VR Headset
Varjo Reveals Add-on for High Quality Pass-through AR, Launching in 2019
The first version of Varjo's 'bionic display' enterprise VR headset is due out later this year (see our latest hands-on), and the company has announced plans to offer an add-on upgrade in 2019 which brings high-quality pass-through AR capabilities...
Hands-on: Varjo’s Latest ‘Beta’ Prototype is a Promising Shortcut to Retina Resolution
Today's VR headsets may have relatively high resolutions on paper, but when the pixels are stretched across a wide field of view, the effective angular resolution is far lower than what you might expect from a typical 1080p TV or...
GameFace Starts Dev Kit Pre-orders for Standalone Headset with Tethered SteamVR Support, Powerful NVIDIA Chip
GameFace Labs, a company that's been in ongoing development of an ambitious standalone VR headset over the last few years, has finally opened pre-orders for its dev kit, a system built around NVIDIA's powerful Jetson TX2 computing platform. Priced...
Oculus on Half Dome Prototype: ‘don’t expect to see everything in a product anytime soon’
At Facebook's F8 developer conference Oculus revealed a glimpse at an intriguing new headset prototype dubbed 'Half Dome'. Including a 140 degree field of view, varifocal displays, and what appears to be eye-tracking, the prototype is a tantalizing peek at...
Pimax ‘8K’ Sees Further Delays Due to Lens Design, Pre-production Headset Pushed to May Release
Pimax, the China-based VR headset manufacturer known for their recent record-breaking "8K" VR headset Kickstarter campaign, today announced that backers should expect more delays due to an ongoing lens design issue.
According to the company's blog, the latest prototype has...
Vive Pro Gets Detailed Teardown Confirming Samsung-made Displays
Teardown experts iFixit have disassembled the new Vive Pro to see what they could find. In addition to confirming that the headset's new displays are made by Samsung, the organization also gave the headset a favorable repairability score.
IFixit, which...
HTC Vive Pro Headset Review: Welcomed Improvements Overshadowed By a Steep Price
Set to launch this week, on the two year anniversary of the original Vive, HTC's Vive Pro shows the progress the company has been able to make on their VR headset in the same span, though it isn't being...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 VRDK to Offer Ultrasonic 6DOF Controller Tracking
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 845 VRDK, a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 VDRK is essentially a starting point for companies who want to build their...
StarVR Corporation Prepares to Go Public on Taiwanese Stock Exchange
StarVR Corporation, the Acer and Starbreeze joint venture behind the wide-FOV StarVR headset, announced that it has completed its application to go public on the Taiwan Exchange.
Upon approval, the company's board will apply for a listing on the Taipei Exchange Emerging Market...
Our First Look at Oculus Go – Aiming for the Accessibility Sweet Spot
Oculus Go was announced months ago, but it wasn't until this week at GDC 2018 that the company actually made the headset available to try.
At the Oculus booth today we got our first good look at Oculus Go, the...
HTC Vive Focus to Release Internationally in 2018, Dev Kit Pre-Orders Live Now
HTC's standalone, untethered VR headset the Vive Focus, will come to western markets later this year, HTC announced today. The company also announced that developers can register for Dev-Kit units from today.
With the VR market still in an early...
Lenovo Confirms May 5th US Launch, June for UK and $400 Price for Mirage Solo VR...
Lenovo's Mirage Solo standalone VR headset, which was announced last year and fully revealed back in January, is set to launch on May 5th, priced at $400, Lenovo tells Road to VR. The standalone headset is set to compete with...
Report: Facebook to Launch Oculus Go Standalone Headset at F8 Developer Conference
Oculus Go, the company's upcoming $200 standalone VR headset, doesn't have an official release date yet, but a recent report from Variety contends Oculus will be launching Go at Facebook's f8 developer conference this May.
Variety cites "multiple sources familiar with...
Vive Pro Headset Pre-orders Open at $800 for April 5th Launch, Original Vive Drops to $500
HTC today announced that the Vive Pro headset only (without controllers or base stations) will cost $800 and launch on April 5th; the headset is now available for pre-order. Meanwhile, the original Vive is getting a price cut of $100,...
Pimax “8K” Pre-production Units Planned for April, Initial Backer Shipments on Track for Q2
Offering an update to backers of the successful Pimax "8K" Kickstarter, which aims to deliver a high resolution VR headset with an ultrawide field of view, Pimax says 'M1' pre-production units should be complete by April, with initial backer...



















