Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 820 chipset is set to power flagship phones throughout 2016 and the company is touting the ‘system-on-a-chip’ as being optimized for virtual reality. The well recognized VR broadcast company, NextVR, has high praise for what the chipset is able to achieve, calling it competitive even against the bar-setting Gear VR.
While the original HTC Vive development kit has impressed many with its ‘room-scale’ VR capability, the unit was a full step behind its competitors in the ergonomics department. The Vive Pre, the second development kit of the VR headset, looks to have taken a significant stab at bringing ergonomics up to par.
At CES yesterday I had the chance to take a look at the new ‘affordable’ 360 camera called Vuze. The camera shoots at resolutions up to 4k per combined, sporting 8 x 1080p cameras capturing footage at up to 30FPS – all in a package supposedly costing less than $1000.
Oculus Rift pre-orders open tomorrow (Wednesday January 6th) at 8AM PT. Founder Palmer Luckey this evening is providing a few last minute details, including the fact that pre-ordering the Rift will reserve your spot in line to pre-order the company’s Touch VR controller later this year.
Virtuix are back at CES once again, and this time they’re getting all competitive as they prepare to hold they’re first multiplayer VR eSports tournament using the Omni VR treadmill, in their new made-for-Omni title, Omni Arena.
Building up the newly revealed ‘Vive Pre’ development kit, HTC has released a new video teasing the possibilities of virtual reality.
With Oculus Rift pre-orders set to open tomorrow morning, additional information is trickling out. Oculus has revealed which countries the Rift can be pre-ordered from and will ship to.
HTC has finally taken the wraps off of the second development kit of the Vive VR headset, they’re calling it the ‘Vive Pre’, and the new unit is being shown off here at CES 2016.
ionVR is a smartphone based VR headset that augments the standard Google cardboard experience with custom optics and electronics to drastically reduce latency. We go hands on at CES to see if it actually works.
Oculus has announced that backers of their 2012 Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign will receive a limited edition version of Oculus Rift consumer for free.
In accordance with newly eased investment regulations brought forth by the United States’ JOBS Act, Virtuix is “testing the waters” for crowdfunded equity investment.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has stated on Twitter that the much loved original Oculus Rift packaging, namely the plastic carry case the DK1 shipped in, will return for the retail Rift.
We finally know when pre-orders for the much anticipated Oculus Rift consumer edition will open, but in lieu of pricing information, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has let it be known that the consumer will launch will be global.
CES is mere days away and as we edge into 2016, we take a look back at the surprise entry and stratospheric rise of the HTC Vive, Valve’s SteamVR flagship virtual reality hardware and, what we might expect to see at 2016.
After teasing us last week, Oculus has released more revealing photos of the latest design of their Touch VR controllers. Not seen on the previous ‘Half Moon’ prototype is a mysterious pattern to the left of the buttons, as well as a new button.
