DirectX 12 Coming to Unity 5, Can Increase CPU-bound Game Performance by 50%
Microsoft further detailed DirectX 12 at yesterday's Windows 10 address, and promised that not only could it increase performance in CPU-bound games by up to a staggering 50%, but also announced that DirectX 12 would be heading to Unity...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep.91): What is HoloLens? A look at Microsoft’s New Augmented Reality Device with Ben Lang
As usual, something fun gets announced, and I am stuck in a conference room at work trying to suppress the non-stop beeping of my phone. Microsoft announced it's new augmented reality headset today, HoloLens. I felt this needed to...
Samsung Talks Gear VR Development and Thoughts of a VR Feature Phone Way Back in 2005
Details have emerged about the evolutionary past of Samsung's Gear VR, offering a look at the formational stages of the device's history. The pictures show some prototype design concepts that explore an interesting relationship between the smartphone and the VR...
Samsung’s Gear VR International Rollout Begins With 4 EU Territories
At CES 2015, Oculus said that the Samsung Gear VR mobile headset would begin its international rollout before the month's end. True to their word, the headset has become available for purchase in three European countries and is up...
‘Through the Lens’ Photos: Microsoft HoloLens in Action
We've seen ever-incredible but never-quite-reality AR concept videos for years now. Microsoft, which just revealed their HoloLens AR headset, was brave enough to take the unit out on stage at their Windows 10 press event for a live demonstration.
When...
Microsoft HoloLens Reveal Concept Video
Prior to actually showing the device on stage at a Windows 10 press event today, Microsoft rolled a concept video giving examples of how the company envisions the device being used.
None of this is particularly new when you look...
WIRED Calls Microsoft’s HoloLens ‘Amazing’ After Hands-On
We just covered Microsoft's surprise reveal of it's new Augmented Reality headset dubbed 'Hololens'. It seems tech magazine Wired has already seen the device and is seemingly amazed by what they saw.
Windows 10's promising lineup of new features just...
‘Microsoft HoloLens’ Revealed, an Untethered See-through AR Headset
Today at Microsoft's Windows 10 press event, the company revealed an untethered augmented reality headset called the Microsoft HoloLens to accompany 'Windows Holographic', a component of Windows 10.
Microsoft has just revealed the HoloLens and says it is fully untethered,...
Convrge Cordially Invites You to a Virtual Reality Dance Party This Evening
Convrge, a VR indie-dev-duo out of Nashville, have been experimenting with VR experiences that involve social interaction in multiplayer environments. For their latest experiment, they're inviting the community at large to crash a virtual reality dance party experience that...
‘Never Blind in VR’ Keeps You in Contact with Your Surroundings Using Kinect 2 (video)
Using a Kinect 2, French firm Dassault Systemes has recently demonstrated a solution to some of the problems associated with the isolating nature of modern VR headsets. The company has prototyped a system that not only allows you access...
