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‘VR Ready’ badge introduced in effort to make nascent technology more accessible
Read More »Oculus Touch delayed until late 2016
Controller for virtual reality platform to miss launch of Rift headset
Read More »Oculus Touch controller won’t be ready for Rift launch
Facebook’s much-touted virtual reality headset Oculus Rift won’t ship alongside its controller at launch. Oculus says that more time is needed to improve upon its controller tech, meaning that while the headset itself is due to ship in Q1 of this year, the Touch controller won’t arrive until some stage …
Read More »‘Technological breakthrough’ leads to HTC Vive delay
Current design for Valve and HTC's headset scrapped, device due in April 2016
Read More »HTC Vive was delayed due to ‘very big technological breakthrough’
One of the big three players in virtual reality claims to have made a big tech discovery worthy of delaying the product. HTC said earlier this week that its Vive headset, being made in collaboration with Valve, would miss its late 2015 release date and instead ship commercially in April …
Read More »Media reaction to 9/11 VR experience is a lesson to all VR developers
Rebellion co-founder Jason Kingsley looks at the fall-out of recent 9/11 VR experience 8:46 and looks at whether it’s the tip of the iceberg for visceral VR experiences
Read More »PlayStation VR requires near ‘Wii size’ processing unit
Update: The external processing unit has actually been part of the PlayStation VR demo set since the device was first unveiled to the world. Original Story: Sony’s VR revolution will require additional hardware alongside the PlayStation VR headset and the PS4. Polygon reports that the headset will in face plug …
Read More »NDreams secures $2m investment, expands senior team
Sony London Studio, Rocksteady and Rockstar devs joins VR studio
Read More »nDreams receives £2m in investment
Virtual reality firm nDreams has secured a 2m investment round and has invested in senior hires. The company has received 2m from tech-centric investment outlet, Mercia Technologies. These funds are to be put to further expansion. This follows the company receiving 1.75 at the start of 2015. nDreams has also …
Read More »Over half of stores think VR is not going to take off in 2016
Virtual reality is finally being released, but over half of UK games stores think that it is not going to take off in 2016. 55 per cent of shop managers believe that the new tech is not going to be a hit in 2016, with many saying that they predict …
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