Photo: ESOlex (Shutterstock) Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 is barely a year old, and it appears it’s not catching on like the PS5 when it launched in 2020. There are so many PSVR2 headsets unsold that Sony put the production of new units on hold, according to a Bloomberg report Monday. Since its launch in Feb. 2023, … Read more
This month, Apple released its first truly anticipated product in years, the Apple Vision Pro. It’s a groundbreaking device, with some of the best hardware specs and the most impressive performance of any commercial headset ever released. It’s also a $3,500 toy, one that an untold number of people seem to regret taking home. If … Read more
Have you got 30 minutes to check out one of Apple’s biggest, riskiest, and most controversial product launches of the last several decades? The tech giant is still hosting demos for its Apple Vision Pro in stores across the U.S. If you’re like us, and you don’t have $3,500 lying around in a coat pocket–or … Read more
The Apple Vision Pro is now officially on sale. Don’t worry if you were late to jump on the “spatial computing” hype train; there’s still plenty of time to get yourself one of the new $3,500 headsets if you’re really keen to see what the folks under CEO Tim Cook have cooked up. Top Takeaways … Read more
There are some things about VR that remain as true today as they have for nearly the past decade, despite how much some companies want to rebrand the whole shebang. Varjo’s latest VR/AR headset, the $3,990 XR4, wants to prove that solid displays, controls, and comfort remain the cornerstone of the VR space. The headset … Read more
I’ve tried them both, and the new Meta Quest 3 is no Apple Vision Pro. At least as far as presenting a hyper-realistic mixed reality experience that overlays virtual objects and experiences into the real world while preventing you from bumping into the furniture. And for $500, versus $3,500 for Apple’s still-unreleased headset, that’s perfectly … Read more
Watching the Meta Quest 3 being announced by Meta made me realize something – the hardware available for virtual, augmented and mixed reality is finally catching up with the big idea pitches everyone had about this concept called the “metaverse” a couple of years ago. What Will VR Solve, Anyway? Seeing this $500 headset, part … Read more