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Google’s New Pixel 3A Phone Will Not Support Daydream VR
Google’s new Pixel 3A phone will not be supporting its virtual reality platform Daydream which is built into Android. The news was confirmed before the I/O developer conference today with…
Sony Patents a VR Gyroscopic Seat Posture Control System
Sony has filed patent describing a new VR-based input device that shift’s the player’s body orientation as they play virtual reality games. The patent is of a gyroscopic seat which…
Google is Not Planning to Challenge Oculus Quest…at Least Not Yet
Google has told CNET staff writer Scott Stein that it is not about to release a VR competitor for the recently launched, consumer-focused standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Quest. Instead,…
Ford is Scaling Up its 3D Virtual Reality Car Design Across the Globe With a Co-Creation Feature
Ford has been experimenting with virtual reality 3D car design following its collaboration with the London-based intuitive and immersive 3D design company Gravity Sketch. Now the automaker has introduced a…
Did Microsoft Just Release a Teaser of a New AR Minecraft Game for Mobile?
Microsoft has just released a teaser of what seems to be augmented reality features for the Minecraft game running on a mobile device. It’s a Pokémon-Go-style adaptation of the popular…
More Instagram Camera Effects Coming Soon as Facebook Opens Spark AR Platform to Third-Party Creators
Among the raft of announcements made by Facebook during its F8 developer conference earlier last week was one that was largely ignored in favor of the flashier updates such as…
The $40 Oculus Quest Travel Case Review: It’s a Mixed Bag!
The gradual shift into standalone virtual reality headsets is bringing greater portability and convenience into VR experience even if it is coming at the expense of better performance. VR headsets…
Watch the Trailer of ‘Kowloon Forest’, a Virtual Reality Movie that Explores the Density of Hong Kong
Kowloon Forest is a unique VR movie that follows five strangers as they try to find intimacy in the backdrop of a changing Hong Kong skyline. It is an 8-minute…
Microsoft Unveils the $3500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition Headset For Developers
Microsoft unveiled its mixed reality headset, the HoloLens 2, during this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona which will ship later this year. However, the software company has announced…
Oculus Quest Headsets Have Already Arrived For Some Buyers But They Can’t Set Up or Use Them
Facebook is apparently “taunting” some of its Oculus Quest customers by shipping the headsets more than two weeks early. Officially, the headsets will ship from May 21. However, in a…