Virtual Reality
The virtual reality revolution is making waves well beyond the world of gaming. Read on for news about the latest significant VR developments.
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Sony teases next-gen VR headset for the PlayStation 5
Sony has confirmed that it's working on a new virtual reality system to take advantage of the PS5's impressive grunt, promising "dramatic leaps in performance and interactivity" as well as enhanced field of view, resolution, haptics and tracking. -
Cognixion ONE launches this year with brain-controlled AR
Coming later this year, the Cognixion ONE headset is promising something extra on top of the regular augmented reality experience: a brain computer interface that can turn thoughts into commands for the device. -
Review: Oculus Quest 2 is an even better portal into alternate worlds
The original Oculus Quest was one of the technology world's great game-changers, and the new Quest 2 makes big improvements everywhere while dropping the price. We've now spent a month with the world's latest, greatest standalone VR headset. -
Holotron presents a lower-body VR exoskeleton with full force feedback
It's huge, it's clunky, it's not pretty, but Marcel Reese claims his VR exoskeleton is "the first working system for realistic walking in VR with force feedback and balance feedback." It tracks your movement, and lets the virtual world push back. -
Cybershoes could solve the problem of walking around in VR
One of the issues with VR gaming is that it's usually set on a scale that's bigger than your living room – so you have to stay in a very small part of the world or "teleport" around. The latest attempt to fix the issue are the Cybershoes. -
US Army working on AR glasses for military dogs
The United States Army is developing augmented reality goggles for military dogs. The technology is being designed to enhance communication between the dog and its human handler, allowing for more remote commanding of the animal. -
VR system moves furniture with robots to make virtual objects real
Nothing breaks the immersion of VR like putting your hand through a wall. Haptics can give som sense of touch, but a new study has a clever alternative – robots that move physical furniture around, so there’s a real chair or wall waiting for you. -
Facebook's Oculus Quest 2 takes wireless VR to the next level
The original Oculus Quest was a VR game-changer, and the new Quest 2 offers significant upgrades in power, memory, graphics, resolution, framerate and 3D cinematic audio, as well as being smaller and lighter. It's also a heck of a lot cheaper. -
Facebook's new prototype offers a look at a lighter VR future
If virtual reality headgear is going to start gaining more mass appeal, making these wearables as light and as unobtrusive as possible is really going to help – and Facebook just unveiled some VR specs which look similar to a regular pair of glasses. -
XRSpace Mova wants to upgrade your social VR experience
We already have several major players when it comes to virtual reality for consumers, but XRSpace thinks there's room for another – and it wants to make social interaction the focus of its new VR hardware and software. -
Oculus Quest can now give you beautifully tracked virtual hands in VR
The Oculus Quest has cameras all over it, which it uses in many fascinating ways. One of those is to track your motion within a room. Another, which has been an experimental feature up until now, is to watch your hands. -
Eight360 Nova: A crazy, untethered, fully rollable VR motion platform
By far the most extreme gaming and simulation platform we've seen, the Nova places you in a fully untethered ball that's free to spin in any direction, creating all sorts of wild gravity effects for total immersion in a range of different vehicles.