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Google Discontinues Daydream View Headset, the Final Nail in the Coffin for its Android VR Ambitions

It was abundantly clear by earlier this year that Google's interest in its Android-based Daydream VR platform had withered, but now the company has put the final nail in the coffin by discontinuing the Daydream View headset and confirming...

NOLO VR Raises $15M to Further Develop 6DOF Tracking Tech

NOLO VR, the Beijing-based VR startup behind one of the earliest mobile 6DOF tracking platforms, announced the completion of the $15 million series A+ financing. The funding round was led by Joy Capital, followed by BlueRun Ventures and Peakview Capital. Joy...

Samsung’s New Galaxy S10 Lineup Announced with Gear VR Support

Samsung today announced its latest and greatest flagship phone lineup, the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and S10 5G. The company has confirmed that all variants of the S10 are compatible with the latest Gear VR headset. Gear VR, a snap-in...

New Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL Are Daydream Ready, Google Confirms

Google today revealed its latest phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. And while the introduction of the devices didn't see much fanfare related to VR, Google has confirmed to Road to VR that both phones are compatible with...

Facebook Teases “Mixed Reality” Capabilities of Santa Cruz Headset

Facebook's VP of AR/VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth showed a quick glimpse of a "mixed reality" game of soccer using Oculus Santa Cruz, the company's 6 DOF standalone VR headset prototype. This is the first hint that Santa Cruz could have...

Oculus Revamps ‘Rooms’ for Go, New Apps ‘Oculus Venues’ & ‘Oculus TV’ Coming Soon

Following today's Oculus Go launch announcement at Facebook's annual F8 dev conference, the company also revealed that Rooms, the social VR space first launched on Gear VR, is getting revamped to inaugurate Go. The company announced two upcoming apps...

GDC 2018 ‘Day 2’ Roundup – ‘Budget Cuts’ Hands-On, Google Maps and ARCore, Squanch Games’ Exclusive,...

Here’s a roundup of news from the second day of our GDC 2018 coverage. We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games' Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing...

HTC Vive Focus to Release Internationally in 2018, Dev Kit Pre-Orders Live Now

HTC's standalone, untethered VR headset the Vive Focus, will come to western markets later this year, HTC announced today. The company also announced that developers can register for Dev-Kit units from today. With the VR market still in an early...

Lenovo Confirms May 5th US Launch, June for UK and $400 Price for Mirage Solo VR...

Lenovo's Mirage Solo standalone VR headset, which was announced last year and fully revealed back in January, is set to launch on May 5th, priced at $400, Lenovo tells Road to VR. The standalone headset is set to compete with...

Companies Can Soon Make Vive Wave Headsets Based on Qualcomm’s New VR Reference Design

Qualcomm today announced their Snapdragon 845 Virtual Reality Development Kit (VRDK) reference headset will have support for Vive Wave, HTC's open API which allows a large range of third-party headsets and peripherals access to a common platform. The move to integrate Vive Wave...

After Management Shuffle, HTC Says VR/AR More Important Than Ever to Its Future

At this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, HTC CEO Cher Wang took the stage to outline the company's big picture approach to the future. The company is ostensibly putting increased focus on VR/AR with their newly coined...

Samsung Galaxy S9 Will Support 2017 Gear VR, No 2018 Model Announced

Samsung officially launched its new S9 and S9 Plus smartphones today. Though Gear VR wasn't mentioned during the reveal, the company has confirmed to Road to VR that both the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will support the 2017 Gear...

Vive Focus’ Western Launch Hinges on Success in China

Having initially announced that their Vive Focus standalone VR headset would operate as part of Google's Daydream VR platform in 2017, HTC later scrapped those plans ahead of the headset's recent launch in China under HTC's own 'Wave Vive'...

Xiaomi Mi VR to Support Oculus Mobile SDK, 100% Rev Share in 2018 for Localized Apps

Back at CES, Oculus announced that Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi would exclusively  bring its own branded version of the standalone Oculus Go headset to China. The headset will support the Oculus Mobile SDK, meaning existing Gear VR and future Oculus...

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...
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