New HTC Vive Covers in Red, Black and Blue
Summer’s approaching so it’s a perfect time to upgrade your headset with one of our new cotton covers. As the temperature rises your Vive is going to get much sweatier and while our PU leather foam replacements are great for sharing with friends, if you regularly use your Vive for long periods of time it’s nice to have some soft absorbent material between your face and the headset. Cotton covers are now available in red as well of blue and we introduce a new premium fabric the ‘Velour Black’ cover for the most comfortable experience yet.
HTC Vive VR Cover Velour Black – $24.00
HTC Vive VR Cover Red – $19.00
HTC Vive VR Cover Blue – $19.00
Celebrate the Oculus Rift one year anniversary with a VR Cover sale
To celebrate the 1st birthday of the Oculus Rift we’re joining the fun with our own sale on all Rift accessories for 48 hours only.
Oculus Rift Facial Interface & Foam Replacement Standard Set – Was $49.00 Now $39.00
If you’re sharing your headset regularly cotton covers just wont cut it. Our custom facial interface allows foam replacements to be attached to your headset. The standard set includes two sizes of PU leather foam so you can simply wipe your headset clean between uses. Our foam replacements as well as being more hygienic have been proven to reduce red marks on the face.
Oculus Rift Facial Interface & Foam Replacement Premium Set – Was $75.00 Now $65.00
The ultimate accessory kit for Rift users. The premium set includes 2 sizes of PU leather foam replacements along with a set of Velour foam replacements. Whether you need a hygiene solution for sharing with friends, need to improve comfort for long sessions or want to push FOV to the max, the premium set has everything you need.
Oculus Rift Foam Replacement Velour – Was $75.00 Now $65.00
If you’ve bought one of our Standard interface sets in the past, now is your chance to upgrade with our Velour foam replacements. Experience next level comfort and an increased field of view with these machine washable foam replacements. Please note these only work with our custom facial interface.
Oculus Rift VR Cover (Stretchable & Nosefree) – Was $19.00 Now $12.00
The original hygiene solution for the Rift with an updated design, now includes elastic straps for a more secure fit. Designed for personal use, simply machine wash when necessary. Each set contains 2 covers and microfiber cloth.
Prices displayed are USD. Sale ends Friday 31st March.
New Gear VR Memory Foam Replacement & Organic Cotton Vive VR Cover
New releases for the Samsung Gear VR (2016 Model) and HTC Vive are now online!
We have improved on our previous foam replacements for the Gear VR and have designed this especially for the 2016 model. While the stock foam that comes with the Gear VR offers a reasonable level of comfort, when it comes to sharing with friends and cleaning, you’re in trouble. Our waterproof foam replacements are designed to be easily wiped clean between uses, for the best hygiene practice we recommend non-alcoholic anti-bacterial wipes.
Whether you share your headset with friends, or use the Samsung Gear VR at events and exhibitions you will want to keep things clean and sweat free. For those who are active in VR and use one of the many exercise apps this is especially important. The stock foam absorbs sweat and can quickly become like a wet sponge during a workout. Our new foam replacements just need the occasional wipe down and you can keep going for hours.
Samsung Gear VR Foam Replacement (Waterproof for Exhibitions) 2017 / 2018
HTC Vive VR Cover Organic Cotton
We are also happy to announce our much loved Vive VR Cover has received an upgrade and is now made from organic cotton. It feels smooth just like our previous Vive VR Cover but in this case, it is made from fabric woven with organic cotton fibers so you can feel good about your purchase too!
New Oculus Rift Facial Interfaces & Foam Replacements
The wait is finally over for Rift users. We are happy to announce that our facial interfaces and foam replacements for the Oculus Rift are now available. If you were part of, or eagerly followed our Kickstarter progress we are pleased to also offer a new foam replacement that works with our facial interface.
Oculus Rift facial interface & foam replacement Premium Set – $75
As well as receiving a facial interface size of your choice, the two PU leather foam replacements and a VR Cover you’ll also receive our newest Velour memory foam replacements. With this set you’ll have an option for every situation, whether it’s for personal use and you require greater comfort (Velour) or you’re inviting friends over and need a simple hygiene solution (PU leather) you can easily switch the foam replacements between uses.
Oculus Rift facial interface & foam replacement Set – $49
Choose either a regular or long size facial interface, with this set you’ll receive two PU leather foam replacements (a thicker and a thinner version) as well as one of our VR Covers. This is set offers the perfect hygiene solution for the Oculus Rift, just wipe the foam pads clean with anti-bacterial wipes when necessary.
Oculus Rift foam replacement Velour – $29
These Velour foam replacements are designed specifically for our facial interface. They’re the most comfortable way to enjoy the Oculus Rift and are offered in a set of two. Each set contains one thicker pad containing memory foam and one thinner foam pad which increases field of view. For improved hygiene these pads are fully machine washable.
New HTC Vive Replacement Foam Pads
Today we launch our softest and most comfortable replacement foam for the HTC Vive so far. It is memory foam and you basically sink into it. We recommend this to be used for any kind of sweaty Vive activity or when you show VR to a lot of people and want a hygiene solution that is quick and easy to clean.
The field of view remains the same as if you would use the standard / official HTC Vive face foam pads.
