HTC Vive Developer Edition Free to Selected Developers
HTC Vive Developer Edition Update HTC Vive Developer Edition is going to be distributed to selected developers free of charge! HTC is taking a different but smarter and more aggressive route than Oculus and Sony Project Morpheus. Oculus has sent their developer’s kit to Kickstarter backers who pledged $350. On the other hand, Sony Project Morpheus has sent their developer’s kit to selected developers at zero cost, but only on a...
Oculus Rift Consumer Version On Sale November 2015
Newest Update – 5.6.2015 The is definitely the most exciting virtual reality breaking news this month, Oculus VR has confirmed to ship their consumer version in 2016 Q1, we have updated on this page. Please ignore previous update below. Finally, woo hoo! New Update: The November 2015 Launch is Unlikely During a panel discuss at SXSW, Palmer Lucky said ” the company has made a lot of changes to our roadmap and...
Sony Project Morpheus Headset Release In 2016
Sony Project Morpheus Headset Announcement At GDC Sony Project Morpheus as made a bold move and made a huge announcement during GDC 2015, which took place at Moscone Center, San Francisco earlier this month. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment announced the headset will release in the first half of 2016. How to Watch VR Porn w/ PSVR A surprise gift was given to GDC 2015 attendees. Each...
ODG R-6 Smartglasses For NASA Astronauts
ODG R-6 Smart Glasses to Assist NASA Astronauts on Mission San Francisco based, Osterhout Group (ODG) is stepping into virtual and augmented reality industry. Their first batch of customers? The Astronauts at NASA! The company has been a military contractor for many years prior to entering the consumer market. ODG revealed their consumer augmented reality glasses and the R-6 Smart Glasses. Virtual Reality Reporter...
The HTC Vive Is Coming To VRLA
The HTC Vive Will Attend VRLA Spring Expo The VR scene has lined up each and every rival headsets to showcase their latest VR experiences. One of the hottest industry news in the first quarter of 2015 is that leading smartphone manufacture HTC has recently teamed up with game developer Valve software. The collaboration between the two industry leaders focuses on further improvements for Vive’s head-mounted display, which...
Apple Receives Patent Relating To Virtual Reality
Apple Receives Patents Relating To VR Apple virtual reality department is falling behind its competition? Seems like they are way behind… Since Facebook’s 2 billion dollar acquisition of Oculus, over the past few months we have witnessed major consumer electronic player such as Google, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Zeiss, and as well as Microsoft’s Hololens augmented reality glasses, industry giants are flooding into the VR/AR market...
OSVR Adds New Partners To Their Open-Source VR Platform
OSVR Adds 13 New Partners OSVR ecosystem is an open source platform. Companies such as Unity, Unreal, Intel, Bosch, Razer, Sixense, and Leapmotion are all supporters of the OSVR. This week OSVR unfolds 13 new partners to add to their open-source VR platform. Let us take a look at what they do: 1. 3DRudder 3DRudder is a feet-controlled 3D navigation and motion controller for gaming and 3Dd design. The device is used while...
LG Jumps On The VR Bandwagon With Own Plastic Headset
LG Hops On The VR Bandwagon Just this week Samsung launched in-store demo of the Gear VR headset at Best Buy nationwide stores, LG today announced a free VR for G3 giveaway for customers who purchase new LG G3 smartphones. LG’s VR for G3 works with Google Cardboard and enables G3 owners to experience a variety of VR-compatible apps and games that they can download on the Google Play store. G3’s cutting-edge Quad HD...
FaceVR Solves Hygiene Issue In Virtual Reality
FaceVR Improves Hygiene And Comfort An issue brought up over and over at public VR demonstration events is the idea of extending personal hygiene into the virtual reality head mounted displays. Walking into a VR demo event to try out demos knowing the fact that hundreds of people have already put these headsets on their faces before you is a nauseating idea to ponder about. Even with 2 billion dollars, the best Oculus did at CES 2015...
FOVE VR Allows You To Play The Piano With Your Eyes
FOVE VR Eye Trackikng HMD Opens New Doors FOVE was one of the 13 companies accepted into the “River” program by Rothenberg Ventures. They were also the first Japanese company to enter the Microsoft Ventures London Accelerator Program. FOVE is the world’s first consumer orientated eye tracking head mount display. Their device combines a cutting edge display, eye tracking, orientation sensing, and head position...
The HottesVR Companies At UploadVR Tour
VR Startup From Upload VR’s World Kickoff Tour AltspaceVR hate to see you VR alone, so they created a social virtual reality platform where users can creates a shared experience anywhere the Internet can reach. Sixense STEM System is a wireless motion tracking system that delivers full-body presence in virtual reality. Three Zero One will be launching their latest VR game, Adrift, that takes you on a zero G quest in a broken...
The Largest Virtual Headset At CES 2015
The Largest Virtual Headset At CES 3D Head, a self proclaimed “Oculus killer” is a head-mounted device showcased at CES 2015. Putting on this enormous headset nearly cost us a trip to the chiropractor. The headset was not immersive at all, and there’s no head-tracking. The resolution quality makes you feel like you are wearing a giant television from the 80s. Time for this company to reconsider removing “Oculus...
Avegant Glyph Reviewed At CES 2015
Avegant Glyph Reviewed – We Love The Resolution At CES 2015, Jonathan from Avegant invited us to try on a prototype of a their head-mounted display, the Glyph. We have to say that Avegant’s technology has very fine resolution comparing to other HMD devices on the market. The Glyph adopts virtual retina display that uses micro mirror array and a combination of optics to reflect images onto the retina, using the back of...
CES 2015: Crescent Bay By Oculus VR Reviewed
CES 2015: Crescent Bay By Oculus VR Reviewed Virtual Reality Reporter have been following Oculus since the earliest models, from the model they showcased at the VC in the OC event back in May 2013, to the DK 1 and DK 2 models, and finally the Crescent Bay model at this year’s CES. Oculus VR showed us a lot could be accomplished with 2 billion USD. The enormous two-story booth had people lining up for over an hour...