Tag: Virtual Reality
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PlayStation VR Finally Arrives This October Costing £349
Sony has at long last revealed a release month and price for its virtual reality gaming experience, the PlayStation VR. The announcement of an October release and a £349 price tag for PlayStation VR arrived at this year’s Games Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, the same event where the headset was first spotted two […]
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Climb the Rocky Steps in 360 Degree Panoramic Video
If you’re a regular social networker you might have spotted those impressive 360 degree interactive panoramas popping up on Facebook recently. Most memorable was the one released to celebrate Star Wars: The Force Awakens which allowed explorers of a galaxy far, far away to explore the new planet Jakku. Also See: Experience Star Wars Through […]
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Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality to Rule 2016 – But Which is Which?
This year could very well be the big one for both augmented and virtual reality devices. The furor surrounding the Oculus alone should be enough to at least pique the interests of the general public. The sales of virtual/augmented-reality devices will supposedly soar to 14 million by then end of 2016 and jump to 38 […]
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Pre-orders Shipping with Free Gear VR
There’s more big news regarding the Samsung Galaxy S7 today, as according to a number of reports Samsung’s upcoming flagship model will include a free Gear VR headset for pre-order customers. The Samsung Galaxy S7 is set to be launched at the Unpacked 2016 event on February 21st at the opening of this year’s Mobile […]
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PlayStation VR Unofficially Priced On Swiss Websites
Sony’s virtual reality kit, formerly Project Morpheus – now PlayStation VR, finally has a price (sort of) thanks to a couple Swiss retail websites which are already listing the product ahead of its launch at some point in the first half of 2016. Page markers have popped up on www.internet.ch and http://www.brack.ch showing manufacturer part […]
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Experience Star Wars Through VR with Google Cardboard
Internet giant Google and US cellular network Verizon have brought together budget virtual reality with this year’s most highly hyped movie to release a set of limited edition Star Wars Google Cardboard headsets. We say limited, but there are in fact 200,000 Star Wars Google Cardboard units up for grabs for Verizon subscribers but we […]
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PlayStation VR – Project Morpheus Gets an Official Name
After recently celebrating the 20th anniversary of PlayStation in the United States, Sony has decided on a final retail name for its virtual reality headset codenamed ‘Project Morpheus’ and it going to be called – PlayStation VR. Project Morpheus was officially announced and an early version demonstrated at the Games Developers Conference last March and […]
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Oculus VR countdown site leaks possible consumer Rift concept
Oculus VR is holding a press event on Thursday ahead of E3, because apparently no one can wait until E3 to make big reveals any more (looking at you Bethesda) and because it’s supposed to make us all super excited for the show. So in true hype fashion it’s updated the Oculus website with a […]
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Angry Birds VR Takes First Flight at Rock in Rio USA
Developer Rovio took the Angry Birds on tour this weekend and gave revellers at the Rock in Rio USA festival a first look at a brand new version of the popular app game – one which uses Virtual Reality to give the player a real bird’s eye view! Angry Birds VR is currently just a […]
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HTC Vive Developer Edition Virtual Reality Headset Now Available To Developers
HTC Vive VR headset, which is a collaboration between Valve and HTC, is now available to Developers. The HTC Vive Developer Edition, as expected, is now available for developers to register for and will be issued by Valve to selected developers for free. Yes free. Unfortunately the HTC Vive Developer Edition is not available to […]
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Nokia May Re-Enter Phone Market in 2016
Nokia are stealthily about to sneak their way back into the mobile market, following some deals with Microsoft that lead to their Lumia branch becoming absorbed into the computing giant. Several foul ups a few years ago led to Nokia being thoroughly outpaced by Apple and Google’s handsets, leading to the sell off of their […]