News
Ubisoft’s Mysterious New VR Thriller ‘Transference’ Aims to be a “true collaboration between Hollywood and gaming”
At Ubisoft's E3 2017 presentation, the company announced a cinematic-focused VR psychological thriller called Transference. Launching in Spring 2018, the title seeks to "bridge the gap between movies and games," and is being developed in collaboration with Ubisoft Montreal and...
Hands-on: PiMAX’s 8K Headset Proves that High FOV VR is Coming
Frank He goes hands on with PiMAX's ludicrously high-spec 8k, 200 degree FOV prototype at CES and find the company has some innovative solutions to some of the substantial challenges driving a headset like this poses.
While there were many...
Lytro’s Latest VR Light-field Camera is Huge, and Hugely Improved
In the last few years, Lytro has made a major pivot away from consumer-facing digital camera products now to high-end production cameras and tools, with a major part of the company's focus on the 'Immerge' light-field camera for VR....
Oculus Founder Expects No Next-gen VR Headsets From Market Incumbents Before Mid-2018
Oculus' founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company in March, recently opened up on record for the first time in an interview since September 2016. Among a range of topics discussed, Luckey spoke of the timeline of future VR headsets...
Inexpensive GTX 1050 Ti Gets Official Thumbs-Up for Oculus Minimum Spec
Following the launch of the more powerful GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080, NVIDIA revealed the latest in their low-end GeForce GPUs, the GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti in October 2016. While not the first in line for a premium VR...
Oculus: Rift Won’t Be Superseded by New Version for ‘at least two years’
During an interview at the Game Developers Conference at the end of March, head of Oculus’ PC VR division Brendan Iribe stated that the Rift will remain the company's flagship VR headset for “at least the next two years”....
‘FORM’ Review
The word 'surreal' invariably falls short when it comes to trying to lift the shroud surrounding the VR first-person puzzler FORM. Transporting you to a strange inner universe via an enigmatic black obelisk, you experience what it must feel like to...
Hands-on: Acer VR Headset for Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Platform
Thursday morning at Microsoft's Build conference, the company announced the opening of pre-orders for two new VR dev kits. Developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets. Delivery of the headsets...
Palmer’s Post-Oculus Interview, Part 3: Neural Links, Recorded Memories, & Revolutionizing VR, Again
Having founded Oculus in 2012 and been an important face for the company throughout its growth from fledgling startup to $2 billion acquisition by Facebook and beyond, it was a shock to see Palmer Luckey leave the company just...
How to Sharpen Rift Visuals with Supersampling Using Oculus Debug Tool
Tired of jumbo pixels muddling in-game detail on your Rift games? Wish there was a way to boost detail even on VR titles with no options? Then the Oculus Debug tool may just be your saviour, as long as...
Google’s Tango Engineering Director, Johnny Lee, on AR Capabilities Enabled by Depth Sensors
Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. Microsoft is the only company to start with head-mounted...
Hands-on: Google’s Standalone Daydream Headset Prototype with WorldSense Tracking
Over the last 12 months or so we've been keeping an eye on Google's aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the...
Updated: Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Sells Out at Launch, Vive Pre Requires Conversion Kit
The hotly anticipated Vive Deluxe Audio Strap launched just yesterday and the initial stock has already been nabbed, apparently putting the unit out of stock in both the US and EU regions. HTC has also confirmed that the upgraded...
‘Doom VFR’ Coming to PSVR and HTC Vive, Here’s the Reveal Trailer
What was an earlier version of Doom for VR announced last year has evolved into a full title from Id Software, now titled Doom VRF. The game will be released for PlayStation VR and the HTC Vive.
On stage during...
How to Tell if Your PC is VR Ready
With affordable PC-compatible headsets like Quest 2 and soon even PSVR 2 support, it's easy to jump into PC VR. For the gamers considering purchasing a PC VR headset, one major question marks the starting point on your journey...
