Another ST1080 User Review Hits the Web, Silicon Micro Display Opens a Forum
ST1080 with light blocker removed I spoke with Silicon Micro Display recently and they tell me that the scarcity of initial units has prevented them from getting the ST1080 out to major outlets for...
View ArticleOculus Rift is an HMD with an Immersive 90-degree FoV, to Be Funded by...
While Sony’s HMZ-T1 and Silicon Micro Display’s ST1080 have made a major splash in the world of head mounted displays by bringing high resolution and (relatively) low cost products to market, a key...
View ArticleOculus Rift HMD Kickstarter to Begin no Later than June 14th
I’m away from a full blown computer this weekend, so please excuse the brevity of this post. I’m writing from my phone because I wanted to share some brief but exciting information regarding the...
View ArticleEarly Oculus Rift Specifications and Official Site, Confirms $500 Target
Right now the Oculus Rift project is at the center of my attention. If you haven’t read up on it, see here. In short, I’m hoping that this is the first major step in bringing virtual reality to...
View ArticleOculus Rift Units to Arrive Earlier than Planned, “Really Big Names in the...
The VR community seems to be holding its collective breath to see what impact the Oculus Rift head mounted display will have on the future of virtual reality gaming. Patiently folks are waiting for the...
View ArticleOculus Rift Kickstarter Coming July 19th, Even Cheaper Than Before
Finally an update on the Oculus Rift Kickstarter. The head mounted display that’s been… er… turning heads… has been teasing us with an upcoming Kickstarter campaign. The original plan was for it to go...
View ArticleHere’s CliffyB With an Oculus Rift Prototype (and other updates)
Need proof the Palmer Luckey (AKA PalmerTech) wasn’t teasing when he said he was working on the Oculus Rift HMD with some big names in the game industry? Here’s Cliff Bleszinski (AKA CliffyB), checking...
View ArticleSony Quietly Announces “All New” HMZ-T2 HMD, Reduces Weight by 20% [Gallery,...
Sony has quietly announced a refreshed version of their HMZ-T1 head mounted display. The HMZ-T2 reduces weight by 20% which is good given that weight was one of the top issues with the original. The...
View ArticleSony to Show off HMZ-T2 HMD Prototype with Head Tracking and Pass-through AR...
Sony appears to be finally experimenting with augmented reality and virtual reality on their HMD line. The company has traditionally marketed their HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 head mounted displays as a...
View ArticleEverything We Know About the Oculus Rift 1080p Prototype
Today at E3, the massive annual gaming convention, a new Oculus Rift 1080p prototype is being shown running with Unreal Engine 4. Here’s all the info we gathered so far. See Also: What Does it Look...
View ArticleST1080 Head Mounted Display Starts Pre-orders on March 1st, $100 Discount for...
We’ve been following the ST1080 head mounted display from Silicon Micro Display for the last few months. The company is finally getting ready to put their first product out on the market after some...
View ArticleCarl Zeiss Cinemizer HMD Hands-on Video — Pre-ordering Now [update]
Update: Another video from CeBIT has the rep stating the the head-tracking hardware runs an additional €100, but it still isn’t clear if this is third-party or being offered directly from Carl Zeiss....
View ArticleST1080 HMD Update: Shipping Expected to Start Second Week in May, Light...
Silicon Micro Display’s 1080p head mounted display (HMD), the ST1080, will soon be reaching reaching pre-order customers, according to the company. Additionally, Silicon Micro Display has revealed the...
View ArticleFirst ST1080 Unboxing and Impressions Hit the Web
I’ve been scanning quite regularly for the first full-blown review of Silicon Micro Display’s recently launched 1080p HDM, the ST1080. Though there hasn’t yet been a peep from any major publications,...
View ArticleSiGGRAPH 2013 ‘Emerging Technologies’ Video Offers Glimpses of VRs Future
The 40th Annual Computer Graphics and Technology convention ‘SIGGRAPH’ kicks off on the 21st of July. A new video showcasing some of the technologies due to be displayed have implications for Virtual...
View ArticleIs Sony Turning Away from Mainstream VR? New HMD is Designed for Surgery
In a curious move away from virtual reality gaming, Sony has announced a revamped version of their HMZ-T2 head mounted display specifically designed for surgical use. The company is calling it the...
View Article4 Days Left to Help InfinitEye 210 Degree HMD Prototype Win €100,000 in Funding
InfinitEye is a head mounted display prototype with a whopping 210 degree horizontal field of view that’s on a similar trajectory as the Oculus Rift; the prototype was conceived and constructed by a...
View ArticleInfinitEye: We’ll Be Meeting The Team and Going Hands-On. What Would You Like...
I’m heading to Toulouse, France to meet the InfinitEye team and try out their latest prototype. What would you like to know about it and what would you ask the team? Europe’s Answer to the Oculus...
View ArticleCastAR HMD Made by Former Valve Employees Offers AR and VR in One Compelling...
Rising like a prototypical phoenix from the ashes of a discarded Valve project comes CastAR. The worlds first projected AR and VR system has arrived at Kickstarter and is nearly fully funded after...
View ArticleExclusive: World’s First Hands-On With the InfinitEye 210° FOV HMD [video]
Stephane Portes, Robin Bourianes and Lionel Anton InfinitEye is a prototype head mounted display that uses dual 1280×800 displays to create a massive 210 degree field of view. I traveled to Toulouse,...
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