Kevin Carbotte

Bitmain is a small company from China that makes ASIC miners for cryptocurrencies, and it’s about to be every gamer’s best friend. The company today announced the Antminer E3, which is an ASIC miner that was engineered for mining Ethereum.

The HTC Vive Pro is an HMD-only upgrade kit, but you can buy controllers and base stations to go along with it. Though, for the price HTC is asking, you’re better off buying a classic Vive headset with your Vive Pro order.

WorldViz today announced that its multi-user virtual reality presentation software is now available to all businesses. The company also revealed the VizBox, an all-in-one, portable VR presentation system for off-site demonstrations.

In an interview with Tested.com at GDC, Andy Davis, DisplayLink Marketing Director revealed several details about the wireless system that we didn’t know, including details about a new Intel-developed antenna system.

Last week at GDC, Oculus introduced a new rendering technique called Fixed Foveated Rendering (FFR), which reduces the GPU load in VR scenes. FFR is somewhat of a gamechanger for mobile VR headsets, especially standalone units like the Oculus Go.

Late last night, Valve introduced a new SteamVR feature that enables per-application video settings so you can better utilize your graphics card’s resources in less demanding titles and not overload the GPU in graphics-heavy titles.

The era of virtual reality was supposed to usher in a new world of advanced games, entertainment, and educational experiences, but hardware adoption has been slow. It’s still got a long way to go.

The company expected to deliver units in February, but safety concerns temporarily halted production. Deliveries are now expected by June.

Sony today revealed a new price for the PlayStation VR headset. Starting tomorrow, the HMD should be available for as little as $299 across the U.S. and $379 in Canada.

TPCast announced a multi-user wireless VR system for businesses and VR entertainment facilities expected to become available in 2Q18.

Nvidia today announced that it would suspend its testing of autonomous cars on public roads until it knows what went wrong last week, when a self-driven Uber vehicle featuring Nvidia’s technology struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

HTC quietly revealed the recommended specifications for the Vive Pro HMD. As you may have guessed, you would a need a powerful, expensive GPU to drive HTC’s pricey new headset.

The Unites States Patent and Trademark Office recently published two patent applications from Oculus VR, LLC. for haptic VR glove technology. The published documents give us insight into the potential future developments of Oculus peripherals.

The Open Gaming Alliance (OGA) and the Immersive Technology Alliance (ITA) have joined forces to help drive innovation in computing technology and stimulate market growth in immersive technology and software development.

Oculus revealed some of the secret sauce that enables the older Snapdragon SoC in the Oculus Go to deliver a better mobile VR experience than today’s modern smartphones with their robust VR-optimized processors.

Noitom today announced that the Hi5 VR Gloves Business Edition is now available to order. The kit includes two gloves with full finger tracking. You’ll need a pair of Vive Trackers and an HTC Vive to use them, though.

HTC today announced that the Vive Focus standalone VR headset would hit the global market later this year. Vive Focus developer kits are available today.

Qualcomm today revealed the full specifications of the Snapdragon 845 VRDK reference headset. The company also outlined the developer resources that it provides with the program.

AMD's "Raven Ridge" Ryzen 5 2400G delivers impressive traditional gaming performance, but can it handle Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality VR platform? The short answer is yes--but with caveats.

Nvidia today released a new GeForce Game Ready driver that includes game optimizations for 'Sea of Thieves' and feature updates for several games. The new driver is also supposed to fix a VR HMD issue, but users are reporting that it didn't.

Scope AR today announced that its Remote AR technical assistance software now supports Google’s ARCore augmented reality platform, so enterprise customers can now use Scope AR’s advanced tech support tools without deploying specialized hardware.

HTC made waves in the tech world yesterday with the announcement of the Vive Pro’s price and availability. Today, we discovered more news that somehow slipped under the radar. HTC is now selling updated Vive Trackers that work with Steam VR Tracking 2.0.

Magic Leap today revealed the Magic Leap Creator Portal, which features a treasure trove of development resources about the company’s upcoming immersive platform, including a software development kit and tutorials to help you get started.