Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back
Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. The impressive device, which can push back against your finger in any direction, could bring rich feedback to VR controllers at reasonable costs.
Over the years we've seen some...
‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Heads into Beta #3 in Open Weekend Starting Today
OrbusVR: Reborn is the first expansion to OrbusVR, a VRMMORGP in Early Access from indie studio Orbus Online. Now in its third open beta weekend, owners of the base game OrbusVR can hop into Reborn starting today, which comes with plenty of new...
‘Beat Saber’ Vaults to #2 Most Downloaded PSVR Title of 2018, ‘Job Simulator’ #1 (again)
Sony today released a list of the top ten most downloaded titles of 2018, and while many of the same faces have made an appearance on PSVR's chart again, including the platform's launch day juggernaut Job Simulator at the number...
Exclusive: DisplayLink Demonstrates Foveated Compression for Better Wireless VR
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...
Hands-on: VR Motion Controller ‘Atraxa’ Offers Promising 6DOF Without Occlusion Issues
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...
DisplayLink Showing 60GHz Wireless Adapter Reference Design for Oculus Rift
Connectivity company DisplayLink is showing a reference design for a 60GHz Oculus Rift wireless adapter at CES 2019.
DisplayLink created the DisplayLink XR wireless adapter reference design that would go on to become the Vive Wireless Adapter. The unit pairs...
Hands-on: Pimax’s Ultrawide “8K” & “5K” Plus See Big Improvements on the Path to Launch
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,...
AMD Announces 7nm Gaming GPU Radeon VII, Priced at $700 & Launching February 7th
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.
The AMD Radeon VII is slated to launch...
One of the Biggest Names in Home Fitness is Making a VR Exercise Bike
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...
New Smartphone-tethered Qualcomm Headset Has 2x the Pixels of Vive Pro
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.
Qualcomm has been a somewhat silent enabler of most of the recent...