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Microsoft will start shipping dev kits for its augmented reality headset HoloLens during the first quarter of 2016. It will start accepting applications for pre-orders in January. Each dev kit will cost $3,000, with a limit of two devices per application. Dev kits will initially only be shipped to the …
Read More »Virtual Analytics: Tracking user behaviour in VR
nDreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh discusses what metrics to analyse when making a virtual reality game
Read More »Oculus Rift is going to cost more than $350
It looks as if the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is going to end up costing more than estimates have predicted. A year ago the company predicted an RRP of between $200-$400. Last month that forecast had been revised to at least $300”. Now Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has told …
Read More »Three Fields’ Burnout successor coming to VR
Alex Ward reveals virtual reality ambitions for new driving game
Read More »$4m investment for ex-Call of Duty devs’ VR studio
Reload Studios specialises in virtual reality, working on multiplayer FPS World War Toons
Read More »GAME is taking pre-orders on a £49.99 Merge VR headset
A cut-price virtual reality headset will go on sale exclusively at GAME next month. The Merge VR headset works with iOS and Android smartphones. It will retail for 49.99 and currently has a release date of October 30th. The tech will also be available to try in some GAME stores …
Read More »Story Studio releases UE4 assets for Henry VR trailer to devs
Assets available for free under a creative common licence for non-commercial use
Read More »Valve: Devs to blame for VR motion sickness
Claims that nausea is caused by the hardware are "b******t", according to writer Chet Faliszek
Read More »‘The idea that VR must get you sick is b******t’
Valve writer Chet Faliszek has said that virtual reality does not inherently cause motion sickness. Instead, Games Industry reports that Faliszek told an EGX audience that the blame for any sickness experienced by players must lie with developers, as the hardware itself is now good enough to avoid such problems. …
Read More »Carmack: I was desperate to get Minecraft into virtual reality
Oculus CTO believes Mojang's sandbox game is 'critically important' for tech
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