Virtual Reality

Before today, Qualcomm focused on mixed reality chipsets (XR1 and XR2) that could be used for both augmented and virtual reality headsets. The company is now making its first purpose-built AR chip with the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1. Given the form factor’s physical constraints, Qualcomm is using a “multi-chip distributed…

In the near future, getting there might really be half the fun. Holoride, a Munich in-vehicle tech and entertainment startup, has pioneered a virtual reality-based platform that's designed to bring unique content to teenagers and other young-at-heart riders in the car. No more utilitarian travel between point A and point…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emails Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus, has created a virtual reality headset that intentionally kills people. Named ‘NerveGear’, the system aims to closely tie…

Imagine you’re walking through a series of rooms, circling closer and closer to a sound source, whether it’s music playing from a speaker or a person talking. The noise you hear as you move through this maze will distort and fluctuate based on where you are. Considering a scenario like…

Photo: Kevork Djansezian (Getty Images) It’s an old trope in a lot of dumb sci-fi movies that involve virtual reality: you die in the game, you die in real life. In said movies, characters get trapped in a digital simulation or a video-game and must play for their lives. If…

The man who created Oculus rift is creating a virtual reality (VR) headset that kills you in real life if you die in the video game. Yes, that’s right, you read that correctly. Palmer Luckey's killer headset is connected to three explosive charges that are primed and ready to go…

The metaverse may be the steady financial leak that sinks Meta’s ship, as the economic waters become more turbulent. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been spending roughly $10 billion a year on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), which may be the future of computing. For now, that…

Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the “metaverse." The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset sports high-resolution sensors that let people see mixed virtual and augmented reality in…

Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious A virtual reality version of a very popular impostor game hits headsets soon. Among Us VR arrives on November 10 for Steam and Meta Quest. This version of Among Us is a collaboration between Schell Games, Innersloth, and Robot Teddy. The new version will run for $9.99, and…

The Meta Quest Pro is on the horizon. Credit: Meta This year's Meta Connect was all about the Quest Pro, but the company shared a handful of products and updates that also deserve attention. Beyond introducing a new virtual reality device, Meta detailed all the ways it was trying to…