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The idea of a PC specifically designed to be lugged about on your back may seem a bit daft, but when paired with VR the notion suddenly starts to make more sense. MSI has announced the Backpack PC. The idea is that it will allow gamers to tether their VR …
Read More »Forget Vive’s room-scale VR, WorldViz is working on ‘warehouse-scale’ tech
Precision Position Tracking system will support up to 10 users in a 50x50m space, and is compatible with any Unreal Engine 4 or Unity 5 device
Read More »Front Defense is HTC’s first internally developed game
VR platform holder HTC is making its debut as a games developer with new VR title Front Defence. The title will be shown off at Taiwan’s Computex trade show next week, VentureBeat reports. The title is a tower defence game with players holding out against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. …
Read More »HTC moves into VR development with Vive debut
Internal 'Creative' team working on Front Defense, as well as non-game experiences
Read More »WorldViz developing ‘warehouse-scale’ VR
Oculus can currently offer VR in your seat. HTC Vive allows owners to wander about their room. Now another company is developing free-roaming VR on a far bigger scale. WorldViz, an enterprise company that specialises in developing new VR tech, says its new technology – called Precision Position Tracking (PPT) …
Read More »PS4 Neo exists because ‘PlayStation VR was going to be terrible on a launch PS4’
Comments from a source described as a chief technical officer (CTO) working in the industry” have suggested that current PS4s may not offer the best experience for those looking to get a PlayStation VR. IBTimes reports that a feature in the latest issue of Edge quotes the insider as saying: …
Read More »Titan Souls studio Acid Nerve wins Best Game at Jamchester
UK’s ‘biggest ever game jam’ saw over 200 devs build games in three days based on ‘You already won’ theme
Read More »More powerful Xbox One reportedly planned for 2017, including Oculus Rift and 4K support
Multiple sources unearth plans to launch exclusives – including Halo – across Xbox One and PC, with more regular hardware revisions set to shake up five-year console cycle
Read More »OpenVR SDK reaches 1.0.0, provides devs with access to HTC Vive’s camera
Creators can utilise image from headset’s front-facing cam in either its distorted or corrected form
Read More »Facebook acquires VR audio firm Two Big Ears, releases Spatial Workstation for free
Suite of tools for authoring 3D and 360-degree sound rebranded as Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation
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