Categories Posted inin Business Why Epic’s Tim Sweeney blasted Microsoft in bid to keep Windows 10 open Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 5, 2016 10 min About once a decade, Tim Sweeney, the graphics guru and CEO of Epic Games, stirs the hornet’s nest. He did so on Friday by... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2016 7 min Tim Sweeney is of the best-known technical experts in the game industry and the CEO of Gears of War creator Epic Games, and he stirred... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business HTC Vive will cost $799, preorder on February 29 and ships in early April (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2016 3 min [Update: Feb. 29: The HTC Vive is now available for preorder on this link. International pricing is also available.]. HTC and Valve are planning... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Unity Technologies and Valve team up to make VR development easier Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 10, 2016 2 min Two video game titans are getting together today in support of virtual reality. Valve and Unity Technologies are announcing today that the Unity Platform... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business One-third of Steam users run Windows 10 Posted byby GamesBeat February 2, 2016 2 min Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for January, revealing that more than one in every three gamers on its Steam PC gaming... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Cloudlands: VR Minigolf is a zany way to experience virtual reality with the HTC Vive Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 31, 2016 3 min Golf games are usually standard on a new video game platform. But, they only work so well when you’re pretending to swing at a ball... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Elite: Dangerous shows you can get sick from a VR game on the HTC Vive Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 31, 2016 5 min For almost a year, Valve chief executive Gabe Newell and other company representatives have been saying that the HTC Vive won’t make you seasick... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hands on with Owlchemy’s silly Job Simulator virtual reality game for the HTC Vive Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 31, 2016 3 min If you don’t like your job in real life, maybe it will be better in virtual reality. That outlandish notion is the idea behind... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Budget Cuts aims to take the puzzles and humor of Portal into VR (hands-on) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 30, 2016 3 min We’re not sure if Valve is making a version of Portal for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, which is powered by Valve’s own... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Final Approach is an HTC Vive VR game that turns you into a kid playing with toy airplanes Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 29, 2016 4 min One of the best games I saw this week at Valve’s demo of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset was Final Approach from developer... Continue Reading 4 min