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TPCAST Launches Business Edition Wireless VR Adapter, Up to 4 Simultaneous Vives
TPCAST, the Beijing-based makers of 60GHz wireless VR transmitters, launched their previously announced Business Edition (BE) Wireless VR Adapter in North America today. The setup is said to include support for up to four simultaneous users occupying a single space.
The...
Vive Pro ‘Recommended Spec’ Seeks GTX 1070, Drops 1060 to ‘Minimum Spec’
Because VR is so demanding, hardware makers have issue 'Recommended' or 'VR Ready' guidelines to help customers understand what kind of hardware they need for a good VR experience. For the most part, the VR industry's biggest players have...
Infinadeck VR Treadmill Shows Improvements With Vive Trackers, Launches This Week
Infinadeck is an active omnidirectional VR treadmill which has been in development since at least 2014. A new video shows the treadmill now using Vive Trackers for enhanced tracking, which appears to have increased the responsiveness of the device....
Hands-on: Massless Wants to Bring High-precision Stylus Input to VR
Massless is developing a stylus designed specifically for high-precision VR input. We got to check out a prototype version of the device this week at GDC 2018.
While game-oriented VR controllers are the norm as far as VR input today...
Oculus Affirms Commitment to Rift, Believes PC Will Lead the VR Industry for the Next Decade
Over the last year, Oculus' public hardware ambitions have mostly centered around their upcoming standalone headsets (Oculus Go and Santa Cruz), with little to say about what's next for the company's PC VR headset, the Rift. Addressing a small...
Hands-on: ‘Beat Saber’ is Every Bit as Fun as It Looks
At GDC this year, I had a chance to step into Beat Saber, an upcoming rhythm game from Czech Republic-based indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism that tasks you with slicing flying cubes with lightsabers to electronic dance music. If that sounds cool to...
Leap Motion ‘Virtual Wearable’ AR Prototype is a Potent Glimpse at the Future of Your Smartphone
Because VR can take over our entire reality, it can be great for entertainment. But when it comes to AR, the hope is that the tech will be a transient and beneficial addition to reality, rather than taking over...
‘Catan VR’ Launches with Cross-play for Rift and Gear VR, Headed to Oculus Go
Based on Klaus Teuber’s popular board game Settlers of Catan (1995), the VR version of Catan is available now on Oculus Rift and Gear VR, and will be a launch title for Oculus Go. The game features cross-play multiplayer,...
Kat VR Announces New ‘Mini’ Version of Its VR Treadmill, Kickstarter Coming Soon
Kat VR, a China-based company known for their crowdfunded Kat Walk VR treadmill, are hitting Kickstarter again soon with a new design that promises to accommodate smaller spaces.
The company says their new Kat Walk Mini has "a much smaller...
AR-Enhanced ‘Warhammer’ Trading Card Game to Launch July 2018
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champions is an upcoming physical and digital trading card game coming to iOS, Android, and PC in July. Announced at GDC 2018, the augmented reality experience uses PlayFusion’s proprietary ‘Enhanced Reality Engine’ to unlock gameplay...
Oculus to Scrap Trackpads on Santa Cruz Controllers in Favor of Buttons & Sticks
At GDC 2018 this week, Oculus revealed some additional details surrounding their high-end standalone VR headset prototype, Santa Cruz. Among those details, the company plans to replace the current controllers' trackpads with buttons and sticks, much like the Rift.
Santa...
Hands-on: ‘Dr. Splorchy’ is Another Justin Roiland™ Fever Dream That Defies a Concise Headline
Squanch Games, the studio behind Accounting+ (2018) and brainchild of Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, is coming out with a new Daydream exclusive that follows the exploits of the titular Dr. Splorchy, plopping you aboard a spaceship with dangerous bugs that you have to...
GDC 2018: Magic Leap ‘Developing for Spatial Computing’ Session, Live Blog @ 4:00PM PT
Magic Leap is hosting a sponsored session today at GDC 2018 which promises a “deep dive” on developing for augmented reality. Having released their SDK earlier this week, we’re hoping to hear the company talk more specifically about what...
Hands-on: Trained by Rocky in ‘Creed: Rise to Glory’, a Heart-pumping Innovation in Arcade VR Boxing
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), are gearing up to release a new VR game this year, an arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed and protegé...
GDC 2018 ‘Day 3’ Roundup – Oculus Go Details, Vive Focus Global Launch, New Qualcomm VRDK,...
Here’s a roundup of news from the third day of our GDC 2018 coverage. Qualcomm's latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces 'Positional Timewarp', reveals new Oculus Go...




















