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5 VR Backpack PCs at a Glance

One of the current barriers to immersion for high-end VR headsets is being tethered to a powerful PC. For now, there are two options if you want to eliminate that pesky cable: a special wireless adapter, or a backpack...

HP’s New Commercial VR Backpack PC Smartly Docks to Double as VR Desktop

Scheduled for release in September starting at $3,300, the HP Z VR Backpack G1 Workstation is aimed at the commercial market, with high-performance components including an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia Quadro GPU. It features a smart docking...

Apple’s New Patents Mark More Territory in AR Hardware and Software

Steve Jobs once said to a gathering of senior advisers that when it came to the first iPhone, “we’re going to patent it all,” (New York Times reports). While Apple has certainly changed in the years since Job's passing,...

Microsoft’s ‘Productivity Future Vision’ of 2020 Could Actually Be Possible with HoloLens

Is the future going to be filled with paper thin displays and touch interfaces abound? Microsoft thinks so, because they've been fleshing out their "productivity future vision" concept videos ever since 2009, underlining just that. But what could these omnipresent displays...

Two Companies Working on Products that are Eerily Similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens

HoloLens, a newly announced augmented reality device from Microsoft, is definitely turning some heads to the possibility of interacting with floating apps and games. We can't help but notice though that there seems to be an eerie convergence of...

CES 2015: Avegant’s Allan Evans on the Glyph’s new Design, Launch and Future (video)

We caught up with Allan Evans, CTO at Avegant, home of the unique personal media viewer - the Glyph, to talk about their new 'near final' design and the future of the device.CES 2015 has been all about picking...

Atheer Labs Exceeds Indiegogo Goal by Over 200%, Prepares to Launch AR Glasses

Atheer Labs, a maker of smart glasses with gesture recognition, recently completed a successful Indiegogo campaign, raising $214,407 of their $100,000 goal. Road to VR's Brian Hart recently visited their Mountain View, CA, office and sat down with Senior...

First Cincinnati / Dayton VR Meetup A Success! Rev. Kyle Goes Hands-On with PrioVR (video)

The first Cincinnati / Dayton Virtual Reality Meetup was held on February 28th at Miami University and was an amazing success. Loads of Oculus Rift demos, VR Chat, PrioVR,  and a massive crowd made this an event to remember. Midwest...

First Google Glass Unboxing Video Appears as Early Adopters Begin Receiving Units

Google Glass Explorer Dev Kits are being delivered to developers – and following suit are the first unboxing videos that show the device's great production quality. Last year at Google’s I/O conference, the web behemoth offered an exclusive look into...

First Videos of Google Glass Interface Emerge from SXSW, Early Third-party Apps Previewed

The Google Glass interface has been detailed on video at the annual SXSW event for the first time. The company also showed off early native and third-party Google Glass apps including Gmail, Evernote, New York Times, and more. SXSW Interactive...

Everything We Know About Google Glass

Google Glass could be the first product to take augmented reality into the mainstream. The forthcoming minimal head mounted display promises to make our interaction with technology more seamless and natural. There are many who will welcome it. There...

The Verge Goes Hands-on With Google Glass [video]

Google Glass is an exciting wearable computing project that the company hopes will be ready for consumers by the end of 2013. The Verge's Joshua Topolsky recently got to demo Google Glass for himself -- something that only a...
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New Google Glass Pictures Reveal Hidden Sensor [gallery]

Along with the new video that we pointed out earlier, the company has released some cool new Google Glass pictures. One of the photos shows something we haven't seen before; on the inside of the eye-boom there is a...

New Google Glass Video Shows What It Feels Like to Wear [video]

You'll probably have noticed that Road to VR is rather excited for Google's fledgling Augmented Reality project, codename 'Google Glass'. It's a project shrouded in mystery and it's secrets tightly guarded, as evidenced by the strict NDAs required by...

Innovega Demonstrates Progress on iOptik Contact Lenses for Augmented Reality [video]

The last time we heard from Innovega was back in April. They demonstrated their iOptik contact lens which allows users to focus their view on images that are extremely close to the eye. At CES 2013 last week, Innovega...
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