Virtual reality headset shipments will reach 30 million by 2020, a new report claims. Juniper Researchbelieves next year will see just over three million VR headsets sold. Hardware revenue from HMD sales is expected to exceed $4 billion by 2020. The biggest market for VR is expected to be North …
Read More »30m virtual reality headsets will ship by 2020, report claims
Hardware revenue expected to exceed $4bn
Read More »PlayStation VR team’s five tips for using music in virtual reality
SCE London’s Alastair Lindsay and Joe Thwaites offer their advice to Game Music Connect attendees
Read More »Project Morpheus renamed PlayStation VR
But no news on launch date for hardware
Read More »Project Morpheus is now called PlayStation VR
Sony has unveiled a rebrand for its in-development virtual reality system. Having until now been known as Project Morpheus, the tech will from now on simply go by the name PlayStation VR. The name ‘PlayStation VR’ not only directly expresses an entirely new experience from PlayStation that allows players to …
Read More »How should you hire for virtual reality?
We speak to Guerrilla Games boss Hermen Hulst on how the Killzone studio is handling it
Read More »AMD spins-off graphics division, will focus on GPUs and VR
AMD’s graphics card offering is now a business all of its own. The PC tech firm, which produces both CPUs and GPUs, has created the dedicated Radeon Technologies Group, named after its successful line of graphics cards, in order to double-down in its graphical endeavours. Calling the move a ‘strategic …
Read More »Having a blast in VR
Cut the blue wire. No, wait – cut the red wire.” It’s a cinematic shortcut for tension, a clichd moment of indecision that inspires collective intake of breath no matter how many times you hear the words uttered. From James Bond halting the timer at 0:07 seconds in Goldfinger to …
Read More »VR is currently ‘pretty expensive, relatively primitive’, admits Oculus Rift creator
VR might not be for everyone just yet, but you’d be a luddite to count the nascent technology out for good. That’s according to the 22-year-old creator of the Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey, who recently candidly told GameSpot that those yet to be won over by headsets such as the …
Read More »Devs can now disassemble Epic’s UE4 VR Showdown demo
All assets used in video available at no cost
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