The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners debuts as marquee VR game
Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment have launched The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as the latest high-profile virtual reality survival horror game. Skydance Interactive,...
Vive Cosmos VR headset has an inexcusable flaw — horrid tracking
Virtual reality isn’t the massive business that many of us thought it would turn into back in 2015 and 2016. But it’s still chugging...
The problem with PC VR is the PC
“Friction” is the word tech companies now use to acknowledge software and hardware pain points — typically at the point they’re planning to reduce...
HTC brings Viveport Infinity to Valve’s Index VR headset
The virtual reality app subscription service Viveport Infinity is now available for Valve’s Index VR headset, HTC announced, bringing all-you-can-watch and -play content to the most deluxe consumer...
June Steam hardware survey: The Rift-Vive cap shrinks … sort of
We took a month off in May (forgive us! E3!) but June’s Steam Hardware Survey results are in. Put simply, they don’t show much change in...
Game of Thrones comes to VR with Beyond the Wall on HTC Vive
HTC Vive has partnered with HBO to deliver a virtual reality experience based on Game of Thrones. The Beyond the Wall experience immerses players...
Sixense hires HTC Vive’s Joel Breton to run VR and AR content studio
Sixense Enterprises has hired former HTC Vive executive Joel Breton to run a virtual reality and augmented reality content studio, dubbed Sixense Studios, as the...
How virtual reality positional tracking works
Alongside having a wide field of view, virtual reality headsets are distinct from regular 3D displays in that they are tracked. PC VR, console...
Oculus Quest review: Virtual reality’s freedom day is transformative … and pricey
The Oculus Quest addresses everything that’s wrong with PC and mobile virtual reality these days: It cuts the cords and puts the sensors on...
HTC teams up with Qualcomm for Vive XR mobile devices
HTC announced that its Vive division will use Qualcomm’s technologies for XR standalone and 5G smartphone in its Vive Wave mobile virtual reality platform....