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Third-party developers will soon be able to make use of SteamVR’s tracking abilities in their own virtual reality hardware, opening the doors for custom controllers for VR titles. Valve has announced that it will offer royalty-free licences for the platform to hardware makers who complete an in-person training course. The …
Read More »HTC Vive’s UK price increased to £816 including P&P
Good news if you’re of the mind set that HTC Vive isn’t currently expensive enough. The Vive VR system released earlier this year in the UK for a really actually pretty hefty 689. You could add 57.60 for P&P, too, bringing the total to a skin melting 746.60. HTC has …
Read More »A third of Valve’s staff are working on VR – and it’s looking for more
‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
Read More »HTC Vive: Fallout 4 could be our killer app
HTC says the upcoming Fallout 4 game for Vive could be the headset’s system seller. Although the firm doesn’t believe in exclusivity in VR – and encourages developers to create games for Oculus and PlayStation VR as well – it is excited about the impact Fallout 4 may have on …
Read More »Visions from the Future: Could VR send the games industry backwards?
Joost van Dreunen issues a stark warning about VR’s prospects, as the emerging medium struggles to surpass its negative mainstream perception
Read More »E3 2016: Bethesda moves into VR development with Fallout 4 and Doom for Vive
Fallout game director Todd Howard vows to bring the full RPG to Valve’s virtual reality platform
Read More »HTC says Vive shipment problems are over
The delays faced by those paying out for an HTC Vive headset are over, the hardware manufacturer has said. As of now, any orders placed will be shipped out within two-to-three working days, HTC has assured. There are a few feelings you can expect when you click the order button …
Read More »Creators of Vive horror game The Brookhaven Experiment form CloudGate Studio
New developer founded in collaboration with former Epic and Square Enix exec will unsurprisingly focus on VR projects
Read More »Superhot VR is an Oculus exclusive for now
The VR version of time-bending shooter Superhot will be an Oculus Rift exclusive, at least for the time being. The game will use the yet-to-be-released Oculus Touch controllers. It has also been confirmed that simply moving will cause time to move forward, so players will be required to stand still …
Read More »Valve to release The Lab renderer for Unity
Full source code included for tool featuring reported 10 directional lights per pass, 8K shadow textures and increased performance in VR
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