HTC kicked off the Game Developers Conference with demos of new apps, including a VRSports app that lets you play Ping-Pong in virtual reality on the HTC Vive VR headset. The titles will join the 1,300 that are already available on the Vive, which was voted the top development platform for VR based on a...
Month: March 2017
AMD sets the stage for its groundbreaking Ryzen processors and Vega graphics chips
Advanced Micro Devices is riding high on the pending introduction of its most competitive processors and graphics chips in years. This week, AMD is launching its Ryzen desktop processors for gamers, and it is unveiling its Vega-based graphics chips in the first half of this year. To make sure those technologies have the proper impact,...
Survios announces Sprint Vector VR game that will tire you out
Virtual reality firm Survios unveiled Sprint Vector, a new virtual reality game with an innovative system for moving a character in VR. In the game, you swing your arms to make your character run in the 360-degree VR world. It’s Survios’ second game. Like its predecessor Raw Data, it keeps you active and is meant to...
NVIDIA’s New GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a VR Beast
As many of you already know, NVIDIA is one of the leading purveyors of graphics cards which are heavily used for VR. In fact, NVIDIA is the go-to solution for the majority of users, so it is always a good day when the company launches a new graphics card. This is especially true when they...
NVIDIA Announces GTX 1080 Ti, Purportedly 35% Faster Than GTX 1080 at $699
Tonight NVIDIA has announced the top dog of their GeForce GTX graphics cards, the GTX 1080 Ti. The new Ti model succeeds the GTX 1080 to become the flagship GPU of Nvidia’s consumer line. Launched last year, Nvidia’s latest 10-series GPUs ushered forth a completely reworked GPU architecture called Pascal which brought features like Simultaneous...
GDC 2017: Oculus Studios Will Release at Least One VR Game Every Month This Year
On Monday I found myself in a familiar place: a well furnished, well carpeted room full of amazing new VR games. The orchestrator of all this comfortable setting was Oculus — the Facebook-owned VR company. Within Oculus itself is Oculus Studios, a dedicated VR content producer and publisher committed to facilitating high-quality VR experiences through creativity, studio...
‘AR/VR Austin’ 2017 to Explore Political Climate & its Impact on the VR/AR Industry
AR/VR Austin returns for its third successive year, presenting a mini-conference named ‘Alternative Realities’. Taking place as an unofficial event during the SXSW 2017 festival on March 11th, this year’s event will question the impact of social and political change on the AR/VR industry. Following last year’s celebration of technology innovation, the AR/VR Austin event...