HTC Vive Drops Price to £599
HTC Vive has announced today a price reduction dropping the price of the VR system to £599. Starting today the Vive will be more attainable to the mass market by knocking off over £150 from the price tag in the UK and will still come with a free trial to…
E3 2017: Fallout 4 VR Coming This Year
Fallout 4 is officially receiving VR support Bethesda confirmed in their E3 conference. The virtual reality support is coming to the HTC Vive this October but no other platforms have been announced at this time. The port was shown on stage with a new trailer that combined gameplay from across…
HTC Offers £35 a Month Finance for VIVE UK Gamers
The HTC Vive is one of the VR systems we have enjoyed in our multiple times using it at events but the biggest barrier for most gamers is the cost to purchase one themselves at £759. To help, HTC have offered finance as part of their billing process where gamers can get…
Star Wars VR ‘Trials on Tatooine’ Free for HTC Vive Owners
To celebrate Star Wars HTC in partnership with Valve and Lucasfilm are going to release a Star Wars VR experience called Trials on Tatooine for free to all HTC Vive owners. Anyone from Monday 18th July who own a HTC Vive will be able to pick up a lightsaber and defend…
HTC Vive Business Edition is Coming
HTC announced today that a business version of the HTC Vive (Vive BE) will be coming to capture the huge demand from industries to enable them to deploy commerical applications using the virtual technology. HTV Vive BE will be available from June 2016 and will allow both companies and individuals to…
Rift Orders Won’t Ship Until June
At the beginning of the month Oculus customers received emails informing them there would be a delay in shipping the VR device due to an "unexpected component shortage." There weren't any timelines given and customers critisied Oculus for a lack of communication. A new statement has now been released by a spokesperson for Oculus: “The…
HTC Vive and Oculus Rift Struggle Putting Out Orders In Time
Customers pre-ordering the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift have complained about orders suddenly being canceled or delayed. Yesterday Oculus Rift customers received an email apologizing for an "unexpected component shortage." The email did not include any timescales for those who have ordered, just saying that there will be "an update on their order status" by April…
HTC Vive Pre-Orders Now Open
From today you can pre-order the virtual reality set from HTC and Valve which will ship in early April. What do you get for you $799/£689? "Vive will be delivered as a complete kit allowing users to instantly jump into a fully immersive virtual environment using two wireless controllers, 360 degree tracking…
HTC Vive will cost $799
The HTC Vive's price was announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The VR headset, powered by Valves SteamVR, will ship in 'early April' with a controller for each hand and a pair of "Lighthouse" base stations to track movement in the room. It was also announced the…
‘Virtually Dead’ Experience the Zombie Apocalypse with HTC Vive
Ever wanted to bring the end of the world from Zombie Apocalypse to real life, without the threat of being eaten, now you can thanks to the HTC Vive. Virtually Dead invites gamers, movie lovers and zombie enthusiasts to experience an "immersive theatrical experience" in a secret location somewhere in London…
PlayStation VR Launching This Fall
GameStop is to start selling Sony’s PlayStation VR headset this autumn, as revealed by the retailer’s CEO Paul Raines yesterday during an interview on Mornings with Maria. Appearing on the Fox Business channel show, Raines discussed GameStop’s business and their plans to work with Sony on PlayStation VR along with…
EGX 2015: Hands On Demo With The HTC Vive
EGX 2015, Thursday morning, 11:30am. We met up with team over at HTC, who are looking after their inclusion into the virtual reality market, HTC Vive. Virtual reality is not a new technology, as companies have been trying to bring it to market as far back as 1968 with the Ultimate…