Virtual Reality

Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the virtual reality platform. That’s happening today, Oculus says in a blog post, as Facebook-powered soci…

SuperData is launching SuperData XR Dimensions today, a new platform that will gather intelligence on the virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality market. XR stands for extended reality, a term that encompasses AR, VR, and mixed reality. SuperDa…

Over the past couple of years, consumers have been passing VR by. Sarah Tew/CNET Virtual reality's promise has always been at least a little enticing: Strap on a headset that puts a screen so close to your eyes it tricks your brain into thinking you're pilo…

With the emergence of disruptive technologies like AI, machine learning, virtual reality, things seem to have gone beyond a developer discussion. Jump to the mainstream where you and I hear them — they can make us numb. Here is a web developer’s new best frie…

What if developing a 3D gaming world were as easy as snapping pics with your phone? Nvidia researchers recently developed an AI system capable of predicting a complete 3D model from any 2D image. Called DIB-R, the AI takes a picture of any 2D object an image…

SyncThink, which uses a virtual reality headset and eye-tracking to perform neurotechnology and brain health analytics, said it has partnered with two clinic chains that can use the tech to evaluate patients for brain health and concussion risk. The Comprehe…

Every year we’re told to get our flu shots, and yet every year, more than half of all adults in the United States decide not to. Health officials have tried many tactics to convince people that they should get a vaccine not just for their own health but to pr…

Facebook is selling Oculus Medium — a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives — to Adobe. The team was an expensive effort for Oculus and its sale signifies a broader rethinking within Facebook in what virtual reality projects they tackle in-house. I…

We’ve known for a while that Pokémon GO creator Niantic feels a bit limited in what it can do with augmented reality today. Between the latency limitations of 4G cellular networks and the need for players to wave a smartphone around to do anything in AR, the…

AnandTech Live Blog: The newest updates are at the top. This page will auto-update, there's no need to manually refresh your browser. 01:13PM EST - The annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit is in its final day, and the main focal points for discussion are t…