Facebook unveils a new 360-degree video camera
Facebook will make the camera's hardware and software all open-source, starting this summer.
Facebook will make the camera's hardware and software all open-source, starting this summer.
If you’re buying a high-end virtual reality headset in 2016, you’re probably not too concerned about money.
GoPro is developing a mount that can hold six of its cameras, a product aimed at the small but growing number of people who want to shoot video and photos for virtual reality headsets.
Virtual reality is undeniably cool, but it's going to take a lot more than that to make people shell out hundreds of dollars for VR headsets. This week, we saw a head-mounted display patent from Apple and heard more about Facebook's plans for Oculus, both of which hint at the potential of VR headsets. But patents and apps, as intriguing as they are, aren't proof that virtual reality is anywhere near ready for mass adoption.
Future users of Oculus VR's Rift headset could use their hands to control virtual reality games, or visit a 3D model of the Roman Colosseum, thanks to two acquisitions the company made this week.