A new wireless-communications product line, dubbed CableFree USB, promises to create a virtual cable. This virtual cable will allow PCs, notebooks, and peripherals with a USB port to communicate ...

Virtual reality headsets of the future will soon only need a single cable to connect to a PC. Rather than requiring a multitude of cables for today’s PC-based VR experiences, an industry consortium ...

Logitech aims to make video conferencing easier with the Swytch, a compact one-cable USB-A and USB-C laptop link that offers universal compatibility for virtual meetings. With coronavirus cases on the ...

The VirtualLink Consortium has launched a new "Alternate Mode" for USB Type-C designed to reduce the number of cables required for virtual reality headsets to function, one that could make it even ...

An open industry standards body Tuesday announced the development of a new standard for virtual reality headsets that will do away with the multiple connectors and wires required by current VR ...

Nvidia, Oculus, Valve, Microsoft, and AMD have all agreed to adopt a single USB Type-C port for the next generation of VR headsets. The VirtualLink standard hopes to do away with unnecessary breakout ...

The VirtualLink specification has been introduced, and it aims to reduce the amount of time spent in setting up virtual reality (VR) devices by decreasing the number of connections needed by a VR ...

If you have a high-end virtual-reality (VR) headset these days, it will likely have a few cables for video, power, and USB. This can be a bit cumbersome and non-standard, especially if it involves a ...

Ncomputing is launching a device that can be used to add a virtual client to a host PC via a USB connection. The U170 can run full multimedia applications when it is connected to a host machine's USB ...

Try shopping for a USB-C cable and you’ll no doubt be struck by the confusing disparities in cable pricing and performance claims. These are just cables, right? Can they really be that different? At ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The introduction of USB Type-C in 2014 was a welcome change for consumer technology. Users had grown frustrated with the confusing mess of ...