MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Oculus has finally announced a release date for virtual reality powerhouse Oculus Rift. The company says that the headset will ship to consumers in Q1 2016, meaning it could arrive at the same time as Sony’s Project Morpheus, which is currently due out in the first half of 2016. Steam’s …
Read More »HoloLens was key driver of Microsoft’s Mojang acquisition
Microsoft’s new chief executive has revealed that HoloLens played a crucial role in the company’s acquisition of Minecraft creator Mojang. Let’s have a game that, in fact, will fundamentally help us change new categories,” CEO Satya Nadella told The New York Times. HoloLens was very much in the works then, …
Read More »Tommy Palm vows to bring VR to the mass market
Former King man and Candy Crush mastermind Tommy Palm thinks VR is not only nearly upon us, but is destined to become a mass-market proposition. One of the most important takeaways from massively popular mobile games like Candy Crush Saga, is that the majority of all gamers span across many …
Read More »CCP boss says not to expect virtual reality boom in 2016
It will take longer than some people think for VR to hit the big time, the CEO of CCP has said. While excited by the technology, Venture Beat reports that Hilmar Veigar Ptursson told the SlushPlay conference in Reykjavik that disruptive technologies always take longer to bed in than most …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4 adds SteamVR support
Developers can take advantage of Vive headset features including motion controls and laser-based tracking solution Lighthouse
Read More »Valve’s Anna Sweet heads to Oculus VR
Oculus VR has announced the hiring of former Valve member Anna Sweet. Sweet was previously responsible for business development at the Steam firm, covering both software and hardware programs, according to ablog post on Oculus’ website. She has now taken up the role of head of developer strategy and will …
Read More »Valve’s Anna Sweet joins Oculus VR
Former Steam employee new head of developer strategy at virtual reality firm
Read More »Virtual Reality: Face-forward versus walk-around
In the first in a series of articles delving into VR design, nDream's Patrick O'Luanaigh discusses the importance of player position in virtual experiences
Read More »Oculus Rift unlikely to launch this year
Facebook maintains that pioneering VR headset is "very much in the development stage"
Read More »2015 arrival looking unlikely for Oculus Rift
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that the pioneering virtual reality headset Oculus Rift will launch this side of Christmas. We have not announced any specific plans for shipment volumes in 2015 related to Oculus," Facebook CFO David Wehner told analysts, as reported by Gamasutra. Oculus is very much in the development …
Read More »