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Hands-on with TEGway’s VR Thermal Haptics Dev Kit, Launching in March

Korea-based TEGway, developers of a haptic accessory which generates hot and cold temperatures with impressively low latency, plans to launch a wearable VR thermal haptic dev kit aim in March. We got to try the latest prototype this week...

Zero Latency Upgrades VR Attraction Platform With Hardware From Microsoft & HP

Zero Latency, creator of a leading VR attraction platform, is now deploying their 'gen 2' VR hardware. The revamp includes newer HP VR backpacks, Windows VR headsets, and Windows VR peripheral tracking for a more modern VR experience that's...

Hands-on: HTC’s ‘5G Hub’ Demonstrates VR Cloud-rendering is on the Horizon

HTC announced a new product out of left field here at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week, the 5G Hub mobile hotspot that includes a media streaming device, a digital assistant, and Internet access point for up to 20...

All GeForce RTX Laptops Are VR Capable, But Optional VirtualLink Branding Could Breed Confusion

Earlier this month NVIDIA announced that slew of hardware partners will be launching GeForce RTX gaming laptops which will include the company's newest Turing-based RTX graphics. While the company has confirmed that all models with RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 GPUs will...

Slightly Mad Studios: ‘Mad Box console to deliver 90 fps to VR headsets’

Slightly Mad Studios, the creators of the Project CARS franchise, announced earlier this week that they're developing a VR-compatible gaming console called 'Mad Box'. In a follow-up tweet, company CEO Ian Bell dubbed the project “the most powerful console ever built,”...

‘Project CARS’ Studio Announces Gaming Console Supporting “most major VR headsets”

Slightly Mad Studios, the minds behind the Project CARS franchise, announced that they're getting into the hardware game with a brand new gaming console. Information is still thin on the ground surrounding the newly christened 'Mad Box', although company...

6DOF Controller FinchShift to Support Multiple Standalone Headsets via Vive Wave

Mobile VR motion controller manufacturer Finch Technologies today announced it's working with Qualcomm and HTC to deliver its six degrees of freedom (6DOF) FinchShift controllers to a multitude of devices supporting Vive Wave. Back in November 2018, HTC revealed that 15 hardware...

Varjo Raises $31 Million to Further Develop ‘Bionic Display’ Headset

Finland-based headset maker Varjo has announced it has raised a $31 million Series B investment to continue the development of its novel 'Bionic Display' headset which incorporates a high-density display with a wide field of view display as a...

HaptX Launches Enterprise-focused Haptic Gloves Dev Kit

HaptX (formerly AxonVR) today unveiled the HaptX Gloves Development Kit, an "industrial-grade" VR haptic glove that uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and delivers force-feedback to the fingers. The HaptX Gloves dev kit includes two gloves, each with 130 tactile actuators...

Valve Reveals Knuckles EV3 Dev Kit, Planning Production of “Much greater quantities”

Having revealed the 'Knuckles' EV2 controller development kit just a few months ago, Valve has rapidly incorporated improvements based on feedback from developers and today revealed the updated EV3. The company says will be "produced in much greater quantities...

Synaptics Reveals VR Display Chip Targeting 1,000 PPI & Foveated Rendering

Synaptics, a developer of input and display components for computers, smartphones, and other devices, recently introduced a new version of its ClearView display driver chip which has been optimized for head-mounted displays with high density displays, including a specialized...

VR’s Biggest Players Back New ‘VirtualLink’ Connector for Next-gen Headsets

A consortium representing many of VR's most prominent players—NVIDIA, AMD, Valve, Oculus, and Microsoft—have backed a new connector standard called VirtualLink which the companies say was "developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation virtual reality (VR)...

Samsung “Anti SDE” Trademark Suggests New VR Display Tech Coming to Market

Samsung filed an interesting trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office recently which suggests the company is working on a new AMOLED display for VR that specifically addresses the screen door effect (SDE). The screen door effect is a visual...

Update: This Homebrewed Mini 3D-Tracked Sensor Module Only Cost $3 in Parts

Dr. Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, recently tweeted a picture of an incredibly small, homebrewed 3D-tracked sensor module that has us reeling at the implications for ever-smaller tracked...

VRgineers Reveals Improved ‘XTAL’ Professional Headset with Auto IPD Adjustment & Leap Motion

VRgineers, a Czech-based startup building enterprise VR headsets, today revealed their new 'XTAL' headset, an improved version of their prior VRHero "5K" headset, which is smaller, lighter, and builds Leap Motion's hand tracking tech directly into the headset. When I...
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