Tag: virtual reality

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Nod Backspin is the ring-style controller virtual reality gamers will probably want

Nod Labs made headlines recently when the company secured $13.5 million in funding in order to continue developing, manufacturing, and eventually selling their Backspin controller. The reason for the interest in this peripheral is due to it not only being for VR headsets, mainly the Oculus Rift but any will work, but also due to its size, making it very portable, and so it can be used with Android devices.

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Razer officially adds Android support to their open Virtual Reality platform OSVR

So far we have had some decent support regarding Virtual Reality and Android devices announced. Initially Oculus Rift announced Android support before Facebook bought them out, that hasn’t changed as far as we know. HTC and Valve are working on the HTC Re Vive VR headset which no doubt will get Android support if it doesn’t have it already. Now Razer has announced that their open Virtual Reality platform, called OSVR, will come with compatibility for Android devices.

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Oculus Rift release date, specs, and pre-E3 press event round-up

Oculus Rift held their Pre-E3 press event moments ago, officially announcing the Oculus Rift as an official commercial product. Along with this announcement were some other surprising announcements made on stage, including the fact that the Oculus Rift headset will come bundled with an Xbox One controller and adapter, as well as working natively with Windows 10 and allowing for Xbox One game streaming to the headset.

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ARK: Survival Evolved will be getting Virtual Reality support soon

ARK: Survival Evolved is a new game on PC that was just released via Steam Early Access, so the game is still being developed but it is playable as an early access title. Those people who are playing it right now do have to deal with all that comes with being an early access game. However, future plans for ARK: Survival Evovled include support for Virtual Reality via the Oculus Rift or Sony’s Project Morpheus.

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Google I/O Day 2 Chan. 2 live stream is live. Coming up: Project Tango, designing for Virtual Reality and more

Google has three channels of live streams for Google I/O 2015. Each one has its own schedule for keynotes and sessions, all of which focus on different areas. All three channels went live at 9am PST and channel 2 is starting off with “Smarter user acquisition with App Indexing, AdWords and Google Analytics” and will then be followed-up with Project Tango, Designing for Virtual Reality and some other great sessions.