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ELECTRONICS 
March 17, 2016 Sony Reveals PlayStation VR Price, Release Date, and Specifications
Sony finally announced the release month, price, and specifications of its PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset at its PS VR event at the Game Developers Conference 2016 (GDC 2016). The contender to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift will be available for $399 in the US, 399 Euros in Europe, GBP 349 in the UK and […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 17, 2016 Here’s What You Get When You Pre-Order the PlayStation VR Headset
Hot on the heels of announcing the PlayStation VR (PS VR) price and release date, Sony is also allowing pre-orders from March 16. Here’s what you get along with the PS VR headset when you pre-order it: PlayRoom VR game Earplugs A breakout box with the additional processing power needed Cables and documentation It’s important […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 16, 2016 AMD Announces Radeon Pro Duo for VR Creators; Graphics Roadmap Updated Till 2018
AMD used its press conference at the 2016 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to announce a number of initiatives around VR, which it is targeting as a major market and focus area going forward. The company unveiled a new graphics card aimed at VR content developers, called the Radeon Pro Duo, which promises a […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Facebook’s Oculus Unveils New Social, Video Features for Samsung Gear VR
Facebook-owned Oculus VR is bringing new social and video capabilities to the world of virtual reality. The company announced an update to its software that will enable Samsung Gear VR users to create a social profile while also leveraging several other features. The update will go live on Thursday. Oculus added that it also plans […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Oculus Rift May Offer Better High-End Quality Than PS VR, Admits Sony Executive
After years of hype and development, high-end virtual reality (VR) headsets will make their way to consumers starting with the Oculus Rift this month, in 20 countries around the world. Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) is one of its biggest competitors, and Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Masayasu Ito pointed out this week why he […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 12, 2016 Indie Film ‘Creative Control’ Looks at the Near Future of Personal VR
What does technology look like five minutes in the future? It’s a question that’s on a lot of artists’ minds lately. Whether it’s the Siri-like companion in Spike Jonze’s ‘Her,’ a beautiful AI in Alex Garland’s ‘Ex Machina’ or the ability to instantly rewind and project memories in the “Black Mirror” episode of TV’s ‘The […]
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NEWS 
March 3, 2016 Absentia Tesseract VR First Impressions: A Promising Start, but Lots of Room to Improve
The competition for virtual reality headsets is heating up, and there are some clear frontrunners emerging – the Oculus Rift, whose Kickstarter project sparked the fresh wave of interest in the category is going to launch next year, while HTC just clarified that the HTC Vive will be available from April. Sony’s PlayStation VR will […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 28, 2016 Homido Mini Is a Cheap VR Headset That’s Even Simpler Than the Google Cardboard
The Homido Mini is a small, easy to use, and extremely portable virtual reality ‘headset’ for mobile devices that works with apps that support Google Cardboard. It’s reasonably cheap, and you can use it to very easily showcase VR experiences without having to carry around a large boxy cardboard headset, which makes it a great […]
