The Oculus Quest is Here and VR is Good Now
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Read MoreVirtual reality is just one of the latest crazes within the games industry — it’s immersive and honestly just plain fun to seemingly put yourself inside of your video games. Thing is, VR headsets can cost you quite a bit (and the rent isn’t getting any lower), so it’s a good idea to get the… Read the full article…
Read MoreWith Tesla test drives scaled back, your options to check out a Model 3 or Model S sedan are limited enough that you may need to turn to virtual reality to see the car before you buy it. Oculus’s new VR headset could become the next best way to check out cars without going to… Read the full article…
Read MoreEvery product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. I wouldn’t blame you if you had absolutely no interest in checking out the Oculus Quest. VR’s reputation isn’t exactly great, after all. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which require… Read the full article…
Read MoreGet your credit cards ready because Oculus is celebrating Christmas in May. At Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference, Oculus announced its standalone and wireless Quest and second-generation Rift S VR headsets will launch on May 21. Pre-orders for both headsets begin immediately. SEE ALSO: Oculus Quest is the savior VR needs Both headsets are priced… Read the full article…
Read MoreSo, you want to buy a drone, and it turns out you also only have a budget of $200. That’s no problem. The good news is that you have a *ton* of options to choose from — if you simply type “drones under $200” into your Google search bar, you’d find more drones than you… Read the full article…
Read MoreValve Corporation’s VR headset, Valve Index, will officially launch in May 2019. The previously rumored launch was confirmed with a teaser on Friday with more details forthcoming. Per earlier rumors, the Valve Index should have a 135-degree field of view and knuckles controllers. It’s also likely that the tracking will be “inside out” (sensors inside… Read the full article…
Read MoreFacebook’s impressive Oculus Quest standalone VR headset will is getting a serious rival when it launches this spring. To compete with the Quest, HTC’s releasing the Vive Focus Plus, its own standalone VR headset with built-in head and hand-tracking on April 15. The two headsets are pretty similar, except one kinda important thing: HTC’s headset… Read the full article…
Read MoreThe new trailer for Justin Roiland’s upcoming VR game is giving us some serious Interdimensional Cable vibes — but on acid. Trover Saves the Universe is the Rick and Morty co-creator’s solo project from his newly launched Squanch Games studio. While the plot is hardly the point in this bizarre comedy, the press release mentions… Read the full article…
Read MoreMarch Mindfulness is our new series that examines the explosive growth in mindfulness and meditation technology — culminating in Mashable’s groundbreaking competitive meditation bracket contest. Because March shouldn’t be all madness. Read more… FlowVR $3.99 for the Oculus Go app View Product The Good Easy to make into a habit • especially with short sessions… Read the full article…
Read MoreThe wait is finally over. After three years, Facebook-owned Oculus is finally replacing the original Rift VR headset for PC with the Rift S coming out in the spring. The $399 Rift S isn’t a minor upgrade. With new features such as built-in cameras and sensors for tracking your hands in the virtual world, improved… Read the full article…
Read MoreIn this special edition of MashTalk, Mashable sits down with Ray Soto, Director of Emerging Technology for USA Today, at CES 2019. Soto discusses his team’s latest projects that bring an entirely new perspective and interactive experience to contemporary hot button topics – like Trump’s border wall. Furthermore, Soto sheds light on how he believes… Read the full article…
Read MoreIf you die in VR, you die in real life, right? Obviously not — but this video shows that at times virtual reality can get a little too real. Watch what happens when a group attempts to teach their friend how to use VR controls for the first time. She accidentally drops a virtual grenade… Read the full article…
Read MoreAbout five or six years ago, I walked into a booth at CES and tried a then cobbled-together and Oculus Rift development kit headset on for the first time. The demo was crude and former Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey was busy nerding out over graphic textures and the VR future that the Rift headset would… Read the full article…
Read MoreAudi is getting into the entertainment business — well, sort of… The car-maker is collaborating with Disney Games and Interactive Experiences this week at CES to demonstrate how a car’s backseat can be more than just a place to hangout while you travel to your final destination. Using a virtual reality headset in this limited-run… Read the full article…
Read MoreYou can fire him from Facebook and remove him from working on the Oculus VR technology he helped pioneer, but you can’t stop him from letting his inner geek run wild. Ousted Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey is still very much the same boy who’s obsessed with VR. Case in point: Despite being fired from Oculus,… Read the full article…
Read MoreAs the colorful confetti rained down around me, I put my hands up and wiggled in a small victory dance. No one around me knew why I was celebrating; all they could see was the white Vive Focus headset covering most of my head. But I knew: I had successfully passed through three training tasks… Read the full article…
Read MoreIn the world of PC gaming, only a handful of companies have the kind of history that MSi does. From producing motherboards in the 1980s to the high-end gaming computers of today, you can’t argue with the company’s pedigree in the space. SEE ALSO: 10 best gaming headsets for PC gaming, PS4, and Xbox One… Read the full article…
Read MoreFrom my very first demo two years ago, back when it was called Santa Cruz and had a fan and processor strapped to the back, I’ve been impressed with the headset. Last year, I saw an even better demo that convinced me the future of VR is wireless. Now that I’ve seen the product fully… Read the full article…
Read MoreI first tried out Microsoft HoloLens a few years ago, a few months before its launch as a developer tool, and came away with similar impressions that many tech journalists had at the time: the tech was intriguing and impressive in some ways, but its limited field of view diminished the experience considerably. I’ve used… Read the full article…
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