oculus Rift think about its newest model, Oculus Rift S? Well, he says can’t use it. In a blog posted this weekend, Palmer Luckey, who left Oculus in 2017, spoke out about the new device. He reasoned that a lot of the new features being put into the kit...