Virtual Reality News

HTC is deepening its push into the world of enterprise virtual reality by introducing new bundles alongside a lower price for its Vive Pro Eye headset. Now you can add more base stations or tack on an extended warranty.

Qualcomm launched the XR2 platform in December, but now it's unveiling a reference design based on the platform. The design features 5G and two 2K displays.

Coronavirus is impacting hardware production, with Valve announcing that it will have 'far fewer' units of its Index VR headset available to purchase.

HTC's new Vive Cosmos Elite VR headset is designed to be flexible with a modular design. Like the original Cosmos, the Elite can accommodate new faceplates to bring additional features in the future.

PlayStation VR on PS5 could be more immersive than the PS4's if a patent application is any indication. Technology in the application is similar to Valve Index.

Russian farmers are putting VR headsets on their cows to help improve milk production. It may sound like a load of bull, but apparently it really is part of an ongoing experiment. The modified headsets play visuals that simulate a “unique summer field,” helping to relax the cows so that they produce more milk.

Facebook talked a couple of years ago about creating technology that lets you type with your mind. Aimed primarily at patients with speech loss due to paralysis or some other chronic condition, the company recently offered an update on how its ambitious project is progressing.

Struggle to get to sleep at night? Researchers in the Exertion Games Lab at Australia’s RMIT University have been experimenting with ways to combine a person’s brain activity with virtual reality headsets to create a kind of VR lullaby machine. Here's how it works -- and what's next.

If sending messages wasn't already enough with Facebook Messenger, users can now challenge friends to multiplayer augmented reality games in video chat. With the new feature, currently rolling out, you can play with up to six people at a time from anywhere in the world.

Researchers from the University of Washington created a way to get you closer to your favorite sports action: An algorithm which can turn 2D live-action televised soccer into a 3D augmented reality re-creation. Here's how it works, and how they've demonstrated it so far.

Google has launched an update to ARCore that should help make augmented reality on Android a little more social. On top of that, Google also announced "Vertical Plane Detection," which will help AR apps detect real-world objects like walls, which in turn will allow users to place objects in the real world.

Facebook is working to make even the photos captured before 3D and 360 cameras existed a thing of the past. The experimental A.I. tool re-creates spaces from images, then pastes the actual image inside the space. 3D Photos will come to the news feed even sooner, however, using only a smartphone camera.

A Hollywood set designer has collected a number of unique Star Wars props and items and is now showcasing them in VR.

The Oculus Rift VR headset is now at its lowest price ever, dropping to $350 with Touch Controllers in the Black Friday sale.

Oculus' Summer of Rift promotion has helped the headset chip away at the HTC Vive's dominance among Steam users.

Check out our roundup of the best new Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects and product announcements that hit the web this week.

Teton Gravity Research has released another 360-degree video from its surf film Proximity, this time allowing viewers to watch Kelly Slater.

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung and Facebook's Oculus division announced the Gear VR controller, a virtual reality gamepad.

MSI's new thin and light gaming notebooks, the Leopard Pro series, offer up VR support with some of the best refresh rates around.

The OnePlus 3 is finally here, and it boasts a 5.5-inch AMOLED display, powered by the Snapdragon 820, with a whopping 6GB of RAM.

Samsung's C-Lab, the company's internal product incubator, highlighted six new projects, including a smartwatch for kids, a social network, and more.