PlayStation VR Priced at $399 with October Release Date
At a special press event held at GDC in San Francisco today, Sony have announced that the PlayStation VR headset will cost $399 and is due to ship October 2016.
Sony PlayStation VR GDC Event – Live Blog @2pm PST
Sony chose GDC in 2014 to reveal to the world that they would be bringing a virtual reality headset to market, powered by their PlayStation 4 console. Here at GDC 2016, Sony have arranged a special event dedicated to what’s now known as PlayStation VR. Could we finally learn the retail price and a more precise launch date? Tune in to our live blog of the event, due to kick off @2pm PST, to find out.
Ubisoft Launching ‘Eagle Flight’ in 2016 on Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive
Ubisoft today announced on stage at Unity’s GDC 2016 keynote that their Eagle Flight prototype VR experience is headed for a full launch.
GDC 2016: AMD’s Roy Taylor on Radeon Pro Duo for VR Content Creators
Yesterday AMD announced the Radeon Pro Duo water-cooled card, which is a dual-GPU with 16 TFLOPS of single-precision performance that’s based on the Fiji architecture and will sell for $1499. Tom’s Hardware reports that it “combines two Fiji GPUs, 8GB of High Bandwidth Memory, and four display ports.”
Hands-on: Ubisoft’s First Social VR Game ‘Werewolves Within’ Launching this Fall
Red Storm Entertainment, a North Carolina-based Ubisoft studio, is jumping into the world of social VR with Werewolves Within, a unique take on the Russian social deduction game Mafia (also known as Werewolf). We went hands on with the first ever demo of the game at this year’s GDC.
Autodesk’s Stingray Game Engine Adds HTC Vive and Oculus SDK 0.8 Support
Autodesk are continuing to push their virtual reality credentials with the latest version of their Stingray game engine which adds expanded VR support including HTC Vive and Oculus SDK 0.8 integration plus a new 3D character creation workflow.
Manus Announces VR Gloves Developer Kit Priced $250, Shipping in Q3
Manus VR are developing what they claim will be the first consumer virtual reality glove and have announced that their first developer kits are to go on sale at $250, developers can grab a pre-order reservation today.
AMD Launches ‘Radeon Pro Duo’ Dual GPU Card, Targets VR Content Creators
AMD has unveiled what it’s calling the worlds most powerful graphics card, the dual GPU Radeon Pro Duo, and it’s targeting the product at virtual reality content creators.
Hands-on: Star Wars ‘Trials on Tatooine’ Let Me Wield the Iconic Lightsaber
Lucasfilm has revealed a new HTC Vive experiment called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, which finally lets us wield the Jedi’s iconic lightsaber. Oh, and the Millennium Falcon makes a visit.
Sulon Q AR / VR Headset Specs and High-res Images, Launches “Late Spring”
AMD’s Capsaicin GDC event is over and we now have official high resolution images and technical specifications for the new Sulon and AMD powered augmented and virtual reality headset the Sulon Q.
Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine for HTC Vive, Full Trailer is Here
After a very brief and accidental release last week, ILMxLab’s trailer for the Star Wars experience subtitled ‘Trials on Tatooine’ – a room-scale experiment in the Star Wars universe – is here and we’ve got the full trailer for you.
OptiTrack Shows Off ‘Void’ Style Tracking with VR Basketball Experience at GDC
OptiTrack are well known in industry circles for their specialist motion capture technology, but at GDC this year, the company is turning its attention to wide area virtual reality experiences as it puts it tracking technology to task in a new interactive virtual reality basketball experience at GDC.
Sulon Magic Beans AR Video Might Show New Sulon Q Headset in Action
Earlier today a media leak confirmed the existence of a new untethered VR and AR headset from Sulon and AMD, known currently as the ‘Q’. Now, a video demonstration has appeared which may show that hardware in use.
New Battlezone Trailer Reveals ‘Dynamic Campaign’ Details
Rebellion, the developers behind the VR hover tank title Battlezone, have released a new trailer with fresh footage of the games single player campaign and revealed more details on how the game will play.
Sulon Q is a “Spatially Aware” VR and AR Headset Powered by AMD, Running Windows 10
Already known primarily for their endeavours in augmented virtual reality headsets, Sulon now look to have partnered with GPU manufacturer AMD to produce what they call “the world’s first and only all-in-one, tether-free, “wear and play” headset for VR, AR and spatial computing.”
