VR Headset
HTC Reveals Vive Proton, a Compact Standalone VR Headset Prototype
As if announcing three new Cosmos headsets wasn't enough, HTC today also revealed Vive Proton. The company is calling this a "prototype" headset with two different flavors: a standalone VR headset and a 'VR viewer' which would be powered...
HTC Unveils Three New Vive Cosmos Headsets: Elite, Play, and XR
Buckle up, this one's a doozy. HTC today introduced three new variants of its Vive Cosmos VR headset. Joining the original Cosmos is Cosmos Elite, Cosmos Play, and Cosmos XR. The four variants of the headset aim to cover...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches Next Month But Index is Still Sold Out Across the Globe
Valve's first flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx, is now set to launch on March 23rd but unfortunately the company's Index VR headset is still just about impossible to buy direct. In the meantime, the shortage has seen secondary markets selling the...
Acer Has Cancelled its ConceptD OJO Headset
With no information some 10 months after the announcement of its latest VR headset, the ConceptD OJO, we started to wonder what had come of the device. After reaching out to the company, Acer has confirmed to Road to VR that...
LYNX Founder Details Headset’s Unique Optics, Pre-orders Available Now
Startup LYNX revealed the R-1 earlier this week, a standalone MR headset with a unique optical design. Speaking at a conference on Monday, the company's founder shared more about the headset and it hopes to achieve with its novel...
Startup Teases Standalone AR/VR Headset with ‘innovative optics and ergonomics’, Reveal Next Week
Stealth French startup LYNX is teasing the forthcoming reveal of its Lynx R1 headset which the company describes as a standalone headset with both VR and AR capabilities. Lynx says it will reveal the headset during a February 3rd...
New Samsung VR Headset Design Surfaces in Recent Patents
Samsung recently filed patents with China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) office that shows off a few new designs in what appears to be two fairly similar PC VR headsets.
There's little to go on besides the photos of both...
Now 150 People Strong, Varjo Talks Future Focus, More Affordable Headsets
Finland-based startup Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise VR headsets, has built an impressive product and charted a rapid growth, seemingly similar to the early years of Oculus. Now with 150 employees and some $46 million in venture funding, Varjo...
Hands-on: Pico ‘VR Glasses’ Prototype is the Most Impressive VR Viewer Yet
This week at CES 2020, Pico quietly revealed a prototype headset which its calling the Pico VR Glasses. This phone-tethered 3DOF 'VR viewer' was surprisingly complete, offering a decent resolution and field of view, focus adjustment, and motion controller...
Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking
Pico Interactive, the company behind a number of enterprise-focused standalone VR headsets, unveiled their newest line of Neo 2 headsets, one of which includes integrated eye-tracking from Tobii.
Neo 2 has been floating around for a few months now in...
VRgineers to Debut Upgraded “8K” XTAL Ultrawide VR Headset at CES 2020
This week at CES 2020, VRgineers, makers of the enterprise-focused XTAL headset, plan to debut the latest version of their ultrawide FOV headset which will use a 4K display for each eye, which the company calls "8K," and bring...
New Pimax Artisan Headset to Include Optional NOLO VR Tracking & Controllers
Before the holiday season, Pimax announced a new VR headset called Artisan that looks to fill the low-price gap in the company's product offerings. Although the headset is able to use Valve's SteamVR tracking standard, a model is set...
Varjo Launches $10,000 XR-1 Dev Edition, Combining VR & AR in a Single Headset
Following the launch of Varjo's enterprise-focused VR-2 headset back in October, the Helsinki-based company has now made available its XR-1 Developer Edition headset, which at $10,000 includes the company's high fidelity 'bionic displays', integrated eye-tracking, and now passthrough cameras...
Valve Index Now Available in 31 Countries Including Canada & Japan
This week Valve announced that the Index headset and other hardware can now be bought and shipped to Canada and Japan, in addition to 28 other regions.
Update (November 22st, 2019): Valve announced this week that the Index headset and...
Acer Windows VR Headset ‘OJO 500’ Finally Launches After 1 Year Delay
Remember when Acer's OJO 500 launched last year? Yeah, we don't either. In a perplexing move, the Taiwanese tech giant quietly opened up sales for its business-friendly Windows VR headset today, something that was slated to launch back in...




















