HTC wants to make it easier for everyone to get into virtual reality. And it hopes to do so through the Vive Cosmos. The Vive Cosmos, unveiled Monday at CES 2019, is a new consumer-friendly headset that promises to be easier to set up and more comfortable to use than rival devices. The Cosmos is …
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In January 2013, I used an Oculus Rift development kit for the first time. It felt like someone had traveled back in time and given me the keys to the future. Back then I expected virtual reality headsets would be as common as mobile phones within six years. I expected the technology would evolve so rapidly we couldn’t keep up. …
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HTC’s Vive virtual reality headset will include Firefox Reality, giving a boost to Mozilla’s web browser for VR devices and to its broader effort to build an immersive virtual realm on web technology that no single company controls. Mozilla released Firefox Reality in 2018 for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Google Daydream and Magic Leap One. Now, HTC Vive owners won’t need to …
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Monday is a massive day of press conferences at CES 2019, and nestled among them is HTC. The company’s livestreaming its press conference on Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. UK) and CNET will be there. You can watch everything just by staying on this page. HTC has already delivered its own big tease of… …
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HTC will be one of the many tech companies attending CES 2019 next week (Jan. 8-11), and it’ll be bringing some new VR gear. On Thursday, HTC posted a teaser of some new Vive products on Twitter. The tweet includes a picture of several cases filled with “new gear” that HTC is planning to unveil during CES. The truck is …
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We know what the year’s best gadgets were. But innovative tech is another measuring stick. 2018 moved fast and was full of chaos. And in the world of tech, sometimes products didn’t seem to evolve as fast as you’d expect. But these were the best concepts and tech directions we saw and there’s a good chance they’ll indicate where the …
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There are two porgs from Star Wars running around a living room. One waddles near my feet while the other is out of my sightline behind a small bookshelf. Things are getting chaotic, but also really fun. To get them to behave, a hologram of C-3PO advises I gain their trust by offering the porg near my feet a treat. …
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Meet Bajau Laut, one of the last sea gypsy tribes in the world. Living in the great ocean in water villages, beneath the beautiful blue skies of Sabah, Malaysia may sound idyllic, but these come at a cost. The Bajau Laut villagers are essentially stateless, and have to worry about depleting fish stocks caused by illegal fish bombing. Discovery’s latest …
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I’m no Tom Cruise. That’s honestly the first thing I thought when Doug Griffin, the CEO of Nomadic, told me he’d struck a deal with Paramount and developer VRWERX to create a Mission: Impossible-inspired VR experience. Of course, the best part of virtual reality is you don’t have to be an action star like Mission: Impossible’s leading man to have …
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Cyber Monday is here and many of the PlayStation bundles that went on sale last week are still available. If you’re curious about VR gaming, now could be the time to get a good deal on a PSVR. Updated, Nov. 26: Confirmed availability and pricing. I’ve written about VR a lot, but I really don’t use it all that much …
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