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Xiaomi to Bring Oculus Go to China Under Its Own Brand

Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics giant, officially announced that they've partnered with Oculus to not only manufacture Oculus Go, the company's upcoming $200 standalone VR headset, but also produce a China-only standalone VR headset called Xiaomi Mi VR Standalone. Xiaomi's headset is said...

Oculus ‘Handheld Controller’ Passes FCC Testing, Possible Oculus GO 3DoF Controller

A mysterious handheld device showed up in an FCC test report recently that may just be the 3DoF controller coming alongside Oculus Go, the company's upcoming $200 standalone VR headset. While the report doesn't explicitly state any relationship with Go, instead masked behind...

Pico’s New 6DoF Standalone VR Headset is Coming Westward, Including 6DoF Controllers

Pico Technology, the China-based VR headset manufacturer, today unveiled their latest Pico Neo VR headset, a standalone device that offers 6DoF positional tracking and 6DoF motion controllers. Like HTC Vive Focus, Pico Neo will use the Vive Wave open...

Lenovo’s Daydream Standalone VR Headset ‘Mirage Solo’ Approved by FCC

Ahead of any official announcement, Lenovo's upcoming Daydream standalone headset was recently approved by the FCC, suggesting the company is gearing up for launch soon. First discovered by Lets Go Digital, the FCC test report (seen below) reveals little about the headset. Besides the...

Vive Focus Hands-on Video Emerges from China

Vive Focus, the first consumer-available standalone headset with six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) positional tracking, has officially launched in China. While HTC isn't shipping Vive Focus outside the country, fresh reports of the headset's tracking capability seem to be promising. Richard Lai, Engadget China's Senior...

HTC Announces Pricing, Pre-order Date & Specs for Vive Focus Standalone Headset

HTC today announced more specifics around Vive Focus, the company's standalone mobile VR headset for China-based customers. Once destined for Western shores running Google's Daydream platform, HTC recently surprised the world by scrapping those plans and limiting the release of the standalone...

Samsung Teases 6-DoF Standalone VR Headset as Company’s ‘Next Mobile VR System’

Taeyong Kim, VP of Samsung Electronics and Head of Graphics R&D, took the stage last month at the company's annual developer conference to talk a little bit about the future of VR for the company. While no big reveals were expected...
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HTC Announces ‘Vive Focus’ Standalone VR Headset

Today during the Vive Developers Conference in Beijing, HTC revealed the Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. The headset is positioned for the Chinese market. Update (11/14/17): HTC has confirmed to Road to VR that the company...

Report: HTC to Unveil Standalone VR Headset at Vive Developer Conference in November

HTC could be showing off its standalone VR headset at the company's November 14th Vive Developer Conference (VDC) in Beijing. As reported by YiVian, the conference has recently published promotional material featuring a veiled image of the company's upcoming headset. To wit, HTC says...

Hands-on: Oculus Santa Cruz Prototype II & Controllers

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company's annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz 'Prototype 2' standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. Though it might not look obviously different at a distance than the original prototype...

HTC Registers ‘Vive Focus’ Trademark in EU & US, Likely Intended for Standalone VR Headset

HTC has submitted a new trademark application in both Europe and the US, specifically requesting the use of a new name: Vive Focus. First revealed at Google I/O 2017 developer conference, both HTC and Lenovo announced they were building standalone VR...

HTC to Launch Standalone Vive Headset in China Tied to Viveport Content Store

HTC today announced a new variant of its Vive standalone VR headset which is aimed specifically at the Chinese VR market and will tap the company's Viveport content platform as the official app store for the headset. Meanwhile, in...
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