VR (Page 24)

Opinion

Microsoft blows open the VR race with a quiet bombshell

It's not about Scorpio; competitively priced, cross-compatible headsets will finally give the PC a VR platform that can compete with Sony's PSVR

Oct. 28, 2016 Rob Fahey

Stub

Oculus & Kaleidoscope announce VR art fund DevLab

Initiative plans to "support independent VR creators and explore the boundaries of virtual reality as an art form"

Oct. 27, 2016 Dan Pearson

Feature

Will Microsoft bundle a VR headset with Scorpio?

Analysts discuss Microsoft's move to offer $299 VR headsets, which could pair nicely with Project Scorpio

Oct. 26, 2016 James Brightman

News

GAME stores charging for PlayStation VR demos

Branches offering half an hour for £15, but store policies appear inconsistent

Oct. 24, 2016 James Batchelor

News

PlayStation VR sells 50,000 units in Japan during launch week

Virtual reality device outperforms PS4 after just four days on sale

Oct. 21, 2016 James Batchelor

News

HTC Vive has sold more than 140,000 units - report

Rare sales figures emerge, suggest slow build for premium virtual reality device

Oct. 20, 2016 James Batchelor

News

Ex-Zynga VP's VR animation studio Baobab secures $25m funding

California-based virtual reality start-up has now raised $31m to date

Oct. 19, 2016 James Batchelor

News

PlayStation VR launch demonstrates Sony's PR expertise - ICO

Analysis by ICO Partners reveals that PSVR dominated media coverage compared to the launches of Rift and Vive

Oct. 18, 2016 James Brightman

News

Brynley Gibson joins Curve Digital to lead VR push

Former Sony London Studio producer will also head up Zöe Mode and Headstrong Games

Oct. 18, 2016 James Batchelor

Feature

VR won't be to games what 3D was to movies - Survios

“We don't need as broad an adoption of VR for it to sustain a AAA ecosystem,” says Raw Data dev Chris Hewish

Oct. 17, 2016 James Brightman

News

PlayStation VR had "many hundreds of thousands" of pre-orders

Sony Interactive Entertainment's Jim Ryan has some good news for the emerging VR market

Oct. 17, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

News

Valve follows Oculus' lead with new Vive controller prototype

Emphasis on hand presence would eradicate a key difference between the two leading platforms in high-end VR

Oct. 13, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

Feature

Why one Chinese publisher believes PSVR will propel it in the West

Oasis Games is launching five PSVR games in the 90-day launch window; CEO Yuhui Wang says PSVR is going "to dominate the market"

Oct. 13, 2016 James Brightman

Opinion

Power to the People

PSVR marks the beginning of true consumer VR, but will it stick?

Oct. 12, 2016 Dan Pearson

News

John Carmack says VR devs are "coasting on novelty"

CTO asks Oculus Connect audience to raise its game and shift focus to mobile

Oct. 10, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

News

Oculus lowers the price of a VR-ready PC by half

Engineering innovation allows $500 PC to support Rift, around half the previous entry level

Oct. 7, 2016 Matthew Handrahan

Opinion

VR's crazy week punctuated by a Palmer Luckey no-show

Weekly roundup: Oculus, PSVR and Google highlight a busy week as analysts make wild predictions

Oct. 7, 2016 James Brightman

Opinion

Is PSVR Sony's quietest launch ever?

PSVR launches next week, but it's a quiet affair compared to Sony's usual bombastic launches. Why is the company holding fire?

Oct. 7, 2016 Rob Fahey

News

Oculus Connect: Touch price, new headphones and big games

Touch will be out in December at $199, Ready At Dawn, Epic and 4A announce titles

Oct. 6, 2016 Rachel Weber

News

Consumer spend on VR to hit $11.2 billion by 2020 - IHS Markit

Consulting and analysis firm more conservative on tech than its peers, expects PlayStation VR to outsell Rift and Vive combined this year

Oct. 6, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

News

Blizzard, Starbreeze vets land $5m investment for VR studio

First Contact Entertainment has also hired a chief revenue officer and community manager

Oct. 5, 2016 James Brightman

News

Critical Consensus: PlayStation VR

Mainstream and enthusiast press agree on the headset's strengths and weaknesses, but split on whether the experience is worth it

Oct. 5, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

News

Google Daydream to sell over 14m units by 2020 - SuperData

SuperData's VR forecast calls for total industry revenues to eclipse $30 billion as mobile VR really ramps up

Oct. 4, 2016 James Brightman

News

Google Daydream VR headset launches in November for $80

The headset has been renamed Daydream View and will be constructed from soft fabric, rather than plastic

Oct. 4, 2016 James Brightman

News

VR hardware will grow to $50 billion by 2021 - Juniper

Research firm expects gaming to drive new tech, with consoles accounting for half of all VR hardware revenues

Oct. 4, 2016 Brendan Sinclair