Warner Bros has partnered with Vive maker HTC for the creation of virtual reality content to accompany 2018’s Ready Player One film. The movie, which is being helmed by Steven Spielberg, is an adaptation of the Ernest Cline book of the same name. Cline has also co-written the screenplay. The …
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Read More »HTC VP: I disagree with Oculus’s strategy a lot
The VP of global VR for HTC has slammed VR rival Oculus for its walled garden approach to VR content. Joel Breton told GameSpot that HTC has an internal policy to encourage its development partners to release their titles on as many platforms as possible. Oculus, in contrast, has come …
Read More »Shared Rooms: Designing Multiplayer VR
Multiplayer will be key for the mainstream adoption of virtual reality, but comes with a fresh set of problems to surmount. Jem Alexander asks studios what stands between us and the perfect social VR experience.
Read More »HTC unveil internal development studios at VRX
Studios opening first-party Vive game Arcade Saga developed by internal 2 Bears Studios
Read More »Tech giants join together to create Global Virtual Reality Association
Facebook's Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung and Acer all involved
Read More »HTC open pre-orders for wireless HTC Vive adaptor
$200 dollar device makes your HTC Vive wireless for 90 minutes at a time
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Develop hires new editor
Jem Alexander joins from Riot Games,HTC hires new community manager and Yogscast bolsters Xbox On. Develop appoints new editor MCV’s sister title Develop has appointed Jem Alexander (pictured, right) as editor, joining from Riot Games. He spent nine months at the studio as an eSports writer and has recently worked …
Read More »A new controller for the HTC Vive was shown off at Steam Dev Days
At the Steam Dev Days event Valve demoed a new prototype controller for the HTC Vive. Information on the new controller is thin on the ground, as the event is only for developers and not press. The only real information that we have to go on is that players can …
Read More »HTC’s Vive software portal goes live
While Steam is the natural home for HTC Vive, owners of the VR headset are now also able to buy their games from the manufacturer’s own portal. Viveport is now live in 30 major territories, having launched in China earlier this year. As part of the launch, a number of …
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