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The prospects of virtual reality gaming

Feb 2, 2016

Video gaming has certainly come a long way since the likes of Space Invaders infiltrated our arcades in the 1980s. But the latest advances in virtual reality technology look set to blow the recent innovation...

Valve offers free HTC Vive VR headset to select developers

Abby Smith

Mar 29, 2015

Innovation

Valve and HTC are willing to bring more developers on board, and so are giving away the Steam VR headset for free to the select developers. Apparently, the company is trying to make the newly introduced wrap-ar...

Apple secures virtual reality patent for iPhone

Abby Smith

Feb 18, 2015

Innovation

Apple Inc acquired a patent this Tuesday, which will allow its iPhone users to convert the smartphone into a virtual reality headset. Reports suggest that the iPhone will work as a screen for the VR headset, ho...

Facebook Oculus VR apps are under development, confirms Chris Cox

Abby Smith

Feb 18, 2015

Innovation

Facebook said that they are developing new apps to work with the Oculus virtual reality headsets. Speaking at the Re/Code's Code/Media conference Chris Cox, Facebook Chief Product Officer said that the company ...

Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe says gaming is heart of VR

Abby Smith

Sep 30, 2014

Innovation

Brendan Iribe, the CEO of Oculus, said that Oculus might be successful in other sectors, but its roots lie within Gaming. "For a very long time the heart and soul of what drives virtual reality is going to be a...

Oculus VR creator Brendan Iribe says headset will always be for Gaming purpose

Abby Smith

Sep 28, 2014

Innovation

Talking about the new virtual reality headset launched by the Oculus, company CEO, Brendan Iribe said that the device is solely for gaming purposes and will remain intact there. Company recently announce...

Oculus Rift unveils new Crescent Bay model

Abby Smith

Sep 20, 2014

Innovation

After a long time, Oculus VR has now unveiled a new model of its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, and surprisingly it has been packed with integrated audio and 360-degree motion tracking. During the Oculus ...

Oculus Rift support coming to Chrome and Firefox

Platonium

Jul 6, 2014

Innovation

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are planning on adding virtual reality support to future versions of their respective internet browsers. This would enable users to use an Oculus Rift headset to surf the web, ...

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