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Oculus Offers Comprehensive List of VR GPUs Meeting Recommended and Minimum Specs

With so many choices for graphics cards out there, it's hard to know exactly what you should buy to outfit your next VR-ready PC. To make things a little easier, Oculus recently published a list of GPUs that meets its...

Oculus Go Headsets Are Now Shipping to Developers

Oculus Go, the upcoming standalone VR headset from the makers of Rift, is now arriving to developers looking to get a jump start on creating apps for what promises to be an affordable VR solution at just $200. First reported by VRScout,...

Hands-on: HaptX Glove Delivers Impressively Detailed Micro-pneumatic Haptics, Force Feedback

The company formerly known as AxonVR, which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to...

LG Patent Shows Unique Split Design for VR Headset

LG revealed its prototype VR headset using Valve's Lighthouse positional tracking earlier this year, and while it isn't certain what will become of the headset—or if it'll be named "UltraGear" as a recent trademark filing suggests—it's clear LG is thinking long and...

VR Coaster and Sensics to Create All-in-one VR Headset for Theme Parks

VR Coaster and Sensics today unveiled RideVR, a new all-in-one VR headset built especially for use on high-flying theme park rides. VR headsets have been in use on rides like roller coasters and drop towers basically since the initial Samsung Gear VR for...

Designers Prototype New Approaches to VR Headset Ergonomics and Input

Two common types of head-mounts for VR headsets dominate the market today: the side & top strap approach, and the halo approach (which rests mostly on the forehead). Despite their abundance, there's still a long way to go toward...

Wind Simulation Accessory for VR Headsets Hits $30k Crowdfunding Goal on Day One

Launched on November 2nd, the crowdfunding campaign for ZephVR, a VR fan accessory that “adds realistic wind at the right moments” achieved its $30,000 goal on Kickstarter in just a few hours, with 30 days remaining in the campaign....

Pimax Kickstarter Blasts Past $2M Funding Mark, Revealing $2.5M Stretch Goals

Pimax, the China-based VR headset manufacturer known for their '4K' headset, have hit Kickstarter with their newest devices last month, the Pimax '8K' and '5K' VR headsets. Surpassing their initial goal of $200,000 within the first few hours, Pimax has recently...

TPCAST Announces Wireless Adapter for Oculus Rift, Arriving Q4 2017

TPCAST, the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they'll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. Update (10/19/17): TPCast has provided further clarification that their wireless solution for Rift is a...

Oculus Open-sources Rift DK2: Schematics, Firmware, and More All Freely Available

Following the open-sourcing of the Rift DK1 plans back in 2014, Oculus today released the recipe for the Rift DK2, the company's second development kit headset released in 2014. Under an open-source license, anyone can now freely download the blueprints...

5 Windows VR Headsets Now Available for Pre-Order Including Samsung Odyssey

At Microsoft's special Mixed Reality event today, the company announced that all of their VR headsets destined to ship this holiday season are accounted for, and are now available for pre-order including headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and...

New PSVR Model on the Way Featuring Integrated Audio & HDR Pass-through

Sony today announced that a new PlayStation VR model is in the works focusing on some issues surrounding ease of use. Update (10/02/17): The updated PSVR model in launch in Japan October 14th. New images have been sourced from the Japanese PlayStation...

Varjo Raises $8.2M Investment to Further Develop “Human Eye-resolution” Headsets

Varjo Technologies, a Helsinki-based startup known for its 'human eye-resolution' display intended for VR headets, today announced it's closed an $8.2M Series A funding round that aims to support the upcoming launch of Varjo-branded enterprise VR/AR/XR products. The Series A was lead by European...

HTC Partners to Stream VR Games to Vive in China, Cutting VR-Ready PCs Out of the...

Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. While graphically-capable PCs are cheaper than ever thanks to new GPUs and software optimizations,...

Dell’s VR ‘Visor’ Headset Now Available For Pre-order at $350, Shipping Mid-October

Dell's virtual reality headset may be only one out of an entire fleet of PC VR devices designed with the auspices of Microsoft, but it appears to be the first consumer headset of the bunch currently up for pre-order. Slated...
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