SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Yesterday we brought you news that HTC and Vive X company TPCAST were planning to release a wireless upgrade kit for the HTC Vive, with pre-orders going live today. Clearly, a lot of you wanted one. Alvin W. Graylin, China Regional President of Vive at HTC, told UploadVR that the kit had completely sold out...
Think of a Call of Duty game that was released in the past decade and not only have one of the two dozen or so developers at First Contact, probably worked on it, but they also probably have the box art framed on one of the walls in their Santa Monica, CA studio. In addition...
Sony probably isn’t going to reveal sales for its PlayStation VR headset for a while yet, but it did today reveal which games are selling the best on the PlayStation Store. The platform holder usually puts out a list of the top 10 and 20 selling games across a number of different categories in both...
IMAX has announced it’s raised $50m in order to create new “premium” experiences for use at its VR centres which the company have begun rolling out around the world. By the end of 2016, IMAX VR centres should be up and running in six locations around the world, with the first two nearing completion in Los...
Thinking of buying an Oculus Rift in the next few days? Hold off just a little longer and you’ll be able to save yourself a lot of money on software. Reddit users have uncovered an upcoming Best Buy deal, offering $100 Oculus Store credit when you pick up the VR headset. Here’s the catch: the...
MSI wants to make virtual reality mobile by taking its new PC and strapping it to your back. From this week, you can pre-order that PC. The VR One, as the backpack PC is called, can now be pre-ordered on Newegg. The lower-end model, which features a GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, 16GB of RAM, 256GB...
With high-end VR systems priced at hundreds of dollars, it can be difficult to make the plunge before knowing what the experience is actually like. Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. Here’s where you can try VR for yourself. HTC Vive The Vive is the...
HTC plans to offer a wireless upgrade accessory for the Vive created by TPCAST. Launching in early 2017 with pre-orders starting Friday, HTC claims the device will eliminate the direct connection to the PC without any noticeable difference in latency or gameplay. Reported first by UploadVR, the battery-powered “tether-less VR upgrade kit” is being made...
Last week saw the launch of the Global WebVR Hackathon run by Virtuleap, the online platform that is working to take the concept of the hackathon and scale it out for a mass targeted impact on the VR industry. Technology partners like Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have joined the collective effort to support WebVR as...
Oculus may be be closing out 2016 with a bang with the launch of its Touch controllers, but HTC is going to kick off 2017 with something special: a peripheral that makes its Vive headset wireless. HTC today announced a tether-less VR upgrade kit for its SteamVR device, made by TPCAST, one of the first...
By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.