Feature Aug 23rd, 2021

State of play: virtual reality in 2021

What is VR? Where did it come from, where is it going and who are the key players? Your essential primer on the most important new media since the moving image

• VR
• Market
• Feature
• History

as Feature Aug 2nd, 2021

Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

As confusion over acronyms reigns, we ask if it’s OK that the term VR seems to be interchangeable with AR and MR.

• VR
• AR
• MR
• Feature

Feature Mar 9th, 2018

Oculus Just Accidentally Bricked Rifts Everywhere - And They Could Do It Again Tomorrow If They Wanted To…

We look at the cause of this week’s outage, ask how it happened and what it means in light of the ongoing Zenimax legal battle.

• Oculus Rift
• VR
• Feature
• Opinion

Feature Jan 29th, 2018

24 Things We Learned At XR Connects London

Our highlights from more than 50 speakers across two days talking about everything from wearable AR and immersive eSports to what Sony wants for PS VR and the future of XR platforms.

• VR
• AR
• Feature
• XR Connects London

Feature Dec 22nd, 2017

Immersive Reality: A Star Wars Story

With Star Wars: The Last Jedi, releasing in cinemas this week, we look at the franchise’s appearances in VR and AR and ask whether these are the apps you’re looking for to bring XR to mainstream audiences.

• VR
• AR
• Feature
• Star Wars

as Feature Aug 22nd, 2017

How Much Does VR Really Cost? [UPDATE: 21st August 2017]

Pricing a VR set-up isn’t straightforward, so we set out to discover the full retail cost of VR for the leading platforms.

• VR
• Analysis
• Feature
• Price

Feature May 22nd, 2017

Google I/O 17 Report

Alex Handy takes a look back at Google’s I/O developer event to see how it’s changed over the years.

• VR
• Google I/O
• Feature
• Report

as Feature Feb 1st, 2017

Funding The Future Of VR In Japan

We recently visited Japan to find out how Tokyo VR start-ups are cultivating the VR development community in the biggest city in the world.

• Japan
• VR
• Startup
• Feature

as Feature Oct 4th, 2016

Backpack Attack – The Rise Of The Wearable VR PC

With several manufacturers racing to solve VR’s tethering issues, we wonder if backpack PCs answer a question that never needed asking in the first place.

• VR
• Feature
• Wireless
• Backpack