virtual reality Latest news (2)

Adrian Werner, 28 April 2019, 21:36

The Kickstarter campaign for Firmament, a new adventure game from the developers of Obduction and the Myst series was a success.

Konrad Serafinski, 02 April 2019, 17:13

First information on the release date and hardware requirements of Valve Index, the new VR set from the owners of Steam, have surfaced on the web.

Konrad Serafinski, 31 March 2019, 22:14

Valve published a picture on Steam, presenting a VR device called Valve Index. This confirms earlier reports that the company is working on a new VR decide. More details coming this May.

Konrad Serafinski, 26 March 2019, 09:40

Sony sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation VR devices, according to a post published on the official company blog. This means that 1.2 million users have bought the device within the last 7 months.

Bart Swiatek, 08 March 2019, 16:19

Valve has laid off 13 full-time employees last month. Some third-party contracts were also cancelled. The reason for the layoffs remains unknown.

Bart Swiatek, 21 February 2019, 16:16

One Jak Willmot is trying to spend a whole week in VR. The self-imposed rules of his challenge prevent him from taking the device off for longer than 30 seconds and only to put on a different set.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 February 2019, 20:09

The rumors of Nintendo Switch gaining VR support have revived. According to Nintendo World Report, the Japanese company plans to reveal the VR device later this year, as well as add VR support to several exclusive titles.

Frozen, 07 January 2019, 16:42

During a conference at CES 2019, Nvidia announced the total sales of virtual reality headsets for personal computers.

Mathias Zulpo, 30 July 2018, 04:10

A study conducted by Digital Trends is here to prove above all doubt that Virtual Reality is dying. But HTC begs to differ and says that's not the case and things are in fact looking up – at least when it comes to Vive.

luckie, 08 May 2017, 14:23

Marvel is very excited about the possibilities of virtual reality in video games. The company is working on at least one VR game, to be announced soon.

luckie, 24 April 2017, 15:42

VR technology has run into some trouble on its road to popularity. Because of mixed results acvieved by several big players in the industry, investors are now much more cautious about VR than they were in 2016.

luckie, 25 October 2016, 11:54

Everyone seems to want a PlayStation VR nowadays. The device is already out of stock in both US and UK Amazon, while other markets report sales numbers going through the roof.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 March 2015, 15:14

Jeep Barnett from Valve has commented on the use of VR in an interview with Kotaku, suggesting that it is possible to transfer the Half-Life franchise into virtual reality.