Hardware Reviews & Previews

Our reviews and previews of the latest XR headsets and hardware.

Hardware Reviews & Previews

Our reviews and previews of the latest XR headsets and hardware.

Exclusive Hands-on: HP’s Reverb G2 is the King of Clarity

Today HP revealed its next-gen WMR headset, Reverb G2. While the original Reverb beat out the competition in resolution, some aspects of its display held it back from really capitalizing on all those pixels. Reverb G2 brings with it...

Cosmos Elite & External Tracking Faceplate Review – Better Tracking, Same Core Issue

HTC's Vive Cosmos Elite headset is set to ship on the 18th and we've been testing the unit to bring you a full review. Cosmos Elite is the same base headset as Cosmos, but equipped with a faceplate that...

Hands-on: Pico Neo 2 Could Be the Next Best Standalone After Quest

At CES this week, Pico unveiled a pair of its latest standalone VR headsets, Neo 2 and Neo 2 Eye. While the company is targeting enterprise customers in the West, the Neo 2 line is eyeing up the same...

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...

Hands-on: CREAL is Shrinking Its Light-field Display for AR & VR Headsets

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it believes will fit into VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. An earlier tech demo showed impressive fundamentals, and this week at CES 2020 the company revealed its progress toward shrinking...

Hands-on with TEGway’s VR Thermal Haptics Dev Kit, Launching in March

Korea-based TEGway, developers of a haptic accessory which generates hot and cold temperatures with impressively low latency, plans to launch a wearable VR thermal haptic dev kit aim in March. We got to try the latest prototype this week...

Vive Cosmos Review – A Decent Headset Up Against Stiff Competition

Vive Cosmos has arrived and takes HTC's consumer headset ambitions in a somewhat different direction. Three and a half years after the launch of the original Vive, Cosmos finds itself in a rather strange competitive landscape where it simultaneously...

Hands-on: Quest Hand-tracking Will be Great for Casual Input, But Core Games Will Still Rely on...

Oculus finally revealed that Quest will get controllerless hand-tracking input. We got to test the feature at Oculus Connect 6 last week and came away impressed. Hand-tracking will open the door to a range of casual use-cases that will...

Hands-on: Vive Cosmos Aims to Reboot the Vive Experience

HTC's latest VR headset, Vive Cosmos, is just around the corner. This week Road to VR got a preview of the headset ahead of its October 3rd launch. In a meeting at HTC’s Vive office in San Francisco this week,...

Exclusive: Vality is Building a Compact VR Headset with Ultra-high Resolution

Germany-based startup Vality is developing a VR headset that aims to offer near-retina resolution in a compact form-factor. This week, Road to VR got an exclusive hands-on with an early prototype of the Vality headset. Vality wants to rewrite the definition of...

Valve Index Review – The Enthusiast’s Choice

The Valve Index headset is more expensive and less user-friendly than its nearest competitor, the Oculus Rift S, but the experience it offers is the clear choice for VR enthusiasts who want to maximize immersion. Read on for our...

Preview: Valve Index is the DSLR to the Oculus Rift S Point-and-shoot

While we offered our initial hands-on impressions with the Valve's new Index headset last month, we've now had many more hours inside the headset, and an opportunity to put it side by side with others. Here's a deeper look...

Hands-on: Logitech is Building the SteamVR Stylus That Needs to Exist

Logitech today revealed the VR Ink 'Pilot Edition', a stylus built for art and design in VR. Built with SteamVR Tracking tech, the stylus works similarly to a typical SteamVR controller, but affords the natural precision that comes with...

Oculus Quest Review – The First Great Standalone VR Headset

After months of teasing, Oculus Quest starts shipping today. After testing the headset for several weeks, our Oculus Quest review is here. Because it doesn't rely on a PC, but still has full tracking capabilities, Oculus hopes that Quest...

Oculus Rift S Review – A Good Choice for VR Newcomers, a Difficult Choice for VR...

After an impressive three-year tour of duty for Oculus' first PC VR headset, the Rift, along comes the Rift S. Oculus bills the headset not as a sequel, but a remaster. With a focus on ease of use, Rift...
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