CES 2016
Valve’s Chet Faliszek on HTC Vive Pre, Content Showcase Surprises and Ninja Cats
I sit down with Valve Writer, Game Developer and seemingly omnipotent VR Evangelist Chet Faliszek to discuss the new Vive Pre, Valve's focus on a safe VR experience, expectations for the upcoming VR content showcase and his startlingly sneaky cat.
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Hands On: Multiplayer VR eSports with the Virtuix Omni
Virtuix, the company specialising in omni-directional locomotion solutions for VR, was back at CES 2016 and they brought with them 4 Omnis, 4 HTC Vive Pre headsets all hooked up to their new, multiplayer 'built for Omni' eSports game, 'Omni...
Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Aims for Effortless VR Input
Leap Motion continues to refine their hand-tracking tech for intuitive controller-free interactivity. The company's latest focus has been on an 'Interaction Engine' which usurps standard physics engines when it comes to defining interactions between user input and virtual objects.
Leap...
Hands On: SMI Proves that Foveated Rendering is Here and it Really Works
SMI, a company working in the field of gaze detection for over 20 years, hit CES this year with an application of their latest 250hz eye tracking solution coupled with a holy grail for 2nd generation virtual reality - FOVeated...
Oculus Founder: “pre-orders are going much better than I ever could have possibly expected”
With the Oculus Rift's seemingly high $599 price tag coming as quite a surprise to the VR community, one might be tempted to think that it would put a major dent in pre-orders. Indications from Oculus suggest it may...
HTC Shows Vive Pre Working Great for Seated VR at CES
While the HTC Vive is known for its 'room-scale tracking space, the company maintains that it works just as well for seated VR experiences. At CES 2016, HTC showed just that, using Elite Dangerous running great on the new Vive...
Hands On: Audi’s Stunning Next-gen Showrooms are Powered by Vive and Rift
We went hands-on with Audi's new room-scale VR showroom experience that the company is hoping will add new dimensions to the car buying experience whilst also introducing entirely new demographics to VR.
Audi are serious about VR it turns out, very...
Hands-on: HTC Vive Pre Brings Notable Improvements to Visuals, Tracking, and Ergonomics
Although the HTC Vive saw a significant delay, pushing its expected delivery date way back from Q4 2015 to April 2016, development of the headset has not stalled. The new Vive Pre, the second Vive development kit, makes improvements...
Up Close and Personal with the New Rift Carrying Case
You may or may not need a cool carrying case to go with your pre-ordered Oculus Rift, but dammit, you'll be getting one whether you like it or not. We got a closer look at the newly revealed Rift...
‘Oculus Ready’ PC Bundle Pre-Orders in Feb From $1499, Rift Included
Oculus has partnered with Asus, Alienware, and Dell to provide a number of 'Oculus Ready' badged systems to VR fans looking to jump head first into the world high-end virtual reality gaming. The all-inclusive Rift/PC bundle will be available for pre-order in...
Hands on With the Latest Infinadeck Treadmill at CES 2016
Infinadeck, the active omnidirectional treadmill is back after it's debut at SVVR Expo 2014. The latest prototype is on show at CES 2016 in a form that's half the size, twice as quiet and now includes a harness to...
Following Oculus Rift Price Reveal, HTC Thinks Vive Customers will be ‘happy with their investment’
With the price of the Oculus Rift headset coming in above the expectation of many, eyes turn to competitor HTC, whose Vive system has yet to be priced. The company isn't ready to commit to a firm price for...
Oculus Promises 100+ Rift Games by End of 2016
Like new consoles, new VR headsets are only as good as the games you can play on them. Playful's Lucky's Tale and CCP's EVE: Valkyrie are coming for free to customers that pre-order the Oculus Rift, but the company says that they expect...
Oculus Rift Priced at $599, Expected to Ship in March
The hotly anticipated Oculus Rift VR headset is now available for pre-order for $599. The device is expected to ship March 2016.
This morning Oculus Rift pre-orders went live on the company's site. Initially the Oculus Store was serving up...
Phones With Snapdragon 820 Are “ahead of the best currently available mobile VR devices,” says NextVR
Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 820 chipset is set to power flagship phones throughout 2016 and the company is touting the 'system-on-a-chip' as being optimized for virtual reality. The well recognized VR broadcast company, NextVR, has high praise for what the chipset is able...
