Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a practical system for full-body tracking in VR using cameras mounted on the controllers to get a better view of the user’s body. Although ...

All indicators suggest that VR is moving to eye tracking. Pico's standalone VR headset is where headsets like the Oculus Quest could go next. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...

Joakim Karlén handed me the headset, such as it was. It was a reference design only; the hard plastic box lacked a headstrap, and had a utilitarian form factor only a dystopian sci-fi fan would love.

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. A new video shared by UploadVR shows a prototype PlayStation VR controller that would enable finger ...

Eye-tracking technology can help build an immersive experience in virtual reality, prompting an avatar to look back at you if you look in its direction or giving an indication of which scenes to ...

New eye tracking technology has been developed which enables gaze based human computer interaction to operate immediately and robustly without any explicit set-up tasks. Integrating this technology as ...

Virtual reality in movie theaters and malls is about to get a whole lot more realistic, thanks to new tracking technology introduced by OptiTrack this week. The company, which is already supplying ...

If you’re a newcomer to virtual reality, you’ll notice something odd about your appearance: Depending on the app, you may look down to see you’re represented by an avatar that’s just a floating torso ...

Eye-tracking technology has been around for years in medicine and aerospace but is quickly gaining a new lease of life thanks to VR. The heavy-hitters of the VR world are incorporating eye-tracking ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

The company's tracking technology did a solid job of choosing the right button most of the time, even though the demo had plenty of other things to select nearby. In addition to simply making VR ...

Starting this week, the Oculus Quest VR headset becomes even more tantalizing by adding a feature we’ve never seen ship as a built-in option in a VR system: hand tracking. VR users will be able to put ...