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While players who won’t part with a penny average around 45 minutes daily, adds former Playdom creative director Eric Todd

There’s a new virtual reality headset on the block that looks to address two of the key problems with most VR headsets. The AMD Sulon Q is an all-in-one solution that is not only wire-free, but also does not require users to plus it into a PC or console. There’s …

Engine firm says that new ability is suitable for maximising performance in AR and VR titles

$99 price tag dropped for studios making under $100,000 annually

Intel Developer Blog: John Evelyn used the Intel XDK development kit to bring his dream of hand-drawn visuals to iOS and Android

The battle to be the world’s most powerful graphics card is always shifting, and today a new beast sits on the throne. It’s called the Radeon Pro Duo, the unit houses two Fiji GPUs, amounting to 16 teraflops of computer performance and 8GB of on board RAM. Also included is …

Surprise – it’s based on the upcoming movie, rather than the games

Trials on Tatooine is the first official lightsaber simulator in virtual reality. We wonder if it will be popular…

Programme promotes ‘Stream First’ as a valuable game design philosophy for creators

Let’s face it – if anything is going to sell virtual reality, it’s the chance to prance about with a lightsabre. Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts have apparently inadvertently unveiled an experimental VR title called Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine. A trailer briefly appeared on the ILM website before …