Motion Sensing Peripherals
Oculus to Open ‘Constellation’ Positional Tracking API to Third-parties
Oculus says that they'll be opening up their 'Constellation' tracking API so that third-parties can use the tech to build positionally tracked peripherals beyond what the company will make themselves.
At E3 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told us that he...
An Introduction to Positional Tracking and Degrees of Freedom (DOF)
The Oculus Rift developer kit is set to reach devs next month. It is widely expected to have significant impact in the future of gaming. While we're quite excited for the Oculus Rift, there's an issue that plagues virtual...
Cyberith Virtualizer VR Treadmill Kickstarter is Live, Prices Start at $599
Cyberith has been teasing us with the Virtualizer, an omnidirectional VR treadmill, for what seems like ages. Today the device, which promises to allow you to physically walk around virtual worlds, finally launches on Kickstarter starting at $599.Over...
AxonVR is Building a Haptic Holodeck Powered by NVIDIA PhysX
AxonVR, the company currently working on a full-body haptic solution for VR, are on their way to bringing their technology to an ever-widening audience. Announced today via an official NVIDIA blogpost, AxonVR says that the company's fledgling haptic engine is actually built on...
Hands-on: Tactical Haptics’ Vive Demo is Further Proof That VR Needs More Than Rumble
While the latest generation of haptic feedback in controllers has come a long way since the days of N64's 'Rumble Pak' add-on, it's fundamentally based on the same principle: rumble. Whether it's the ERM motors of days passed, or linear...
Ximmerse Adds Motion Tracking to PC and Mobile VR Using Stereo Camera Tech
Ximmerse, a tech company based in China, are working on a suite of optically tracked input systems based around a proprietary stereo camera. The system is claimed to work with both PC and mobile based virtual reality.
The three big...
Watch Samsung’s Gear VR Motion Controllers ‘Rink’ in Action
Watch this new video released by Samsung which shows their newly announced Rink VR motion controllers for Gear VR called Rink.
Samsung's announcement of a set of new motion controllers, designed specifically for virtual reality headset Gear VR was certainly...
Hands On: The Martian VR Experience is a Triumph in Motion
We went hands on with the new, real-time, VR experience inspired by the Ridley Scott movie 'The Martian' and found its mix of high production values, motion controllers combined with motion chairs seriously compelling.
Ridley Scott's The Martian is a...
Oculus Touch Price Revealed in London GAME Store
Touch, the long awaited natural input controller for the Oculus Rift, still doesn't have an official price or release date—but a tweet from Nick Summers, associate editor at Engadget UK, has revealed that Oculus Touch is going to be priced...
3DRudder VR Controller Priced at $175, Ships in March 2016
This what the retail version of 3DRudder, a unique motion controller designed that aims to "free the hands and lets the user do more", looks like. And this is how much it'll cost when it finally goes on sale...
This Full Video of Valve’s ‘Aperture Science’ VR Demo is Wonderful and Spoilerific
*** Warning: This Video Contains Spoilers ***
Watch as an anonymous player works through Valve's Aperture Science demo, built to demonstrate the capabilities of Valve's new virtual reality technology - HTC Vive.
At the PlayHubs game jam in London last week...
Oculus Reveals ‘Oculus Touch’ Half Moon Prototype VR Input Controller
Today at the company's 'Step into the Rift' pre-E3 event in San Francisco, Oculus revealed what they're calling 'Oculus Touch', the company's VR-specific input controller.
The prototype revealed at the event was dubbed 'Half Moon' by Oculus and uses the...
How Oculus Studios’ First Touch Shooter Made Me Feel Like a Gun Slingin’ Badass
Dead and Buried is the latest game to come from the first-party Oculus Studios; built specifically for the company's Touch controllers, the game has you gunning down targets backset by an old west mining operation. With your hands directly in...
Leap Motion Launches Overhauled Hand Tracking Engine That’s Made for VR
Leap Motion formed prior to the VR craze, but it turns out that their goal of allowing you to use your own hands as a way to interact with computers jived quite nicely with virtual reality. In recent years...
Cyberith Combines Virtualizer VR Treadmill with PrioVR Motion Input Suit (Video), Kickstarter Nearly Funded
Cyberith is powering ahead toward their $250,000 Kickstarter goal to bring the Virtualizer VR treadmill to market. A new video from the company shows the unit combined with the PrioVR motion tracking suit for some truly awesome full body...



















