Recent content by Zapin

I take it this is a Rift thing since Virtual Desktop can already control the mouse just like a laptop touchpad using the Vive controllers. The desktop mode in Steam VR already lets you do the point and pull the trigger to click thing (thumb button right clicks) and it does not work well since...

I do not get why you would want base building in an exploration game. It should have the addition of a giant mothership where you can dock your regular ship and the mothership has tons of upgrades that let you have a version of base building without losing the exploration aspect. Either way...

Some VR support would be cool, even if all of the design stuff is outside of VR with a VR mode that lets you experience the attractions after you create them.

How is Apple supposed to be competition to Intel when they currently do not fabricate much of anything themselves atm. Maybe eventually the Athena fab facility will able to supply many of Apple's SOC demand but their own needs will require Apple to use other companies like TMSC for years to...

So putting Facebook front and center at Oculus events is a better PR move than Palmer Luckey? Not sure either is a good option.

Patents are fine as long as the patent holder does not value it so high that it has a negative effect on Innovation. If a hardware manufacturer can save on R&D by implementing SyncThink techniques into their HMD for a reasonable cost per unit then it could mean the difference between the...

It looks like the PSVR is working well considering the dated PS4 hardware (other than issues with the move controllers). Hopefully, they will not do VR a disservice by releasing too many half-baked VR demos pretending to be full fledged games. There are not many VR titles on any current...

If it has HDMI 2.0a then it might make a nice little HTPC otherwise this just a NAS motherboard imo

How is this not just a GearVR/Daydream with extra DoF? If it is much better than available phone powered VR or other stand alone VR HMDS then it would be nice if the article explained how. How does the screen door effect compare? What is the control system? Battery life?

Hopefully Revive will have an answer to the Touch controllers. It would be nice to see some real VR titles in the Oculus store for a change. The sit down Xbox controller titles feel pretty lacking to a Vive owner like myself. I will admit that Chronos was pretty good though.

Basically they just added a storefront to the Vive desktop program that most Vive owners likely already have. Steam is still the frontend and so far it seems that this is just HTC trying to get a piece of the action. If you buy a game via Viveport (in app or via web browser) you download it...

The 70hz thing is definitely a drawback and it seems to share the Oculus weakness of seated or standing experiences only using a standard controller. Oculus has a road map to overcome its shortcomings in this regard when the Touch Controllers come out and I suspect that when this happens even...