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Read More »Bill Gates: HoloLens is ‘the start of virtual reality’
But former Microsoft chief believes its will be "a few years" but potential of new headset is realised
Read More »VIDEO: See Microsoft’s concept for its Hololens VR headset
Hololens represents Microsoft’s long-awaited foray into the world of virtual reality, although interestingly the company has chosen to focus instead on augmented reality. In a demo at last night’s Windows 10 reveal, Hololens was revealed as part of the operating system’s push away from the desktop and tablet market and …
Read More »VR firm nDreams secures £1.75m investment
nDreams has secured 1.75m in investment to continue expanding its plans for virtual reality game development. The company aims to use the funding from investment business Mercia Technologies to explore publishing and acquisition deals for other VR titles. nDreams currently has five of its own VR projects in development, including …
Read More »nDreams nabs £1.75m investment for VR game development
UK studio exploring acquisition and publishing deals for external titles
Read More »Pies, psychology and Pixel Rift: the story of Brazil’s first VR game creator
Ana Ribeiro gave up everything to move to the UK and start a new life developing for the Oculus Rift. MCV discovers her fascinating journey Asuccessful business and steady wage would leave many satisfied, but Ana Ribeiro’s passion led her to give it all up and travel almost 9,000km in …
Read More »Unreal Diaries: Virtual reality’s value proposition
Epic Games lead engineer Nick Whiting discusses how UE4 can power VR experiences
Read More »Making immersive audio for VR
Develop catches up with the VisiSonics team behind 3D spatial audio processing tech RealSpace 3D
Read More »AMD: Hardware power must increase 200x for VR photorealism
Despite the promise of photorealism in games, it could be a long wait before it is ever achieved in virtual reality hardware, says AMD’s chief gaming scientist Richard Huddy. Virtual reality is a staggeringly exciting field,” he told Develop as part of our in-depth feature onthe future of game graphics. …
Read More »VR hardware needs to be ‘200 times more powerful’ to achieve photorealism
A look at the numbers behind putting the reality into virtual reality
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