Has the Sony PSVR been a success? That depends on how you look at it. More than 100 million PS4 consoles have been sold at this point and about a million PSVR units to go with them. That’s a small percentage, but in absolute terms that’s still an install base of respectable. At the same … Continue reading Oh No They Didn’t! Microsoft Reverses Xbox One X VR Plans
The Lenovo Mirage Solo joins an ever-growing list of standalone VR headsets. In other words, you don’t need a computer or a smartphone to use this headset. It is purpose-built to do mobile VR and nothing else. On balance, this means that these headsets can do a better job of mobile VR while at the … Continue reading The Mirage Solo: Yay or Nay?
Standalone VR headsets are starting to take off now. The most prominent device is the Oculus Go. These headsets are self-contained. They don’t need a smartphone or a tethered computer in order to work. Since they are purpose built for VR and do nothing else, the hardware is optimized. The screens, power profile, batteries and … Continue reading The Snapdragon XR1 Promises Mobile VR & AR Heaven
Look, I like Apple as much as the next person. I’m on my fifth iPad already. You’ll have to take my iPad Pro from my cold dead fingers. That being said, it can be a little much when fans of the company want them to make everything. There have been calls for an Apple TV … Continue reading What do We Know About the Apple HMD?
The PSVR has turned out to be more than just a fad for Sony. While the PS4 add-on is still certainly niche compared to sales of PS4s, the Japanese gaming giant has shifted a lot of PSVR headsets. In December of 2017 the company announced that there were now two million PSVRs in the wild. … Continue reading Japanese Tech Giants Team Up to Create Specialised VR LCD Screens
Modern VR is pretty incredible, but the technology still has major shortcomings when it comes to visual quality. Even with the incredibly pixel-dense LCD and OLED panels of today, its still hard to do high-resolution, sharp VR images. The hardware inside the Oculus Rift is fantastic for immersing us in spacecraft or the treehouses of … Continue reading VR Startup Varjo Promises VR Sharpness Revolution
More than a few VR companies are working on a standalone VR solution right now. It’s an idea that makes a whole lot of sense, since right now your only real choices are between a clumsy phone-in-box solution or an expensive HMD tethered to an even more expensive computer. It’s no surprise that one of … Continue reading The Oculus Go Makes Its Debut: Here’s What People Are Saying
We were pretty excited by Windows Mixed Reality on paper when the platform was announced. It seemed to fix some of the major problems pioneering products such as the Oculus Rift, but nothing beats trying it out for yourself. I was lucky enough to spend a few days with one of the Acer Developer models … Continue reading Windows Mixed Reality: Hands-on First Impressions
HTC took a major step when it announced a wireless VR add-on that will work with the original Vive and the newly announced Vive Pro. We’re very happy that a first-party solution now exists and there’s no downside to consumers here. However, HTC did not beat everyone to the punch here. Instead, it’s been months … Continue reading TPCast Promises Upgrades to Wireless VR Technology
These days we all take having a camera with us for granted. Every single phone has one built in and a culture of social media photography is deeply entrenched globally. Photographic content for consumption on VR headsets is a little harder to make. You either have to use unreliable “photosphere” stitching apps or buy a … Continue reading Could Google’s VR180 Camera Revolutionize Photography?
