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Exclusive: DisplayLink Demonstrates Foveated Compression for Better Wireless VR

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Jan 11, 2019

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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

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Jan 11, 2019

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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

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Jan 10, 2019

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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

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Jan 9, 2019

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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

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Jan 9, 2019

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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

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Jan 9, 2019

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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

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Jan 9, 2019

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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

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Jan 9, 2019

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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

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Jan 8, 2019

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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

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Jan 8, 2019

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

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Jan 8, 2019

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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.

HTC Confirms Vive Cosmos Will Support OpenVR/SteamVR

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Jan 8, 2019

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HTC might have given a first look at their new Vive Cosmos headset today, but they weren’t ready to offer many details. The headset is said to be compatible with tether to a PC, but the company also teased that it could be powered by a smartphone too, all under the ‘Vive Reality System’ platform. That’s left some questions about whether or not the headset will interface with SteamVR.

HTC Teases Smartphone Capability With Vive Cosmos

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Jan 8, 2019

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Vive Cosmos is HTC’s newly unveiled PC VR headset that’s slated to release sometime this year. While it’s a tethered device meant to support PCs at launch, HTC teased that it could also be driven by a smartphone.

HTC: Vive Cosmos is Not a Successor to the Original Vive

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Jan 7, 2019

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Today at CES HTC revealed its latest headset, the Vive Cosmos. While the headset is in many ways an evolution from past learnings, the company says it isn’t designed to succeed the original Vive.

Viveport Infinity to Bring Unlimited VR Game Downloads to Subscription Members

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Jan 7, 2019

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HTC is bringing a new tier to Viveport Subscription. Announced today at the company’s special CES event, Viveport Infinity will let subscribers download any of 500+ participating games whenever they want without limit.

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