VR Headset
OSVR HDK Shipping Now with 360 Positional Tracking – Wearality and Android Upgrades Pictured
OSVR's Hacker Developer Kit (HDK) VR headset has started shipping units to early supporters. We take a peek at some potential future upgrades, including Wearality Sky 150 degree FoV lenses and an Android phone holder faceplate.
Hard to believe OSVR is...
GameFace Mobile VR Headset Will Also Tether to PCs Through Valve’s OpenVR
GameFace Labs showed off their latest prototype mobile VR headset at E3 last week, a device that promises to deliver both a standalone Android-based mobile VR experience and a tethered PC experience in the same headset.
GameFace calls their prototype headset a head...
StarVR Detailed Hands-on: Big Field of View, Even Bigger Potential
We go hands on with the latest StarVR headset prototype from Starbreeze Studios, sporting a 210 degree field of view and dual quad-HD panels as demoed at E3 with Overkill's The Walking Dead experience.
The InfinitEye team's metamorphosis from part-time garage hackers to...
StarVR Prototype Mini-Museum at E3 Shows Glimpse of Development History
StarVR, the recently reborn super-wide FOV VR headset from Starbreeze Studios, have put together something of a mini-museum at their E3 booth commemorating a number of development prototypes.
Starbreeze Studios, the team behind the Pay Day franchise, made some noise earlier this week when...
OSVR HDK Headset Now Shipping with 100Hz Positional Tracking, Upgrade Modules Announced
OSVR's 'Hacker Development Kit' version 1.2 is now shipping to selected developers, including the long awaited IR positional tracking system. The company has today updated their SDK to include support for Android devices, adding true cross-platform compatibility to an ecosystem that...
Fove to Explore Lighthouse Positional Tracking at $700,000 Stretch Goal, Announces SteamVR Support
Fove, the impressive eye-tracking VR headset that's smashed through their Kickstarter goal, has revealed plans to investigate 'Lighthouse' positional tracking from Valve as a $700,000 stretch goal. The company today is also announcing that they will support the OpenVR...
‘River’ VR Accelerator Startups Showcased at Founder Field Day (part 3)
The first class of Rothenberg Ventures’ ‘River’ VR accelerator have graduated. Thirteen companies, in which Rothenberg invested a combined $1.3 million, showed off their latest work at the company’s annual Founder Field Day event. Road to VR was on the...
FOVE Passes Kickstarter Goal in Under 4 Days
FOVE, the eye-tracking VR headset, has reached its crowdfunding goal in less than 4 days time. Stretch goals have yet to be revealed.
After having quickly blown past the Kickstarter goal in the course of 96 hours, the landmark VR headset has come ever closer to...
eMagin Announces 2K×2K ‘Flip Up’ VR Headset, Demoing at AWE 2015
OLED microdisplay manufacturer eMagin has announced a new VR headset, a small form factor pair of goggles that boast a 2K×2K display. Sounds interesting? It was to John Carmack.
Dan Cui, eMagin's VP of Business Development and HMDs, sent out a...
Notes on Crescent Bay – Fresnel Lenses, Fixed Black Smear, Light Ray Artifact, and More
It's difficult to get a real sense of Crescent Bay, Oculus' latest Rift prototype, because outsiders are only ever in the headset for a few minutes at a time. Having now logged a number of sessions, I'm starting to...
5 Amazing Valve VR Headset Concepts and Why the Artist Spent the Last Week Making Them
Background artist Damien Labonte is excited about Valve's forthcoming SteamVR reveal. So excited, in fact, that he spent his evenings over the last week creating five very impressive themed mockups of the unit. We have the entire series to...
This Uncovered Silhouette May Be the First Glimpse of the SteamVR Headset
So you've probably heard by now that Valve is set to reveal a SteamVR Dev Kit come GDC 2015 next week. Well, some folks poking around their website found a photo hidden in the source code that reveals what...
Report: Nvidia May Reveal “Titan VR” Headset at GDC 2015
After the surprise announcement that Valve would be revealing a "SteamVR Dev Kit" at next week's GDC 2015, yet another huge entrant may be about to join the virtual reality arena. The company is reportedly on the verge of...
Hands-on: FOVE’s Eye-tracking VR Headset Was the Next Best at CES
FOVE, a VR headset prototype in the works by a Japan-based team, is quickly closing the experience gap between itself and the Oculus Rift. If they continue at this pace, they could catch up, and with a trick up...
FOVE’s Eye-tracking VR Headset Enables Disabled Boy to Play Piano in School Concert, Donate to Spread...
FOVE, the Japan based VR headset creator, is using their eye-tracking technology in a new project: 'Eye Play the Piano', a collaborative partnership with the University of Tsukuba's Special Needs Education School which aims to give physically-disabled students the...

















