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Hands-on: Lenovo Mirage Solo – Strong Fundamentals, Questionable Pricing

At CES 2018 last week, Lenovo revealed the Mirage Solo, the company's standalone Daydream headset. The new device has everything on-board, including inside-out positional...

Hands-on: Vive Wireless Adapter Debuts With Robust Connection but Latency Too

Revealed this week at CES 2018, HTC has announced their own Vive Wireless Adapter which promises to break the tether on the Vive and...
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Hands-on: Tactical Haptics’ New Controllers Let You Switch Your Grip on the Fly

This week at CES 2018, Tactical Haptics debuted a new prototype of their haptic VR controller which allows the devices to attach and detach on...

Hands-on: Pimax “8K” Has Come a Long Way but There’s Still Real Kinks to...

Pimax, the Chinese VR startup honing in on a consumer headset with a huge field of view, is said to soon be shipping the...

Hands-on: The Vive Pro is Much More Than an Improved Screen

It might still be rather bulky, but HTC's new Vive Pro brings a host of improvements that have the headset teetering on the edge of...

Hands-on: Striker VR’s Latest Haptic Gun Prototype Brings a Host of Improvements

Striker VR is developing a haptic gun peripheral for out-of-home VR attractions, which has the most powerful and responsive recoil that I've ever tested....

Hands-on: HaptX Glove Delivers Impressively Detailed Micro-pneumatic Haptics, Force Feedback

The company formerly known as AxonVR, which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature...

Hands-on: Oculus Santa Cruz Prototype II & Controllers

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company's annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz 'Prototype 2' standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion...

Hands-on: Google’s New Daydream View Headset With Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL

Google today announced the next iteration of their Daydream View headset for virtual reality on Android. We highlighted the changes and improvements in our...

Hands-on: Samsung Odyssey Windows VR Headset & Controllers

Microsoft and Samsung formally announced the Odyssey Windows VR headset today, positioning it as the "premium" option among the Windows VR headsets, with a...

Hands-on: Microsoft’s “Mixed Reality” VR Motion Controllers

Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named "Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers" back in May, but until now we haven't had a chance to actually try them...

Hands-on: ‘Kat Walk’ Proves That VR Treadmills Are Getting Better, but Still Aren’t Perfect

Despite completing a successful Kickstarter back in August 2015, there still aren't many Kat Walk VR treadmills outside of Asia, let alone the premium...

Hands-on: DisplayLink XR Wireless VR Tech is Top Notch, Lighter Than it Looks

At E3 2017, DisplayLink is touting their 'XR' wireless solution to eliminate the tether on VR headsets. Our hands-on with their reference device revealed...

Hands-on: Google’s Standalone Daydream Headset Prototype with WorldSense Tracking

Over the last 12 months or so we've been keeping an eye on Google's aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things,...

Hands-on: Acer VR Headset for Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Platform

Thursday morning at Microsoft's Build conference, the company announced the opening of pre-orders for two new VR dev kits. Developers in the US and...
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