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Video: Intel Project Alloy Shows Multiplayer Gaming in Mixed Reality Demo

Project Alloy, Intel's VR headset with mixed reality (MR) capabilities revealed at Intel Developer Forum last August, got a little extra stage time this CES, as Intel showed off some more of the headset's gaming chops. The video shows two users playing...

First Look at Windows Holographic VR Headsets from Dell, HP, Acer & 3Glasses

Here's a visual tour of some of the first VR headsets to be shown adopting Microsoft's new Windows Holographic platform. At CES Acer, 3Glasses, Dell, HP and Lenovo are all showing VR headsets due for 2017, this is what...
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Hands-on: Noitom’s Hi5 VR Glove Brings Compelling Finger Tracking to the Vive

VR input gloves are getting a big boost thanks to HTC's newly revealed Vive Tracker. The combination of Noitom's Hi5 VR glove and the Tracker forms a surprisingly compelling input experience that adds finger-level fidelity to Vive experiences. We've seen plenty...

Huawei’s Mate 9 Pro is Daydream-compatible, Future Phones to Include Tango

Amit Singh, lead of business and operations at Google's VR/AR team, today officially announced on stage during the Huawei keynote speech that the Huawei Mate 9 Pro and Mate 9 Porsche Design will be the next phones to conform...

Samsung Gear VR Install Base Has Passed 5 Million Headsets

Samsung confirms 5+ million Gear VR headsets are now in use worldwide, announced at their CES 2017 keynote. The Gear VR headset launched in November 2015, and was the first high-quality VR solution for smartphones. In his opening speech at CES...

Yes, TPCast’s Wireless VR Solution Does Work with Vive’s New Deluxe Headstrap

Wondering if Vive's newly announced powered up Deluxe Audio Strap upgrade will work with TPCast's promising wireless VR solution? Wonder no longer. With the huge wave of accessories announced by HTC for it's SteamVR powered Vive headset at CES yesterday,...

Magic Leap CEO: “We have made something that is small, mobile, powerful, and we think pretty...

Magic Leap is a mystery. Parsing through their pre-factual, post-cool ad campaign leaves you with the impression that the brains at the company have created the next be-all and end-all of augmented reality devices thanks to an ingenious light field...

Brain-Controlled VR Experiences: Challenges & Potentials

When I attended the Experiential Technology Conference in May 2016, I heard from a number of commercial off-the-shelf brain-control interface manufacturers that their systems would not natively work with VR headsets because there are some critical portions on the...
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Noitom’s Hi5 VR Gloves Track Your Fingers Powered by Vive’s Tracking Puck

Noitom have unveiled their VR gloves which aim to put your hands and fingers into virtual reality with motion tracking provided courtesy of HTC's recently launched Vive Tracker accessory. We've now got a number of contenders for the accolade of...

‘vTime’ Becomes Most Widely-Available Social VR Platform

With social VR platform vTime's recent launch on Google Daydream, the UK-based company vTime Limited can proudly say they've created the most-widely available social VR platform in the world. Used by people in 195 countries, vTime is both free and cross-compatible with...