Gaming

By Hugh Langley This week, Oculus Rift pre-orders start shipping out to consumers (some have already arrived, in fact), but while Oculus might still be the poster child for the second coming of virtual reality, it’s not the only choice. From PlayStation VR to the HTC Vive to Google Cardboard, we’ve been following the development…

By Hugh Langley On August 1 2012, a Kickstarter campaign for a virtual reality headset called the Oculus Rift was launched. It was a record breaker, ending with 947% of its original funding goal, and went on to kick-start the new wave of virtual reality. Since then we’ve seen Sony, Samsung, LG, HTC, Valve and…

By Hugh Langley On August 1 2012, a Kickstarter campaign for a virtual reality headset called the Oculus Rift was launched. It was a record breaker, ending with 947% of its original funding goal, and went on to kickstart the new wave of virtual reality. Since then we’ve seen Sony, Samsung, LG, HTC, Valve and…

By Kate Gray Week in Gaming Winter always seems to drag on forever, like a meeting with lots of boring graphs but no biscuits, or a train ride with no internet. But now we segue into the slightly-less-terrible season that is Spring, the season that’s all about new beginnings – from baby lambs being splooshed…

By Kate Gray Winter always seems to drag on forever, like a meeting with lots of boring graphs but no biscuits, or a train ride with no internet. But now we segue into the slightly-less-terrible season that is Spring, the season that’s all about new beginnings – from baby lambs being splooshed out of their…

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln PlayStation VR doesn’t need power to be a success Virtual reality is going to be success. That may sound like a presumptive statement, but at this stage, with all this time and financial backing poured into it, VR has to be. The real question is how, and through which platform that success…

By Joe Osborne If you’re one of those people who simply can’t see what the big deal is about virtual reality (VR), then listen up. House of Cards star and practically-every-award-winning actor Kevin Spacey is here to tell you why you should care. And, frankly, if you still don’t care about it – or at…

By Joe Osborne If you’re one of those people who simply can’t see what the big deal is about virtual reality (VR), then listen up. House of Cards star and practically-every-award-winning actor Kevin Spacey is here to tell you why you should care. And, frankly, if you still don’t care about it – or at…

By Nick Pino Update: We’ve learned that this leak, along with the one that came before it, is the result of an elaborate, incredibly convincing hoax that the Reddit user has owned up to. The user even posted a video detailing how he created a 3D-printed render of the previous Photoshopped “leak”. The moral of…

By techradar This week’s Apple event was all about the little things: a new, small iPhone and a new, smaller iPad Pro. But while these devices may be small but their impact is likely to be huge – especially in the corporate world, where both the iPhone SE and new iPad Pro are likely to…

By techradar This week’s Apple event was all about the little things: a new, small iPhone and a new, smaller iPad Pro. But while these devices may be small but their impact is likely to be huge – especially in the corporate world, where both the iPhone SE and new iPad Pro are likely to…

By Nick Pino March has been a good month for virtual reality fans. GDC 2016 gave us the price and launch information for PlayStation VR, four new demos for the HTC Vive (including one super awesome Star Wars game) and now, it seems, March 28 is the day you can expect the first consumer versions…

By Nick Pino March has been a good month for virtual reality fans. GDC 2016 gave us the price and launch information for PlayStation VR, four new demos for the HTC Vive (including one super awesome Star Wars game) and now, it seems, March 28 is the day you can expect the first consumer versions…

By Parker Wilhelm Sony PlayStation 4K Last week, rumors of an upgraded “PlayStation 4.5” surfaced, suggesting that Sony will boost the console’s processing power and graphics to support 4K gaming and an improved PlayStation VR experience. Fast-forward to now, and more sources have supported the possibility of a pumped-up PlayStation. The team at Digital Foundry…

By Parker Wilhelm Sony PlayStation 4K Rumors of an upgraded “PlayStation 4.5” surfaced last week, suggesting that Sony will boost the console’s processing power and graphics to support 4K gaming and an improved PlayStation VR experience. Fast-forward to today, and more sources have supported the possibility of a pumped-up PlayStation. The team at Digital Foundry…