Still thinking about getting a decent VR headset? Holiday deals are starting to emerge. The existing Oculus VR hardware, both PC and mobile, is getting a Black Friday price drop, joining other VR deals on PlayStation VR and HTC’s pricey Vive Pro. Oculus Go: $179 ($20 off) The Oculus Go, released in March, is a …
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Have you ever put on a virtual reality headset but hesitated to walk around because you might smack into a wall? If so, Google may have a fix for you. The search giant filed a patent application, published last week, that details “motorized footwear” for “augmented and/or virtual reality.” Donning the roller-skate-like shoes will allow a person to move as if walking, motion …
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HTC’s slightly updated Vive Pro model of its Vive VR headset can be yours for $100 off this Black Friday, for $699 at Vive.com. Or, you can save $200 on the Vive Pro Full Kit, which includes two SteamVR Base Stations 2.0, two second-generation controllers and a two-month subscription to Viveport, for $1,199. The deals run from Friday Nov. 23 through …
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Curious what it feels like for Oprah Winfrey look you in the eyes from the body of an all-powerful purple bug on a treadmill? Now you can. Winfrey joins other big-name stars, like John Legend, Constance Wu and Diego Luna, in Crow: The Legend, a free 20-minute virtual-reality experience released Thursday on Facebook‘s Oculus store. The Pixar-like journey follows Crow as he attempts …
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What if instead of a bulky headset or cumbersome glasses to give you the futuristic augmented reality overlay of computer information on the real world, you could just wear contact lenses? That’s what Silicon Valley startup Mojo Vision is aiming to let you do, people familiar with the matter say. The company, which just announced that it’s raised $50 million, …
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Spheres, the virtual-reality experience that made waves earlier this year when it landed VR’s first seven-figure distribution deal, is breaking out of the film-festival circuit and is now available for public consumption: The three-chapter series debuted for $9.99 on Facebook‘s Oculus Rift VR headset Tuesday. So far, scarcity of quality VR content has been a persistent weakness crimping virtual reality’s growth. …
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YouTube updated its support for virtual reality Tuesday, adding the Oculus Go headset to its list of supported viewers and adding new ways to create or enhance VR uploaded to Google’s massive video site. At first, Google’s virtual reality ambitions were a joke: It unveiled its first VR headset — an ultracheap do-it-yourself kit made of cardboard un-ironically called Cardboard — two months after Facebook dropped $3 …
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Virtual Reality can be an incredible, unique experience — but most of it has a painfully high barrier to entry. Most VR setups require an expensive PC and an unwieldily headset weighed down by wires and adapters. There are a few cheap, simple options, like the Oculus Go, but they don’t have enough power to do anything truly interesting. But …
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On Thursday, HTC Vive announced its new push toward bringing VR to the enterprise level. This involves a new platform, hardware and software geared toward business applications. The HTC Vive Focus is the company’s new standalone VR headset. The Vive Focus is powered by the Vive Wave platform, comes with dual 3K AMOLED screens and runs on a Snapdragon 835 …
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Suffering from election fatigue? Election stress? Election sadness? Apps to the rescue. If you need help calming down, these apps could help lift your spirits, or at least help you temporarily forget about the results. Breathe2Relax Relaxation might be just a few breaths away. Breathe2Relax If you’re seriously stressed, to the point where you feel actual panic (or something close …
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