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VR hopeful Oculus Rift says it is addressing the component shortage problems that have delayed orders of the device. The component shortage impacted our quantities more than we expected, and we’ve updated the shipment window to reflect these changes. We apologize for the delay,” it told Polygon. We’re delivering Rifts …
Read More »Candy Crush creator: Free-to-play is not a sustainable business model on VR
But Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm predicts that the medium’s growing audience will pave the way for more than just premium products
Read More »Playing it safe: The challenges of testing ‘presence’ in VR
A key challenge posed by VR for game developers – and for testing labs – is ensuring that ‘presence’ is delivered for the end user. And of course, ensuring health and safety issues are addressed. Julian Mower, head of Testronic’s new VR Testing Lab offers his thoughts
Read More »Oculus Rift customers see pre-orders pushed back as far as August
The troubled launch of the Oculus Rift VR headset shows no sign of improving. Polygon reports that a number of customers have now been informed that their pre-orders have been pushed back significantly, in some cases to as far away as June – that’s three months after the headset’s official …
Read More »Climax Studios opens New Zealand studio
New outfit will focus on augmented reality projects
Read More »How Portal and Unreal Tournament solved VR’s movement problem
HTC Vive launch title Budget Cuts is one of virtual reality’s most versatile experiences yet, requiring players to shoot, throw, duck and crawl in order to sneak past an army of murderous robots. Develop caught up with Neat Corp’s Joachim Holmér to ask why he threw virtual knives at a wall for a day and find out why stealth is the perfect fit for VR
Read More »Oculus Rift data sharing policies challenged by US senator
A US senator has issued an open letter to Oculus over concerns over the information it is collecting about its users. The concerns were first outlined by UploadVR. It noted that all Oculus games must be loaded via the company’s own software, and that in turn is linked to a …
Read More »Job Simulator dev: ‘If your VR game doesn’t let players do something funny, you’ve failed’
CEO Alex Schwartz invites studios to ‘go down the rabbit hole of weirdness’ regarding gameplay mechanics
Read More »Analyst pegs 2016 VR headset revenues at $895m
Total sales of virtual reality headsets will reach $895m by the end of 2016, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. The prediction is somewhat lower than other recent estimates. SuperData last month estimated that the entire VR sector, including hardware and software, will reach $3.6bn this year – and …
Read More »HTC acknowledges ‘multiple issues’ with Vive deliveries
Tech company HTC has for the first acknowledged the issues that have been plaguing HTC Vive customers. Complaints about the ordering process and delayed deliveries have been doing the rounds for days, with reports that all non-Paypal orders were facing problems. HTC has denied credit card issues, however, and insisted …
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