The world likes to make fun of Silicon Valley for the seemingly useless ideas its entrepreneurs come up with. But there are startups out there that could fundamentally change how our… Read more »
Reports indicate that Samsung will release a headset compatible with its phones tomorrow, but a mysterious company called Vortex appears to have beaten it to the punch with a headset made… Read more »
Leap Motion released a plastic clip today that allows the motion-control devices to snap to the front of Oculus Rift headsets. But the bigger news is software updates that make it… Read more »
The startup recently canceled its crowdfunding campaign and shifted from consumer to enterprise customers. It will focus on industrial and medical applications before returning to working on a device for the… Read more »
The headset may be made of cardboard, but its software is anything but flimsy. Google is in the perfect spot to push virtual reality forward. Read more »
The startup cited a delayed shipping date, higher interest from companies than consumers and the need for hardware and software to improve before virtual reality glasses are ready for anyone. Read more »
After months of skepticism, I finally tried on a virtual reality headset that used a mobile phone as a display. I was shocked to find it worked really, really well. Read more »
The headset uses a mobile phone as its screen. In exchange for Oculus’ software, Samsung will give the Facebook-owned company early access to its next generation screen, according to Engadget. Read more »
Nine startups pitched everything from a gesture-controlled cousin to Siri to a website for animating images at the first AXLR8R demo day in San Francisco. Read more »
The glasses have a front-facing camera and motion tracking sensors, but they still rely on a handheld trackpad for interacting with the virtual world. Read more »