Category: Virtual Reality
Cyberlink releases PowerDVD17 with VR support
CyberLink is releasing PowerDVD 17 with full support for VR headsets. PowerDVD 17 adds support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets to bring virtual reality content to users, along with innovations in 360 video playback. PowerDVD 17 is also the world’s first software player to be certified by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)…
Could social platforms Altspace and Geekzonia help give VR a shot in the arm?
It's fair to say that the virtual and augmented reality market has grown significantly since 2010 when American teenager Palmer Luckey first created his VR headset prototype, which later evolved into the Oculus Rift. Yet despite the growing fascination with both AR and VR, the number of actual users still remains quite low – an…
Is 2017 make or break year for virtual reality?
Games blogger Joshua Mason reckons virtual reality needs a breakout game to be truly successful
VR is the future of online gaming
Affordable technology like Google Cardboard is bringing VR to the mainstream The way that things are going, in terms of digital technology and gaming, we can’t talk about the future of this industry without virtual reality coming up in the conversation. Game developers are constantly on the hunt for a…
BBC VR films highlight fire dangers and Syrian migrant crisis
A new BBC VR film depicting a terrifying Xmas Day fire was given its UK premiere today at the London Fire Brigade’s new pop-up museum in Lambeth today It seems the BBC is well and truly embracing virtual reality (VR) with the announcement of two new VR productions today (14/12/16). We…
Will virtual reality finally become mainstream in 2017?
Google Cardboard is one of the cheapest ways of getting into virtual reality with your mobile phone Everyone has heard the term ‘virtual reality’, but for those who are not particularly tech-minded it essentially means a computer-created simulation of reality that you can interact with in an immersive way. For a…
Has the HTC Vive been redesigned already?
HTC's Idris Mootee has posted a couple of intriguing images to his Facebook page - showing off what he says is a "secret weapon coming soon". Mootee has not revealed what the device is (there's even some speculation that it was an April Fools... though it doesn't look like it), but the consensus seems to…
WATCH: How does HTC Vive work?
HTC's forthcoming Virtual Reality headset has excited the VR world - but how exactly will it work? Check out the above video from Oculus Hut, which does some informed speculation on just how the 'lighthouse' laser-positioning system at the heart of the new headset might work.
Now you can watch Netflix on Oculus Rift
A company called AltSpaceVR has announced an open beta of a new app that will let Oculus Rift VR headset users watch Netflix together in a virtual cinema. According to UploadVR the new app is unofficial - it isn't made or endorsed by Netflix - but nor does it infringe on the terms of service…
Is VR going to be the next big thing?
Yesterday at the start of Mobile World Congress, HTC dropped one of the few genuine surprises so far: the Chinese phonemaker is partnering with Valve to build a virtual reality headset. The move is one that will excite gamers. Not because of HTC - but because Valve, which made its name with Steam and Half…
