HTC’s latest VR headset is now available, for those willing to pay a hefty price. Designed for businesses and not consumers, the $1,599 Vive Pro Eye builds on last year’s consumer-focused Vive Pro, adding precision eye tracking, heatmapping and gaze tracking to the already powerful Vive Pro. First announced at CES, the PC-connected virtual reality …
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The Oculus Go is a pretty solid virtual-reality headset, offering lots of great VR experiences without tethering you to an expensive PC. I own one, and I like it a lot — though see below for some additional thoughts. Read more: The best VR headsets for 2019 For a limited time, Walmart is offering the Oculus Go for $169 shipped. …
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When people talk about the promise of virtual reality, they talk about how this technology will one day upend the way we use computers. So far, the promise is still just that for most people, but Logitech may have created a new tool that makes it far more appealing for artists. The device is called the Logitech VR Ink Pilot …
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VR and AR headsets are going to be powered by phones, via USB-C, in the near future. At least, that’s Qualcomm’s plan. And those headsets could be a lot more capable than you might expect. Eye tracking, full 6DoF positional tracking like Oculus Quest and even controller-free hand gestures are part of the picture. Qualcomm already announced USB-C compatible VR and …
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I see a car driving down a test track. The dashboard is real. But now it’s a glowing blue skeletal frame. The dashboard has changed. It’s become virtual. The car is still racing. Real car, real driving, virtual interface. Welcome to Varjo VR-1. Earlier this year, I wore the Varjo and it was the highest-resolution VR headset I’ve ever experienced. That …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple widening its response — again — to problems with its butterfly-switch keyboards Qualcomm being deemed a monopoly Oculus releasing its wireless Quest VR headset The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan …
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Pokemon Go changed the way people think of mobile games, with its slick use of augmented reality overlaying computer-generated monsters on the real world. Now Minecraft wants to change the way we think of AR. Microsoft on Friday announced a new take on Minecraft as the game marks 10 years since its initial release. The free title, called Minecraft Earth, …
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YouTube will amp up the content available on Facebook’s Oculus Quest virtual reality headset, with Google‘s massive video company saying its VR app will be among the launch titles for the closely watched device, which is set for release Tuesday. That’ll make YouTube one of the most widely recognizable names for people wondering what you can actually watch on an Oculus …
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This year’s mascot of Tribeca Immersive was a creepy living doll that meandered around the room projecting light in people’s eyes. At the very least, it made the prospect of leaving actual reality for a virtual one a little more appealing. With its Immersive slate the Tribeca Film Festival, which closed Sunday in New York, again brought together a selection …
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Consumers in the US are willing to pay much more for 5G than for current 4G service — and by 2025, 20% of us could be using 10 times as much data as we currently do. Those are some findings from a consumer survey about 5G that was conducted by Ericsson. The networking gear giant polled 35,000 consumers in 22 …
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