Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. The latest version allows businesses to easily turn their projects into collaborative apps, allowing multiple parties to remotely step into...

Lenovo & Pico’s Standalone ‘VR S3’ Headset for Enterprise to Launch in Q3 2020

Lenovo today announced its next standalone headset, the Lenovo Mirage VR S3, is set to release sometime in Q3 in select countries. Built in conjunction with Pico Interactive, the headset is targeting education and enterprise customers. Update (June 2nd, 2020):...

VR Physics Puzzler ‘Gadgeteer’ to Get Biggest Update Since Launch Soon

Gadgeteer, the physics-based VR puzzler inspired by the whimsical machines of Rube Goldberg, is slated to get the biggest update since its launch into Earl Access last year. The update is said to include a number of new devices such as...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds Impressive Liquid Simulation, Foundation for Mod Scripting

Half-Life: Alyx was updated this week with an intriguing new feature: a new shader which simulates liquid inside of the game's many bottles; a small but impressive immersive addition. The update also brought some bug fixes, new subtitle languages,...

Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz to Step Down as CEO

Magic Leap pivoted to the enterprise space recently after an extended lukewarm reception by consumers for its $2,300 AR headset. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, company founder and CEO Rony Abovitz then announced layoffs last month that were slated to...

Qualcomm Says New Wi-Fi 6E Chips Support “VR-class low latency” for VR Streaming

Qualcomm today announced new Wi-Fi 6E wireless chips. Designed for mobile devices, the company says the chips support "VR-class latency" for streaming VR over Wi-Fi. Qualcomm's new FastConnect 6900 and 6700 chips are designed to bring the latest Wi-Fi 6E standard...

Exclusive Hands-on: HP’s Reverb G2 is the King of Clarity

Today HP revealed its next-gen WMR headset, Reverb G2. While the original Reverb beat out the competition in resolution, some aspects of its display held it back from really capitalizing on all those pixels. Reverb G2 brings with it...

‘The Mighty Eighth’ is a 10-player Cooperative WWII Bomber Game from a Classic Sim Developer

MicroProse was a game developer and publisher behind dozens of classic strategy and simulator titles from the '80s and '90s. After being shuttered in the early 2000s, the company (or the brand, anyway) recently made a surprise resurgence. Among...

Enterprise-focused Standalone Pico Neo 2 & Eye-tracking Version Now Available

Pico Interactive today announced the price and availability of both Pico Neo 2 and its eye-tracking variant, Neo 2 Eye. Both headsets are available for purchase starting today, with Neo 2 priced at $700 and Neo 2 Eye at $900....

Qualcomm Reveals Plan to Help Commercialize Lightweight, 5G-enabled AR & VR Headsets

Today, at an online version of this year's Augmented World Expo (AWE), Qualcomm announced that it's partnered with a number of global telecoms, smartphone companies, and AR/VR headset manufacturers to deliver 5G-enabled, smartphone-driven headsets to consumers and enterprise customers....