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  • HTC Kills Its Google VR Headset

    HTC Kills Its Google VR Headset

    Today HTC announced a cool new completely standalone VR headset for China, and then promptly dashed hopes in the West by confirming the cancellation of the standalone headset intended for Western audiences. If you’re in the West and want the next wave of VR headsets, then it seems you’re going to need to look elsewhere.


  • HTC Might Reveal A Wireless Vive At CES

    2016 was the year that virtual reality hit the mainstream. PlayStation VR brought acceptable quality, immersive experiences to the living room, but the long-awaited consumer iteration of the Oculus Rift brought higher detail to PC gamers, as did the room-scale Vive. But all those headsets are tethered, so you’re dragging a decidedly physical cable around…


  • Google Earth In VR Looks Incredible

    When we think ‘virtual reality’ we tend to associate it with ‘video games’, but I’ve always believed that the true potential of VR lies elsewhere — virtual tourism, talking to family members on the other side of the world. How about travelling all over the globe like a flying disembodied human head? How does that…