Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is quite posibly the hottest dramatic director going in Hollywood right now. He has been a huge part of the Oscar scene the last few years with Birdman and The Revenant respectedly tearing it up with awards. His next project might surprise you though. It has been announced, alongside great cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, the […]
The dawn for the new wave of VR gaming is just on the horizon with Oculus, PlayStation VR and the Vive set for releases next year. I'm certainly fascinated in seeing how the technology affects the landscape, both from design and social stand points. Although ne way I hadn't considered is how it will change […]
Thus far, the HTC and Valve joint VR headset, the Vive, has remained somewhat of a mystery. Only a handful of industry folk have tried it out behind closed doors, but word is very exciting. From what my birds have told me, this might be the very best VR device set to release. If you […]
Crytek are practically known for making graphic intensive games. Despite being a few years old now, Crysis 3 on Ultra settings is still used as a benchmark for new graphics cards. With VR set to take off, thinking about what the company could do in VR is pretty exciting. If you want just a glimpse […]
From most accounts, the Vive is the best VR headset showing right now. This has made me wonder what the initial buy-in cost for the tech will be, especially because it comes bundled with two controllers that help make the experience smoother. While we don't have a number yet, HTC Connected Products Marketing boss Jeff Gattis has […]
With the VR arms race heating up, I've long said that the first device out will likely be the most successful. With Valve's Vive generating the most buzz at the moment and touting a 2015 release date, the long runner Oculus has a mighty task to overcome. Unfortunately it looks like it might fall behind […]
I've been struck by motion sickness while using VR before. During a pretty intense firefight in Eve: Valkyrie, I really almost felt like keeling over in my Oculus headset. According to Valve CEO Gabe Newell, this isn't an issue at all for the Vive. In a piece in the New York Times, Newell confidently stated: […]
Another week, another Category: Video Games. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where me, Laura Kate Dale and Andre Miller sit down with a special guest to talk about the video game news of the week. As stated last week, we said we'd be back with an awesome […]
So, it looks like all the major VR devices are beginning to draw their lines in the sand. The Vive is due at this year and now Sony's Project Morpheus has given us a time frame. In a PlayStation blog post, division boss Shuhei Yoshida announced that the headset would be coming "in the first half […]
So that Valve VR headset I was talking about earlier this week? It's been announced today as the Vive and the gaming super-power is partnering with mobile company HTC to bring it to consumers Holiday 2015. The headset was announced in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress today. The device will be able to pair […]
