Games are getting the same realistic lighting as blockbuster movies
Multiple gaming technologies are coming together to enable real-time ray tracing. This is a technology that enables processors to replicate the physics of light,...
IDC: VR and AR headset sales expected to jump over 50% annually, hit 68.9 million in 2022
Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets are set to grow dramatically in popularity, IDC projects, with 2018 sales expected to hit 12.4 million units...
Magic Leap shows off AR glasses creator portal and SDK to game developers
Magic Leap announced that it will give developers a technical preview of its creator portal and software development kit (SDK) at the Game Developers...
HTC will sell Vive Pro VR headset for $800, cuts price of Vive to $500
HTC said today it will sell the Vive Pro virtual reality headset for $800, with global preorders starting now. And it will also cut...
Bigscreen launches alpha test for Gear VR mobile streaming
Bigscreen is only available on PC VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR platform, but that’s all about to...
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR hits Steam’s top 10 in less than a day
Turns out a lot of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR owners want to play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in VR. Who...
Datavized uses WebVR to map information across devices
Datavized is a VR startup with a data visualization platform designed to display across all devices using WebVR. Right now Datavized needs geographically-coded data to represent...
How one VR studio sold 100,000 copies of its $20 game
In February 2016, Anton Hand emailed Valve’s Chet Faliszek with details about some of his previous work with Unity and experiments in VR. Hand...
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries looks like it’s coming together
Piranha Games is giving fans another look at its upcoming future-military combat sim MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. After debuting the game in December, Piranha is...
Downpour Interactive is bringing military sims to VR with Onward
Presented by Intel While there’s no dearth of VR shooters out there, military sim enthusiasts searching for a VR version of Arma or Rainbow...