Game boss interview: Oculus’s Jason Rubin expects a triple-A VR game from Titanfall maker Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 14, 2017 15 min Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook wants to reach a goal of getting a billion people into virtual reality. Speaking at the fourth annual Oculus Connect... Continue Reading 15 min
Intel makes the case for wireless PC-based high-end virtual reality Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 1, 2017 19 min Intel recently hosted a 100-year-old man at its virtual reality lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. Lyle Becker was a big fan of the VR flight simulator,... Continue Reading 19 min
The Switch and VR represent new audiences for Bethesda Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 21, 2017 11 min For years, Bethesda has been making games for mature audiences that seem diametrically opposed to the audiences for Nintendo products. But in the past... Continue Reading 11 min
Lone Echo nails the 3 keys to VR gaming Posted byby Jeff Grubb September 18, 2017 3 min Most virtual reality games are leaving me cold these days. The latest shooting gallery doesn’t even register in my brain anymore, and even the... Continue Reading 3 min
HP’s PC chief Ron Coughlin talks regaining PC share, targeting gamers, and expanding to VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 13, 2017 18 min PCs aren’t dead yet. Just ask Ron Coughlin, head of HP‘s computer business. The Palo Alto, California company’s PC business has growth at about... Continue Reading 18 min
Facebook’s rumored $200 standalone VR headset is not a Rift replacement Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 13, 2017 3 min Facebook is expected to debut a $200 wireless Oculus VR headset in 2018, according to a report based on unnamed sources by Bloomberg writer Mark... Continue Reading 3 min
Oculus cuts price of Rift + Touch by $200 for limited time Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 10, 2017 1 min Hoping to breathe some life into the virtual reality market, Oculus said it is cutting the price of the Oculus Rift VR headset and... Continue Reading 1 min
Rime developer talks about Spain’s struggle to grow in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2017 9 min Companies like Tequila Works, the maker of games such as Rime and Deadlight, are trying to put the gusto in game development in Spain.... Continue Reading 9 min
Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 12 min Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,... Continue Reading 12 min
Judge tells ZeniMax and Oculus to end their legal battle Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 24, 2017 2 min One of the biggest stories of 2017 for the VR industry is also one of its longest. The year started out with ZeniMax Media... Continue Reading 2 min