Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what’s happening in China. He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging...
Tag: virtual reality
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Sony’s Head of PlayStation Magic Lab, Richard Marks
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App—a single, platform-defining piece of software...
Valve: Only 30 SteamVR Apps Have Made $250,000+ (and other truths of the young VR market)
During a recent media event, Valve revealed that only 30 VR apps have made over $250,000 so far on Steam. Now focusing his company heavily on VR development, Valve president Gabe Newell remains bullish on the future of VR, but isn’t shying away from sharing frank assessments of the still young industry. Sorting content ‘by VR’ through...
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin Review: A Middling Misfire
I really want to deliver you some good news, here. I want to tell you that the Psychonauts, long thought lost to the fabled realm of cult classics, have made their triumphant return in a game that’s truly worthy of their twisted world of psychic agents. I want to tell you about a mind-bending VR...
Star Citizen May Still Get VR Support, But Framerate is a Concern
Considering over 1.7 million people contributed $143 million to make the game a reality, it’s no surprise that painting doubt over one of the game’s coveted features can cause a bit of an uproar. Most recently, Star Citizen’s senior graphics programmer Ben Parry had the community up in arms when he seemingly squashed the potential of...
HTC’s Alvin Graylin on What’s Happening in China & VR
Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what’s happening in China. He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which includes support from the highest levels of Chinese Government to invest in companies working on emerging...
VR Golf Online Review – Par for the Course
The great thing about VR is that I can not only do things I’d never do in real life such as shoot zombies, vanquish robots, and explore magical dungeons, but I can also do things that I could do in real life, but don’t have the access, skill, or patience to learn. One of those...
6 VR Apps That Use Parenthood To Make A Powerful Impact
This list was originally meant to simply encompass some of the most emotional VR experiences we’d had to date. We came up with a list of affectionate, memorable pieces that left us with more to think about than many of today’s VR games. Once the list was assembled, though, we noticed something interesting; parenthood was...
Report: Microsoft Might Not Update HoloLens Hardware Until 2019
A report on Thurrott.com indicates Microsoft is skipping an incremental hardware update to its Hololens in favor of a generational upgrade in 2019. The post by Brad Sams says tips he received from “several sources” indicated Microsoft canceled its second version of Hololens to focus on a third version that will take longer to ship but...
‘John Wick Chronicles’ Review
Neo-noir action-thriller John Wick (2014) has come to the Vive in its new VR wave-based arcade shooter John Wick Chronicles. Recreating the look and feel of the film franchise while offering up a heavy slice of gun play and plenty of moving targets, the game can be an exciting trip into the John Wick universe at times, but ultimately ends before it even begins....
