GeForce RTX Has Already Pushed GTX Cards to Lowest Prices in Months

This week's introduction of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs has coincided with the lowest prices seen on the prior generation of GeForce GPUs in months. The cryptocurrency boom was good business for GPU makers, sending the cost of years-old GPUs...

Hands-on: ‘Population: ONE’ is Poised to Become VR’s First Great Battle Royale

BigBox VR, the developers behind VR multiplayer shooter Smashbox Arena (2017), are making their way into new territory soon with their upcoming battle royale shooter Population: ONE. The studio showed off at this year's Gamescom what promises to be a full-featured...

Report: Oculus Aiming for Santa Cruz Launch in Q1 2019

Oculus first announced that it was developing a high-end standalone headset, codenamed Santa Cruz, way back in 2016, and ever since there's been great anticipation for the device which aims to offer 6DOF head and hand tracking with no...
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VR Manga Game ‘TOKYO CHRONOS’ Kickstarter Successfully Funded

Japanese VR studio MyDearest and Los Angeles-based Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to fund the development of a new VR manga game. Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS, the VR visual novel game is now one step closer to coming to users...
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‘Smashbox Arena’ Studio Announces VR Battle Royale ‘Population: ONE’

You might think battle royale shooters are passé, but until we get a really good one in VR, it isn't over yet. Enter Population: ONE, a newly announced VR battle royale from BigBox VR, the developers behind Smashbox Arena (2016). On...

Hands-on: ‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ is a Charming & Intuitive VR Puzzle Adventure of Mind-bending Proportions

A Fisherman's Tale is an upcoming puzzle-adventure from Innerspace VR and ARTE, the Franco-German TV network, that aims to get you thinking outside the box—or rather outside the tiny lighthouse as you try to escape a number of rooms on...

Ubiquity6 Raises $27M Series B, Debuts Its First Public Multiuser AR Experience at SFMOMA

Ubiquity6, the AR startup that came out of stealth earlier this year, announced the successful completion of a $27 million Series B finance round. The latest round was co-led by Benchmark and Index Ventures, with Benchmark taking a seat...
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‘Battlefield V’ Shows What NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing Means for the Future of Gaming

Ray tracing simulates the way that light bounces around a scene and interacts with objects before entering our eyes to create the image of the world around us. It's the kind of CGI rendering approach used in blockbuster movie...

GeForce RTX Cards Announced with VirtualLink VR Connector

Based on the company's 'Turing' GPU architecture, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX cards include hardware support for the new VirtualLink connector, a standard designed for next-gen VR headsets. Announced last month, VirtualLink is a connection standard designed specifically for VR headsets, which...
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NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070, Starting at $500

After months of rumors, NVIDIA's latest gaming-focused GPUs have been revealed. Today the company took the wraps off the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070. Starting at $500, the cards are set to begin shipping in September. The GeForce...