HTC’s new VR headset is coming sooner than you think
Given the recent dips in the number of mobile units that HTC has shipped, the company has quickly refocused all of its attention to the VR industry. At a developer conference in Shenzhen last year, HTC’s company sales President Chia-lin Chang had confirmed that they were working internally on a mobile VR solution, but had told the audience that it might be a while before we could get our hands on it. Apparently, the wait is almost over, and a product launch seems to be coming soon. More recently, in an interview with CNET, Chang confirmed the Vive Mobile will be compatible with the HTC Ultra U, [...]
Technological advances have made virtual reality a viable mainstream consumer technology. Like most, I am extremely excited for the age of virtual reality, if not a bit apprehensive about its potential effects on our society.
Well, there is not much longer to wait, Facebook’s Oculus Rift is slated for a Q1 2016 release, but the general consensus is that many PCs will not be able to handle the strain of virtual reality.
Tweet by inventor Palmer Luckey divulges all the details:
Thrilled to share some news: Manufacturing continues to go well, and we are still on-target for an awesome Rift launch in [...]
Oculus VR are a firm known for their Virtual Reality technology that was brought to life by a Kickstarter campaign for their original Oculus Rift Developer Kit 1 VR headset. Rumours have it that their next big project, the Rift headset, is being prepared for its beta test that won’t just be aimed at developers, but the general public too, as up until now it has been recommended that only developers purchase the development kits as they are not ready for consumer use yet. Multiple sources that claim to have knowledge over the matter believe that Oculus will ship several devices in a limited batch by summer 2015.
Once source said that the release [...]
Notch has announced via Twitter that he was in talks to bring a version of Minecraft to the Oculus Rift but has cancelled the project as Facebook creeps him out.
We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out.
— Markus Persson (@notch) March 25, 2014
Although Mojang is not going to bring an official version of Minecraft to support the Rift, Notch stated there is an unoffical mod that will do the same thing.
If you’re not aware, there’s a mod that does it: https://t.co/qD9bCeyaeD
— Markus [...]
