Another factor that influences VR motion sickness is the use and type of controller. A few years ago, only high-end headsets had controllers, but thankfully these are much more widespread now and help to lessen sensory conflict. Having hands in the virtual world and being able to see them ...
The HTC Vive and PlayStation VR are both set to feature new controllers that are able to track hand movements, making for a more immersive virtual reality experience. The Oculus Rift, however, will not include these kinds of controllers until later in the year. Why? Well, because the compan...
Oculus VR tried to fix these issues in the second version of its headset and was largely successful, as Ars writer Sam Machkovech wrote in March when he tried it at GDC 2014. But another big issue is that the screens in the Rift each project an image that, when working t...
Meta's Oculus Quest 2 VR device was a hit during the holidays, and its recent success could bode well for the slew of virtual reality and augmented reality devices coming to market. Apple, Google, Microsoft and other large tech firms are expected to announce VR glasses this year. The Consu...
We were recently sent the Meta Quest 2 (previously known as Oculus) to find out how VR can benefit the whole family. What is VR? Contentshide 1What is VR? 1.1What you need to know about the Meta Quest 2 1.2What’s in the box?
While I agree VR is absolutely not a gimmick I couldn’t disagree more with the two points about cost. Oculus DK1 cost $300 if my memory is correct and it was expected the CV1 would be the same or cheaper(as Palmer Lucker predicted) The headsets which were critisezed for being expensi...
what the first act is like, and the second act, and i know how it ends. this was as far from a vr headset as a kid’s schwinn bicycle is from a gulfstream g800 private jet. back in 2013, in a conference room in los angeles, i strapped an oculus vr headset to my head for the...
“His reason for plugging in the Kinect into VR development,” Godat told us, “is that he didn’t want to kick his cat while he was working. It was important to him that he could tell what was going on in the room around him.” ...