Optical vs. laser mouse
When you pit an optical mouse versus a laser mouse, you might not know the differences right away. Which one comes out on top, and why? What's the difference between them? We clear the air and explain...
31Mar2018
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4 years into lawsuit, appeals court rules that ‘GTA V’ character is not Lindsay Lohan
In a case that was ridiculous from the beginning but has stretched on for years, a New York court has ruled against actress Lindsay Lohan, who contended that GTA V used her likeness for a minor fringe...
31Mar2018
Niantic agrees to settle Pokémon GO Fest lawsuit
The Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago's Grant Park turned out to be a bit of a disaster for many attendees. Now, Niantic has agreed to reimburse attendee's the costs of travel and lodging accrued during the ...
31Mar2018
Everybody dance now! If you can boogie down, ‘Fortnite’ wants your best moves
Victory celebrations are easily one of the most popular aspects of the multiplayer free-for-all blaster Fortnite: Battle Royale, and Epic Games wants to add a new player-created dance move to the repe...
31Mar2018
Experience The Freedom To Explore And Tokens In MechFightAR
Developer Animate Objects have announced a new augmented reality (AR), free-to-play mobile videogame in the form of MechFightAR. The title makes use of location-based AR and a novel reward and to...
31Mar2018
Here’s how to defeat the Kraken in ‘Sea of Thieves’
Have loads of treasure on your ship only to lose it to the sprouting tentacles from the depths of the ocean? Here's everything you need to know for you and your crew to survive an encounter with the d...
31Mar2018
Touching Masterpieces Lets The Visually Impaired Touch Famous Artwork
Thanks to virtual reality (VR) and haptic feedback, Touching Masterpieces is allowing those with visual impairment to get close to famous works of art like never before and feel their beauty.
Develo...
31Mar2018
Sir David Attenborough Fed A VR Dinosaur At Yorkshire Museum Exhibition
A new virtual reality (VR) exhibition at Yorkshire Museum in the UK has opened allowing visitors to feed dinosaurs. As part of the unveiling broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough attended ...
31Mar2018
MAGIX Releases First VR Software Photostory Premium VR
MAGIX Software have announced their first virtual reality (VR) software in the form of Photostory Premium VR, allowing users to create impressive virtual worlds in just a few steps with conventional p...
31Mar2018
This Week In VR Sport: Boxers, Dehydration And VR Arcades
With the Easter weekend in full swing it is time to say goodbye to March as April is almost here so to see the month off VRFocus is here to bring you another edition of This ...
31Mar2018
Develop:Brighton 2018 Super Early Bird Tickets Available
The yearly UK-based conference Develop:Brighton, aimed at videogame developers is back once again and tickets for the event have gone on sale with Super Early Bird tickets available to purchase.
The...
31Mar2018
VR Intelligence Hosts ‘Drive Enterprise Transformation with VR & AR’ Talk Next Week
In recent months on VRFocus we, and a number of our guest writers from other companies, have often discussed how immersive technology – be that virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) or mixed re...
31Mar2018
Logitech G560 review
Logitech’s G560 gaming speakers are outfitted with RGB light arrays illuminate the room in a rainbow of colors, and even react to the games you’re playing. We took them for a spin to see how their uni...
30Mar2018
Support for external graphics on MacOS finally arrives, but on select devices
As promised, Apple introduced support for external graphics cards in MacOS, but not all Macs have the hardware to handle this feature. Recent MacBook Pros, iMacs, and the new iMac Pro made the company...
30Mar2018
Nvidia CEO maintains that cryptocurrency mining “is not their business”
At GTC this week, NVIDIA focuses its GPU development for AI, machine learning, workstations and gaming, downplaying the importance of cryptocurrency mining. However, the CEO did make some interesting ...
30Mar2018
Tribeca Film Festival Teams With Time’s Up For Inaugural New York Event
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced a number of new additions to the 2018 line up to expand on the already exciting number of films, talks, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) showings...
30Mar2018
Have Complete Control Over Your PC in VR With SpaceSys
For those that want to do more in virtual reality (VR) than just playing videogames there are plenty of apps available that can give you wider access to your PC. One of the most well known is Big...
