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UK theme park Alton Towers has announced a new roller coaster that has its passengers wearing a virtual reality headset. Simulation rides have been around for yonks, but Galactica will be the first to combine an actual rollercoaster with a virtual reality experience. Passengers will lay face down and experience …
Read More »Luckey: Nintendo Virtual Boy hurt VR
The boss of virtual reality specialist Oculus has said that Nintendo’s failed Virtual Boy platform was harmful to the whole virtual reality movement. In a second Reddit AMA, Palmer Luckey rightly points out that the Virtual Boy was not really a virtual reality device in any sense of the word. …
Read More »HTC Vive pre-orders go live in February
One of the big three virtual reality companies has said consumers will be able to pre-order its headset next month. HTC, which has partnered with Steam to make the Vive, will begin accepting pre-orders on February 29th. Oculus Rift made a similar announcement last week, although that was just two …
Read More »PlayStation VR ‘not as high-end’ as Oculus Rift
Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has said that gamers shouldn’t expect as much gaming clout from PlayStation VR as they will get from Oculus Rift. Their headset isn’t quite as high-end as ours,” he told IB Times. And the PlayStation 4 is not nearly as powerful as our recommended spec for …
Read More »Amazon Canada pulls listing for $800 PlayStation VR
Could Sony’s PlayStation VR actually retail for MORE than Oculus Rift? Forbes reports that a now removed listing for the device on Amazon Canada carried a price of $1,125 Canadian dollars – that’s just shy of 550. And with the way exchange rates work, that could in reality translate to …
Read More »Over 100 games in development for PlayStation VR
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai says 200 studios are working with the new virtual reality hardware
Read More »‘About 100 or more’ titles are being made for PlayStation VR
PlayStation VR is out in the first half of 2016, and according to Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, there should be a large selection of games to play on the tech. Speaking to the BBC at CES, Hirai said that ‘probably about 100 or more’ VR titles are being made for …
Read More »Oculus Rift price silence ‘will turn negative consumer energy into cash’
An American marketing specialist has said Facebook got it spot on about keeping quiet about the true heft of the Oculus Rift’s price tag. Until Wednesday Oculus has suggested various RRPs for the device ranging between $200 and north of $350. As a result, the actual RRP of $599 came …
Read More »Luckey: ‘Oculus Rift is obscenely cheap for what it is’
While the internet continues to debate the hefty 500/$600 price tag handed to Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey has argued that it represents extremely good value. Not only that, but the pricing means that Facebook itself won’t be making a return on the device. To reiterate, we are not making money …
Read More »Hiring for VR: What the new medium requires and what to look for
NDreams' VP of development Tom Gillo discusses the skills needed to build great games for virtual reality
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