An incredibly detailed tour of the Palace of Versailles demonstrates why VR headsets are the next frontier in real-world tourism and education. Read the full article…
An open development standard for XR will enable AR and VR apps to be built for multiple hardware and software platforms, rather than just a single device. Read the full article…
Oculus hasn’t released a chart directly comparing its new Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift headsets, so here’s an easy way to see what’s better — and not. Read the full article…
Oculus’s more powerful complete redesign of Rift has reportedly been scuttled in favor of a simplified VR headset that can run on a greater number of PCs. Read the full article…
Despite recording a 33.7 percent drop in worldwide shipments of VR headsets during 2018’s second quarter, IDC is forecasting a sunny outlook for future quarters. The explanation: Last year’s numbers were “artificially propped up” when Samsung, Google, and Alcatel bundled cheap VR mounting accessories with smartphones, and th… Read the full article…
Oculus has just raised the minimum and recommended spec for Rift devices to Windows 10, and is warning that users of older Windows OS versions “may not be able to use many new and upcoming features and apps.” If posts on Oculus’ blog are any indication, initial user reaction to the news isn’t entirely positive…. Read the full article…
During the second day of Facebook’s F8 developer conference, Oculus demonstrated what appears to be a future version of its Rift VR headset, internally called “Half-Dome.” While preserving the form factor and weight of the current Rift, the fully functional Half-Dome prototype includes several major hardware innovations designed t… Read the full article…