As the owner of Oculus VR, Facebook has been driving forward virtual reality development for much of the last year and recently announced a new Facebook social experience through the Rift headset. To head up its new social VR team, Facebook has now hired on ex-EA executive Rachel Franklin, who was …
Read More »MSI X99A Tomahawk Motherboard Review
MSI has been keenly expanding its range of X99 motherboards, particularly gaming-oriented varieties, in reaction to Intel's Broadwell-E CPUs for LGA 2011-3. Prospective X99 buyers now have a formidable number of options to choose from in the wider X99 marketplace, as well as from within MSI's own range. One of …
Read More »Carmack wants VR to stop ‘coasting on novelty’
Virtual Reality has been in consumer hands for months now and while we have seen some impressive titles hit the likes of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, a lot of games have been shorter, demo-like experiences rather than full-blown titles that can match the scale of games not releasing …
Read More »GTX 1050Ti appears in MSI Gaming App changelog
The GTX 1050Ti has been a hot topic recently, with new details leaking out pretty much every week over the last month or so. If all of our previous coverage wasn't enough to convince you that the GTX 1050Ti is a very real thing, then maybe MSI can convince you, …
Read More »Western Digital launches Blue and Green series SSDs
Western Digital has been well known for its hard drives for years now but this year, the company is stepping into the SSD arena. Following on from WD's acquisition of SanDisk, the company has launched new Green and Blue series solid state drives in 2.5-inch and M.2 form. Blue and …
Read More »Reading comics might actually be better in virtual reality
Comics have been a storytelling medium for over a century for a good reason: they're a great at it. As popular as movies based on those characters are though, it could be that virtual reality offers the best way to read about your favourite heroes and villains, by adding motion, …
Read More »Tomb Raider PS4 VR expansion has chaperone-like boundaries
Although a number of experiences on the PlayStationVR platform will simply see your hands or head disappear into nothing if you step outside of the camera's tracking range, that's not how Rise of the Tomb Raider handles it. In its Blood Ties VR expansion, moving Lara to the edge of …
Read More »Two GTX 1050Ti benchmark results have leaked out
It has been just over a month since we first got news of the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050Ti. We've seen die shots, images of the PCB and we've even seen leaked specifications for the upcoming GP107 powered card but now, we've got some performance benchmarks too, ahead of launch, …
Read More »Palmer Luckey skipped Connect 3 to avoid being a distraction
As the founder of Oculus, we have gotten used to seeing Palmer Luckey at various events over the last few years, talking up the Rift and making new announcements. However, at Oculus Connect 3 this week, Luckey was nowhere to be seen, whether it be on stage or on the …
Read More »Gears of War 4 PC Game Analysis
Back at the start of 2016 it was starting to look like Microsoft had completely forgotten how to deliver a solid PC game. Efforts like Quantum Break underperformed on PC hardware and the early days of the Universal Windows Platform were riddled with missing features. However, today might mark the …
Read More »Wireless Oculus Rift prototype shown at Connect 3
Oculus VR made a lot of announcements at this year's Connect event, but one of the more exciting demonstrations was for a new wireless prototype called Santa Cruz. As well as untethering itself from a PC, it contains a battery pack, on board processing and self-contained positional tracking, meaning you …
Read More »Blade Runner movie sequel named, coming to virtual reality too
You may have seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, but you haven't seen a sequel to the 1982 tech-noir movie Blade Runner, yet. The in-the-works sequel has now been named as Blade Runner 2049 and as was announced at Oculus Connect, when it debuts in October …
Read More »Oculus Avatars is the official Rift social app
Although experiences like AltVR, Rec Room and Big Screen have been offering ‘multiplayer' experiences where you can hang out and talk with people in virtual reality for a while, Oculus VR now has its own alternative. Called Oculus Avatars, users will be able to hang out in virtual environment, play …
Read More »PC gamers may want to hold off on Mafia 3
Mafia 3 launched on the PC today so in preparation for our full game analysis and benchmarks, I sat down to play the game this morning and get started on forming my first impressions. Unfortunately, the problems with Mafia 3 on the PC are immediately apparent with a very limited …
Read More »Robo Recall is Epic Games’ first full VR title
Bullet Train was Epic Games' first forray into developing something for virtual reality and it offered a compact, first person shooter experience for those who were lucky enough to try it. Now at the Oculus Connect event, it's debuted the spiritual sequel to Bullet Train and its first full VR …
Read More »MSI and Asus update motherboards with Kaby Lake support
