Microsoft has been in the VR/AR market for quite some time with their HoloLens, but with a pricetag starting at $3,000, it’s far too expensive for the general customer.

At Microsoft’s recent press event, Microsoft is trying to change that as they’ve recently announced that they’re working with a number of hardware partners including HP, Dell, Lenovo, ASUS, and Acer to begin introducing a new line of VR headsets starting at just $299. This significantly undercuts popular VR headsets such as the HTC Vive which costs $800 and the Oculus Rift which costs $600.

The new VR headsets are a part of Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creator’s [...]

A couple weeks ago, Google launched an entire host of new hardware including new smartphones, a new Chromecast, a Wi-Fi router system, and a home assistant, but something curiously missing was the rumored smartwatches, based on Google’s Android Wear 2.0 platform.

If you were waiting on those smartwatches, it appears that they may be launching sometime in 1Q2017.

Google's two smartwatches will be released with Android Wear 2.0 in Q1 2017 [image courtesy of: https://t.co/so8uJyEZCy] pic.twitter.com/ruejqXSNSy

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 13, 2016

For those unfamiliar with Google’s rumored upcoming [...]

A couple weeks ago, Oculus announced a cheap $499 VR ready gaming PC in partnership with boutique PC builder CyberPowerPC and it looks like HTC is ready to fire back with a VR PC partnership of its own.

According to a recent announcement, HTC is partnering up with HP to announce a VR gaming bundle which includes the HTC Vive headset along with the HP Envy 750-415VHR PC for $1,499. Specs on the HP Envy 750-415VHR include an Intel Core i5-6400 Quad Core CPU, 8GB DDR4 memory, Radeon RX480 graphics card, and 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD. The bundle will also include two VR games which include theBlu: Encounter and The Lab.

The new HTC Vive Ready HP Computer Bundle is [...]

In the up and coming world of VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality), one of the most interesting products is Microsoft’s HoloLens, Microsoft’s AR headset designed to utilize Windows Holographic platform in Windows 10.

When Microsoft was initially launched the HoloLens early last year, the HoloLens was only available to developers and enterprises in the US and Canada, however, according to a recent announcement, Microsoft will now invite developers and enterprises from Australia, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to order the HoloLens as well.

Currently, Microsoft’s HoloLens and the Windows Holographic [...]

Samsung recently announced that they’ve begun mass production of their new Exynos 7270 Dual Core Application Processor designed for wearable devices.

The Samsung Exynos 7270 application processor features 2x Cortex A53 ARM cores, which will be built on Samsung’s 14nm FinFET fabrication process. Samsung claims that the new process will allow the Exynos 7270 to be 20% more power efficient compared to its 28nm predecessors. While smartphone and tablet SoCs such as Samsung’s Exynos 8890 have been in mass production on Samsung’s 14nm FinFET LPP for quite some time, this is the first time Samsung is manufacturing a SoC designed for wearable devices on [...]

ASUS has been hosting Zenvolution events all around the world showing off their latest line of Zen products and for North America, ASUS recently held their “Zenvolution” event in New York City where they displayed a whole host of new products including the ZenBook 3 ultraportable, ZenFone 3 smartphone. ZenWatch 3 smartwatch, Transformer 3 Pro Tablet, Transformer 3 Mini, and ZenPad 3S 10.

As computers have always been ASUS’s bread and butter, the ZenBook 3 is arguably the coolest new product. While the general design of the ZenBook hasn’t changed over the years, ASUS has made some internal upgrades that make it [...]

As expected, Google launched a whole host of new hardware today at their Made by Google event in San Francisco, California.

We’ve seen seeing quite a few leaks for the past couple days on Google’s new smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL. These phones will be replacing Google’s Nexus lineup of smartphones and will be Google’s first smartphone that will be fully Google branded although previous rumors have pegged HTC as the actual manufacturer. Whether HTC is just providing Google with manufacturing only or if they have anything to do with the design we’re not sure, but HTC was [...]

Google is gearing up to launch a slew of products today including the new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones as well as the new Google Daydream VR headset.

Google first unveiled the Daydream VR headset back in May at their Google I/O developer conference. The headset is designed to work with Daydream optimized smartphones which slot into the headset to allow users to experience VR similar to Samsung’s Gear VR which works with Samsung’s flagship smartphones. According to a new article from Variety, the Daydream headset could be sold for as little as $79 which undercuts Samsung’s Gear VR headset which retails for $99.99.

As always, we’ll [...]

According to a new report from Business Insider, Apple’s smartwatch may be starting to lose steam.

In an investor’s note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s smartwatch business may see a 15%-25% decline from 2015 as the introduction of the Series 2 Apple Watch and price cuts on the Series 1 Apple Watch does little to improve sales. Revised shipment numbers are down from an estimated 10-10.5 million units to 8.5-9 million units. In 2015, Apple shipped a total of 10.4 million units.

Kuo believes that there are 4 major reasons that the Apple Watch is tanking. These include a lack of killer applications, inadequate battery life, heavy [...]

If you’re looking for a new smartphone, here’s a great deal on the LG G5 that you won’t want to miss. B&H is offering the LG G5, a LG G5 Battery Charging Cradle, LG G5 Battery, and a Garmin vivofit 3 Activity Tracker in either black or white for $479. While this is average price for the LG G5 itself, the Garmin vivofit 3 is worth a solid $100 and the battery charging cradle along with the extra battery is worth another $78 on top of that. If you were originally planning on getting a LG G5 with an activity tracker, this deal is really a no brainer.

For those unfamiliar with the LG G5, the LG G5 is one of LG’s flagship smartphones sporting a [...]