News & Reviews:   Virtual Reality

Remember the mixed reality headset that Apple is allegedly working on? There hasn't been much news in recent months, but we're finally getting some new rumours about it. Sources claim that Apple's headset could require a secondary device.

It's interesting how Apple has been working on a variety of prototypes in the last few years. Although the Apple Car may be on hold, the Apple AR glasses could be available in 2022. There's even a rumour about the company's VR headset, which could feature some crazy specs.

It looks like there's a lot of new stuff from Samsung waiting to be unveiled in the near future. After the news broke out saying that the company will launch the Galaxy S21 series in January next year, it followed by another news mentioning that they have trademarked a new kind of display named Samsung Blade. Now, LetsGoDigital has discovered that Samsung is working on a VR (Virtual Reality) headset trademarked with the name Galaxy Space.

If you are really into virtual reality (VR) and want to get multiple Oculus headsets for your family, you probably want to take note of this. It has been reported that Facebook has been banning the accounts of users who are using it simultaneously on multiple Oculus series VR headsets.

Virtual reality (VR) has never gone mainstream and there are few obvious reasons. For one, price is a barrier to entry as most VR headsets are expensive. But lack of depth in content and what VR users call the "screen door" effect is another. Fortunately, there could now be a solution for that last part.

While the smartphone business has been rough for HTC, it's still a strong brand when it comes to the niche VR headset space. In fact, it would seem that the company is already developing its next VR headset. This is evident thanks to a new document filed to the US FCC.

Although this is the era of 5G, the technology hasn't been fully adopted by most of the major countries yet. As 5G is still on its way to global domination, Samsung has already started to focus on developing the next-generation 6G network. Today, things are getting real as they have shared their vision on 6G in black-and-white with the public.

While there isn't as much hype for virtual reality (VR) these days, companies have continued to develop them over the years. Having acquired Oculus a few years back, Facebook is one of the companies doing so and has unveiled a new proof-of-concept VR device that's much smaller than the bulky headsets we normally see.

With the launch of Half-Life: Alyx earlier today, fans of virtual reality (VR) finally have a major title they can sink their teeth into. What many didn't expect was for HP to post a new video teaser on Steam titled "Next Gen HP VR Headset". We think this means HP is looking to develop a new VR headset that's on par, if not better, than the highly popular Valve Index VR.

Half-Life: Alyx will be launching on 24 March 2020 (Malaysian time) and it's definitely a VR title that many have high hopes for. In a clear attempt to build up the hype in the weeks leading up to the launch, Valve has released a couple of new videos to showcase the gameplay.