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Asus ‘ZenFone AR’ Google Tango, Daydream VR Phone Launched, Specs Revealed
Asus have officially unveiled their new Google Tango and Daydream VR certified phone at a press conference at CES 2017 in Las Vegas and the new device packs some impressive hardware inside it's sleek exterior. Here's the specs in full.
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Audeze Announces $400 iSine VR Headphones for Rift and Vive
Audio continues to be an important part of VR as different companies are starting to make headphones especially designed for it. Audeze has announced a pair of in-ear headphones that work with the Rift's proprietary connection as well as...
Hands-on: Lenovo’s VR Headset Has the Flip-up Functionality We Always Wanted
We found out yesterday that Lenovo's (still unnamed) VR headset is said to be surprisingly light and low cost, but after checking out the device ourselves, we found a hidden function that we wish was on every headset.
With the...
ODG Announces Two New Smartglasses With Positional Tracking, Expanded Field of View
Hot off the tail of a $58 million capital raise, ODG today announced two new models of their R-series smartglasses, the R8 and R9, which add positional tracking, an improved field of view, and a closer-to-consumer price point.
ODG calls their new...
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...
NOLO VR Promises $99 Positional Tracking and SteamVR Gaming on Any Mobile VR Headset
NOLO VR is an intriguing Lighthouse-like positional tracking system designed to bring 'room scale' positional tracking and motion controls to mobile VR headsets. On top of that, the company is claiming SteamVR 'compatibility' through remote play via Riftcat's VRidge software, all with...
Exclusive: Nokia Launches OZO Player SDK, a Cross-platform Video Playback Engine for VR Apps
Nokia has launched the OZO Player SDK, a cross-platform foundation for creating applications with high fidelity VR video playback. Road to VR spoke with Nokia's Head of VR Technologies, Tarif Sayed to learn more about the offering.
While VR video portals like Jaunt,...
‘Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple’ Review
Unearthed Inc: The Lost Temple is a puzzle adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a fresh recruit to a treasure hunting company. With telekinetic powers and an obligatory wise-cracking robot sidekick named Droid, you venture deep into the Amazonian...
THX Creates Audio Chip Positioned for VR Claimed to “best every other amplifier product in the...
THX has announced the development of a new audio amplifier chip which the company claims offers "the world's lowest levels of distortion and noise," along with "incredibly low power consumption," positioning the amplifier for mobile VR headsets, wireless headphones,...
Why CES 2017 Will Set the Stage for the Next Year of VR
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has served as a good way-point for VR's progress over the years. With CES 2017 kicking off next week, here we take a look back at the highlights (and low-lights) from 4 years...
Oculus Acquires Eye-Tracking Company The Eye Tribe
The Eye Tribe, a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they'll be joining the ranks of Facebook's Oculus VR.
Both Oculus and The Eye Tribe today confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch's Josh Constine. The specifics of the acquisition are still fairly thin however....
‘Sairento VR’ Mashes Up SUPERHOT & Raw Data for Something Even Cooler
Sairento VR is a new made-for-VR first person action game which manages to distil everything that was cool about SUPERHOT VR, Raw Data and adds its own locomotion system for something which promises to be even cooler than either of...
AR Optics Company Lumus Secures Further $30M in Funding
Lumus Ltd. recently confirmed a $30 million funding round led by Quanta and HTC. Lumus is a leading provider and developer of augmented reality technology.
Following from the $15 million funding led by Shanda Group and Crystal-Optech in June, Lumus...
‘Dating Lessons’ Review
Dating Lessons is an interactive dating course created by VR developers Cerevrum Inc. and self-styled seduction coach Manish "Magic" Leone. Supposedly tailored for heterosexual men with low self-esteem or shyness with the opposite sex, the dating course offers 11 lessons and 7...
IMR are Building a Wireless Video System to Power 4k Per-Eye VR Headsets
Australian startup Immersive Robotics are poised to deliver what they claim is a truly universal wireless solution for PC VR headsets that delivers tether-free virtual reality with minimal compromises in quality and extremely low latency.
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