Oculus to Bring Upcoming Rift Titles ‘Stormland’ & ‘Defector’ to PAX South
Oculus is bringing two highly anticipated Rift exclusives to PAX South in San Antonio, Texas this year: Stormland and Defector.
Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back
Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. The impressive device, which can push back against your finger in any direction, could bring rich feedback to VR controllers at reasonable costs.
‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Heads into Beta #3 in Open Weekend Starting Today
OrbusVR: Reborn is the first expansion to OrbusVR, a VRMMORGP in Early Access from indie studio Orbus Online. Now in its third open beta weekend, owners of the base game OrbusVR can hop into Reborn starting today, which comes with plenty of new stuff to see and explore.
‘Beat Saber’ Vaults to #2 Most Downloaded PSVR Title of 2018, ‘Job Simulator’ #1 (again)
Sony today released a list of the top ten most downloaded titles of 2018, and while many of the same faces have made an appearance on PSVR’s chart again, including the platform’s launch day juggernaut Job Simulator at the number one (again), popular VR rhythm game Beat Saber has surprisingly vaulted its way to the number two spot with little more than a month on the PlayStation Store.
Exclusive: DisplayLink Demonstrates Foveated Compression for Better Wireless VR
DisplayLink has been building out its wireless VR compression technology for the last few years, eventually finding its way into the recently released Vive Wireless Adapter. But VR headsets are inevitably moving toward higher resolutions—as we’ve seen this week at CES 2019—making it increasingly harder to make them wireless. Luckily DisplayLink has a few tricks up its sleeve to boost compression efficiency without impacting latency, one of which they demonstrated exclusively to Road to VR this week at CES 2019.
Hands-on: VR Motion Controller ‘Atraxa’ Offers Promising 6DOF Without Occlusion Issues
Northern Digital is a Waterloo, Canada-based manufacturer of 3D measurement devices, and while the company has mainly focused on creating for various industries such as medicine and aeronautics throughout their 35 years of existence, they’ve recently unveiled a reference design for a magnetic tracking system for VR headsets and controllers.
DisplayLink Showing 60GHz Wireless Adapter Reference Design for Oculus Rift
Connectivity company DisplayLink is showing a reference design for a 60GHz Oculus Rift wireless adapter at CES 2019.
Hands-on: Pimax’s Ultrawide “8K” & “5K” Plus See Big Improvements on the Path to Launch
Last year at CES we took a good long look at Pimax’s “8K” headset and saw potential, but identified a number of key issues that would need addressing before the headsets actually hit the market. This year at CES, our hands-on with Pimax’s latest headsets shows that they’ve made big progress and addressed most of the major issues seen last year.
AMD Announces 7nm Gaming GPU Radeon VII, Priced at $700 & Launching February 7th
AMD today unveiled their next gaming GPU, one the company hopes will directly take on NVIDIA’s RTX 2080. Dubbed the AMD Radeon VII, it’s touted as the world’s first 7nm gaming GPU.
One of the Biggest Names in Home Fitness is Making a VR Exercise Bike
Games like Beat Saber and Creed: Rise to Glory are a great way to get your heart pumping while having a blast, and after having played a number of these types of games at a near constant since they came to VR headsets, I thought I was in decent enough shape to take on NordicTrack’s upcoming consumer exercise bike with VR headset integration. I haven’t been to the gym in forever, but now I’m definitely rethinking that (in)decision.
New Smartphone-tethered Qualcomm Headset Has 2x the Pixels of Vive Pro
This week at CES 2019 Qualcomm is showing off a new VR reference headset sporting impressive new displays that may well define the next wave of VR headsets.
Audi-founded Startup to Bring VR to Passengers Looking for Relief from Boredom & Motion Sickness
Using VR in the car sounds like a great way to kill some time on long road trips, but there’s a few factors that may stop you from strapping a headset to your face while in the passenger’s seat—namely motion sickness, unexpected turning, and lack of compelling content. Audi wants to change this with a new technology unveiled at CES this week.
Oculus Rift + Touch Now Permanently Priced at $350
After Oculus’ big Black Friday sale, which saw Rift & Touch temporarily cut from its regular price of $400 to $350, Oculus now says they’re permanently dropping the price of the bundle to just $350.
Dell Found a Cool Way to Use Your Smartphone in VR, But Only on Specific Dell Computers
Dell launched Mobile Connect this time last year, letting some Dell & Alienware PC users view and interact with their phone’s notifications and apps on traditional monitors. Now, the company has unveiled a way to bring that same functionality to VR too in a pretty big way. But dude, you need a Dell.
Pimax Showing Production Headsets, Controllers, and More at CES
At CES 2019 this week, Pimax is showing off the production versions of their “8K” and “5K” Plus headsets, their upcoming Knuckles-style controllers, as well as hand-tracking and eye-tracking modules.
