Introduced in 2014, the Gear VR has its own accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and proximity sensors but derives its content directly from the phone (initially the Galaxy Note 4). Developed ...

The system, dubbed BRICK, consists of a handheld device equipped with a suite of sensors to monitor temperature ... built the backend and VR components that build upon their earlier work on ...

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 ...

You have the PlayStation VR which has extra cameras and sensor bars, and even specific controllers for it. And then even the Gear VR can burn up your phone's battery if you use it for too long.

This project from [Jim Yang] is a great example of this: he reverse-engineered the Samsung Gear VR controller that accompanies the Gear VR add-on for their phones. By digging into the APK that ...

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 ...

Because to create a successful VR platform, users need the ability ... won’t be taking this scuba diving. The Samsung Gear 360 uses two 15MP sensors back-to-back to capture 360-degree 30MP ...