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There is now officially a new entrant in the virtual reality space. Produced in collaboration with Oculus, the Gear VR is effectively a head-mounted housing for the company’s new Galaxy Note 4 ‘phablet’, using its 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen to display the two separate images that comprise the …
Read More »Samsung moves into virtual reality with Gear VR headset
Tech built for use with mobile phones and set for release this year
Read More »Cyberith Virtualizer VR treadmill successfully funded on Kickstarter
An alternative virtual reality treadmill has hit its funding target on Kickstarter. The Cyberith Virtualizer is the second such device to be successfully backed by the crowdfunding service, having reached $361k – easily passing its $250k goal. Readers may recall that another VR treadmill, the Virtuix Omni, was successfully Kickstarted …
Read More »Sony: Move was ahead of its time but will be revived by Project Morpheus
It doesn’t look like Sony intends to release any motion controlled games in the near future, but PlayStation Move may yet have its day. The motion controller had by the end of 2012 sold in the region of 15m units – which isn’t bad considering PS3 sales stand at around …
Read More »Motion sickness issues cause developer to abandon Oculus Rift support
Lunar Studios has ditched plans to bring its upcoming space adventure title Routine to Oculus Rift due to the extreme” motion sickness caused by play testing the game. The developer posted the news in a status update on the game’s Steam community page – explaining that while the game is …
Read More »Motion sickness forces developer to drop VR support
Lunar Software may reconsider virtual reality integration closer to release
Read More »Maintaining presence – Virtual reality developers’ responsibilities
Preloaded's Katie Goode discusses how we have to treat players in virtual reality and what that means for game design
Read More »Future of games retail under scrutiny at September conference
Experts in PC games, virtual reality, market data and digital content round out the first wave of speakers for September’s new video games conference Games Retail 2020. We’re hard a work building the first ever UK event dedicated to the future of selling games and today have taken the wraps …
Read More »‘The killer Oculus Rift app could come from anyone’: The VR firm on making games with the DK2
Michael Antonov discusses what the changes to the new dev kit and SDK mean for developers
Read More »New VR treadmill the Virtualizer hits ground running on Kickstarter
Locomotion devices pulls in $140k in 24 hours
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