Mobile VR
Google’s Chief Technology Advocate Joins as Wearlity Sky CEO as Kickstarter Passes $60,000
Wearality Sky has surpassed half of its crowdfunding goal of $100,000 for their VR smartphone adapter, a device that offers a 150 degree field of view (FOV) for 5–6 inch phones. With former Google Chief Technology Advocate Michael Jones signing...
Google Launches ‘Works With Google Cardboard’ Certification for VR Smartphone Adapters
Today Google is taking the wraps off of a new certification program for VR smartphone adapters. 'Works with Google Cardboard' will allow Cardboard VR apps to adjust specifically for a given VR smartphone adapter and help users see which adapters...
Google’s ‘Cardboard’ VR App Exceeds 1 Million Downloads
Google surprised the VR community when it revealed Cardboard, a super low-cost VR smartphone adapter, last year at the company's annual developer conference. Although started as a hobby-level project, the platform seems to have grown beyond their expectations.
The Cardboard app...
Samsung Gear VR Heads to More than 100 Best Buys for Demo and Sale
Samsung is getting a bit more bold with what's so far been a fairly soft launch for the company's first mobile headset, Gear VR. Come March 27th, Gear VR will be available in more than 100 Best Buy locations...
Underwater VR Headset Kickstarter Cancelled, But Not Because It’s An Underwater VR Headset
'Project Nautilus VR', a now cancelled Kickstarter campaign featuring an app and VR headset combo, wanted to take underwater VR experiences for Google Cardboard one step further: by actually putting you and your beloved smartphone head-first into a pool. And the thing is,...
Gameface Launches nVidia K1 Based VR Head Mounted Console, the EP1
Gameface labs, a company who are focusing on mobile virtual reality, have announced their latest VR headset, to be based on the powerful mobile SoC (System on Chip) the nVidia TK1 and sporting a 1440p Samsung fabricated Super OLED...
New Samsung Gear VR Specs Detailed: USB Power Whilst in Use, 15% Smaller
Samsung have sent along the specs for the updated Gear VR, announced at Samsung's Unpacked event earlier today - and it includes some notable changes.
Samsung's Gear VR is a brilliant piece of engineering, both software and hardware, but it...
Apple Granted Patent for Gear VR-like Mobile Headset, Could Have “Broad Ramifications” for Such Devices
Yesterday, Apple was granted a patent for a Gear VR-like mobile headset which would use a portable device (like a smartphone) as the primary display. The patent strikes similarities between both Samsung's Gear VR and a swath of VR...
View-Master Comes to the 21st Century with Help From Google, Delivers ‘Kid-Friendly Immersive Digital Experience’
It was announced yesterday at the New York Toy Fair that Mattel's View-Master is ditching the film 'reels' and partnering with Google "to deliver an affordable, kid-friendly immersive digital experience" using a chunky plastic version of Google's Cardboard smartphone...
NextVR Demonstrates Its First Live Broadcast, Brings California Sun to Icy Michigan
NextVR has completed yesterday what they're calling "the first ever live, broadcast quality transmission of a virtual reality experience," a live-streaming, 180 degree video designed especially for VR headsets. The transmission virtually transported Engadget's Senior HD Editor, Richard Lawler, from his...
Samsung Talks Gear VR Development and Thoughts of a VR Feature Phone Way Back in 2005
Details have emerged about the evolutionary past of Samsung's Gear VR, offering a look at the formational stages of the device's history. The pictures show some prototype design concepts that explore an interesting relationship between the smartphone and the VR...
Hands-on with Pinć VR Prototype, the VR Headset Hidden in a Smartphone Case
'The best camera is the one that's always with you,' so goes the saying. The folks from Cordon, a Canadian digital agency, are hoping that the same will be true about virtual reality; that's why they're making a...
Final Week: Pinć VR Nears Crowdfunding Goal for Smartphone Case That Transforms into a VR Headset
There's only a week remaining in Pinć VR's crowdfunded drive to take mobile VR out of backpacks and makeshift carry cases and put it straight in your pocket, and with the recently addition of support for selected Android devices,...
Rev VR Podcast: CES 2015 Recap – Day 1
As we've done during other big events, the Road to VR team is using the Rev VR Podcast to recap their daily adventures at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. What did they see today? Ben Lang and Paul James talk about their experiences...
‘FPse’ PlayStation Emulator for Android is Now Compatible With Google Cardboard VR
FPse, a popular Android PlayStation emulator, has just updated to include support for side-by-side viewing, which means you can now play your favorite PS1 games on any Cardboard variant headset.
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