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Oculus VR Launches Pre-orders for the Rift, Priced at $599
Facebook-owned Oculus VR already began taking pre-orders for the Oculus Rift Consumer Edition virtual reality headset starting Wednesday. Oculus VR, which Facebook purchased in 2014 for $ billion, started taking…
Intel and ionVR Partners For A VR Headset That Promises A Lag-Free Experience
Intel partners with a small headset company called IonVR to create a mobile headset that can map the world (and your hands) without wires, controllers, or external cameras. IonVR is a…
The HTC Vive Pre Is An Updated Vive Revealed At CES 2016
Photo: HTC HTC delivered something so well during the CES 2016 with its updated version of the Vive: a VR headset called the Vive Pre. What sets the Vive Pre…
Samsung Reveals “Rink”, A Motion Controller For the Gear VR
Photo: Samsung C-Lab In Samsung's C-Lab, a team of six people worked on a problem that haunts the Samsung Gear VR until this day – to have a fairly precise…
Speck Pocket VR Is a Smartphone Case and a VR Viewer In One
The Speck Pocket VR. Photo: Speck The era of portable, pocketable virtual reality is off to a good start in 2016 thanks to powerful smartphones today. Notable players in this…
Sony Adds External Processing Unit For The PlayStation VR
To the eye of the ordinary VR consumer, a virtual reality experience "just works" all thanks to the hardware behind it. Unknowingly, an increasing number of high-performance VR experiences demand…
Oculus Rift Will Not Have Oculus Touch Controllers At Launch
The Oculus Touch controllers. Photo: Oculus VR The much-awaited launch of the Oculus Rift will be early this year. However, the Oculus Touch controllers will have to wait a little…
Chinese VR Startup Launches Gear VR Alternative
A new name on the VR headset scene has been gaining attention recently. Chinese virtual reality platform company FiresVR launched its JiDome-1 VR headset which functions similarly to the Samsung…
Oculus Rift Will Come Bundled With Two Free VR Games at Launch
Screenshot of Lucky's Tale demo video. Photo: Playful Corporation Oculus VR recently announced that as the Oculus Rift VR headset launches early this year, it will have two VR adventure…
NASA Lets You Explore The Red Planet In Virtual Reality
Ever wondered if you could play a role as a space traveler and live like a Martian on the Red Planet? That far-fetched idea is now becoming a reality –…