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Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time

According to Valve's February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC...

Varjo Announces AR Pass-through Capability for Its ‘Bionic Display’ Headset

Varjo, the Finland-based headset manufacturer, today announced the company's upcoming high resolution VR headset will have AR pass-through capabilities powered by Socionext image signal processors. Varjo’s headset is basically taking what some consider a shortcut to retina resolution with its 'bionic...

Hands-on: HTC Vive Focus Brings Best-in-class Displays to Standalone VR, For a Price

Now available in China, and quite possibly on its way to a wider release, HTC is prominently showing its new standalone Vive Focus headset at MWC 2018 this week. The company says the Focus is positioned as the premium option among...

Qualcomm’s 845 VRDK Reference Headset Boasts Eye-tracking, High Res, & High Framerate

Qualcomm today revealed a new 'VRDK' standalone reference headset based on their Snapdragon 845 chip. The reference design—which serves as a blueprint for Qualcomm customers who may want to build their own VR headsets based on the design—boasts an...

Asus Windows VR Headset Finally Launches, Priced at $430

Asus was among a handful of Microsoft partners who planned to launch a VR headset as part of Microsoft's "Mixed Reality" platform. While those other headsets became available late last year, Asus' own Windows VR headset is finally launching...

HP to Launch Enterprise-focused Windows VR Headset in March

HP is bringing out an enterprise-focused version of its Windows 'Mixed Reality' VR headset in March. Called the 'Professional Edition', HP is pushing out basically the same headset hardware-wise save a few tweaks it considers necessary for VR-use in...

Hands-on: VRHero “5K” Plus Aims for Visual Fidelity Above All Else

VRgineers is a Czech-based startup building a VR headset positioned strictly for the enterprise world. Compared to today's consumer VR headsets, it's undeniably huge and heavy, but a hands-on with their latest VRHero "5K" Plus shows that they're on a...

The Key Technology Behind Varjo’s High-res ‘Bionic Display’ Headset

Varjo is a relatively new name to the VR scene, but the company is certainly making a buzz, having quickly raised some $15 million in venture capital touting the promise of delivering a VR headset achieving retina resolution at...

Pimax “8K” Headset Kickstarter Deliveries Delayed to Q2

Following their appearance with a new "8K" prototype at CES 2018, Pimax's latest update says that backers won't see their finished headsets until Q2, delaying the initially expected delivery date by several months. Pimax ran an awfully successful Kickstarter for...

4 Most Important Stories From CES and What They Mean for VR in 2018

CES 2018 has come and gone, and with it, a pace has been set for what we can expect to see in VR in the next six months or so. If you weren't following the day-to-day news, here's a...

Pimax Responds to Critical Reception of Latest “8K” Prototype at CES

Expectations are high for backers of Pimax's very successful Kickstarter campaign which raised $4.2 million in crowdfunding last year for a VR headset promising an ultra-wide field of view and high resolution. Following a critical reception of the headset's...

Hands-on: Pimax “8K” Has Come a Long Way but There’s Still Real Kinks to Iron Out

Pimax, the Chinese VR startup honing in on a consumer headset with a huge field of view, is said to soon be shipping the first Pimax "8K" headsets to Kickstarter backers. While the company executed a very successful Kickstarted...

Hands-on: The Vive Pro is Much More Than an Improved Screen

It might still be rather bulky, but HTC's new Vive Pro brings a host of improvements that have the headset teetering on the edge of next-gen. Today at CES 2018, HTC revealed the Vive Pro. It isn't the 'Vive 2'—and the...

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...

‘Vive Pro’ Leak Suggests Big Bump in Resolution and Optional Vive Wireless Adapter

Late last week, HTC made a major tease of a forthcoming new Vive headset with improved resolution. Apparently leaked information ahead of any official announcements suggests we'll see a 'Vive Pro' announced by HTC at CES this week with...
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