30Mar2018
The Biggest Rift, Vive And Windows Releases Of The Week 03/25/18
This is a bit of a slow week for PC VR. If you have a Vive then the biggest release of the week is something you’ve probably been playing for months now, but it’s a big one for Rift owners. A VR spac...
30Mar2018
Head Behind-the-Scenes With John Williams in Scoring The Last Jedi: A 360 VR Experience
Virtual reality (VR) fans will be firmly focused on Ready Player One this week, whether that’s the actual film itself or the myriad of VR experiences on Viveport for HTC Vive owners. A lot o...
30Mar2018
The Biggest PSVR Releases Of The Week 03/25/18
This week doesn’t have a ton of new releases, but that’s okay. You know why? Because perhaps the very best VR racing game thus far just got released and it’s an exclusive. Every PSVR owner nee...
30Mar2018
Snapchat Owner Shores Up VR Interest With Tight-Lipped Acquisition Of PlayCanvas
Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat has reportedly acquired British software startup PlayCanvas, providers of 3D and virtual reality (VR) applications on mobile browsers and social media services...
30Mar2018
Twitch streamer reaches ‘Pirate Legend’ status in ‘Sea of Thieves’
Twitch streamer Prod1gyX became the first player to reach Pirate Legend status in Rare's Sea of Thieves, and he was able to check out the secret Tavern of Legends, filled with new quests.
The post Twi...
30Mar2018
Cat ‘S’ Trophy Bringing Cat Kart Racing To Gear VR Soon
If you have been waiting for a virtual reality (VR) videogame that is all about cats along with casual kart racing management then the upcoming Cat ‘S’ Trophy for Samsung Gear VR will be for you.
De...
30Mar2018
In League Is A Multiplayer VR Shooter Inspired By The Last Of Us
Ever since Onward burst onto the VR shooter scene we’ve seen an influx of modern-themed shooters that do their best to replicate what it must be like to fire a gun at other humans in a war setting. G...
30Mar2018
Preview: Final Assault – When an RTS is not an RTS
Following the success of Final Approach comes another light-hearted-yet-chaotic affair from Phaser Lock Interactive, with Final Assault set to deploy to virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMD...
30Mar2018
Hidden booty: Our favorite ‘Sea of Thieves’ Easter eggs and secrets
'Sea of Thieves' is a beautiful world, and it's also full of secrets! Here are our favorite Easter Eggs and secrets that we've found so far. Many of these were made by the developers in tribute to pla...
30Mar2018
The 20 best Xbox One games you can play right now
More than four years into its lifespan, Microsoft's latest console is finally coming into its own. From 'Cuphead' to 'Middle-Earth: Shadow of War,' the best Xbox One games offer something for everyone...
30Mar2018
Star Trek: Bridge Crew’s IBM Watson Voice Control To Continue Through 2018
After hearing swirlings that the IBM Watson-powered voice recognition features for Star Trek: Bridge Crew would be deactivated, we reached out to Ubisoft for confirmation. As a result, it looks like ...
30Mar2018
Competition: Win A Trip Into A Robot Dominated Future With 5 Apex Construct Codes
Why is the future never wonderful in videogames? It’s always a disaster. Even if it appears to be a pristine utopia you soon learn that it is in fact the thin veneer of idealism pasted over the corrup...
30Mar2018
PAYDAY 2 VR Gets Numerous Improvements In Update 175
Developer Overkill Software have released update 175 for PAYDAY 2 and its virtual reality (VR) addition PAYDAY 2 VR, which brings will it a number of changes to improve the experience.
The...
30Mar2018
5 Major Changes Between The Ready Player One Book And Movie
Other than pretty much every plot point and story beat, the book and movie for Ready Player One are mostly the same…sort of. That isn’t to say that one is inherently better than the other, but they d...
30Mar2018
Animal Force Is A Chinese PSVR Launch Title Finally Coming West
If you’ve ever signed up for an Asian PlayStation account to peruse some of the offerings that differ from the PlayStation Store in the west, you may have come across Animal Force, a bizarre tower-de...
30Mar2018
HTC Vive Takes to the Catwalk During Shanghai Fashion Week
Who says virtual reality (VR) hardware can’t be fashionable? HTC Vive put that to the test recently by partnering with GQ for Shanghai Fashion Week, with its first runway show featuring fas...
30Mar2018
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