Indie hit Superhot, which introduced an ingenious time-bending feature to the first-person shooter genre, is coming to the PlayStation platform next week, … More
Tag: Virtual Reality
HP’s VR Backpack feels pretty good but still in alpha stages.
A backpack with a full desktop computer in it might sound like a slightly silly idea, but aswe’ve written … More
Nokia is bringing its 360-degree Ozo camera to China’s booming VR market
Nokia has been trying to reinvent itself with its high-end Ozo VR camera, and it’s opening a major avenue for … More
Nvidia brings desktop GPUs to laptops for ‘VR ready’ gaming
Nvidia first tried its hand at putting desktop-class graphics chips inside a notebook last year, with its Maxwell-based GTX 980. That … More
The Pete’s Dragon AR game is the best exercise in dragon spotting
To promote the new film Pete’s Dragon, Disney has teamed up with Google to develop an augmented reality experience in … More
Dlodlo’s VR headset almost looks like real sunglasses — I just wish it fit me
In 2015, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that his company’s Oculus Rift VR devices would not always be big, boxy … More
Google used virtual poker dogs to find a way to stop VR trolls
Online harassment is nothing new, but it is new when it comes to VR environments. Users can get extremely close … More
This VR gun uses haptic feedback to simulate real gunfire
Two years ago, Striker VR demoed an early version of its haptic recoil system designed to make fake guns feel like … More
This VR window washing game will probably destroy the middle class
If you’ve read things like Ender’s Game, you probably know that every time you play a video game, there’s a small … More
I raced a real tricycle through a virtual world and I didn’t even die
Virtual reality experiences have done everything from sticking users into mechanical bird rigs to locking them inside treadmills, but it wasn’t … More
Don’t fly a drone while wearing a VR headset on the edge of a cliff
This should go without saying, but please don’t fly a drone while wearing a virtual reality headset and sitting on … More
We checked out a bunch of hologram art
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcircuitbreaker%2Fvideos%2F1597235620569261%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Could holograms be the future? VR headsets bring us into a virtual world by sealing our eyeballs into a … More
HoloVit wants to let you watch and create holograms in your home
Remember that time CNN made Wolf Blitzer talk to a hologram of Jessica Yellin which made America ask the question, why … More
Everest VR is not like climbing a mountain, and it shouldn’t have to be
I grew up at the foot of a dormant volcano in the Cascades, and like many of my classmates, I … More
Here’s how you could walk forever in an infinite VR hallway
Redirected walking is a simple but trippy idea: what if a virtual reality game could trick you into … More
The HTC Vive is about to get a price hike in the UK
HTC is raising the price of its VR headset in the UK thanks to Brexit. The company will increase the … More
Steam is holding its first big VR weekend sale
If you own a virtual reality headset, Valve is holding a sale that showcases games and experiences for it. The … More
Oculus now supports up to four trackers
Oculus Home was updated this past week to include support for up to four trackers on the Rift and Touch. … More
This $25,000 robot will let you knock over some wooden blocks in VR
There’s a lot that today’s VR systems can do to really make you feel like the virtual world you’re in … More
Razer is taking preorders for the OSVR virtual reality headset
Razer has opened preorders for the HDK 2, a VR headset made by its open-source VR initiative OSVR. The $399 … More
