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2023 Sections

First Look at Valve’s New VR Controller Prototype

Today at the Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle, Valve is showing off brand new prototypes of its Steam VR controllers. While the original VR controllers that ship with the HTC Vive are undoubtedly functional, it's widely agreed that Oculus'...

Valve Teases New VR Prototypes at Steam Dev Days

Steam Dev Days, Valve's annual developer conference, just started and from the tweets we've seen (no press allowed!) VR is getting the star treatment this year already. According to press release sent out yesterday, visitors to Steam Dev Days "will...

Valve is Investing in Wireless VR via Video Streaming Company Nitero

Valve's annual Steam Dev Days event is underway and news about how the company is investing in VR's future is seeping out. One interesting development is that they're reportedly investing in 60Ghz wireless video streaming specialists Nitero, with a view...

Valve: 300 Companies Already Planning to Use SteamVR Tracking Tech

Valve have revealed that their room-scale tracking technology SteamVR has now been licensed to over 300 companies, many of which plan to release products integrating the tech in 2017. Valve's pseudo-annual developer focused event 'Steam Dev Days' will kick off...

Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #2: Building Levels in VR That Welcome Players Into the World

In the 2nd of our 3 part developer diary series from Battlezone developers Rebellion, Game Designer Grant Stewart writes on making levels that don’t just use VR, but also welcome you into the game world. Guest Article by Grant Stewart Grant designs...

Virtual Reality Strategy Conference 2016 to Bring VR Insights to Industry Execs

A new annual conference from Greenlight Insights is angling itself to sate the growing desire for "actionable insights" from the rapidly expanding VR industry. The 2016 Virtual Reality Strategy Conference aims to layout the "new rules" of the VR...

Battlezone PSVR Dev Diary #1: The Importance of Feedback in Uncharted Territory

Welcome to the 1st in our 3 part series of developer diaries from Rebellion covering the making of the forthcoming PlayStation VR title Battlezone, a reboot of the 1980 Atari arcade classic in virtual reality. In this entry, Senior Designer...

Oculus Will Cover Unreal Engine Developer Fees Through First $5M in Revenue, Per Game

Oculus covered a lot of ground during their opening keynote at Oculus Connect 3 this week; among many exciting announcements, one of interest for Unreal Engine developers might be how Oculus says that they’ll cover the royalty fees for any...

PlayStation VR Launching with 30+ Games, Another 20+ to Follow in Q4

PlayStation VR is almost here, with its October 13th launch creeping ever closer. Although we've already had our paws all over the headset in our comprehensive review—a deep dive into the platform that any prospective buyer should read before...

PlayStation VR Review: Console VR Has Arrived

PlayStation VR launches on October 13th, but today is review day and we've got a detailed PSVR review ready for you! For those who don't want to dig into the full review, here's our handy summary. For the rest of you,...

VR First-Person Shooters & eSports with ‘World War Toons’

At PAX West, Reload Studios made a strong push for cultivating World War Toons as a VR eSports title. They were livestreaming a couple of shoutcasters announcing a four-on-four player capture the flag game of World War Toons, which...

Hands On: ESI’s Incredibly Accurate VR CAD Simulation Lets You Take Cars Apart

Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group's latest iteration of IC.IDO, their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car. The GPU Technology...

Send HTC Your Idea for a Vive Accessory and Win a Free HTC Vive

The Vive's Lighthouse tracking system is an impressive piece of tech, considering it boasts sub-millimeter, 3D room-scale positional tracking for a VR headset and hand controllers using lasers. But haven't you ever wished the Vive controllers could be used for more...

Matterport Creates the “World’s Largest Library” of Real-World VR Places

Immersive media company Matterport have just announced they're to make available what they claim is the world's largest collection of VR-focussed real-world models and locations in a bid to become a source of experiences for VR consumers. Update: The original...

Lionsgate Bringing 7 Minute Preview of ‘John Wick VR’ to New York Comic Con

Lionsgate have announced that the VR experience based on the Keanu Reeves film John Wick is to be previewed next week at NYC's Comic Con, where attendees will be treated to a 7 minute sneak peek of the Starbreeze developed...
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