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Hands-on: DisplayLink XR Wireless VR Tech is Top Notch, Lighter Than it Looks

Road to VR

Founded in 2003, the company has a relatively long history of creating the tech behind cable-free computer products, like wireless docks and video adapters. For VR, the company is developing what it calls DisplayLink XR, and it’s developed a wireless VR reference device for the HTC Vive to show what it can do.

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s Free VR Experience is a Beautiful Glimpse at the Future

Road to VR

Deus Ex fans with VR hardware can rejoice as developer Eidos Montreal have launched a new, free VR experience based on their latest title in the series, Mankind Divided , and it’s quite the looker. Deus Ex has had its problems as a franchise over years.

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The World of Mobile VR After Pokemon Go

VRWorld

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. Virtual Reality Gaming isn’t coming, it’s already here.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

In the 00s, however, that future seemed to simply dissipate with a few notable exceptions, including the 2003 launch of early metaverse, Second Life, which remains in operation nearly 20 years later. Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR.

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Simula One aims at becoming your portable Linux VR computer

The Ghost Howls

I can make an analogy to what happened in 2003, when most people believed that Windows and Palm were destined to control the mobile market, but instead, an obscure Linux-based OS named Android (running on a small number of ultra-premium phones, like the T-Mobile Sidekick) actually beat them to it! Valve Index or HTC Vive controllers).