Snapdragon 845 Mobile VR reference design is out
Published in Graphics


Next-Generation VR Experiences

Even the producers and screenwriters of the Silicon Valley TV show think that mobile will be driving VR, and it seems that they have closely followed what Fudzilla and Qualcomm have been saying for a while.

IBM and Unity use Watson AI for games
Published in News
Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:05

IBM and Unity use Watson AI for games


Star Trek Bridge Crew and AR and VR games

It is not every day when heavyweight of the Artificial Intelligence market, IBM, announces that its Watson AI will end up in the Unity engine targeting future AR and VR games.

Unified VR proving tricky
Published in News
Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:15

Unified VR proving tricky


Market should learn from console wars


Beancounters at ABI Research have added up some numbers and worked out that the VR market is in danger of fragmenting.

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR
Published in News
Thursday, 12 October 2017 02:34

Oculus talks new $199 self contained VR


Oculus Go ships in 2018

This is the first of two headsets that we have been hearing about in the last few months to be coming from Facebook owned Oculus

Nokia gives up on VR camera
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:27

Nokia gives up on VR camera


Makes more workers redundant

The former rubber boot maker Nokia has abandoned its OZO VR camera project and made more workers redundant.

HP ships VR backpack
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:24

HP ships VR backpack


Omen priced at $2,499.99

HP began shipping its virtual reality backpack the OMEN X Desktop VR Backpack today.

Microsoft’s mixed reality expected this Christmas
Published in IoT

 
Samsung already announces display

Software king of the world Microsoft has been talking up its latest mixed reality options,

IDC has not given up on AR and VR
Published in IoT
Monday, 02 October 2017 11:31

IDC has not given up on AR and VR


13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021

Beancounters at IDC have been shuffling their tarot decks and reached the conclusion that AR and VR are going to continue to grow like crazy – despite the fact that other analysts are not so sure.

Bethesda's VR games coming in 2017
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:16

Bethesda's VR games coming in 2017


Skyrim VR, Doom VFR and Fallout 4 VR

In a Quakcon welcome blog post, Bethesda officially revealed the launch dates for three of its upcoming VR titles, Skyrim VR, Doom VFR and Fallout 4 VR.

HTC cuts Vive VR headset price by US $200
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 August 2017 10:32

HTC cuts Vive VR headset price by US $200


From US $799 down to US $599

A recent price drop of the Oculus Rift VR headset has rather forced HTC's hand to lower the price of its VR headset as well, pushing it from US $799, down to US $599.