Back in November we first heard that Apple is aiming ramping its technology for AR headset by 2019 and ship the headset by 2020. Today, we are seeing reports that Apple is working on a headset capable of running both AR and VR technology. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on wireless AR and VR headset with 8K display”
HTC has filed a patent for a mobile VR headset with magnetic phone case according to the documents listings found in the database of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The VR headset is said to be bundled with a magnetic phone. Continue reading “HTC files patent for mobile VR headset with magnetic phone case”
Oculus has announced a new VR headset at its Connect developer conference in San Jose, California. Dubbed as Oculus Go, it is the first standalone wireless VR headset from Facebook owned Oculus. This essentially means, all-in-one standalone VR headset that doesn’t require a smartphone.
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Last year, Intel unveiled an all-in-one virtual reality (VR) headset dubbed as Project Alloy at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Now, the company is pulling the plug on Project Alloy that allowed third-party companies to build VR headsets based on Intel’s hardware. Continue reading “Intel kills Project Alloy standalone VR headset”
Google is all set to kick off its I/O 2017 annual developer conference today. The keynote by CEO Sundar Pichai will start at 10 AM PST (10 30 PM IST). Last year, Google introduced Google Home, the Google Assistant and the Daydream VR headset. Let’s see what Google is expected to announce this year. Continue reading “Here’s what to expect from Google I/O 2017”
Google is expected to show off a new VR headset at the I/O conference today, according to a latest report from the Variety. The next generation VR headset will be standalone device which means it will not require a phone or a PC to run VR games and experiences, said the report. Continue reading “Google expected to unveil new standalone VR headset at I/O 2017”
HTC is expected to introduce second generation Vive VR headset at upcoming CES 2017, according to a latest report from Central News Agency (CNA). The latest report comes after its was tipped that HTC was working on Vive 2.
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Besides the Touch Controllers and Earphones, Oculus also showed off a wireless VR headset prototype dubbed as Santa Cruz at the Oculus Connect 3 conference.
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Google officially announced the Daydream View VR headset yesterday. We were live at the event and got our hands on the device. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the VR headset.
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Intel showcased its all-in-one virtual reality (VR) headset dubbed as Project Alloy at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Continue reading “Intel unveils all-in-one wireless Project Alloy VR headset”
Samsung is working on a standalone VR headset. The was confirmed by company’s head of R&D for software and services, Injong Rhee at the ongoing Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco.
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Sony has just filed a new patent for a Powerglove controller for smartphones that is similar to their PS3 Move. The device would be ideally incorporated with a VR experience to control the headset.
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The highly anticipated HTC Vive VR headset will be going up for pre-order today at 10 AM Eastern Time which is 3 PM GMT. There will be a restriction of one unit per customers and the pricing of the Vive globally have been announced too.
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HTC has unveiled Vive Pre, a second generation VR headset at CES 2016. The device which is built in partnership with Valve sports additional new features and tweaks in the design hardware of the headset. The HTC Vive will be the first VR hardware to support SteamVR.
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Oculus has announced that it will start accepting pre-orders for its Rift VR headset from January 6 on the company’s website. However, there is no information about the price of the Rift VR headset.
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