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The Oculus Rift’s price advantage over rival HTC Vive has just taken a big hit. As spotted by Engadget, the upcoming Oculus Touch controllers – which are Oculus’s equivalent to the controllers included with the HTC Vive at launch – have been given a whopping 190 RRP in the UK. …
Read More »Bethesda’s Hines on Dishonored 2, Prey and the publisher’s massive growth
We thought the games industry had moved past the sort of opulent, decadent E3 events like the one Bethesda put on this year. The publisher – one year on from its 2015 press conference held in the same venue as the Oscars – threw a massive event in Los Angeles …
Read More »12 more universities join Crytek’s VR First programme
Engine firm’s virtual reality educational initiative now partners with 26 academic institutes
Read More »How China’s biggest companies are crushing it at virtual reality
SuperData director of research and head of VR/AR strategy Stephanie Llamas takes a look at why companies in the region have embraced the nascent medium
Read More »Raw Data makes $1m in month one, breaks VR records
Survios is the first developer to have a virtual reality title that generates $1m within one month. The firm revealed this success during an interview withFast Company, spotted byGamaSutra. Its sci-fi shooter Raw Data is already the first VR title to reach No.1 in the overall Steam charts, albeit briefly. …
Read More »Raw Data breaks VR records, hits $1m in one month
Sci-fi shooter has been purchased by at least 1 in 5 HTC Vive owners
Read More »How long will virtual reality last?
Aardvark Swift asks developers whether they see longevity in the much-talked about tech
Read More »Oculus Touch is getting a Rift-like virtual boundary system
Oculus has plans to introduce its own take on the SteamVR Chaperone system with the next update to its pioneering Rift virtual reality holiday. Chaperone enables devs to let players know when their HTC Vive wands are approaching the edge of the device’s sensor range, thus limiting their ability to …
Read More »Oculus adding virtual boundary system to Touch
Rift update 1.8 will introduce new tool to warn players when they’re out of sensor range
Read More »Oculus’ Rubin on the Rift’s first year and its High Street launch
2016 has witnessed VR become a reality. Already this year, the consumer versions of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR have been priced, with the former pair made available to consumers directly via their websites. Now the Oculus Rift is finally coming to UK retail on September 20th following …
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