Virtual Reality is most likely an inevitable evolution in human-computer interaction—in the long term, anyway. But in the next 10 years, there's a major risk of VR falling to the wayside as a novelty or an enthusiasts-only market. The closest analog...

Augmented reality has such an awesome promise, but I've scarcely seen one useful augmented reality function come to fruition. Augmented reality wants to superimpose digital information over our otherwise analog world. So far, this has only reached consumers in the form...

Silicon Micro Display's has just recently specified the exact 2D and 3D video formats that will be supported by their soon-to-launch HMD, the ST1080: ST1080 3D Video Formats: 1920x1080p @ 24Hz Frame Packing (full resolution) 1920x1080p @ 24Hz Top-and-Bottom (half resolution) 1920x1080i @...

Update: Another video from CeBIT has the rep stating the the head-tracking hardware runs an additional €100, but it still isn't clear if this is third-party or being offered directly from Carl Zeiss. I've put the question out to...

We've been following the ST1080 head mounted display from Silicon Micro Display for the last few months. The company is finally getting ready to put their first product out on the market after some delays, and have announced that...

It's a shame that neither Sony's HMZ-T1 or Silicon Micro Display's ST1080 have integrated head tracking technology. HMD's are great and all, but building in the ability to tack the movements of the user's head opens up far more...

Silicon Micro Display has been touting their ST1080 HMD for a few months now. Back in December they announced that the retail price would be $799 -- pricey, but comparative to Sony's HMZ-T1. Pre-orders were supposed to start in...

Lumus is an Israel based company that's manufactures components for head mounted displays. Specifically, they're offering what they call the 'Optical Engine Module', a display which uses 'LOE' (Light-guided Optical Element) technology to enable a lightweight head mounted display...

Hi folks. First thing -- I'd like to apologize for the lack of content coming through Road to VR in the last month. The holidays were hectic as usual, but I'm back and you can expect news and analysis...

Sony seems to have majorly underestimated demand for their recently released HMZ-T1 head mounted display. Stock shortages were apparently worldwide at launch, and Sony's US HMZ-T1 product page no longer lists 1/17/12 as the estimated ship date for new...