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The Bigscreen Beyond is a small and lightweight VR headset that in part achieves its small size and weight by requiring custom fitting based on a facial scan. [Val’s Virtuals] …read more Continue reading VR Headset With Custom Face Fitting Gets Even More Custom
The displays inside the Apple Vision Pro have 3660 × 3200 pixels per eye, but veteran engineer [Karl Guttag]’s analysis of its subtly blurred optics reminds us that “resolution” doesn’t …read more Continue reading Apple Vision Pro’s Secret to Smooth Visuals? Subtly Substandard Optics
Lenses are a necessary part of any head-mounted display, but unfortunately, they aren’t always easy to source. Taking them out of an existing headset is one option, but one may …read more Continue reading Making Your Own VR Headset? Consider This DIY Lens Design
Unsatisfied with commercial VR headset options, [dragonskyrunner] did what any enterprising hacker would: gathered parts over time and ultimately made their own. Behold the Hades Widebody (HWD), a DIY PC …read more Continue reading Behold a DIY VR Headset its Creator Will “Never” Build Again
Everyone wants a wider field of view in their VR headsets, but that’s not an easy nut to crack. [Statonwest] shows there’s a way to get at least some of the …read more Continue reading Enhance VR Immersion by Shoehorning an Ambilight into a Headset
Not so long ago, before smartphones emerged to dominate the mobile space, pretty much everybody had a Nokia brick in their pocket. Brand owner HMD Global has launched three new feature phones that play heavily on retro vibes while also adding in some m… Continue reading Nokia’s latest feature phone doubles as a charging case for wireless buds
HMD Global has launched its toughest Nokia phone to date. Where your everyday smartphone might need a rugged case to survive the abuse that daily life can throw at it, the Nokia XR20 mid-range phone has been designed to withstand drops, bumps and subme… Continue reading HMD Global gets tough for Nokia XR20 “life-proof phone” launch
A common complaint we’ve seen on many of the recent cyberdeck builds is that they don’t offer any display technology more advanced than a tablet-sized IPS panel. The argument goes that to be a true deck in the Gibsonian sense, it’s got to have some kind of virtual reality interface …read more
Continue reading Low-Cost Head Mounted Display from FPV Gear
Want to see what exactly is inside the $500 (headset only price) Valve Index VR headset that was released last summer? Take a look at this teardown by [Ilja Zegars]. Not only does [Ilja] pull the device apart, but he identifies each IC and takes care to point out some …read more
Continue reading Gaze Inside the Valve Index VR Headset in Detailed Teardown
VR headsets are more and more common, but they aren’t perfect devices. That meant [Douglas Lanman] had a choice of problems to address when he joined Facebook Reality Labs several years ago. Right from the start, he perceived an issue no one seemed to be working on: the fact that …read more
Continue reading See the Science Behind VR Display Design, and What Makes a Problem Important