HTC Vive Wireless Adapter Review: No Tether, No AMD By Kevin Carbotte published 19 November 18 HTC's Vive Wireless Adapter lets you cut the tether from your VR headset, but it doesn't always provide a smooth experience.
AMD Ryzen 2 vs. Intel 9th Gen Core: Which CPU Deserves Your Money? By Kevin Carbotte published 2 November 18 AMD's second generation Ryzen processors offered better value than Intel's 8000-series Core processors, but Intel's 9000-series chips are ready to take the crown back from AMD.
HTC Brings Vive Wave Platform Stateside Ahead of Vive Focus Headset By Kevin Carbotte published 30 October 18 HTC today released the SDKs for the Vive Wave platform so that developers around the globe can prepare thier software for the upcoming Vive Focus headset and other Vive Wave devices.
Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing API Makes Photorealism Easier By Kevin Carbotte published 3 October 18 Microsoft's Windows 10 October Update includes the DirectX Raytracing API, which lets developers bring real-time ray tracing to games using a familiar platform.
Pimax 5K+ M2 Pre-Production Headset: Eating GPUs for Breakfast By Kevin Carbotte published 30 September 18 Pimax's 5K+ headset is the first consumer VR device with an ultrawide field of view. We strapped it on to find out if that's something you should care about.
Watch the Oculus Connect 5 Keynote Live! By Kevin Carbotte published 26 September 18 Oculus Connect 5 kicks off today and the company is touting this year’s conference as the biggest Oculus Connect event yet! Join us to watch the live keynote presentation this afternoon.
What Tom’s Played This Weekend: Creed: Rise to Glory By Kevin Carbotte published 25 September 18 Creed: Rise to Glory is a first-person VR boxing game based on the Rocky spin-off, Creed. You take the roll of Adonis Creed and must fight your way up through the ranks of the boxing circuit.
HumanEyes' 5.7K Vuze XR Camera Supports 360- and 180-Degree Video By Kevin Carbotte published 25 September 18 HumanEyes technologies today revealed the Vuze XR camera, which supports 360-degrees or 180-degree stereo video capture at up to 5.7K resolution.
EK Water Blocks Unveils an Elegant CPU Coolers Line By Kevin Carbotte published 19 September 18 The company recently introduced the sleek new EK-Vector full-cover GPU block for Nvidia’s 20-series graphics cards. Now it’s preparing to release a brand-new CPU water block line.
Valve Extends Battery Life With Third Evolution of Knuckles VR Controllers By Kevin Carbotte published 19 September 18 Valve revealed a new revision of the upcoming Knuckles controllers which should be more reliable than the previous version.
Pimax Finally Prepping 8K, 5K+ VR Headset Shipments By Kevin Carbotte published 6 September 18 Pimax is preparing to ship the first run of Pimax 8K headsets to early Kickstarter backers at the end of the month. The company also revealed a new model of Pimax 5K headset.
Get Ready for the Next Windows 10 Update By Kevin Carbotte published 31 August 18 Microsoft revealed the name and launch date for the next Windows 10 feature update.
US Gaming Spend Is On Track for a Record Year By Kevin Carbotte published 30 August 18 U.S. game revenue from the first half of the year touched $19.5 billion, 43 percent higher than the first half of 2017.
Nvidia: Turing RTX Cards Up to 40 Percent Faster Than Pascal in Some Titles By Kevin Carbotte published 30 August 18 Nvidia’s Director of Technical Marketing, Tom Peterson, revealed details on a podcast about the upcoming RTX 20-series graphics cards that Nvidia had hitherto kept secret.
Pixvana VR Video Streaming Tech Is Now Open Source By Kevin Carbotte published 29 August 18 Content creators now have access to cloud-based distribution for streaming VR Video content.
Microsoft Was Making an Xbox VR Headset, But Not Anymore By Kevin Carbotte published 28 August 18 News surfaced this week that Microsoft was planning on bringing a VR headset to the Xbox console but scrapped its plans earlier this year.
Valve Steam Play Now Lets You Play Windows Games on Linux By Kevin Carbotte published 22 August 18 Valve introduced a new version of Steam Play at Gamescom that enables you to play Windows-only games on Linux-based PCs.
Xbox Design Lab Now Offers Camo, Shadow Patterns By Kevin Carbotte published 21 August 18 Xbox added Camo and Shadown patterns to the Xbox Design Lab controller configurator at Gamescom in Germany.
HTC Vive Adapter Brings Wireless VR for $300 By Kevin Carbotte published 21 August 18 HTC’s long awaited Vive Wireless Adapter is almost here. The company announced that pre-orders would begin on September 5. The units will sell for $300.
Here's Every Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, 2070 Card That We Know About By Kevin Carbotte published 20 August 18 Nvidia’s GeForce RTX cards are officially out of the ray-traced bag. Here's what we know about Nvidia's partner cards.
Strange Bedfellows: HTC’s VR Store Now Supports Oculus Rift By Kevin Carbotte published 16 August 18 HTC today revealed that Rift owners will have access to Viveport in September.
Vicon Debuts Unbreakable Tracking for Multi-User VR By Kevin Carbotte published 13 August 18 Vicon is taking the location-based VR (LBVR) business model seriously and its doubling down on its efforts to be a leader in the space at Siggraph 2018.
AMD Introduces Sub-$1000 Radeon Pro WX 8200 Card Ahead of Siggraph By Kevin Carbotte published 12 August 18 Just ahead of Siggraph 2018, AMD revealed the Radeon Pro WX 8200, a Vega-based workstation card priced less than $1000.
WorldViz Vizard 6 Gets Support for Windows MR, HTC Vive Trackers and More By Kevin Carbotte published 8 August 18 WorldViz today revealed a new edition of its VR development platform. The latest version offers support for Microsoft Windows MR, HTC Vive Tracker and more.
Magic Leap One Creator Edition Available Now By Kevin Carbotte published 8 August 18 Following years of hype and anticipation, Magic Leap’s Creator Edition is finally available. The company is now taking orders for its mixed reality lightfield headset.
