Home / Component (page 246)

Component

Valve is opening up to custom VR tracking hardware

85873-htc_vive_pre_controller-e1470426620951.png

It looks like Valve is opening up its room-scale tracking system for all hardware makers to play around with, allowing custom hardware to be built for the HTC Vive headset, which means companies could end up releasing their own custom motion controllers to compete with Valve's own wand-style design, which comes bundled with …

Read More »

Update: Newegg clears up lawsuit email confusion

graphics_card_nvidia_geforce_gtx_980_97913_3840x2400-e14702441859871.jpg

As we reported last night, this week, Newegg began sending out emails to Nvidia GTX 980, GTX 960 and even AMD R9 graphics card buyers, talking about a class-action lawsuit settlement. This was quite the surprise as we had never heard of any lawsuits occurring over these GPUs specifically and …

Read More »

Pre-orders now open for new Samsung Gear VR

gearvr22-1024x846.jpg

Rumours circulated earlier this week that Samsung and Oculus had a new Gear VR headset in the works and now those have proved true. Starting late yesterday, both companies made a second edition Samsung Gear VR headset available to pre-order in the U.S. for $100. The most obvious difference with …

Read More »

The world’s largest SSD could be yours for $10,000

15.36TB_SSD_02-e1457039532765.jpg

Back in March, Samsung officially launched the world's biggest SSD, packing in a massive 15TB of storage into a standard 2.5-inch enclosure. At the time, it was pointed out that this drive isn't really aimed at consumers but since then, some retailers have started making the SSD available, it'll cost …

Read More »

HTC Vive users sure want a lot of accessories

htcviveaccessories-1024x576.jpg

Ever since HTC put up its accessories website for the Vive, offering extra controllers, sensors, nose pieces and foam padding, VR fans have been requesting all sorts of extras and HTC is now finally listening. After it posted a Tweet asking for feedback on what the store should stock, commenters …

Read More »

Next-gen Gear VR may be black, have improved FOV

muskgenius-783x1024.jpg

Samsung is known to be working on a second generation of its Gear VR, smartphone virtual reality headset, but details remain a little thin on the ground. However one rumour suggests it could be ditching the white paint job for a black one and that it will feature a slightly expanded …

Read More »