Pico Technology, a China-based VR hardware company, today unveiled the latest iteration of their mobile VR headset, the Pico Neo CV. Pico hasn’t published any price information yet, but has stated it will launch in the the US later this year. Like its predecessor the Neo DK (developer kit), the headset features an all-in-one design based around...
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Hands-on: HTC’s New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories
The Vive accessory market is about to get a huge boost thanks to the newly announced HTC Vive Tracker. Gaming, training, and more benefit from the enhanced immersion that comes from wielding “real” tools, weapons, and instruments. Today I was a sniper, a firefighter, and a professional baseball player, all thanks to VR. I’ve actually done...
Intel Says Project Alloy VR/AR Headsets Are Coming in Q4 2017
Intel revealed at their CES 2017 press conference that Project Alloy, their standalone mixed reality headset and reference platform, would be productized “by” Q4 2017 in partnership with major OEMs. Intel also emphasized that they would partner with anyone who wants to manufacture a Project Alloy headset, as they want it to be an open...
Project Alloy Debuts Multiplayer Merged Reality Gaming, Shipping in Q4 2017
The Intel press conference at CES 2017 was almost entirely about mixed reality technologies. A large portion of the show asked the audience to literally be inside VR viewing demos in real-time, including a live 360 sports broadcast. But most of this was using existing technology, such as the Oculus Rift, to show off content rather...
‘Hidden Figures’ AR Experience Takes You Around The US To Learn About STEM Innovators
Hidden Figures is an upcoming feature film that chronicles the lesser-known story of African American women at NASA and their crucial role into positioning the US at the forefront of the Space Race. The film is a critically acclaimed and pivotal sharing of an untold story and it’s getting a deep augmented experience to accompany...
AMD Debuts Extreme Performance PCs Powered By Their New Ryzen Processor
The battles between Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA are a constant clash of giants for the hearts and minds of the computing world and, more specifically, gamers. Intel has edged out AMD in recent years in terms of processing and the two will collectively continue to dominate for years to come in that field, but AMD may...
1,000 Vive Trackers to be Given Away to Developers Ahead of Launch
HTC’s new Vive Tracker accessory was announced today, and while the company says it will launch to consumers in Q2 2017, ahead of that release HTC plans to give away at least 1,000 to VR developers. At CES 2017 today, HTC announced their new Vive Tracker accessory, a standalone tracking device which is made to...
HTC Announces Vive Tracker to Power Next Generation VR Accessories
HTC announced a brand new component for its Vive family of virtual reality products. The new addition revealed at CES 2017 is known as the “Vive Tracker” and its purpose is to give developers the opportunity to more easily turn ordinary objects into objects that can be tracked in VR using the Vive’s “lighthouse” tracking system. The Vive...
HTC Vive Integrates Audio With New Deluxe Headstrap Similar To Rift’s
Instead of revealing a brand new Vive 2.0 of some kind, which HTC already told us wouldn’t be happening, the Taiwan-based company is using CES 2017 to unveil a slew of new accessories consumers can integrate into their already purchased HTC Vive VR headsets. One of the most surprising new additions is the “Deluxe Audio Strap.” If...
HTC Announces Subscription Plan For Viveport
Details are sparse at this point but HTC announced a subscription plan for Vive content at CES today. The company is not talking price, what content will be included in the plan or precisely when it will launch, saying only that pricing and content details would be revealed soon and the service would be made...
