Virtual Reality

Plex brings their VR app to Oculus Rift

3 weeks

Plex has brought their media streaming app to Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR. The app has previously been available only on Google DayDream headsets. The app lets you watch media from your media server library in a vi...

Skyrim VR on PC will support Oculus Rift according to its Steam page

by Jennifer Locke

1 month

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR releases on PC in a few weeks on April 3, and according to its Steam store page it will support Oculus Rift along with HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality. Seeing its planned release on Oculus Rift is...

This is Microsoft’s Haptic Revolver

by Surur

2 months

Microsoft has been showing off their VR research over the last week and today we have a rather futuristic-looking device, the Haptic Revolver. Despite the name, the Haptic Revolver is actually not for shooting at virtual enemies b...

Microsoft Research’s nightmarish CLAW controller makes virtual reality more real

by Surur

2 months

Microsoft Research has published a paper on a new VR controller they have been developing which combines multiple sensory modalities to make the sensation of working in VR more real. CLAW extends the concept of a VR controller to ...

All Oculus Rift users left in the dark following “Cant Reach Oculus Runtime Services” error: Updat...

by Surur

2 months

Tens of thousands of Oculus Rift users have run into a strange error today which effectively disabled their headsets. The “Cant Reach Oculus Runtime Services” error has been caused by an expired certificate for the Oc...

Microsoft Research create Haptic Link to make VR controllers feel more real (video)

by Surur

2 months

While the quality of the visual effects in virtual reality continues to improve with the power of PCs and GPUs used to render it, the same can not be said for most of the other senses we use to perceive reality, including the sens...

HTC re-absorbs VR division, lays off 100 employees

by Surur

2 months

There was a time when HTC’s Vive VR division appeared to be the most viable part of the company, and there was serious talk about the company selling or spinning off the division. While HTC’s phone division has not bee...

Update to Doom: VFR brings Windows Mixed Reality support, more

by Surur

3 months

A new update is available for Doom: VFR , Bethesda’s VR version of the iconic 3D game, and it brings support for Windows Mixed Reality via the Steam VR portal. In DOOM: VFR, the demons from Hell have wiped out everyone ins...

Microsoft creates novel cane controller which lets visually impaired navigate in VR

by Surur

3 months

While virtual reality would seem an opportunity to create a brand new interface for the visually impaired to interact and navigate with a virtual space, creating new techniques makes it more difficult for the visually impaired to ...

HTC announce high-resolution Vive Pro VR headset and own Vive wireless adapter

by Surur

4 months

HTC has used its CES 2018 announcement to launch 2 new products. The HTC Vive Pro has an improved resolution of 2880 x 1600 (1400 x 1600 per eye, and 615 PPI), 78 percent more than the 2160 x 1200 (1080 x 1200 per eye) of the Viv...

Drop VR productivity platform coming to Windows Mixed Reality

by Surur

4 months

Drop is a VR environment for the HTC Vive which offers multiple tab browsing but breaks free from the 2D paradigm by offering multiple floating tabs which can be placed around your VR space. Now the company has said they want to g...

Facebook Spaces now support the HTC Vive

by Surur

4 months

HTC Vive users have just found another virtual destination to visit, as Facebook, owners of Oculus Rift, announced they are opening up their Facebook Spaces to owners of the device. Facebook Head of Social VR Rachel Franklin said:...