Virtual Reality Archives

Filming beatboxing in VR with the Kodak PixPro – whatever next?

I may be showing my age, but when I first started off as a tech journalist back in the 1990s, TVs were virtually square, weighed a ton, and most people were listening to grunge music coming out of Seattle. Nearly 30 years later, everyone has a super light flat widescreen TV and early adopters (admittedly…

12th December 201712th December 2017 Chris Price Gadgets, Virtual Reality

Tech Digest heads to North London’s Go Ape adventure centre to review Kodak PixPro VR camera

Last Saturday was a beautiful day. Not only was the weather glorious and sunny in London (though extremely cold), we also got to experience a treetop adventure at London's Alexandra Palace with Go Ape. It's one of their recently opened adventure centres in North London (they now have 31 across the UK) and offers stunning…

29th November 20176th December 2017 Chris Price Virtual Reality

Which virtual reality headset should I buy? Our Top 6 VR choices for Christmas

For a long time, virtual reality was the preserve of geeks and techophiles looking to show off that they owned the latest hi-tech gadgets. However, that has begun to change with VR looking set to become mainstream in 2018 as prices fall and VR content improves through channels such as You Tube VR. The technology…

3rd November 201711th February 2018 Chris Price Gadgets, Virtual Reality

Why Virtual Reality will be big in 2018. Top 5 things to do with VR right now

Virtual reality (VR) could revolutionise our lives, from how we work to how we communicate with another, to the way we keep ourselves entertained. According to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who paid a whopping $2bn (£1.2bn) for virtual reality firm Oculus in 2014, VR is the future. “Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction.…

18th October 201729th November 2018 Chris Price Virtual Reality

Could social platforms Altspace and Geekzonia help give VR a shot in the arm?

It's fair to say that the virtual and augmented reality market has grown significantly since 2010 when American teenager Palmer Luckey first created his VR headset prototype, which later evolved into the Oculus Rift. Yet despite the growing fascination with both AR and VR, the number of actual users still remains quite low – an…

14th March 201715th March 2017 Chris Price Gadgets, Gaming, Virtual Reality

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Tag: Virtual Reality

Filming beatboxing in VR with the Kodak PixPro – whatever next?

Tech Digest heads to North London’s Go Ape adventure centre to review Kodak PixPro VR camera

Which virtual reality headset should I buy? Our Top 6 VR choices for Christmas

Why Virtual Reality will be big in 2018. Top 5 things to do with VR right now

Could social platforms Altspace and Geekzonia help give VR a shot in the arm?

Xbox One could get Oculus Rift style glasses, suggests new patent

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VIDEO: Here's what playing Half-Life 2 with Oculus Rift looks like

IFA 2012: Sony update Personal 3D Viewer headset with HMZ-T2 model

Sony's CES 3D visor concept getting virtual reality gaming overhaul?