Oculus Rift S vs. Oculus Quest – Specs & Features

Oculus has announced Rift S, the headset's fabled hardware refresh that brings with it a modest spec bump and a few other changes to the original Rift that the company hopes will appeal to new entrants in PC VR...

Scope AR Secures $9.7M Series A to Develop AR Training & Remote Assistance Tools

Scope AR, the enterprise-focused AR studio, today announced it has successfully closed a $9.7 million Series A funding round to further develop it cross-platform AR work training and on-site instruction tools. The company's Series A was led by Romulus Capital,...

Hands-on: HP’s Pixel-packed ‘Reverb’ Sets a New Bar for Windows VR Headsets

HP today announced Reverb (formerly codenamed Copper), its new VR headset which aims to deliver enhanced resolution and comfort. With a more thoughtful design and pixel-packed displays, Reverb sets a new bar for Windows VR headsets. Having jumped into the VR space...

Pimax’s Answer to Rift’s Asynchronous Spacewarp ‘Brainwarp’ to Exit Beta This Week

Pimax today announced their Brainwarp software will be coming out of beta soon with the official launch of Brainwarp version 1.0. Like Oculus' Asynchronous Spacewarp, Brainwarp was designed to reduce the massive hardware requirements needed to run the headset's high resolution...

HTC Planning Lip-tracking Module Dev Kit for Vive Pro

Today at GDC, HTC announced plans to make available a lip-tracking module for the Vive Pro. The company says it doesn't currently have plans to consumerize the device, but instead wants to make it available for research and experimentation. HTC...
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Breakout VR Hit ‘Beat Saber’ Confirmed as Oculus Quest Launch Title

Beat Games is getting ready to take their massively successful block-slashing rhythm game to new heights, as Oculus today announced that Beat Saber (2018) is coming to Oculus Quest at launch. According to an Oculus blog post, the Quest version of the game will...

OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard for cross-platform VR and AR development. It's backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by...

Pimax to Launch Ruggedized “8K” VR Headsets for Business This Year

Today Pimax announced it's introducing a new business-focused ruggedized line of its "8K" series virtual reality headsets, set to release sometime this year. According to an MRTV video interview with Pimax's head of US operations Kevin Henderson, Pimax says it will produce...

‘Beat Saber’ Sells Over One Million Copies

Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind Beat Saber (2018), announced they've sold over one million copies of their popular block-slashing rhythm game—a figure calculated across all supported VR platforms. Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck announced the news in...