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New Gear VR for Note 7 Announced with Wider Field of View, Compatible with Prior Gear...

Samsung today announced a new version of their Gear VR headset with a wider field of view. The headset is compatible with both the Note 7's new USB Type-C connector as well as micro-USB, offering support for all phones...

Last Chance to Buy a UK HTC Vive Before £70 Price Hike Tomorrow

HTC has announced that in response to "recent currency valuation changed" the UK price of their HTC Vive VR system will see a significant £70 increase come August 1st to £759. As a UK resident, I've been thankful that my...

Oculus Rift Components Cost Around $200, New Teardown Suggests

In a detailed component teardown, analysis of the components that comprise Oculus' first consumer VR headset suggest a predictably complex design with the costs of individual parts totalling $200. The Oculus Rift headset had already passed through numerous prototype iterations before...

FOVE Debuts Latest Design for Eye Tracking VR Headset

FOVE, the company behind the eponymous eye-tracking VR headset, today announced that they will be showing off a new industrial design at both Comic-Con and SIGGRAPH 2016 where attendees will have a chance to demo the new headset design themselves. The newly revealed design differs from...
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Mobile VR Headset Veeso Aims to Bring Face Tracking to VR

Veeso, a recently launched Kickstarter project, is aiming to be the first to market with a mobile VR headset that tracks your face's movement; a system that uses head-mounted infrared cameras to track both your eyes and mouth for...

Limited Edition DOTA 2 Championship HTC Vive Now Available

Feeling your immersive adventures leave you lacking in the style department? Want to stand out from the VR crowd? Then this new limited edition HTC Vive headset might be for you. Given the distinctly tethered nature of the current generation...

HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need

Want to know how much a replacement HTC Vive Base Station or SteamVR controller would set you back should the worst happen? HTC's Vive accessory store has been updated to include these items, along with some eye opening prices. The HTC...

OSVR Launches Pre-orders for HDK 2 VR Headset, Begins Shipping July 29

Starting today OSVR is taking pre-orders for the HDK 2, the modular, open source ‘Hacker Development Kit’ VR headset which the organization says will ship starting on July 29th. Sold in its basic configuration for $399, the new HDK 2 will be largely the same...

New HTC Vive Version May Be Coming This Year, Report Suggests

The SteamVR powered HTC Vive virtual reality system may see an updated "HTC Vive 2.0" before the end of the year according to a report citing suppliers to the Taipei based firm. The HTC Vive, powered with technology developed by...

Acer to Invest $9 Million in Starbreeze to Help Manufacture StarVR Headset

Taiwan-based electronics firm Acer recently announced an investment into game studio Starbreeze equating to the sum of $9M USD, an amount intended to further the manufacture and commercialization of Starbreeze's high-FOV, high resolution StarVR headset. The investment, which comes on the heels of the news...
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CTO on Future of the StarVR Headset: Roomscale Tracking, Input, Eye-tracking, and More

At E3 2016 I got to sit down with the CTO of Starbreeze Studios, Emmanuel Marquez, to learn about the company's ambitious plans for their StarVR headset. The headset, which sets itself apart from others with a massive 210 degree...

Hands-on: The New and Improved StarVR Prototype Will Give You Field-of-View Envy

StarVR is an in-development VR headset from Starbreeze Studios which revolves around a massive 210 degree field of view; after looking inside their latest prototype, you may not want to go back. Technically, you could say that first time we...

OSVR Will Offer HDK 2 Display Upgrade for Older Headsets

OSVR's newly announced HDK 2 packs a new display which brings a significant improvement in resolution and performance. The organization says they will make available a display upgrade allowing older HDK headsets to swap for the improved display. When OSVR...

OSVR Announces $399 HDK 2 Headset with 2160×1200 Resolution

OSVR is today launching the HDK 2, the latest in the organization's series of 'Hacker Development Kit' VR headsets. The new HDK 2 will be nearly identical to the prior most recent HDK 1.4, save for a new and improved...

Alan Yates Says Rift’s Core Features Are a “Direct Copy” of Valve’s VR Research

In a revealing statement on Reddit, Alan Yates, a Valve employee who works closely on the company's Lighthouse tracking system, claims that the Oculus Rift headset is largely derived from Valve's research. Back when Oculus launched the original Rift DK1 Kickstarter campaign in 2012,...
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