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Intel Claims It Can Improve Image Quality for HMDs — Daniel Pohl Tells Us How

Intel's Daniel Pohl speaks to Road to VR about Intel's research into improving the user experience for the new generation of virtual reality HMDs. Intel Inside  With modern GPUs, this method is fairly cheap in terms of compute cycles, but...

New Oculus Touch Documentation Reveals Capacitive Buttons and Recognizable Gestures

While the Oculus Touch controller is largely designed to tell the computer where a user's hands are, the controller also has an idea of what a user's fingers are doing. New documentation adds to our understanding of the controller's hand-tracking capabilities,...

‘VR Chat’ Used to Deliver One of the First University Lectures in Virtual Reality

VR Chat, the virtual reality social application, has been used to deliver one of the first university lectures through virtual reality. We talk to developer Jesse Joudrey about the project. Remote, Immersive Education Despite my belief that VR is a platform capable...
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Microsoft Details HoloLens Streamable Live Action Video Recording Technique

Microsoft researchers have published a paper detailing a technique to record live action 'holographic' video suitable for the company's HoloLens augmented reality headset. The high quality capture can be viewed from any angle and streamed over the web. While VR video...

PlayStation VR to Get Improved Tracking and 3D Blu-ray Playback in Next PS4 Update

Among other additions to the console's base experience, the forthcoming PS4 System Software Update 4.50 will bring improved tracking and 3D Blu-ray playback to Sony's PlayStation VR headset. In time for the launch of Farpoint and the PSVR Aim controller, the...
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Hands-on: ‘Wilson’s Heart’ Combat, Puzzle Mechanics, and April Release Date Revealed

Wilson's Heart, the much anticipated psychological thriller developed by Twisted Pixel and published by Oculus Studios, is due to release exclusively on the Rift on April 25th for $40. In a recent hands-on with the latest build of the...

Lenovo’s New VR Headset Packs More Pixels at Lower Weight & Cost Than Rift and Vive

The first VR headset for Window's recently announced Holographic platform is almost here, and according to a report by The Verge, it's going to cost between $300 and $400 when it goes on sale later this year. Ramping up for CES...

Disney Signs Nokia Deal to Use OZO VR Camera

Nokia Technologies today announced that it will be providing The Walt Disney Studios with OZO, the company's 360 degree camera. Disney will use the camera to create 'special VR content' for upcoming films. Disney recently used OZO to create two 360 videos for The...

I Watched an NBA Game With Next VR and I Can’t Go Back to Normal TV

The NBA and Turner Sports partnered with NextVR's video streaming service to deliver the first NBA VR video livestream ever last night, and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in VR. Last night marks the opening...

VR Lens Lab Brings Prescription Lenses to Rift and Vive, Kickstarter Now Live

The makers of VR Cover and Gauss Eyewear today announced their newest crowdfunding project which aims to deliver specially-made prescription lens holders for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Much like their previous Gear VR lens campaign, VR Lens Lab has...

Daydream’s Chrome Browser Will Soon Let You Seamlessly Navigate From 2D to Web-based VR Content

Announced during the second day of Google’s annual I/O developer event, Daydream VR will soon have access to the Android Chrome web browser. Because of Chrome's official support for WebVR, this means that users will be able to navigate...

100+ AR/VR Companies to Gather at This Week’s SVVR 2017 Expo – Save $200

This week's Silicon Valley VR Expo 2017 is set to bring together the core of the VR industry from Silicon Valley and beyond. As VR's biggest industry event, this year's event represents the most diverse group of companies from around...

‘rEvolve’ Vive Flip-Up Head-Mount is Nearing Six Times its Kickstarter Goal

The third-party head-mount for the HTC Vive from SynergyWiz quickly reached its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter, and is now approaching 6x the required amount. The rEvolve is designed to improve comfort and adds a visor-flip function. We recently reported that...

Simple Hack Enables Hidden Oculus Rift Mode in ‘Alien: Isolation’, Here’s How

At E3 2014, Oculus revealed a demo Alien: Isolation with support for their Rift DK2 VR headset, and it was a hit. However, it was officially stated that game would not ship with Rift support. Turns out, the developers...

Tactical Haptics Raises $2.2 Million to Build Haptic VR Controller Dev Kit

Tactical Haptics, a company pioneering a novel form of haptic feedback which can create compelling sensations that go far beyond rumble, announced today it has raised $2.2 million to create a development kit of a haptic VR controller as...
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