Nvidia: Turing RTX Cards Up to 40 Percent Faster Than Pascal in Some Titles By Kevin Carbotte published 30 August 18 Nvidia’s Director of Technical Marketing, Tom Peterson, revealed details on a podcast about the upcoming RTX 20-series graphics cards that Nvidia had hitherto kept secret.
Pixvana VR Video Streaming Tech Is Now Open Source By Kevin Carbotte published 29 August 18 Content creators now have access to cloud-based distribution for streaming VR Video content.
Microsoft Was Making an Xbox VR Headset, But Not Anymore By Kevin Carbotte published 28 August 18 News surfaced this week that Microsoft was planning on bringing a VR headset to the Xbox console but scrapped its plans earlier this year.
Valve Steam Play Now Lets You Play Windows Games on Linux By Kevin Carbotte published 22 August 18 Valve introduced a new version of Steam Play at Gamescom that enables you to play Windows-only games on Linux-based PCs.
Xbox Design Lab Now Offers Camo, Shadow Patterns By Kevin Carbotte published 21 August 18 Xbox added Camo and Shadown patterns to the Xbox Design Lab controller configurator at Gamescom in Germany.
HTC Vive Adapter Brings Wireless VR for $300 By Kevin Carbotte published 21 August 18 HTC’s long awaited Vive Wireless Adapter is almost here. The company announced that pre-orders would begin on September 5. The units will sell for $300.
Here's Every Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, 2070 Card That We Know About By Kevin Carbotte published 20 August 18 Nvidia’s GeForce RTX cards are officially out of the ray-traced bag. Here's what we know about Nvidia's partner cards.
Strange Bedfellows: HTC’s VR Store Now Supports Oculus Rift By Kevin Carbotte published 16 August 18 HTC today revealed that Rift owners will have access to Viveport in September.
Vicon Debuts Unbreakable Tracking for Multi-User VR By Kevin Carbotte published 13 August 18 Vicon is taking the location-based VR (LBVR) business model seriously and its doubling down on its efforts to be a leader in the space at Siggraph 2018.
AMD Introduces Sub-$1000 Radeon Pro WX 8200 Card Ahead of Siggraph By Kevin Carbotte published 12 August 18 Just ahead of Siggraph 2018, AMD revealed the Radeon Pro WX 8200, a Vega-based workstation card priced less than $1000.
WorldViz Vizard 6 Gets Support for Windows MR, HTC Vive Trackers and More By Kevin Carbotte published 8 August 18 WorldViz today revealed a new edition of its VR development platform. The latest version offers support for Microsoft Windows MR, HTC Vive Tracker and more.
Magic Leap One Creator Edition Available Now By Kevin Carbotte published 8 August 18 Following years of hype and anticipation, Magic Leap’s Creator Edition is finally available. The company is now taking orders for its mixed reality lightfield headset.
Pimax Concedes GTX 1070 Not Powerful Enough to Drive 8K Headset By Kevin Carbotte published 31 July 18 Pimax's latest backer update reveals that the company underestimated the GPU requirements to drive the Pimax 8K headset.
Google's Chrome Browser Finally Comes to Daydream VR By Kevin Carbotte published 31 July 18 Now you can browse the web with your Daydream headset. Google released a Chrome browser designed for its VR platform.
Microsoft Makes Gaming More Accessible With the Xbox Adaptive Controller (Updated) By Kevin Carbotte published 25 July 18
Next-Generation VR Headsets Will Connect to Your PC With a VirtualLink USB-C Port By Kevin Carbotte published 17 July 18 The rumors were true; Nvidia is working on a new display interface standard for its upcoming graphics cards. However, it’s not a new port.
The Best Selling SteamVR Games of 2018 By Kevin Carbotte published 14 July 18 Two years into consumer VR, Valve's list of top selling VR titles reveals that the earliest developers had some of the best ideas.
Magic Leap One Powered by Nvidia Tegra TX2, Available Summer By Kevin Carbotte published 11 July 18 Magic Leap finally revealed some of the specifications for its upcoming mixed reality headset, which will release this summer.
HTC Is Testing Multi-Room Vive Tracking Configurations By Kevin Carbotte published 11 July 18 Valve is making progress with multi-room VR configurations using SteamVR Tracking 2.0--the latest SteamVR beta update can address up to 16 base stations.
HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset Review: Narrow FOV Is Not What You Want By Kevin Carbotte published 5 July 18 The HP Windows Mixed Reality headset offers a handful of excellent features, but the product value is marred by a handful of poor design choices and a high asking price.
Pimax Misses Q2 Shipping Timeline, Swears Production Will Begin Soon By Kevin Carbotte published 29 June 18 Pimax issued a backer update saying that it once again missed its projected delivery timeframe, but it’s gearing up for mass production over the summer.
Leap Motion Made It Easier to Build Your Own Project North Star Headset By Kevin Carbotte published 29 June 18 Leap Motion today released an update to the Project North Star CAD files which includes a slot for the Leap Motion developer kit hardware.
Rift Reprieve: Judge Cuts $250 Million From Facebook's Debt to Zenimax By Kevin Carbotte published 28 June 18 The fight between Facebook and Zenimax isn’t over, but the tables have shifted. A U.S. District judge cut Facebook’s burden from $500 million to $250 million.