Preview: Valve Index is the DSLR to the Oculus Rift S Point-and-shoot

While we offered our initial hands-on impressions with the Valve's new Index headset last month, we've now had many more hours inside the headset, and an opportunity to put it side by side with others. Here's a deeper look...

Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Pass 1 Million Milestone

Valve's monthly Steam Survey has long offered useful insight into the share of VR headsets in use on Steam. But the figures provided are relative to the non-static Steam population, which obfuscates the actual adoption trend of VR headsets...

‘Primitive’ Visualizes Complex Code for Collaborative Analysis in VR

Primitive represents one of the most interesting use-cases I've seen for VR so far—it creates 3D visualizations of source code that can be collaboratively explored and analyzed in VR. It's creators believe that bringing a spatial understanding to otherwise...

Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro

Apple is taking advantage of a recent iOS feature called AR Quick Look to allow potential customers to see the company's new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR at scale in augmented reality right from Apple.com on an iPhone....

Rift S is the Lowest Rated Oculus Headset on Amazon, Quest Vaults Ahead

Though Oculus touts the Rift S as its "most advanced, PC-powered gaming headset," the headset is notably trailing other Oculus headsets (including the original Rift) in customer ratings on Amazon. Meanwhile, Quest has taken the lead as the most...

Apple Announces ARKit 3 with Body Tracking & Human Occlusion

At the company's annual WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed ARKit 3, its latest set of developer tools for creating AR applications on iOS. ARKit 3 now offers real-time body tracking of people in the scene as well as...

HTC is Now Giving Away 2 Free Months of Viveport Infinity to Rift Owners

HTC's VR app storefront, Viveport, is looking forward to welcoming a host of new VR users with the entrance of Valve Index and Oculus Rift S. To that tune, the company is giving away two free months of Viveport...

Samsung Reportedly to Release “multiple AR and VR products” in Coming Months

Samsung hasn't really said much about VR since the release of Samsung Odyssey+, the hardware refresh to its Windows Mixed Reality headset that came to market in October 2018. However at Augmented World Expo (AWE), the company offered a...

‘Trover Saves the Universe’ Launches on PSVR, Coming to PC Next Week

Trover Saves the Universe, the latest VR title from Squanch Games and the mind of Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, launched today on PS4 with support for both PSVR and non-VR. The game will launch for PC VR...

Ultrahaptics Acquires Leap Motion for a Reported $30M

Leap Motion, the pioneer in optical hand-tracking, has been acquired by Ultrahaptics, the enterprise-focused immersive haptics company. According to the Wall Street Journal, Ultrahaptics reportedly acquired Leap Motion for approximately $30 million. The company maintains in a company blog post that...