Hitting tablets, notebooks and phones near you

Qualcomm is tweeting a lot about Snapdragon 835 and it looks like that the company is ready to reveal a lot of details. Expect to see more about the Snapdragon 835, some Windows 10 design wins, quick charge, camera as well as VR related announcements. 

Growth pivots towards gaming and VR

Sony Corporation has recently considered merging its gaming and film divisions into a single business, according to a recent report from the Washington Post.

20 million by 2020

Beancounters at Canalys think that there will be more than two million VR units sold in 2016 and the figure will grow to 20 million by 2020.

For those buying Geforce GTX 10 series and HTC Vive headset

Nvidia has unveiled yet another promotion which gives away three VR games to those that buy a Geforce GTX 10 series graphics card and HTC Vive VR headset bundle.

Makes it more useful

Netflix is now available for Google’s Daydream VR platform. The app supports HBM and Hulu too. 

With Voke VR headset powered by Intel Xeon

Intel has announced that it will be broadcasting the Critics' Choice Awards with its virtual reality technology, the Voke VR.

Won't dream on 720p

Google has revealed specifications for Daydram and has defined a minimum specification that you will need to make a Daydream work.

Its larger iPhone is too big

Despite genii at Apple might have made a bit of a mess of its VR plans.

Latest health scare

One of the dafter rumours we have seen is doing the chatroom circuit at the moment – sharing VR goggles apparently has created a herpes outbreak.

Slowly ramping up

HTC cannot get a break in the phone market and it looks like the Vive VR, the outfit's over-priced VR kit, sold 140,000 pieces in August and September.