Another day, another company hopping on the virtual reality bandwagon. Today, it’s fast food behemoth McDonald’s, which is testing limited edition Happy Meal boxes that you can turn into a VR headset by punching out a couple holes and tearing along a few perforated seams. The resulting headset is a lot like Google Cardboard, with...
Virtual reality technology company Oculus VR announced that it will begin accepting preorders for its long-awaited Oculus Rift headset beginning Wednesday, January 6th, at 8 a.m. Pacific time. The Facebook-owned company hasn’t released any pricing details yet, but the blog post that the preorder was announced on mentioned that information will be available on “everything...
Most VR companies have stayed relatively tight-lipped about sales figures. We don’t have a clear idea on precisely how many units have been sold for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Daydream View, or any other major headset on the market. However, uncovering sales figures for comparable and similar platforms, such as Homido’s line...
Strap on a headset and fire up Tyler Hurd’s “Old Friend,” and you’re instantly transported to a world of little green men flailing in time to indie band Future Islands. The experience is beautiful and immersive — for a few minutes, you feel like you’ve left earth and headed to another dimension in a bizarre,...
NOLO VR is an intriguing Lighthouse-like positional tracking system designed to bring ‘room scale’ positional tracking and motion controls to mobile VR headsets. On top of that, the company is claiming SteamVR ‘compatibility’ through remote play via Riftcat’s VRidge software, all with an expected launch price of $99. You can sense CES is just around the corner as...
Facebook announced at its F8 Developer’s Conference on April 12th that, in addition to the VR-ready Oculus Rift we have today, it plans to bring Augmented Reality (AR) into the fold of their social machine. The company is looking to dominate the ‘new’ reality market, no doubt about it. Just look at the lofty goals...
If you’ve ever wanted to be right in the thick of an operating room, you’re about to get your chance. On Thursday, April 14th, you’ll be able to watch a VR live stream of a tumor removal surgery. With their 360-degree camera, you’ll be able to see the entire operating table and its surroundings. Medical...
The highly anticipated VR headset hasn’t been on the market long, but there’s an issue that has some consumers, and even government officials, concerned about the Oculus Rift. You probably guessed the issue surrounds privacy and the extensive, not-so-secret way that it’s collecting your personal data. The privacy concerns came about as various customers and...
If you’ve been debating on whether or not HTC’s new virtual reality headset, the Vive, is worth the $800 price tag, then you’ll be able to find out for yourself soon enough. HTC Vive test runs have already been available at Microsoft Stores in New York City, Bellevue, and Salt Lake City, but starting April...
Virtual reality is all the rage these days, especially with devices like the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and HTC Vive hitting shelves lately. But before any of those fancy, expensive headsets ever made it to the market, Google came up with a thrifty and inventive substitute in the form of Google Cardboard. It’s a fun...
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