I don’t want VR to be boring. It’s strange to think that something so futuristic and promising, something we’ve looked forward to for decades, could be boring, but I can’t deny it, since I’ve experienced it myself. The fact is that with hundreds of companies joining the VR gold rush, we’re going to be panning a lot of silt for every grain of gold. Read MoreHTC Vive
I don’t want VR to be boring. It’s strange to think that something so futuristic and promising, something we’ve looked forward to for decades, could be boring, but I can’t deny it, since I’ve experienced it myself. The fact is that with hundreds of companies joining the VR gold rush, we’re going to be panning a lot of silt for every grain of gold. Read More
In these earliest days of commercial viability, virtual reality is running up against the same wall as so many technologies before it: how does a company translate it for the majority of consumers who won’t be able to demo it in the wild?
HTC’s mixed reality is an interesting sort of work around, adding augmented reality to the equation, in order to offer a sort of voyeuristic… Read MoreHTC’s Mixed Reality demo shows onlookers what it’s like to ...
Sure, everything will be all fun and games next week at E3, but right now HTC’s talking business. The company’s well-received Vive headset is getting its very own “Business Edition,” the Vive BE, which is targeted at companies interested in harnessing virtual reality for commercial purposes. The hardware, it should be mentioned right off the top, is pretty much the same… Read MoreHTC launches a $1,200 business edition of the Vive VR ...
Sure, everything will be all fun and games next week at E3, but right now HTC’s talking business. The company’s well-received Vive headset is getting its very own “Business Edition,” the Vive BE, which is targeted at companies interested in harnessing virtual reality for commercial purposes. The hardware, it should be mentioned right off the top, is pretty much the same… Read MoreHTC launches a $1,200 business edition of the Vive VR ...
Today’s VR headsets are marvels of miniaturization. And, as iFixit’s teardowns show, both the Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive are also remarkably user-friendly when it comes to repair and customization. Read MoreTeardown of HTC Vive highlights the headset’s differences from Oculus ...
We've been anticipating these last two weeks for decades. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: VR Is Finally Here. So Now What? appeared first on WIRED.
Gadget Lab Podcast: VR Is Finally Here. So Now What?
Ever since the unveiling of the HTC Vive, much has been made of its unique space requirements. The post Watch This Timelapse Video of Us Setting Up an HTC Vive appeared first on WIRED.
Watch This Timelapse Video of Us Setting Up an HTC ...
On a recent episode of our podcast we spoke about the VR industry with Matt Hartman, director of seed investments at Betaworks. When evaluating VR companies, Hartman looks for whether the company is delivering a “10X experience.” Ultimately, can you deliver 10 times the value of comparable offerings with your solution? For VR companies, the vision of their given solution may not… Read MoreWhy the Oculus Rift won’t go the way of Google ...
Today, the future became the present with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way.
Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power between the platforms, and VR’s effect on our lives.
Should people buy Oculus Rift consumer v1, or wait… Read More5 hard questions facing Oculus Rift
Today, the future became the present with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the way.
Here are the tough questions that will determine what you should buy, the distribution of power between the platforms, and VR’s effect on our lives.
Should people buy Oculus Rift consumer v1, or wait… Read More