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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 …
Read More »Virtual reality demo stations coming to Currys PC World
Consumers are to be given the chance to try the HTC Vive VR experience at branches of Currys PC World. Start Replay reports that an announcement looks likely this week. To date only three outlets are scheduled to get a permanent VR area – London’s Tottenham Court Road, the Reading …
Read More »‘Players won’t want to return to real life’: Colopl pledges dedication to VR
Rune Story publisher appoints former Kabam exec as US CEO
Read More »Elite Dangerous named as Oculus Rift launch title
Any lingering questions about Elite Dangerous’ support for Oculus Rift have been answered. The space sim has been named as an official launch title for the headset. Furthermore, as well as supporting cross-platform play for the VR, PC and console versions, existing owners will get the VR version for free. …
Read More »Sony admits that Oculus will offer better virtual reality than PlayStation VR
Spending a huge among on the very best or a bit less on something that may be good enough – that appears to be the choice that will face VR buyers this year. Sony has in an extensive interview with Polygon said that the Oculus Rift (and presumably HTC Vive) …
Read More »Analyst trims virtual reality sales forecast by 30 per cent
SuperData now reckons the new virtual reality sector will make nearly a third less money this year than it had originally forecast. VentureBeat reports that while its previous prediction pegged 2016 VR sales at $5.1bn, it now believes $3.6bn is more realistic. It says the change is due to an …
Read More »Develop Brighton host reveals new one-day VR event
Develop:VR will take place on November 24th in London
Read More »Oculus Rift will support Mac ‘if Apple ever release a good computer’
Support for the Oculus Rift on Mac will only happen when Apple ups the GPU performance of its machines, Palmer Luckey has said. The Oculus CEO was speaking toShack Newswhen he revealed that the ball for VR support was entirely in Apple’s court, and that Oculus would love to support …
Read More »‘OS X support for Oculus Rift is up to Apple,’ says Palmer Luckey
CEO of VR firm criticises lack of focus on gaming capability: ‘You can buy a $6,000 Mac and it still doesn't match our recommended specs’
Read More »Sólfar Studios uses Granite for Everest VR
Texture streaming middleware powers virtual reality exploration of world’s tallest mountain
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