HTC and Valve’s Vive cybergoggles right this moment acquired a everlasting worth lower, taking the digital actuality headset from £759/$799 to £599/$599. Unlike the present £399 Rift sale, it is a everlasting change. And it comes simply in time for Rez Infinite, which our Alec has declared to be “the greatest VR game to date.”...
When Oculus Kickstarted the Rift three years ago, it was hard to believe that we’d be able to buy a working, affordable VR headset for our PCs—and now here we are with two seriously impressive VR headsets launching a mere week apart. The Vive, a collaborative effort between HTC and Valve, is now shipping to...
Power that’s not painfully expensive Unless you’ve had your head under a rock for the past six months, you probably already know that virtual reality headsets–namely the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive–are the new hotness when it comes to PC peripherals. VR is all over the media, but what keeps getting repeated over and...
Sony’s console virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, has a chance of making its way to PC, an executive at the company has hinted. Masayasu Ito, Sony Computer Entertainment’s senior vice president, told Nikkei that making PSVR compatible with PCs is something there is a potential for: “Since PlayStation 4 shares a lot of its components...
As the first wave of consumer VR headsets hit soon, we start to look at what can be done with regards to showing off the games involved. Mainly because it’s not as simple as whacking a few cables into something and streaming the footage. Games using a combination of virtual and augmented reality — mixed...
We used a lot of VR while we were at GDC 2016. It was the heart of the conference this year, and we’re rapidly approaching the day the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are available to anyone with money to burn. So we gathered to discuss what the main differences between the two are, and what could be deciding...
Valve brought a new set of demos to GDC 2016 to showcase the HTC Vive. So we played them. And no, there was no Half-Life 3 or Portal 3 to be found behind any of the closed doors. Those fist-clenching disappointments aside, the new demos showed off some first-person bow combat with the Vive’s controllers and put...
The HTC Vive VR headset is the most complete package for experiencing VR that you can buy today. Although being the most expensive option, HTC’s full kit for $800 gives you everything you need to control and move around in real (and virtual) space. If you’re interested, the Vive is available for pre-order and starts shipping in...
