Google’s Daydream View headset is a great way to get into the world of VR, and now, you can get one for a seriously cheap price. Over at Verizon, the headset is on sale for $70 off its original price, discounting the accessory to just
Virtual reality has been a thing for a number of years at this point, but it’s always pretty much involved your smartphone in some way or another unless you bought something that could connect to your PC. That is, until the first standalone VR headsets
Back at CES 2018, Lenovo unveiled the world’s first standalone Daydream VR headset called the Mirage Solo. The device doesn’t require any extra hardware to operate and uses what’s essentially a stripped down version of a smartphone to power the experience. Recently, the company reached
Motorola has apparently been working on a VR headset for its flagship Moto Z lineup fo smartphones, and today it leaked via Evan Blass on Twitter. The headset appears to be a Moto Mod, a magnetic attachment for the back of Moto Z phones that
Today during the huge CES 2018 in Las Vegas, Lenovo took the wraps off even more gadgets by unveiling the new Lenovo Mirage Solo and Mirage Camera. The devices mark the first virtual reality products to come out of Lenovo and stand as some of
Today during a developer conference in San Jose, CA, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to announce the new Oculus Go headset. It’s a standalone virtual reality headset which Oculus touts as “the easiest way to jump into VR.” It doesn’t require
Alongside the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google today introduced a refreshed Daydream View VR headset that aims to be comfier than before. New materials are being used in this case, and so is a slightly tweaked design. There’s also a wider field
Google’s reportedly giving its Daydream View virtual reality headset an upgrade this year. Likely to debut at its October 4th event, the new headset will come in three new colors and a tweaked design with what looks like a lot more fabric. All of this
With the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, Samsung officially had two phones that were capable of running content on Google’s Daydream VR platform. The feature was initially debuted at I/O 2017 when Google said a future software update would bring the functionality to buyers of
Back at MWC 2017 this past February, Samsung announced the new Gear VR with Controller out of a collaboration with Oculus. It’s just a Gear VR but with a pairable controller, but we had no word on when it would become available for purchase or
Microsoft today launched its new Mixed Reality headsets from manufacturers Acer and HP. The headsets each cost $299 and $329, respectively, and are available for everyone to purchase. Mind you, they’re not perfect yet. They may have nice specs like 2.89-inch 1440×1440 displays, 95-degree horizontal
Samsung is now rolling out the official software update that makes the Galaxy S8 and S8+ Google Daydream VR compatible. The news comes from a tweet sent by Google’s VR Twitter account. The phone is now also listed on Daydream’s official website. The Daydream-ready update
HTC today previewed its anticipated standalone Vive VR headset that doesn’t require a smartphone or PC to operate. Instead, all the technical components to make a VR headset work come preloaded in the headset itself. But here’s the thing; besides the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor
Verizon and Samsung have begun rolling out a software update to the Galaxy S8 and S8+ that enables Daydream support. The feature was promised back in May at I/O 2017 to arrive sometime this summer, and it looks like it’s finally time to see the
Google CEO and recently-added Alphabet board member Sundar Pichia has announced there will be eleven Daydream VR-compatible smartphones on the market by the end of this year. Pichai said so during an earnings call, with a note taken by The Verge regarding the statistic. Right
According to a new report out of Bloomberg, Facebook’s Oculus has partnered with Xiaomi and are currently developing a new VR headset that will only cost $200. The reason behind the low price is so Facebook can “popularize VR the way Apple did the smartphone.”
Today during the WWDC 2017 keynote, Apple announced a new graphics kit for developers who may wanna test certain applications with external graphics cards on the upcoming Mac software upgrade known both comically and officially as macOS High Sierra. The kit includes an AMD Radeon
Samsung and Oculus have updated their Gear VR platform to support casting content to a Google Chromecast. This way, your friends can see what you’re viewing in a VR experience right on your TV. You’ll need to update the Oculus app on your Android Nougat-enabled device
During I/O 2017, Google unveiled the first major update for their Daydream VR platform originally introduced last year. The update will include a new utility set alongside improvements to the UI. There’s also a pretty unexpected addition headed to Daydream View headsets: Chrome. Yes, folks.
Google today at I/O 2017 announced a new category of VR headsets they’ll soon support from manufacturers: standalone VR headsets. They don’t require a phone, a PC, or tethered connection to work and use a new headset tracking technology called WorldSense to enable positional tracking with