Get Fit While Gaming By Combining The VirZOOM Exercise Bike With VR
The VirZOOM exercise bike with controller buttons built into the handles is now available for pre-order at around $250, though there’s a discount being offered at the time of this writing that brings...
View ArticleHTC Vive Could Use Photogrammetry or Foot Tracking
Enthusiasts on Reddit and outlets like Engadget have been zeroing in on a comment apparently made by HTC CEO Cher Wang that Valve and HTC made a “very, very big technological breakthrough” leading them...
View ArticleSamsung Showing Experimental ‘Rink’ Motion Controller at CES
Samsung is planning to show a “hand-motion controller” for VR at the Consumer Electronics Show to assess its “market potential and to gather hands-on feedback.” The experimental “rink” device is still...
View ArticleLeap Motion’s Orion Release Brings Massive Finger Tracking Improvements
A friend of mine always used to say ‘if your keyboard only worked 60% of the time, you would throw it against the wall.’ We expect our technology to work every time, and when it fails we get infinitely...
View ArticleForget VR Desktops – This Haptic Controller Could Create VR Desks
Tactical Haptics is a company dedicated to creating increased touch immersion for VR experiences. The company was on hand at GDC 2016 to display the latest version of its prototype haptic controller. I...
View ArticleManusVR Adds Arm Tracking Capabilities To Upcoming SDK
Now that consumer VR is arriving (albeit slowly) in the form of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the question is no longer “can virtual reality work” but “how far can we push the technology?” Dutch...
View ArticleRoto VR is Back with a New Build and Steep Price Point, Pre-Orders Open Today
Roto VR is a chair designed to enhance seated VR experiences by letting you rotate as you would in the virtual world. It’s a neat concept, but its price point is staggering. The post Roto VR is Back...
View ArticleCXC Simulations’ Incredible Racing and Flight Rig Now Has Rift Support
Simulation is one of the key genres of gaming that really stands to benefit from VR. CXC Simulations couldn’t agree more. The post CXC Simulations’ Incredible Racing and Flight Rig Now Has Rift...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Google Daydream VR Controller
Relieving your gorilla arm from using the trackpad on the Gear VR too much, Google has chosen to use a simple device for their new Daydream VR platform, a single handed bluetooth controller....
View ArticleSamsung Might Release a Brand New Gear VR Controller, But Don’t Count on It
Samsung’s Gear VR has problems on the input front, but it looks like the company is soon to find a solution. Alleged images leaks from a Czech Samsung fan site have seemingly uncovered a brand new...
View ArticleGuess What Google’s Daydream Controller Prototypes Were Made From
Google Cardboard may be outmatched by the company’s new Daydream platform, but it was clearly instrumental in its creation. Last weekend saw Clay Bavor, the company’s VP of VR, tweet out an image of...
View ArticleNyko Reveals VR Wrist Bands to Stop Sim Sickness and a Room-Scale Safety System
VR games have come out in full force at E3 2016, but what about accessories? It looks like Nyko has that area covered with some innovative new products. The post Nyko Reveals VR Wrist Bands to Stop...
View ArticleHow Thrustmaster is Helping to Make VR Sims Even More Immersive
There are some genres of games that are already perfect for VR. Simulation titles are arguably the best examples of this; seated experiences, often in a cockpit, that don’t offend the golden rules of...
View ArticleOculus Touch vs. HTC Vive – Which Is The Better VR Controller?
Before we get started, let me make something perfectly clear: what is about to follow is an opinion I have formed after spending considerable time with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift’s hand...
View ArticleSteamVR Now Supports Oculus Touch
Oculus has got in hot water over its exclusive games this week, but over on the other side of the fence SteamVR just incorporated a major new piece of tech from its rival. According to multiple...
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