Tag Archives: virtual-reality

The definitive device of the last two decades has been the mobile phone. It’s hard now to imagine life without one. Phone makers and phone fads have come and gone, and competition has always been intense. We’re seeing those rivalries play out in different ways. Smartphones have thrived as game platforms, for both fun and …

Believe it or not, it’s been five years since VR seemed like the technology of the future. But then, it’s always seemed like the technology of the future. In the 1990s, I read about metaverses and tried VR in mall arcades. Then, in 2013 in a hotel room in Las Vegas, I was blown away by a demo of VR …

Sony has a brand-new VR headset coming for the PlayStation 5, and now we have our first glimpse of Sony’s PSVR 2 controllers. They look pretty great. And, they’ll have finger sensing and force feedback haptics. Over four years of the PSVR on PS4, Sony never made its own VR-focused controllers. The twin-stick PlayStation Move wands were hangovers from the …

Virtual reality can track your body, your head and even your eyes. The rest of your face is next. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg recently discussed an interest in eye and face-tracking in VR to create more realistic avatars. Oculus headsets don’t have eye- or face-tracking technology yet (although the VR chip on the Quest 2 could handle it). But there’s a …

Apple will make its long-rumored foray into the AR/VR market place with the release of a mixed reality headset market in 2022, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reportedly said in a note to investors on Sunday. “We predict that Apple’s MR/AR product roadmap includes three phases: helmet type by 2022, glasses type by 2025, and contact lens type by 2030–2040,” Kuo …

The Oculus Quest 2 just got one of its best games in a while, and I’m embarrassed to say it exhausted me. Maybe I need to get out more, but the rock-climbing game The Climb 2, a sequel to a classic VR game that’s been out for years, is stunning and beautiful and surprisingly stressful. Crytek’s Quest 2 game feels …

The PlayStation 5 is getting a new VR headset, though not this year. In the meantime, Sony’s unveiled a batch of new PSVR games on Wednesday. The theme of most of them: shoot stuff fast. Shooters aren’t my favorite VR genre (I prefer puzzles, mysteries, strange worlds). But several of the games announced also promise multiplayer and cross-play functions, as well …

Back in 2016, VR was suddenly a Big Thing. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive promised immersive trips to other worlds on PCs. That same year, Sony released the PlayStation VR for the PS4, bringing reasonably priced virtual reality to a living room game console. Five years is a long time, but Sony has announced a follow-up to its VR …

The PlayStation 5 will be getting a new VR headset to make the most of its high-end graphics and VR games. But it won’t be coming this year. Sony announced via a blog post Tuesday that a new VR headset is indeed on its way, and revealed some of the first details about it. Expect a far easier setup than the …

Apple recently announced that it had moved executive Dan Riccio to a “new role focusing on a new project and reporting to CEO Tim Cook.” On Monday, it appears that the secretive “new project” has been revealed. According to a report from Bloomberg, Riccio has been tasked to focus on Apple’s long-rumored augmented reality and virtual reality headsets.  Formerly the …