Virtual reality

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…

PlayStation VR: snag one for $399 from October 2016

Sony’s virtual reality push was finally given a shove into the real world last night, as the company announced pricing and availability plans for…

Oculus makes Samsung Gear VR more social with multiplayer games

Real friends can now be virtual friends too, thanks to Oculus‘ new pseudo social network and added features. Users who have a Samsung Gear…

HTC Vive VR headset will retail for $799, PC specs revealed

Update: HTC has also announced the PC specifications needed to power the Vive VR. The recommended GPUs include Nvidia’s GTX 970 or AMD’s Radeon…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

Google updates Chrome OS with better navigation and audio control

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

The foldable Huawei Mate X is now delayed until November

Open-world Need for Speed Heat is launching in November

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals