Articles by Kevin Carbotte

Kevin Carbotte is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware who primarily covers VR and AR hardware. He has been writing for us for more than four years.

Articles by: Kevin Carbotte

CableMod Now Offers Premium 'Pro Series' Cables And Extensions

By Kevin Carbotte published 23 February 18

CableMod today introduced the CableMod Pro series, a new premium product line that offers thicker cables, integrated cable combs, and a new pallet of colors to select.

Benchmarking Oculus' Not-So-Exclusive 'Brass Tactics'

By Kevin Carbotte published 23 February 18

Qualcomm’s Latest HMD Reference Design Features Adreno Foveation, Snapdragon 845 SoC

By Kevin Carbotte published 21 February 18

Bigscreen Beta Gets Major Performance Boost, 12-Person Rooms

By Kevin Carbotte published 15 February 18

3dRudder’s New $99 Price Point Is A Lot More Palatable

By Kevin Carbotte published 15 February 18

3dRudder announced a significant price reduction to the standard 3dRudder foot-based controller. You can now get your feet into the game for under $100.

Singularity Computers’ Spectre Case Has A Water Cooling Distribution Plate

By Kevin Carbotte published 15 February 18

Magic Leap Creator Edition Priced Like High-End Tablet, Smartphone

By Kevin Carbotte published 14 February 18

Litecoin Leads Crypto Rebound On News That LitePay Is Coming Feb 26

By Kevin Carbotte published 14 February 18

SteamVR Gets Wireless Firmware Updates, Oculus Dash Support

By Kevin Carbotte published 14 February 18

Russian Scientists Arrested For Cryptomining With Supercomputer

By Kevin Carbotte published 9 February 18

Interfax, a Russian news agency, reported that authorities apprehended multiple employees of a Russian nuclear facility following an attempt to use a supercomputer to mine cryptocurrency.

VLC 3.0 Expands 4K HDR, 8K, 360-Degree Video Support (Updated)

By Kevin Carbotte published 9 February 18

VideoLAN announced that a new version of its popular VLC video playback software is now available, which supports hardware decoding for new video formats, new streaming options, and network access.

Handy Games’ ‘Townsmen VR,’ ‘Devil And The Fairy’ Let You Play God

By Kevin Carbotte published 8 February 18

'Sprint Vector' Now Available On Steam, Oculus Stores With 20% Discount

By Kevin Carbotte published 8 February 18

Survios’ High-intensity virtual reality foot-race, "Sprint Vector," is now available on the Steam and Oculus stores. Get ready to break a sweat!

HP Doubles Down On VR For Business With New Enterprise Products, Services

By Kevin Carbotte published 5 February 18

Cryptocurrency Markets Tumble Following India Finance Minister Speech

By Kevin Carbotte published 2 February 18

VR Cover Now Offers Headphone Covers

By Kevin Carbotte published 1 February 18

VR Cover revealed a new product in its lineup of hygienic, washable, fabric covers for VR headsets. Now, the company offers washable covers for the integrated headphones that some HMDs offer.

Nolo Home Helps Distribute Mobile VR Apps With 6DoF Tracking

By Kevin Carbotte published 31 January 18

Nolo VR, the creator of the Nolo 6DoF Motion Tracking kit for mobile and desktop VR devices, announced Nolo Home, a content distribution platform for 6DoF content on mobile devices.

Caffeine Aims To Simplify And Socialize Livestreaming

By Kevin Carbotte published 31 January 18

Survios Prepares ‘Sprint Vector’ For February Release

By Kevin Carbotte published 30 January 18

'Doom VFR' Gets Smooth Locomotion, Windows MR Support

By Kevin Carbotte published 30 January 18

Bethesda will roll out an update to "Doom VFR" on Steam today to introduce smooth locomotion to the game. The update will also enable support for Windows Mixed Reality headsets.