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Hands-on: Cybershoes Aim to Deliver a VR Treadmill Experience at Lower Cost & Space

VR treadmills are usually pretty bulky, expensive, and have a questionable utility outside of the initial wow moment of seeing one in action. Vienna-based Cybershoes however are aiming to get your feet into the game with a pretty simple...

Hands-on: Vive Wireless Adapter Shows Strong Performance Ahead of Summer Launch

After revealing the Vive Wireless Adapter earlier this year, the company confirmed this week at E3 2018 that the device is on track to launch by late Summer, and offered up some details on the device's battery and operation....

Hands-on: Varjo’s Latest ‘Beta’ Prototype is a Promising Shortcut to Retina Resolution

Today's VR headsets may have relatively high resolutions on paper, but when the pixels are stretched across a wide field of view, the effective angular resolution is far lower than what you might expect from a typical 1080p TV or...
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Hands-on: VR Goes Skydiving at iFLY – The Ultimate Haptic Simulation

iFLY, a leading provider of indoor skydiving facilities, today launched their iFLY VR initiative which combines the company's indoor skydiving experience with immersive visuals powered by a Gear VR headset. I got to try to experience for myself at...

Hands-on: Infinadeck’s Latest Prototype is the Most Natural Feeling VR Treadmill Yet

Infinadeck is an active omni-directional VR treadmill that lets you walk in any direction. Compared to others, which generally rely on low friction surfaces to emulate the act of walking, Infinadeck's design actually has a tread that moves beneath...

Hands-on: Massless Wants to Bring High-precision Stylus Input to VR

Massless is developing a stylus designed specifically for high-precision VR input. We got to check out a prototype version of the device this week at GDC 2018. While game-oriented VR controllers are the norm as far as VR input today...

Hands-on: HTC Vive Focus Brings Best-in-class Displays to Standalone VR, For a Price

Now available in China, and quite possibly on its way to a wider release, HTC is prominently showing its new standalone Vive Focus headset at MWC 2018 this week. The company says the Focus is positioned as the premium option among...

Hands-on: VRHero “5K” Plus Aims for Visual Fidelity Above All Else

VRgineers is a Czech-based startup building a VR headset positioned strictly for the enterprise world. Compared to today's consumer VR headsets, it's undeniably huge and heavy, but a hands-on with their latest VRHero "5K" Plus shows that they're on a...

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 tracking, which means it doesn't rely on a smartphone or external computer to drive the...

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 Vive Pro. We went hands-on to see how it handles. One year after announcing their intent...
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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 the fly in several different poses for different types of gameplay. The controllers are being...

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

Pimax, the Chinese VR startup honing in on a consumer headset with a huge field of view, is said to soon be shipping the first Pimax "8K" headsets to Kickstarter backers. While the company executed a very successful Kickstarted...

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 next-gen. Today at CES 2018, HTC revealed the Vive Pro. It isn't the 'Vive 2'—and the...

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. The company's latest prototype, a verification model as the company nears its first manufacturing run,...

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 prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to...
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