Intel's Kaby Lake CPUs are coming up in early 2017 and according to recent reports, they may end up being a tad more powerful than initially predicted compared to Skylake. With that in mind, some of you already on the Z170 platform may think about upgrading and thanks to a …
Read More »Mark Zuckerburg will be ‘revealing something new’ at Oculus Connect
Oculus Connect 3 is taking place today and while we are already expecting to hear more about the release of Oculus Touch and future games, it turns out that a bigger announcement could be on the cards as Mark Zuckerburg will be in attendance to reveal ‘something new'. Last night …
Read More »AMD driver update adds Frame Pacing for multi-GPUs
AMD has introduced a new feature for its latest driver release, Radeon Crimson Edition 16.10.1, that will be of benefit to anyone running more than one AMD graphics card. It's called Frame Pacing and when DirectX 12 games can take advantage of it, it should make the overall experience much …
Read More »Google’s Daydream View brings VR to Android for £70
Google has officially taken its first step into virtual reality hardware by announcing the Daydream View headset, bringing virtual reality to a wider range of Android smartphones at a lower price compared to the Samsung Gear VR. It still requires a smartphone for display and horsepower duties but at £69, …
Read More »AMD reportedly launching Zen and X370 motherboards at CES
AMD has already announced that it will be missing the 2016 launch window for its new processors built on the Zen architecture. However, we won't have to wait long for them to appear in 2017 as reports claim that AMD will be launching its new CPUs at CES in January, …
Read More »Exclusive Multi-GPU DX12 Frame Pacing Interview with AMD’s Scott Wasson
KitGuru was recently given the chance to fire some questions over to AMD's Scott Wasson on the topic of frame pacing for multi-GPU (mGPU) configurations using DirectX 12. Frame pacing has long been an issue for enthusiasts wanting smooth gameplay from their multi-GPU configurations. High frame rates are one aspect …
Read More »Google to unveil HTC-made DaydreamVR headset today
Google is expected to be announcing its first Daydream Virtual Reality headset today but it looks like we may have the details a little ahead of time. According to sources, Google's first Daydream headset will be announced today with a low $79 price tag, completely undercutting Samsung's GearVR and potentially …
Read More »Deepcool Captain 120 EX AIO CPU Cooler Review
Back in July, the Deepcool Captain 240 EX featured in a 6 way round-up of mainstream AIO coolers. Today we are looking at its smaller counterpart, the Captain 120 EX. The model we were sent for review is white, though there are black and red alternatives available. A fairly small AIO unit, …
Read More »EVGA Powerlink can make your GPU power safer, neater
Tired of having to route power cables in an ugly arch over your graphics card? Would you like a little more protection against spikes or dropouts? EVGA's new PowerLink offers all of that in a neat little package. The L shaped connector plugs into your graphics card power ports and …
Read More »Leaked GP107 images seem to confirm GTX 1050TI
Last month, we first heard that Nvidia would be preparing a GTX 1050 GPU for release sometime in October. That rumour expanded a week ago when talk of a GTX 1050Ti began doing the rounds. Now today the first die shots of the GPU surfaced, confirming the GP 107 chip …
Read More »Sky announces VR plans with new app
Sky is looking to tap into the burgeoning virtual reality marketplace with an application of its own. Called Sky VR, the app is compatible with iOS and Android, as well as PC based VR like the Rift (no word on the Vive), will offer 360 degree video and movie content, as …
Read More »360 degree video could get a lot better with HypeVR’s 3D
360 degree video is often the first look people get at “virtual reality,” through Google Cardboard or similar, even if it is nothing of the sort. Lacking any form of interaction, it's completely passive, but perhaps not for much longer. HypeVR's volumetric 3D videos allow users to more in, out …
Read More »Rumour claims GTX 1080Ti specs and launch date
It looks like Nvidia might have another high-end GPU ready for us by the start of 2017 as reports this week are suggesting that the GTX 1080Ti will be making its debut at CES in January. We are also hearing whispers surrounding the GPU's specifications, giving us an early idea …
Read More »HTC: We absolutely do not believe in exclusives
Right from the get-go, HTC/Valve and Oculus have had fairly different approaches to the virtual reality market. While Oculus has been trying to push things along by paying developers for timed exclusivity deals, Valve has remained against such tactics. Now, HTC has also weighed in on the topic, stating that …
Read More »BitFenix Aurora Case Review
BitFenix Aurora is a mid-tower case that aims at the enthusiast market with support for custom loop watercooling and a number of options for lighting, including connection to the Asus Aura system. Both side panels are tempered glass, with the main panel being tinted and the rear being opaque in …
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