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DisplayPort 2.0 Supports Dual 4K VR Displays @120Hz

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has officially released DisplayPort 2.0, representing the first major update to the audio/video standard since the entrance of DisplayPort 1.4 back in March 2016. DisplayPort 2.0 is said to provide up to a 3×...

Sony Hints Next-gen PSVR Could Bring HDR, Wireless, Eye-tracking & More

Speaking this week at the Collision 2019 conference in Toronto, Sony Interactive Entertainment's Vice President of Research and Development, Dominic Mallinson, detailed a number of "must-have 'evolutionary' improvements" for future VR headsets. As reported by VentureBeat, Mallinson reiterated that Sony is still strongly...

Nanotechnology Researchers Are One Step Closer to the Perfect ‘Meta-lens’ for AR/VR Headsets

AR and VR headsets of the future could have clearer, lighter, and wafer thin lenses, thanks to a new manufacturing process that uses nanotechnology to not only shrink the thickness of the lens, but also correct for the sort...

Developer Offers First Look at Acer’s “Windows Mixed Reality” VR Headset Dev Kit

Software developer Shachar “Vice” Weis has described his first impressions of Acer's Windows Mixed Reality VR headset dev kit on his blog. His company, Packet39, makers of VR game Orbital Injection, recently received the Developer Edition headset made by...

Phones With Snapdragon 820 Are “ahead of the best currently available mobile VR devices,” says NextVR

Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 820 chipset is set to power flagship phones throughout 2016 and the company is touting the 'system-on-a-chip' as being optimized for virtual reality. The well recognized VR broadcast company, NextVR, has high praise for what the chipset is able...
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Virtual Reality Dominates at Amusement Ride Expo IAAPA 2015

Kevin Williams reports from IAAPA 2015, an Amusement Park expo featuring upcoming rides and attractions coming to theme parks. He takes a closer look at the ever growing presence of VR at the show and its importance to the out of...
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Virtuix Omni with HTC Vive & Lighthouse Enables Fully Decoupled Locomotion

As developers continue to experiment with a range of VR navigation techniques, Virtuix's Omni treadmill gives gamers a way to physically walk and run around virtual worlds in an otherwise limited space. The company's latest developments bring compatibility with the...

VRLA #4 Adds 13 New Exhibitors Including AltSpace, DODOCase and ThreeOneZero

VRLA goes from strength to strength as it approaches its fourth event, announcing that attendees will be treated to over 40 exhibitors including 13 VRLA first timers. An interesting gauge of the state of the growing VR industry has been...

Exclusive Sneak Peek at Black Mass, A VR Horror Short By the Director of Paranormal Activity...

3D is Dead... 3D Cinema's return was billed as the saviour of the Multiplex. People would flock back to their local picture-house and revel in the wonders of modern entertainment technology whilst shelling out more money on admission for the...

Two Reasons You Will Want to Buy a New Gaming Rig for the Oculus Rift CV1

Here and there I see threads pop up around the web asking what hardware ought to be bought in preparation for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift (also known as the CV1). If you're looking to get top...

Overview of Positional Tracking Technologies for Virtual Reality

Positional tracking is very important towards achieving immersion and presence in virtual reality. There are many ways to achieve positional tracking, with pros and cons for each solution. This article presents an overview of positional tracking technologies which could...

News Bits: New Valve VR Headset Makes an Appearance at Boston VR Bender

Prior to Valve's developer expo Steam Dev Days earlier this year, little was known about the company's hardware R&D in the VR space. However, the now famous Steam Dev Days demo room which housed Valve's latest development prototype, was...

[April Fools] Microsoft’s Project Neo VR Headset: It’s ‘The One’ for Xbox One

Hot on the heels of our exclusive reveal of Microsoft's Enterprise VR Headset, we've received these supposedly leaked images from their forthcoming consumer offering, 'Project Neo'. Update: As funny as this April Fools article was back in 2014, Microsoft has...

High Schooler’s Project Working to Bring Realistic Guns to Your Virtual World (video)

We take a look at an interesting project to bring realistic weaponry aesthetics to motion controllers. The 'Crossfire' VR motion controller. Control: VRs Missing Link The year of VR continues to rumble on like an unstoppable juggernaut. Just in the first...

Facebook / Oculus VR Acquisition: Investor Webcast Highlights and Breakdown

Facebook / Oculus VR Acquisition: Investor Webcast Highlights So, while we were still reeling from Mark Zuckerberg's announcement on his own personal Facebook page of their intentions to acquire Oculus for a cool $2 billion dollars, the official press release...
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