TPCast to Support Windows Mixed Reality with ‘Universal’ Wireless VR Module
Alongside its reveal of the TPCast Plus product range, the company also announced plans to bring their wireless technology to Windows 'Mixed Reality' VR devices. With the intention to transition into an OEM business model, TPCast is creating a...
CES 2018 ‘Day 2’ Roundup – Pimax ‘8K’ Impressions, Pico Neo, ‘Blade Runner’ 6DoF Game, ‘Electronauts’...
With day two of CES 2018 behind us, we take a look at some of the bigger news to come out of the show in today's news roundup: Pimax 8K impressions, Pico Neo brings Viveport mobile out of China,...
HTC: Vive Pro to Launch With Updated Wand Controller, Not Valve’s ‘Knuckles’
HTC says that the new Vive Pro controllers, due out later this year, will be an updated version of the current Vive wands, rather than Valve's anticipated 'Knuckles' controllers.
Upon unveiling the Vive Pro earlier this week, HTC demonstrated the new...
Hands-on: Tactical Haptics’ New Controllers Let You Switch Your Grip on the Fly
This week at CES 2018, Tactical Haptics debuted a new prototype of their haptic VR controller which allows the devices to attach and detach on the fly in several different poses for different types of gameplay. The controllers are being...
Viveport Goes “VR First” in Largest Update Yet Including New ‘Home’ & Content Previews
Viveport, HTC's VR content store for Vive, just received a significant overhaul aimed at improving content discovery and consumption.
The new 'home' area, which is based on spaceship platform, acts as a launchpad for the store's games and experiences. I wasn't...
StarVR Headset Rolls Out to SEGA Game Center Locations Across Japan
StarVR, a joint venture between Acer and Starbreeze, and SEGA Entertainment announced a collaboration to bring the eponymous wide field of view (FOV) StarVR headset to SEGA Game Center locations across Japan. The StarVR headset will be featured at three SEGA arcade...
Hands-on: ‘Electronauts’ Lets Anyone Create Awesome-sounding Music in VR
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017), is getting into the music business with their upcoming music creation tool/experience Electronauts. I got a chance to go hands-on with an early version of Electronauts at this year's CES, and I left feeling hope for my budding...
‘Blade Runner: Revelations’ for Daydream to Launch with 6DoF Tracking Support
A new adventure set in the Blade Runner universe from developer Seismic Games is coming soon to the Daydream mobile VR platform. The game is optimised for WorldSense, a new six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking system developed...
Pico Neo 6DoF Standalone Headset to Bring Viveport Mobile Westward
When the China-based headset manufacturer Pico Interactive announced they were bringing their six degrees of freedom (6DoF) Pico Neo VR headset and 6DoF controllers to the West, it wasn't clear what content store they'd be drawing from when they released the headset out...
In Vegas? HTC is Offering Public Vive Pro Demos Through Thursday
The official HTC Vive Twitter account has posted a reminder of their public invitation to anyone looking for a Vive Pro demo, with a “daily open house” from 4–6pm through Thursday at the Wynn’s Alsace Ballroom. The Vive Pro was...
