Engineering is all about trade-offs, and that’s especially true in VR headset design. Pancake lenses are compact units that rely on polarization to bounce light around internally, resulting in a ...

[Colin Ord] recently completed his own VR system, modeled on available systems ... and sensors all in the headset. All of this keeps the costs down, unlike similar systems when they were first ...

In some ways, I'm most intrigued by the third-party Meta Horizon OS headsets, like the upcoming ASUS ROG VR headset. Meta is sharing its software and gaming library with companies like Lenovo and ...

For many, constant bad news numbs our reaction to climate disasters. But research suggests that a new type of immersive storytelling about nature told through virtual reality (VR) can both build ...