Virtual reality

Valve officially drops ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ announcement trailer

Valve on Thursday revealed the official announcement trailer for Half-Life: Alyx, along with more details about the upcoming game. “Set between the events of…

Valve’s Half-Life VR game announcement leaves fans divided

Valve on Monday announced that it will reveal its “flagship” VR game in the form of Half-Life: Alyx this Thursday. We’re excited to unveil…

Microsoft’s planning to launch the HoloLens 2 in September for $3500

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 augmented reality headset will go on sale in September, a report by Reuters confirmed on Thursday. According to the publication, Microsoft’s executive…

Apple is designing a sensor-packed mixed reality headset

Looks like Apple is designing a mixed reality headset in the same vein as Microsoft’s HoloLens, a report by Variety revealed on Monday. In…

Facebook reveals new Oculus Rift S VR headset

The Oculus Rift S is Facebook’s latest VR headset, revealed this week at GDC 2019. “Built on the Rift platform, Rift S gives gamers…

Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 debuts at MWC 2019, will cost $3500

Microsoft at its MWC 2019 conference on Sunday revealed its HoloLens 2, the company’s updated augmented reality headset. In a blog post, Microsoft explained…

CES 2018: This is the HTC Vive Pro

The HTC Vive is one of the few bright spots for the Taiwanese firm, delivering what is arguably the most full-featured VR experience on…

Oculus Go revealed: a $199 standalone VR headset

Oculus has made a name for itself thanks to its Rift headset for PCs, while also teaming up with Samsung for content on their…

Galaxy S8 Daydream update starts hitting devices

The Samsung Galaxy S8 (review) is arguably the best mobile platform for virtual reality (VR) right now. The Gear VR is one of the better…

Google Daydream 2.0 is official: what to expect?

Google’s Daydream is still that for many a smartphone owner (heh), owing to a paltry selection of compatible phones and a lack of peripheral…

PlayStation VR finally gets South African price, launch date

South Africa, you might want to get a pen and calculator out for this. Ster-Kinekor, chief importer of all things PlayStation, has today announced…

Oculus Connect: standalone VR, controllers and more

Facebook-owned Oculus held its Connect conference overnight, with quite a few VR-related announcements to be had (obviously). The company announced that the Oculus Touch controllers,…

PlayStation VR: South Africa availability, pricing incoming

Great news, PlayStation VR fans and fans of the medium in general. Today, reviews of Sony‘s brand new virtual reality headset are slowly emerging…

PlayStation VR reviews are out: so what’s the verdict?

It’s a big holiday season for Sony as the company readies the the PlayStation VR headset for release. But is it actually worth buying?…

Google to reveal Daydream VR headset as well – report

We know that Google is revealing its oft-leaked Pixel smartphones today. We also know that it plans to reveal some more hardware and might…

5+ excellent, exciting and upcoming virtual reality smartphones

Between the camera, battery life, general performance and gaming, smartphones have loads of boxes to tick. These days however, it seems like virtual reality…

Intel steps into VR arena with Project Alloy open hardware platform

Mobile chip manufacturing isn’t the only thing Intel had to announce this week, as the tech firm announced a virtual reality (VR) platform, dubbed…

SPACE VR app turns the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift into a productivity hub

Virtual reality’s marketing tune so far has hummed around the gaming and entertainment advantages, but there are a few nifty productivity uses too. SPACE,…

Windows Holographic now open to developers, OEMs with ‘mixed reality’ focus

Catch all of the latest news, analysis and reactions from Computex 2016 right here. “Reality”, whether that be virtual, augmented or, you know, actual,…

Samsung Gear VR now boasts a million users, Oculus reveals

The Samsung Gear VR now has now hit a million users, Facebook-owned Oculus announced. “It’s been nearly six months since Samsung Gear VR, powered…

Is the R2000 Samsung Gear VR worth buying?

Virtual reality has been around for ages, but the current wave of VR is nothing like the efforts of years gone by. Instead, we…

Huawei joins virtual reality game with its own headset

Huawei has followed Samsung and LG’s path by announcing its own virtual reality headset. Huawei VR was revealed at the Chinese launch of the…

Oculus Rift review roundup: great for gaming but lacking content

Virtual reality’s golden boy, the Oculus Rift, is finally available to the consumer market after years of talk, and boy, the reviews are streaming…

FNB Connect drops its once-off data prices, increases Lifestyle data

Deezer opens a three-month free trial for users under lockdown

Dark Sky ditches Android users, weather apps after it joins Apple

Russia’s StudyFree named the winner of Seedstars World 2020

SA’s Custostech lays off staff after VC sues startup for $4.5m over failed investment bid

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Apple’s next budget phone will likely be called the iPhone SE… again

Fitbit Charge 4 debuts in SA with GPS, effort monitoring for R2999

Huawei Y7p: a full, affordable photography studio in your pocket [Sponsored]

Toyota’s new Corolla blends sharper style with upgraded features

The Suzuki S-Presso is now South Africa’s cheapest passenger car

Mazda 2 road test: a compelling, compact Japanese hatchback