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JBD Shows Micro LED Display for AR/VR with Absurd 3,000,000 Nits Brightness

This week at CES 2020, China-based Jade Bird Display (JBD) revealed its latest portfolio of micro LED displays which the company is positioning as an ideal fit for AR and VR devices. Among the company's miniscule displays is a...

Qualcomm Chips Now in More Than 30 Headsets, First XR2 Devices Expected in 2H 2020

Qualcomm has been using its heft as a mobile chip maker to accelerate the development of AR and VR devices because it believes the 'immersive compute' category is the long term future of the smartphone. It's still early days,...

‘Firefox Reality’ VR Web Browser to Launch on Pico Headsets Soon

Mozilla announced at CES this week that it's bringing Firefox Reality, its VR web browser, to Pico headsets soon. Launched in late 2018, Firefox Reality is a made-for-VR web browser that includes the ability to sync your Firefox Account, send tabs, sync history and...

5 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold, Sony Announces

Despite the growing age of PlayStation VR, Sony has continued to effectively market and sell the headset, leading to steady sales which have now reached 5 million units total, the company has announced. Sony Interactive Entertainment said today that its...

Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking

Pico Interactive, the company behind a number of enterprise-focused standalone VR headsets, unveiled their newest line of Neo 2 headsets, one of which includes integrated eye-tracking from Tobii. Neo 2 has been floating around for a few months now in...

VRgineers to Debut Upgraded “8K” XTAL Ultrawide VR Headset at CES 2020

This week at CES 2020, VRgineers, makers of the enterprise-focused XTAL headset, plan to debut the latest version of their ultrawide FOV headset which will use a 4K display for each eye, which the company calls "8K," and bring...

New Pimax Artisan Headset to Include Optional NOLO VR Tracking & Controllers

Before the holiday season, Pimax announced a new VR headset called Artisan that looks to fill the low-price gap in the company's product offerings. Although the headset is able to use Valve's SteamVR tracking standard, a model is set...

Latest NVIDIA GPUs Get Foveated Supersampling Feature for Sharper VR Games

VR gamers running NVIDIA's newest RTX graphics cards will be able to take advantage of a new 'Variable Rate Supersampling' (VRSS) feature designed to increase the sharpness of VR games without reducing performance. The feature uses a foveated rendering...

With New Headsets & Big Games in 2019, VR is Poised for an Even Better 2020

After a slow start, 2019 rounded out to be an undeniably strong year for consumer VR, setting up a springboard into a big 2020. Here's an overview of the major happenings in VR over the last year, and a...

MasterpieceVR Launches ‘Studio’ Suite for Sculpting & Animating Models in VR

MasterpieceVR recently released its latest set of VR creation tools which aim to get artists quickly sculpting and animating characters by hand from the comfort of their VR headsets. Called Masterpiece Studio, the 3D content creation suite combines the 3D...

‘Quill Theater’ Brings Incredible Immersive Artwork & Stories to Quest

Oculus quietly released Quill Theater on Quest last month as a way to bring immersive art and animations made in VR to more of its VR userbase. The free app offers up a curated selection of content, including the...

Feelreal VR Scent Mask Hits Roadblock Amidst Crackdown on Flavored Vaping Products

Although the Feelreal scent mask for virtual reality isn't a nicotine vaping system or e-cigarette, it does vaporize aromatic liquids for user inhalation, which according to the company puts it in same FDA certification bracket as those devices. While...

‘Boneworks’ Outpaces ‘Beat Saber’ to 100K Units, Earns an Estimated $3M in First Week

Action-physics adventure game Boneworks released earlier this month to a strong reception despite little formal marketing. The title surpassed 100,000 players in its first week, reeling in an estimated $3 million in revenue despite being available on just one of...

‘Superhot VR’ Grossed Over $2 Million in Only 1 Week This Holiday Season

We knew Superhot VR (2016) was doing extremely well when Superhot Team announced the VR adaptation had generated more revenue than the original PC game back in April. Now the studio has set one of the most impressive benchmarks of success for the...

‘Beat Saber’ Ranks Among Steam’s Top Sellers in 2019

Beat Saber had an awesome year in 2019, launching out of Early Access on the platform in May with multiple music packs following behind it, which featured bands such as Green Day, Imagine Dragons, and Panic at the Disco. It...
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