Virtual reality has a host of problems that have stopped it from becoming a mass form of entertainment. Besides the fact that it’s far too expensive and there’s not enough must-view content, the user ...

“It’s about the continuity of the experience,” said Brad Factor. “It’s about maintaining that immersion. It’s about ease of use and the learning curve: not needing to teach somebody how to use VR, but ...

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VR headsets are more and more common, but they aren’t perfect devices. That meant [Douglas Lanman] had a choice of problems to address when he joined Facebook Reality Labs several years ago. Right ...

There's a very big problem with VR, and it has nothing to do with the viewing technology. First of all, I want to make it quite clear that I think VR is a very viable technology and that it's about to ...

(CNN) — If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, the future is virtual. Last year, Meta plowed $10 billion into Facebook Reality Labs, the part of the company that develops virtual- and augmented-reality ...

In 2018, VR adoption has plenty of demons to chase as it looks to build a larger, more mainstream audience. In 2017, the chief concern for most in the industry was the lack of content available for ...

Ekto VR thinks it might have just solved VR locomotion. The Pittsburgh-based company has revealed its first product: the Ekto One. It’s a pair of robotic boots that the company claims are capable of ...

“As we move forward into the future with Quest, it is time for me to probably give a bit of a eulogy for Gear VR,” said Oculus CTO John Carmack at Oculus’s Connect 6 Conference today. Gear VR is not ...

Microsoft researchers have created a tool that could make VR more accessible to users with impaired vision. Called SeeingVR, the tool kit is designed to address a problem that affects users with low ...

Netflix’s TV adaptation of the novel The Three-Body Problem makes some important changes to its source material. Characters in Cixin Liu’s original book are reimagined and split into others. Threads ...