Scott Stein/CNET Virtual reality and tears don’t mix. It’s soggy, messy. The lenses get smeared, and everything gets damp. I cried a lot during the 8 minutes of Clouds Over Sidra, a VR documentary made by Gabo Arora and Chris Milk that captures life in a Syrian refugee camp — the Za’atari camp in Jordan …
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The VR for G3 comes free as part of a new promotion from LG. LG LG is teaming up with Google to try bringing virtual reality to the masses. The South Korean electronics company said Monday that it’ll soon kick off a new promotion that offers a virtual-reality headset — the VR for G3 — for free for new buyers …
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How can three skiers race each other down the same hill at the same time when they’re hundreds of miles apart? With Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, a smartphone app and a 4G LTE connection, that’s how. Described as a “mixed reality” race, this contest pits real-life skier Vegard Engen — known as Dr V — against online gamers wearing …
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Qantas/Brent Winstone Qantas and Samsung Australia are trialling a new in-flight entertainment service using the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset. The trial period will see the Samsung Gear VR headset — which uses the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone to provide both the viewing screen and processing power — available in select first class cabins on A380s of the Australian …
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The future is almost now. Augmented-reality and virtual-reality headsets are real things, it’s just a matter of refining the technology. A large volley has just been fired across the bow of the marketplace by Microsoft, which announced the HoloLens, an augmented-reality system that uses goggles to overlay virtual objects and information onto the real world around you. The HoloLens is …
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Prototypes of Samsung’s virtual reality headset that would become the Gear VR. Samsung Tomorrow Samsung has given us some fresh info on the story behind the Samsung Gear VR headset , which goes back 10 years and was at one point planned to work with the Samsung Galaxy S4 . In a new blog post, Samsung has outlined some of …
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Google Glass has gone into hiding, but headsets aren’t going away. CES, this year, was full of them. Google Glass-alikes, augmented reality, virtual reality and plain old over-the-head movie-watching goggles were lurking throughout the show. Virtual reality, however, has become the eye-catching showstopper. Largely, thanks to Oculus. Its headsets were everywhere in Las Vegas: not just at its own massive …
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Looking at the dizzying pace of announcements, acquisitions and new initiatives, you could be forgiven for wondering when Facebook employees will sit back and take a break. Quite the contrary, one of the mottoes floating around the company’s Menlo Park, Calif., offices is that Facebook is only 1 percent through its “journey.” The company has already begun laying the groundwork …
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The Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung’s mobile-focused take on virtual reality is almost here. The Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition will reach the US in December, pairing Oculus technology with the 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4 to bring “a fully immersive virtual reality experience” to a head near you. Presumably yours. It will be available for $199, or …
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Archos Fancy stepping into a game on your phone without stepping too far into your bank account? The Archos VR Glasses are a cheap way to turn almost any phone into a virtual reality extravaganza before your very eyes. Only the VR best Virtual reality is more than just video games This Sony researcher wants to put you in someone …
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