An accelerometer measures the acceleration of your phone. It does that on three axes: horizontal, vertical, and forward/backward. It also senses vibration, tilt, and free fall. Being able to calculate ...

Virtual reality has been a standout technology in the medical industry since the turn of the decade. From its use as a ...

Ensuring that the location used in the VR environment was accurate was a major ... connecting the building management system, where hardware, sensors and actuators are controlled, was a complex ...

This led [Florian Maurer] to seek his own solution, and he’s come up with a hand peripheral containing a rotation sensor. Inspired by a movie prop from the film Ender’s Game, it is a 3D ...

From your smartphone’s face recognition feature to fancy fitness trackers and advanced night vision cameras, many sensors we use daily rely on infrared light detection. For the last eight years ...

An HTC headset designed to work in space is offsetting the physical and psychological challenges of humans living off-world.

Kevin Webb: You have the Vive that can take a full room with sensors all around you. You have the PlayStation VR which has extra cameras and sensor bars, and even specific controllers for it.

A recently-revealed patent shows a stick-like design for an Apple Vision Pro controller, and it already makes us uneasy.

The best VR headsets can make you forget, even if just for a moment, you're wearing a big chunk of plastic and foam on your face. It will make you feel like you're a part of a game's world ...

Despite still occupying a niche corner of the gaming market, VR tech continues to develop, bringing with it new headsets that are more powerful, more comfortable, and--more importantly--more ...