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Read More »Inside Morpheus: SCE London on PlayStation’s VR ambitions
Sony's Dave Ranyard discusses the wider possibilities of virtual reality and the complications that developers must overcome
Read More »Components of the Rift: Designing for Oculus
Makemedia discusses how it made a racing game for the virtual reality headset
Read More »Virtuix Omni VR treadmill on track for September release
Omni-directional VR treadmill Virtuix Omni will begin shipping in September. The device, which allows players to simulate walking in any direction while playing virtual reality games, smashed its Kickstarter target last June. The Omni is priced at $499 (excluding what are likely to be pretty significant shipping fees). For the …
Read More »VR Virtuix Omni treadmill shipping in September
Movement-tracking tech available for pre-order
Read More »Virtual Reality: ‘The time is now’
With PlayStation and Facebook heavily backing VR, the tech is on the cusp of truly taking off
Read More »Epic: Oculus Rift is VR’s iPhone moment
Founder of Epic says virtual reality will be used by ‘billions of people’ in ten years time
Read More »Ex-Sega CEO Mike Hayes joins VR dev nDreams
Hayes joins the board following £250,000 investment from Mercia Fund
Read More »The VR Dream and overcoming game dev hurdles
Hypersloth co-founder Ashley Stancill on working with UDK to develop Dream for Oculus
Read More »Game studios backed by investment firm Mercia
VR developer nDreams and mobile app studio No Yetis Allowed secure funding from investment firm. Led by former Sega CEO Mike Hayes and ex-Codemasters MD Nick Wheelwright, Merica Fund has completed its initial investments of 400,000 in the gaming sector. Formed by former Eidos creative director Patrick O’Luanaigh in 2006, …
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