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With big price drop, Samsung's new Gear VR aims for mass market
With big price drop, Samsung's new Gear VR aims for mass market
At Oculus Connect today in Hollywood, Samsung Mobile SVP Peter Koo unveiled a new Samsung VR headset that will cost $99 when it launches in November this year.
Sept. 24, 2015
John Carmack's pursuit of the 'holy grail' of VR content
John Carmack's pursuit of the 'holy grail' of VR content
Oculus CTO and video game programming legend John Carmack said at Oculus Connect in Hollywood that for the last year, his focus has been doing the best with what he’s got, hardware-wise.
Sept. 24, 2015
High hopes for Gear VR, as it shines a light on Samsung's tech
High hopes for Gear VR, as it shines a light on Samsung's tech
The new version of Gear VR will be out in November, and Gamasutra spoke to two high-level VR staff at the company about the company's hopes for the tech.
Sept. 24, 2015
New, finalized Oculus Platform launching later this year with storefront
New, finalized Oculus Platform launching later this year with storefront
At Oculus Connect, the company's head of developer strategy, Anna Sweet, took the stage to talk about the new version of the Oculus Platform.
Sept. 24, 2015
Check out Epic's new Bullet Train Rift demo
Check out Epic's new Bullet Train Rift demo
Epic's Tim Sweeney took to the stage to showcase the company's newest demo -- playable at Oculus Connect -- which showcases the latest in Rift technology.
Sept. 24, 2015
Minecraft coming for Oculus Rift this spring
Minecraft coming for Oculus Rift this spring
The popular Microsoft-owned virtual world will be the first step toward the "metaverse," Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey implied.
Sept. 24, 2015
'Oculus Ready' badged PCs coming next year
'Oculus Ready' badged PCs coming next year
Worried that it'll be hard for consumers to figure out what PC will work with the Rift? There's a new program, which includes partners like Nvidia and Dell.
Sept. 24, 2015
TGS Report: Indie devs give their take
TGS Report: Indie devs give their take
A dozen independent developers from near and far give their take on what it was like to exhibit in the indie area at this year's Tokyo Game Show.
Sept. 23, 2015
Get a job: Giant Sparrow seeks a Game Designer/Programmer
Get a job: Giant Sparrow seeks a Game Designer/Programmer
Are you a programmer/designer interested in "translating feelings into randomness and back again" within the constraints of Unreal Engine 4? Unfinished Swan developer Giant Sparrow has a job for you.
Sept. 23, 2015
Video: How Halo was reborn -- The Halo 4 postmortem
Video: How Halo was reborn -- The Halo 4 postmortem
Halo creative director Josh Holmes speaks at GDC 2013 about how 343 dealt with the challenges inherent in building a studio from scratch to take over development of Bungie's seminal series.
Sept. 23, 2015
Video game voice actors could be about to go on strike
Video game voice actors could be about to go on strike
Video game voice actors are voting whether or not to go on strike after talks between SAG-AFTRA and publishers ended at an impasse.
Sept. 23, 2015
Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants VR and traditional gaming to co-exist
Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants VR and traditional gaming to co-exist
In a recent interview with Gamespot, Xbox chief Phil Spencer revealed that, in the long term, he hopes traditional gaming doesn't get pushed to the side in favour of virtual reality experiences.
Sept. 23, 2015