Mobile VR Headset Veeso Aims to Bring Face Tracking to VR
Veeso, a recently launched Kickstarter project, is aiming to be the first to market with a mobile VR headset that tracks your face's movement; a system that uses head-mounted infrared cameras to track both your eyes and mouth for...
Exploring Methods for Conveying Object Weight in Virtual Reality
With no way of generating resistive force feedback with today's VR motion controllers, how can we make users feel and behave as though virtual objects have varying weights? Creative agency B-Reel explored several approaches and open sourced their experiments for...
Update Opens the Door for Enhanced Roomscale Tracking with Rift and Touch
A recent update to Oculus Home has enabled support for tracking the Rift and Touch with up to four trackers, enabling robust coverage of a roomscale space.
While Oculus doesn't officially support 'roomscale' experiences like those on the HTC Vive,...
Limited Edition DOTA 2 Championship HTC Vive Now Available
Feeling your immersive adventures leave you lacking in the style department? Want to stand out from the VR crowd? Then this new limited edition HTC Vive headset might be for you.
Given the distinctly tethered nature of the current generation...
Memory Capture & Virtual Tourism for the Benefit of Those with Physical Disabilities
Roy Sherrill is enabling the time travelers from the future to get a sense of presence at a number of different tech and cultural events around the San Francisco Bay area. Roy's been shooting a lot of 360 videos...
Take an Immersive Drive Through the World’s Most Secretive Country
North Korea is one of the most secretive states in the world, but one man received permission from the nation's strict regime to capture a drive through its capital Pyongyang. It's a rare and immersive peek into a world...
Samsung’s New Standalone VR Headset May be Called ‘Odyssey’
Samsung reportedly confirmed back at the company's own developer conference that a new, standalone VR headset was on it's way and new trademark filings may indicate it's name.
Considering the non existent market that Samsung's 'Oculus Engineered' mobile headset entered when...
HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need
Want to know how much a replacement HTC Vive Base Station or SteamVR controller would set you back should the worst happen? HTC's Vive accessory store has been updated to include these items, along with some eye opening prices.
The HTC...
New Magic Leap Videos Shows AR Shopping and Voice Control
A new video of Magic Leap's augmented reality tech in action was shown at a conference in China today.
On stage at the event, Magic Leap CMO Brian Wallace had a one-on-one discussion with Alibaba CMO Chris Tung (Alibaba is...
Facebook CEO: ‘In Five to Ten Years AR Will Be Where VR is Today’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is working seriously on augmented reality R&D, but he believes it will take time for the technology to catch up to where VR is today.
In an interview with The Verge's Casey Newton, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg...













