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Accessibility of motion controls could outweigh high price of entry for headsets, suggests Eagle Flight director Olivieri Palmieri
Read More »How to integrate movement-tracking into your Android apps with Intel RealSense
Intel Developer Blog: RealSense Smartphone Developer Kit's cursor mode can track hand movements in 2D or 3D at twice the speed of full hand tracking
Read More »Sony may reject PlayStation VR games that don’t hit 60 fps
“60Hz is the minimum acceptable frame rate. Everybody drill that into your head,’ advises senior dev support engineer Chris Norden
Read More »Epic Games launches virtual reality Unreal Editor
Devs can now build titles from within the game world itself, cinematics tool Sequencer also released
Read More »Analyst expects Sony ‘to utterly dominate the rest of the console cycle’
The announcement of a 350 RRP for PlayStation VR could mark the game over point in the next-gen console battle. That’s according to Macquarie Securities analyst Ben Schachter, who told VG247 that without a significant intervention from Microsoft, PS4 could now run away with the market. A big open question …
Read More »Oculus names and prices 30-strong launch line-up
30 games will launch alongside the Oculus Rift later this month. Perhaps the biggest surprise are the prices, many of which are cheaper than you might have expected for titles that you’d think took some pretty hefty development to get up to scratch. At the pricier end there’s Elite Dangerous …
Read More »Amazon has sold through its initial PlayStation VR launch allocation
PlayStation VR is off to a great start on Amazon. The online giant opened pre-orders for the headset at 11am this morning. Now it is saying that its initial launch allocation was accounted for in just 45 minutes. Due to limited stock we are only able to offer one unit …
Read More »Native OSVR support comes to Unreal
Compatibility with open-source virtual reality platform a result of collaboration between Epic and Sensics
Read More »PlayStation VR can be used with non-virtual reality PS4 games in ‘cinematic mode’
Sony’s brand new PlayStation VR tech will be able to play games and watch video that were not designed for virtual reality. In a press release – as reported by Polygon – PlayStation announced that the tech has a cinematic mode which allows users to play games and watch video …
Read More »So which VR headset am I going to buy?
Following the confirmation of PlayStation VR’s launch details last night, we now have a pretty clear picture of what virtual reality has to offer punters this year. Which means for many people it’s decision time. But what am I going to opt for? The only way to find out is …
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