ABC News in Los Angeles is reporting that one of the developers
of the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift has been killed, Andrew Scott Reise was 33 when he was run down by a fleeing drug dealer suspect in a Dodge Charger on the intersection of Flower and MacArthur in Los Angeles in the midst -LSB-...]
Tom Powter reviews EVE: Valkyrie... Ever since virtual reality has been thrust into the industry spotlight, many have clamoured for a so - called «killer app» — a game that would make the
purchase of a virtual reality headset an absolute necessity.
So when Facebook shocked everyone on Tuesday by announcing it was spending $ 2 billion to buy Oculus VR, a
maker of virtual reality headsets, you knew game enthusiasts would have something to say about the deal.
VR startup Looxid Labs unveiled a new
type of virtual reality headset during CES 2018 in Las Vegas, equipped with EEG brainwave sensors and eye - tracking cameras, all working together to determine what the user's brain may be experiencing when looking at VR scenery.
The world is still waiting for a truly affordable version
of the virtual reality headset like Oculus Rift or Sony's Project Morpheus, the smartphone appears as a way to emerge ourselves into this VR appetite.
Although the
power of virtual reality headsets (combined with beefy computers) to generate breathtaking visuals has increased in recent years, the same can't be said for the headset designs themselves.
It examines the positional strategies of emerging virtual reality platforms, includes sales
forecasts of virtual reality headsets by brand, country and platform type and analyses the content opportunity across games and video.
Given the rise
of virtual reality headsets over the past few years, gamers can expect to see quite a bit of VR tech at the show... otherwise, your guess is as good as ours.
While
shipments of virtual reality headsets will outpace their AR counterparts from 2016 to 2021, the market for AR headsets will be larger, growing from $ 2.1 billion to $ 18.6 billion, according to a five - year forecast IDC released last week.
As it stands today, HoloLens is cost - prohibitive for most which is why Microsoft is partnering with a multitude of tech firms including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo on the
development of virtual reality headsets featuring six - degree - of - freedom head tracking.
If you've been keeping up with the recent
deluge of virtual reality headsets, you're probably familiar with the Microsoft HoloLens: an augmented reality headset that intersperses realistic holograms into the real world around you.
The fallout of the EU Referendum vote continues as HTC has dramatically raised the
price of its virtual reality headset, citing Brexit as the cause.The sharp drop in value of the British pound has seen prices rise for other tech devices, with OnePlus... Read more
Tom Powter reviews EVE: Valkyrie... Ever since virtual reality has been thrust into the industry spotlight, many have clamoured for a so - called «killer app» — a game that would make the
purchase of a virtual reality headset an absolute necessity.
In the fall of 2016, Microsoft VP Terry Myerson took a pointed swipe at the year's freshly released
batch of virtual reality headsets, casually dubbing them «less immersive accessories» compared with a new Microsoft project.
... exact date hasn't been set, but Facebook's Oculus VR on Wednesday announced that the highly anticipated consumer
version of its virtual reality headset will launch in the first quarter of 2016.
The HoloLens is Microsoft's version
of a Virtual Reality headset, though it is more like augmented reality.