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Mobile firm gearing up for release of Vive headset
Read More »Valve’s Vive VR headset going on world tour
Tech to appear at events across USA and Europe, including Gamescom next month
Read More »VR was battling for acceptance at this year’s E3 – but was it victorious?
Last week marked the final E3 before virtual reality would be made available to consumers. Valve’s Vive VR headset arrives this year, while Oculus Rift and PlayStation’s Morpheus are set to launch in early 2016. The tech is in place, but there remains a question mark over the content. Sony …
Read More »Paranormal Activity VR game coming to Valve Vive, Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus next year
One of the most popular horror movie franchises of all time is getting its own virtual reality spin-off video game. Paranormal Activity VR is currently in development by VRWerx, a division of Beast Media Group set up to focus solely on virtual reality experiences. Details on the game are currently …
Read More »Valve starts shipping Vive VR developer kits
Developers selected to receive a dev kit for the new Vive VR headset should be receiving them soon. Valve announced that it has started shipping the Vive Developer Editionsvia the Steam website, havingopened applications for the hardware back in April. Hinting at the variety of companies that will soon get …
Read More »Vive VR developer kits now shipping
Valve confirms its sending its virtual reality headset out into the wild
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 »Applications open for Valve’s Vive VR dev kits
Select developers will receive virtual reality tools later this spring
Read More »HTC to take its Vive VR headset on tour
Tech firm HTC is planning a world tour to let consumers try its new VR headset, Vive. HTC, who has teamed up with Valve on the project, plans to visit locations in the USA, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. According to HTC’s connected products global marketing boss Jeff Gattis, …
Read More »GAME: ‘VR is the games industry’s next big thing’
Virtual reality will have as big an impact on video games as motion controls, says GAME The statement follows last week’s GDC, which was filled with VR products including Sony’s Project Morpheus and Valve’s Vive headset. VR is the next big thing in the industry and as much of a …
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