head-tracking solutions like TrackIR. The Development Kit 2 is, as the name suggests, a device for developers, not consumers. As such, it is not representative of the final polished product that Oculus still hope to launch in 20…
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If you read the tech and video games press, the buzz is all about virtual reality . Valve revealed its long-hidden VR product Vive, built with HTC, in March. Oculus Rift , meanwhile, has been bought for a cool $2 billion by Faceb…
We got a chance to try Valve’s VR system at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), and it’s the best VR experience we’ve had yet. This is the closest thing to a modern-day Holodeck there is at the moment. Built in partnership wit…
There have been plenty of rumours, pretty much since the Nintendo Wii’s remote gamepad was revealed back in 2005, that the other manufacturers would follow suit with a controller that could be split into component parts. But rath…
Meet grifta, the modular controller funded through Kickstarter that’s coming to playStation to keep DualShock 4 company When it comes to controllers, it’s usually a case of ‘go official or go home’. And with DualShock 4 comforta…
After years of prototypes, hype, and venture capital investments, we’re finally nearing the moment when virtual reality transitions from a developer dream to a retail reality. The Game Developers Conference served as the latest …
If there's a theme that sums up this year's Game Developers Conference, it's virtual reality, AKA 'the first stepping stone towards holodecks'. But where Sony and Valve are chasing the Oculus Rift with their …
At E3 2012, John Carmack had a demo room devoted to a custom build of Doom 3 running in VR. It was in that room that many people experienced Oculus Rift for the first time. The headset was literally held together by duct tape. T…
Holographic technology is here at last, and it’s going to bring games out of the TV screen and into your actual real-life living room. Yep, you read that right Microsoft recently demoed its vision of next-generation computing, an…
HOLOLENS IS FACING OFF WITH SOME WELL-ESTABLISHED OPPONENTS IN THE VR REALM, BUT WITH ITS UNIQUE SELLING POINT, CAN IT BEAT ITS TWO BIGGEST RIVALS ? Head-mounted gaming isn’t exactly a completely new trend. For a few years now, o…
Within the last year, several mainstream PC manufacturers have started offering entrylevel gaming laptops capable of playing current-gen titles, if not at the performance level you’d expect from more expensive (and customizable) …
