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Former Call of Duty Developers Working on Mutiplayer VR Shooter

Developer Reload Studios, made up of former Infinity Ward employees, creators of the mighty Call of Duty franchise, has shared details of its plans to produce a VR focussed first person shooter targeting VR headsets such as the Oculus...

Xiaomi Unveils Wireless AR Glasses Prototype, Powered by Same Chipset as Meta Quest Pro

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi today showed off a prototype AR headset at Mobile World Congress (MWC) that wirelessly connects to the user's smartphone, making for what the company calls its "first wireless AR glasses to utilize distributed computing." Called Xiaomi...

Apple Reportedly Delays Cheaper Vision Pro Beyond 2027, M5 Chip Refresh May Arrive Instead

Apple may be taking a beat before it releases a cheaper follow-up to Vision Pro, which would more broadly appeal to consumers, instead releasing a hardware refresh next year that includes the new M5 chipset. According to independent tech analyst...

Sony to Show off HMZ-T2 HMD Prototype with Head Tracking and Pass-through AR [Video]

Sony appears to be finally experimenting with augmented reality and virtual reality on their HMD line. The company has traditionally marketed their HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 head mounted displays as a "personal 3D viewer" rather than anything to do with...

Meta Reportedly Set to Expand Retail Locations as Smart Glasses Competition Heats Up

Meta has been flirting with retail for years now, however a Business Insider report maintains the company is finally looking to expand its retail footprint beyond its first and only brick-and-mortar location. Citing an internal communication, the report maintains Meta is looking...
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Tactical VR Shooter ‘Zero Killed’ to Arrive on Vive & Rift This Month, Gameplay Trailer Here

Hot on the heels of PSVR's hit tactical shooter Firewall Zero Hour comes a new tactical VR shooter that's inspired by Rainbow Six Siege (2015) and the Counter-Strike franchise. Dubbed Zero Killed, the Warsaw-based VR/AR studio Ignibit today announced the four vs. four team shooter is slated to...

VRelia Partners with ImmersiON to Offer VR Headsets and Content

VRelia, a Spanish company recently formed with the aim of providing users with high resolution VR Headsets, has announced a partnership with ImmersiON, a startup formed from the key players behind TD Vision, a company with a history in...

Nimble Sense Kickstarter Aims to Bring Time-of-Flight Depth-sensing Tech to VR on the Cheap

Today Nimble VR launches a Kickstarter campaign for Nimble Sense, a natural input controller that the company says was designed for virtual reality input. And while Nimble Sense doesn't at first appear to be much different than Leap...
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‘DeathTolls’ VR Experience Creates Chilling Visualizations of Human Loss from Disasters Worldwide

DeathTolls VR experience is a chilling visualization of the enormity of human loss created through various violent conflicts and disasters throughout the world, and aims to help quantify this loss by presenting the user with a field of the deceased. Death caused by...

‘Ilysia VR’ MMO Kickstarter Doubles Funding Goal with a Few Days Left

Ilysia is an upcoming VR MMO that hit Kickstarter earlier this month with a modest budget of $60,000. It seems developers Team 21 Studio have struck a chord with the VR community, as the Sword Art Online-style MMORPG has recently doubled its...

Oculus Rift CV1 High Res Photos Suggest a Lighter, More Comfortable Headset

The first glimpses of the Oculus Rift CV1, the consumer version of the company's hotly anticipated headset are finally here. Like the Rift DK2 and Crystal Cove prototype that came before it, the CV1 shares a clear lineage with...

Hands-on: Microsoft’s “Mixed Reality” VR Motion Controllers

Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named "Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers" back in May, but until now we haven't had a chance to actually try them out. During a recent meeting with Microsoft in San Francisco, I got to try the...

HelmetVR Combines an Oculus Rift with a Real Race Helmet

Said to be the world’s first VR sim racing helmet, the HelmetVR is perhaps the ultimate in VR sim racing excess, combining a real Arai racing helmet with an Oculus Rift headset. The custom headset comes from FormulaVR, a...

Tech Industry Heavyweights Debate the Future of VR at AMD ‘VR Advisory Council’

AMD demonstrated its commitment to the future of virtual reality during last month's E3 2015 by pulling together big name industry executives, content creators, and retailers to discuss the practical future of consumer virtual reality. The results were a refreshingly...

Lenovo Mirage AR Headset Returns with New Marvel Game & 6DOF Controllers

Lenovo first released its smartphone-powered Mirage AR headset last year alongside its sole title, Star Wars: Jedi Challenges (2018), a collection of short AR games that let you do things like fight Darth Vader & Co. with a lightsaber-shaped controller,...
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