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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said that the early days of Hololens will not be focused on the handset’s gaming credentials. For sure in the first version, it’s going to be more about developers and enterprise scenarios,” he told ZDnet. Gaming will always be a scenario and there will be …
Read More »Controlling virtual reality
Develop asks the experts how to offer the best gaming experience in VR
Read More »Neil Young: ‘VR and AR won’t take off for three to five years’
Industry veteran highlights the many barriers both technologies face before they will achieve mass adoption
Read More »Oculus Rift ‘will be an open platform’, avoid ‘console tactics’, insists founder
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has dismissed concerns that the Rift virtual reality headset will be designed as a closed ecosystem. A Reddit thread attempting to dissuade readers from buying the upcoming consumer version of the VR device cited Oculus’ funding of two dozen Rift-exclusive titles as a sign that the …
Read More »Oculus Studios funding 20+ games
CEO stresses that video games still crucial to VR despite Facebook acquisition
Read More »Oculus is funding development of over 20 VR games
Virtual reality company Oculus is funding development of about two dozen” virtual reality games via its Oculus Studios program. We have a pretty big investment into Oculus Studios’ triple-A, high production value games,” Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe told Gamasutra. Oculus VR is a gaming-built, owned and operated company. We’re developers …
Read More »Palmer Luckey: Oculus Touch is only the beginning
The virtual reality revolutionary discusses VR controllers and why the Touch won’t be shipping with the Rift on day one
Read More »Real-world strategies for virtual reality
SuperData's Joost van Dreunen on how Oculus, Valve, Sony, Microsoft and Google are taking on the market
Read More »David Braben urges VR caution
Another significant industry figure has warned that we cannot yet be certain what extent virtual reality will succeed in the market. "I’m afraid, as an industry, about VR and how it will play out. It has that slightly ‘bandwagon’ feel about it,” Elite creator David Braben told Videogamer. VR is …
Read More »Develop July: In control of virtual reality
Latest issue – out now – explores VR, voice acting, the democratisation of games development and more
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