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HTC Vive Consumer Edition Has Landed, We Unbox Room-scale VR

The HTC Vive is due to land on people's doorsteps from April 5th, and our in depth review is on its way then too. In the mean time, here's a sneak peek at what you can expect to get in...

Manus Announces VR Gloves Developer Kit Priced $250, Shipping in Q3

Manus VR are developing what they claim will be the first consumer virtual reality glove and have announced that their first developer kits are to go on sale at $250, developers can grab a pre-order reservation today. Update: We incorrectly...
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Valve Releases First SteamVR Developer Roundtable Discussion Video

Filmed as part of the recent SteamVR developer showcase in Seattle, Valve have released the first in what appears to be a series of discussions with developers working on titles for the SteamVR platform and the HTC Vive. Headed by...
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New Valve ‘DOTA 2 Secret Shop’ and ‘Aperture Science’ HTC Vive Gameplay is the Best Yet

The HTC Vive, despite its levels of public exposure in recent months, still has an air of mystery surrounding it and in particular certain demo's used to impress those who've tried it. 2 of the most anticipated (and least...

Valve’s Lighthouse Base Station in Action, Inner Workings Explained

Some of the inner workings of Valve's Lighthouse base station, an infrared laser-emitting device used for 'room scale' positional tracking, were revealed today by Valve developer Joe Ludwig. Ludwig's SVVR Conference talk entitled "OpenVR and You" addressed a number of issues dealing...

Up Close and Personal with the HTC Vive at the VRLA Spring Expo

VR production team WEVR made a splash at the recent VRLA Spring Expo last week when they turned up with SteamVR and the HTC Vive headset to demonstrate the VR platform to attendees. It was an opportunity for writer Matthew...

HTC Vive ‘Developer Edition’ Sign-ups Could Start Next Week

According to a report at Ars Technica, HTC's VR Headset the 'Vive' could find its way into selected developers hands very soon for nothing. Sign-ups for the device may also begin as early as next week. GDC 2015 was dominated...
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Valve, Bossa Studios and Vertigo Games Talk Steam VR at EGX Rezzed, Video Now Up

After HTC's surprise announcement at MWC and the subsequent VR frenzy of GDC, it became apparent some lucky developers had had their hands on early Steam VR hardware for some time. Two of them are Bossa Studios' (Surgeon Simulator)...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Steam VR’s Lighthouse Tracking System

Lighthouse is Valve's laser-based tracking system that forms the bedrock of Steam VR's input system. Alan Yates, Hardware Engineer at Valve was a key player in the system's design and implementation. Alan, frustrated with being asked the same questions...

Steam VR GDC Content Partner VR Headset “V minus-1” Revealed

Valve is revealing the evolutionary steps its developer edition Steam VR headset the HTC Vive took before reaching GDC 2015. As part of their Steam VR mini-museum, they've shown the headset that content partners demonstrating applications and software at GDC 2015...

A Look Inside HTC’s Steam VR Laser Tracking Base Stations

At GDC 2015, Valve and HTC are demo'ing their new virtual reality system which utilises a laser-based tracking system. We've got high-res images of those base stations for you now. GDC is exploding with VR news, and as ever with new...
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