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[Devin Coldewey] shared his experiences with some of the more unusual VR concepts on display at SIGGRAPH 2023. Some of these ideas are pretty interesting in their own right, and …read more Continue reading See Some Of The Stranger VR Ideas From SIGGRAPH
Move over, quantum dots – quantum rods could be the next big display technology. These tiny sticks could improve 3D displays for VR headsets, and now engineers at MIT have overcome a logistical hurdle by arranging them onto a scaffold made of DNA.Conti… Continue reading Quantum rods on DNA scaffolds could boost future VR displays
Light Fields are a subtle but critical element to making 3D video look “real”, and it has little to do with either resolution or field of view. Meta (formerly Facebook) …read more Continue reading Weird Lens Allows Light Field Passthrough for VR Headset
Putting on a headset and using virtual monitors in VR instead of physical ones is a use case that pops up, but is it really something feasible? [Karl Guttag], who …read more Continue reading Why VR As Monitor Replacement Is Likely To Be Terrible For a While Yet
Eye tracking is a useful feature in social virtual reality (VR) spaces because it really enhances presence and communication when one’s avatar has a realistic gaze. Most headsets lack this …read more Continue reading DIY Eye Tracking for VR Headsets, From A to Z
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
[PyottDesign] recently wrapped up a personal project to create himself a custom AR/VR headset that could function as an AR (augmented reality) platform, and make it easier to develop new …read more Continue reading Beautifully Rebuilding a VR Headset To Add AR Features
When the PlayStation VR2 headset was released, people wondered whether it would be possible to get the headset to work as a PC VR headset. That would mean being able …read more Continue reading Closing in on a PC enabled PSVR2
Every finished product stands at the end of a long line of prototypes, and Sony have recently shared an interview and images of their PlayStation VR2 prototypes. Many of the …read more Continue reading Behold a Gallery of Sony’s PS VR2 Prototypes
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