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Hardware manufacturer Razer has purchased audio company THX, which is perhaps best known as being a part of Lucasfilm back in the day. THX was originally created by George Lucas to make sure that Star Wars sounded as its creators intended to when played in cinemas, however after that turned …
Read More »Razer acquires movie sound giants THX
Razer nabs majority of THX assets and all of its staff for undisclosed sum
Read More »Razer launches $30m Zventures fund for start-ups and new technology
$5m set aside for virtual reality inverstments, another $5m for Android publishing under Ouya label
Read More »OSVR announces $5m dev fund for universal VR titles
Second major iteration of headset backed by hardware maker Razer unveiled
Read More »Razer unveils $400 VR headset
Peripherals specialist Razer has revealed its second VR headset. Dubbed The Hacker Development Kit 2.0 (or HDK 2.0 for short), this is a $400 piece of kit that’s set for a July release, according to GamesBeat. The hardware uses Razer’s VR operating system, the imaginatively called OSVR. Razer claims that …
Read More »CryEngine now natively supports open-source OSVR platform
Latest version of OSVR HDK headset adds diffusion technology to reduce ‘screen door’ effect
Read More »VR Wars: Which headset is best for devs?
The first wave of VR headsets isn’t even on shelves and yet developers are already spoilt for choice. Develop gets a grip on virtual reality’s many contenders with the help of Oculus VR’s Jason Rubin, Valve’s Chet Faliszek, PlayStation’s Simon Benson and Razer’s Jeevan Aurol
Read More »That Dragon, Cancer proceeds donated to cancer charities
Money raised by game’s sales will be split between Morgan Adams Foundation and Family House SF
Read More »Razer and Lenovo strike gaming PC partnership
The world’s biggest PC manufacturer and one of the platform’s most successful gaming specialists have teamed up. The first range of products from the collaboration between Lenovo and Razer will be the Razer Edition Lenovo PCs (via The Verge). These will include the Y series of desktop computers, which were …
Read More »Razer pledges to make good on the $600k Ouya owed indie devs
Indie developers who were part of Ouya’s Free the Games program will not be left out of pocket following the company’s acquisition by Razor. That’s according to CEO Min Liang-Tan, who has told Polygon that resolving the issue was made a priority at the company the moment it was unearthed. …
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