Ambarella has carved out a niche in video compression and image processing chips, generating $100 million a quarter in revenue. And today, the company is launching three new chips that will bring next-generation imaging features to cars, drones, virtual reality, and sports cameras. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Ambarella showed off the three new chips at CES...
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Playing ‘Deus Ex’ With Lenovo’s ‘VR Upscaling’ Was Far From Enjoyable
When I heard about Lenovo’s VR Upscaling feature, which debuted at CES last week, I just knew I had to try it. This strange little feature, included as part of the company’s upcoming Entertainment Hub storefront, takes AAA games and ‘upscales’ them to run inside the HTC Vive. In one corner of their show booth...
HTC Vive Mobile Phone Spotted in Promotional Video (Update: Perhaps Not)
An HTC Vive phone has been spotted in a promotional video ahead of a scheduled press conference for the company on January 12th. But what should we expect from a Vive branded phone? In another in a series of revealing tweets from Internet tipster Evan Blass over the CES period, a previously leaked promotional video seems to...
HTC and Intel Partner on New WiGig Wireless VR Solution
HTC have announced that, in addition to its TPCAST wireless add-on, it’s also working with Intel on a WiGig powered wireless VR solution and it’s keen to find more partners to work with on further solutions too. HTC seems to be ‘all in’ on ensuring its Vive VR headset is well supported for wireless upgrades...
How Oasis Games is creating a console beachhead for Chinese game makers
FEATURE: Fans of indie games and unusual new gaming experiences may remember a game — quietly released earlier this year in April 2016—called Koi, a game about the eponymous ornamental carp typically found in Asia. What made this game unique aside from the subject matter is that it was the first game fully developed in...
Bellying up to the first Oculus-powered bar in Las Vegas
Tuesday night, I heard my UploadVR editor, Ian Hamilton, say something he’s never said before: “Hey, man I think we should go to a bar.” Once I’d finished administering the necessary Voight-Kampff Test to confirm he was not a replicant, I grabbed my jacket and joined him on this noble quest. Our destination was Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in...
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang dives deep into gaming, VR, autonomous cars, and Shield TV
You could say that Nvidia is at its high-water mark. The company’s stock price has tripled in the past year. It has transformed itself from a maker of graphics chips to an artificial intelligence company. And CEO Jen-Hsun Huang gave the opening keynote speech at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas...
VR zombie game Arizona Sunshine will get Vegas-themed Undead Valley mode in February
Arizona Sunshine by Vertigo Games is a great game. We liked it so much, in fact, that we awarded it the designation of our favorite VR game of 2016. The complete single player campaign mode, cooperative multiplayer support, and addictive horde mode delivered a lot of content to a game that was already overflowing with fun and...
Porn finds a way back into CES through VR
Naughty America was tucked away in the back of the cavernous South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2017, the big tech trade show last week in Las Vegas. There were no signs or images to advertise the near-secret meeting room. But people found the only porn company at the show anyway....
Lenovo is getting serious about gaming PCs and PC gamers
Maybe you’ve noticed. PC gaming is hot, and every company with any presence in the computing market wants to establish itself as a brand for people who like (and spend a lot of money on) video games. Hardware manufacturer Lenovo is no different. Above: Will Fu of Lenovo wants to talk to you about video...
