Valve to showcase portal-like VR game
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Tuesday, 08 March 2016 19:26

Valve to showcase portal-like VR game


At the Game Developers Conference next week

Valve has sent a brief notification that it plans to unveil a series of free virtual reality “experiments", called  The Lab at the upcoming Game Developers Conference, GDC16 that starts next week in San Francisco..

HTC claims to have flogged 15,000 Vive VR headsets
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Just 10 minutes of pre-orders

HTC claims it sold 15,000 Vive VR headsets in the 10 minutes after they went on sale.

Sony patents VR “Power Glove”
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Tuesday, 01 March 2016 10:19

Sony patents VR “Power Glove”


A bit less bulky and used for VR

Sony has just patented the successor to the 1980's Nintendo Power Glove.

HTC Vive to cost €899 in the EU
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Monday, 29 February 2016 09:51

HTC Vive to cost €899 in the EU


Official price, starts selling February 29

HTC has revealed the last piece of its VR strategy and explained how much it plans to sell Vive VR glasses outside the US.

AMD's Roy Taylor teases R9 Fury X2 system for developers
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VR and DirectX 12 ready PCs stacked on shelves

AMD's Roy Taylor has been known to use its razor sharp marketing skills to tease the upcoming products and now he took to Twitter to show a shelf fully stacked with "console-sized" Falcon Northwest Tiki PCs with Radeon Technologies Group and AMD badge.

HTC Vive pre-orders begin next week
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Monday, 22 February 2016 08:36

HTC Vive pre-orders begin next week


Launching in April to 24 countries with two bundled games

HTC has finally taken the wraps off pricing information for its highly anticipated virtual reality headset, the HTC Vive, which we mentioned back in December would have a release date sometime in April 2016.

AMD teams up with Associated Press for VR journalism
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AP to use AMD Radeon to render VR environments

AMD has announced that it has joined up with The Associated Press in order to create a new virtual reality experience channel and what is described as next-generation journalism.

AMD details CPUs and APUs for VR
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Friday, 12 February 2016 11:34

AMD details CPUs and APUs for VR


Quad core at least

AMD detailed eight of its CPUs and APUs can power a VR headset like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

Oculus announces first "Oculus Ready" PC bundles
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016 08:37

Oculus announces first "Oculus Ready" PC bundles


Pre-orders begin February 16th


Facebook subsidiary Oculus VR, best known for its upcoming Oculus Rift head-mounted display, has just revealed its first “Oculus Ready” PC bundles from partnering manufacturers, complete with discounts if they are bundled with the Rift.

Consumer-grade EEG could be headed for VR
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Thursday, 04 February 2016 11:54

Consumer-grade EEG could be headed for VR


Must have read your mind

Boffins from the University of Memphis have been looking at the use of consumer-grade EEG equipment to provide meaningful and accurate recognition of the wearer’s mental state.