Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Gets June 6th Release Date
HTC announced a serious looking upgrade for its Vive headset earlier this year at CES 2017. The 'Deluxe Audio Strap' replaces the original device's harness and upgrades it with integrated headphones and a new, more robust adjustable head assembly.
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VR Veteran Tony Parisi is Leading Unity’s AR & VR Strategy Beyond Gaming
The keynote from Unity's Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. The person who is in charge of Unity's xR strategy is Tony Parisi,...
Valve VR Frontman Chet Faliszek Departs Company After 12 Years
Though there's surely many talents folks at Valve responsible for the company's VR initiatives, over the last several years Chet Faliszek has become a front-facing evangelist and go-to spokesperson for VR at Valve. Now after 12 years with the company,...
‘rFactor 2’ Beta Adds Vive & Rift Support, and it Looks Intense
It's been a long time coming for a racing simulator originally released in 2013, but rFactor 2 has just taken an exciting new step for VR fans as the game's latest beta not only adds DX11 support for enhanced...
Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps
During the opening presentation at today's Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google's...
Here’s the 10 Companies Competing at GTC’s VR Content Showcase for $30,000 in Prizes
With over 120 applications, Nvidia has announced the 10 companies that will compete at the VR Content Showcase during GTC 2017 for $30,000 in cash and prizes.
Nvidia's GTC 2017 conference next week has a heavy focus on broader business...
New Unity Tools Bring Interactivity and Real-time CGI to 360 Video, Now in Beta
360 video combined with real-time CG and interactive elements was demonstrated on stage at today's Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 keynote. Using two layers of video with 3D elements in between, it is a simple way of enhancing standard 360...
Microsoft Shows Windows in VR, Gives Acer VR Headset to Vision Summit Audience
Brandon Bray, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, took the stage at Unity's Vision VR/AR Summit 2017 to show a little more of what Microsoft has planned for the VR side of things when the first Windows Holographic headsets come...
Google Bringing Native ‘Tango’ AR Support to Unity Later This Year
Google has announced that its augmented reality platform Tango will be getting native integrated support for Unity later this year.
During Unity's Vision AR/VR Summit opening keynote, Google's PM for Developer Platforms Nathan Martz took to the stage to announce that,...
Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it Does
At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. Riccitiello believes VR is coming and it will be huge, but advises that developers stay...
