Oculus reduces Rift headset PC system requirements
AMD teams up with CyberPowerPC for US $499 VR system
Both Oculus and AMD had some rather interesting announcements today with Oculus reducing minimum PC system requirements for its Rift VR headset thanks to Asynchronous Space Warp (ASW) and AMD jumping on that train with CyberPowerPC in creating a US $499 VR-capable PC.
Facebook pitches affordable VR
Zuckerberg shows social notworkings VR future
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been showing off what he dubbed the company’s mobile VR future.
Nvidia shows Nissan in VR
Changing car design
Nvidia showed us an awesome demo of a completely rendered Nissan car with 100s of thousand parts in VR that meant we could see inside the car. It was possible to see millions of details inside the car, even before it is manufactured. This could well change the way cars are designed in the future.
Virtually Touring Bank of England and new Nvidia Headquarters
Professional Quadro VR
We had a chance to see the VR deployed in a professional scenerio with a few demos that were compiling structural building data and showed us a simulations of buildings via HTC Vive glasses.
VR Smartphones and tablets to grow
Fourth quarter will see a boom
The numbers of VR-enabled smartphones and tablets, as well as shipments of VR devices bundled with gaming consoles or PCs will grow like topsy in the fourth quarter.
Oculus Rift controllers will cost $200
Prices getting silly
The pricing for the Oculus Rift’s Touch controllers has always been up in the air, but now it seems that we finally have a price tag and it is not cheap.
Acer plans VR backpack
Only for businesses
While most of the world is looking at VR for games, it appears Acer wants to target its VR backpack for the business to business (B2B) market.
Oculus knocking on MSI’s virutal door
Interested in VR backpacks
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that Oculus reportedly is interested in virtual reality (VR) backpack PC products developed by MSI.
VR sales tank
No one interested in buying a super computer with no games
Those who thought that VR would be a cure for cancer will be disappointed to know that sales of the hardware have stalled already.
VR movie wins an Emmy
Porcupine has spike in popularity
VR headset maker Oculus has won its first Emmy Award for a movie about a porcupine who is too prickly.