Pimax’s 8K VR headset is delayed

Pimax’s anticipated 8K VR headset will not be shipping to Kickstarter backers this month or next. The device, which raised over $ 4 million in crowd-funding last year, was originally estimated by the company to start shipping in December, with a basic package consisting of just the headset arriving for backers in January and the full packages […]

Pico’s standalone 6DoF VR headset is compatible with Vive Wave

You might have missed the original Pico Neo VR headset back in April 2016, but the name is popping up again thanks to its re-release. Following the HTC Vive Focus, the new Pico Neo was unveiled earlier today is yet another standalone VR headset with six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) tracking, and thankfully, it looks a lot better […]

‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ drops its VR headset requirement

There’s no question that Star Trek: Bridge Crew benefits from VR — it helps fulfill that fantasy of helming a starship. Most people don’t have the VR headset you need to play the game, however, which makes gathering a crew rather difficult. Red Storm and Ubisoft’s solution? Make the game playable for everyone. It just […]

Magic Leap finally announces a headset… but it’s vague, rendered in Photoshop

Enlarge / Say hello (or “yikes”) to Magic Leap One. (credit: Magic Leap) Fans and hopefuls in the VR and AR spaces have long wondered when Magic Leap would finally reveal anything to cash in on years of hype and $ 1.9 billion in investments. Most people who saw the company’s first product announcement on Wednesday […]

HTC’s Vive Focus standalone VR headset launches in China on December 12

While there’s still no word on a western release, HTC’s first standalone VR headset, the Vive Focus, finally has launch details for China. The company confirmed today that pre-orders for the headset, which runs on its new Vive Wave platform, will start on December 12th, with first shipments expected in January 2018. You can pre-order […]

Oculus Go is a $199 VR headset that doesn’t require a phone

While Oculus has pioneered the modern consumer VR industry with the Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR, it’s been working hard on a truly wireless VR solution as well. Last year, Oculus teased that it was planning on a standalone VR headset called “Project Santa Cruz,” and earlier this year, there was news that Oculus […]

Another Windows VR headset enters the fray with Samsung Odyssey

Enlarge / Samsung Odyssey headset and motion controllers. (credit: Samsung) Microsoft announced Tuesday that yet another company is going to build a virtual reality headset for its Windows Mixed Reality platform: Samsung. The Odyssey headset looks to be a cut above the other headsets from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo: its dual-AMOLED screens are slightly […]