Two New Oculus Rift Facial Interfaces with Replacement Foam Cushions
We reverse engineered the facial interface of the Oculus Rift and also spoke to Oculus who helped us out on the last meters to the finishing line to get our prototypes ready for production. We have everything lined up now and just launched a Kickstarter campaign for our two new facial interfaces that also enable you to use replacement foam pads with your Oculus Rift.
All details can be found on our Kickstarter page.
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Mindfulness VR
Stress is a part of life. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, whether you’re a student trying to pass your classes, a homemaker trying to make sure that your household doesn’t fall apart, or a CEO tasked with ensuring your shareholders are earning a profit. What causes you stress may be different, but the chemicals are the same.
There are many ways to deal with stress when it comes on. You can take a warm bath, drink tea, go for a walk or try some deep breathing. All of these will help to reduce stress in the moment, but if you find that stress is something that you are dealing with on a regular basis or is getting out of hand, then you may want to try mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is the practice of being in the here and now with openness and curiosity. Most of us tend to be pre-occupied with the past or the future and spare very little time for the moment we are in. Studies have been done that show mindfulness meditation can have a lasting positive impact on mental health if practiced regularly.
Mindfulness, like any other discipline, requires practice. Perhaps the easiest way to get into mindfulness meditation is to download one of the many apps that are available on your favourite app store. There are many different versions but they all generally tend to give guided meditations, offer some way to keep track of your meditations and encourage you to keep going. The best ones tend to be paid, or at least have a paid component, but there are free ones too.
If you have access to a Gear VR, you have even more options. Obviously, with a Samsung device being required to power the headset, you have access to all of the apps on the Play Store, but you also have access to the ones on the Oculus store. And there are a surprising number of them. And as with the non-VR apps, they tend to offer guided meditations, but they also offer new environments, which when done well can really increase your relaxation and meditation experience. Having your view blocked out and replaced with serene locations enhances your ability to not become distracted by the world around you. With headphones on the immersion is even greater. Sometimes it isn’t even a real environment, but rather just black space and something to focus on, or an animation that follows your breathing to make it almost feel like you are really breathing something different, something calming.
If you have an Oculus Rift you are out of luck at the moment as there are no apps specifically designed for mindfulness. There are applications that could be relaxing, such as Ocean Rift or Titans of Space, but they might not be great for mindfulness meditation since there are things going on inside them that will draw your attention and they do not offer guided meditation. However, Rift is still new so there is still plenty of time for meditation apps to arrive.
The HTC Vive fares better in this space. Being powered by SteamVR it has a more open market place than the Rift so that might explain why that is the case, but whatever the reason there are several VR meditation apps for the Vive. These are going to provide the best possible experience at the moment as the Vive is powered by a PC and allows for a much larger play space and hand tracking. Though these last two points aren’t going to play a big role in meditation apps, anything that increases your presence in the virtual world will help you to be less distracted and more able to focus on your mindfulness. It’s hard to focus on your breathing when all you can think about is the world juddering around you or things popping into and out of existence.
Mindfulness mediation may seem to some like hokey, new age nonsense, and if you’re not into new age stuff then some of it will probably seem that way to you. But science seems to indicate that taking the time to focus on the moment is highly beneficial. It also indicates that virtual reality can be a great tool for being distracted from outside influences. As long as the virtual environment that you select is peaceful and doesn’t add to distraction then you should find that meditation in VR is as easy or easier than it is in real life. In fact, I work from home and today my son is home from school which means extra noise in the house. So I am finishing this article in my Oculus Rift using a program called Big Screen and some non-distracting music. It has been very helpful in keeping my mind on task and I think it would do just as well if I were meditating.
New HTC Vive Foam Padding / Replacement
We love the HTC Vive here at VR Cover because it is great to work with. The removable foam pad and the velcro below helps us to make our VR Cover sit well and we are happy to introduce our first own HTC Vive Foam Replacement today.
This high quality pu leather foam replacement for the HTC Vive brings you closer to the action while still being comfortable.
It is a bit less comfortable compared to the original HTC Vive foam padding but you are closer to the lenses of your headset and therefore experience an increased field of view. A lot of people love this because virtual reality experiences can feel more immersive with a bigger field of view.
As an added benefit the soft and durable pu leather on this foam replacement is easy to clean with antibacterial wipes (we recommend non alcoholic wipes because they are better for the skin). It still feels great on your skin and is perfect for more active VR experiences that might make you sweat.
Oculus Rift VR Cover launch, really soon!
The good people at Oculus have been so kind to send us an Oculus Rift to work with. There were a couple of delays but it finally came through not too long ago. In any case, we are already ramping up production so please make sure you are subscribed to our newsletter (signup in the sidebar) to hear about the launch first.
New Gear VR Face Foam Cushioning Replacement
We have been working on far more hygiene solutions for VR than our virtual reality headset covers in the last 16 months since we started this project but it was never the right time to release what we worked on. This changes this year with the release of consumer virtual reality devices such as the Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Today we are happy to launch a face foam replacement for the Samsung Gear VR.
Our VR Cover foam padding can be used instead of the original foam padding that was shipped with the Gear VR. It comes in a set of two. If you show your Gear VR to someone, one foam padding can be on the Gear VR while you quickly wipe down the other one before you replace it for the next person who wants to try the Gear VR.
The foam padding is made from a soft leather like material that is pleasant to wear and easy to clean.
