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Tabletop role playing and board gaming action is set to arrive in virtual reality in various guises over the next week weeks, taking some of the best elements of real world play and making them available online. There will be hand tracking, room-scale tracking and a variety of environments to …

ARM Technologies is looking to become the mobile hardware provider for future VR-centric smartphones, with the announcement of a brand new processor and graphics processor at this year's Computex event. They are said to offer much higher performance and improved efficiency over current-gen models, but won't be available until 2017. …

Nvidia introduced something a bit different this year with the launch of the GTX 1080- ‘Founders Edition' cards, which use reference coolers and start at £619.99 here in the UK. This led to some concern about the pricing of GTX 1080s using after market coolers but as it turns out, …

At this point, many of you will have read the reviews for the GTX 1080 and some of you may also be planning on picking one up. If you're aiming to grab one on day one, then I am pleased to report that they will be in stock and available …

We recently had some time to chat with Aaron Licht about the upcoming be quiet! Dark Base 900 Chassis. This chassis is due for release at the end of June 2016 and Aaron takes us through all the main features, as well as a couple of unique talking points. As …

We have known about the GTX 1080 Founders Edition for a few weeks now and the reviews already paint a pleasant picture. However, what we have yet to see are custom cooled partner cards from the likes of Asus, MSI, EVGA or Zotac. Fortunately, some images have made their way …

be quiet! has just launched its brand new flagship PC chassis, the Dark Base 900, aiming to provide as much modularity and flexibility as possible with a motherboard tray that can be removed for easier component mounting, singular drive cages that can be placed anywhere and plenty of support for watercooling …

While we have already seen exactly what the GTX 1080 graphics card can do, Nvidia also has the GTX 1070 on the way next month and so far, we haven't seen much of it. However, this week, some benchmark numbers appear to have leaked on to the web, showing a …

The HTC Vive might soon be used for something much more important than gaming: criminal trials. Based on research by Staffordshire University, jurors may soon be taken on virtual tours of crime scenes, in order to give them a better understanding of different aspects of a case. The research was funded …

While we still have a few days to wait for AMD's official Polaris unveiling at Computex, it looks like we may already have a good idea of what sort of performance to expect as some GPU benchmarks have made their way online. These benchmark results were obtained by videocardz, who …

Once again, Corsair and Asus have found themselves teaming up, this time to bring ‘ROG Edition' Dominator Platinum RAM to the market, featuring an exclusive red design and an overclocked ROG XMP profile that will only be available on Asus Z170 ROG motherboards. This 16GB 4 x 4GB module kit …

The RD400 is the first Toshiba-OCZ branded SSD to hit the market and is also Toshiba's first NVMe PCIe consumer drive. The flagship 1TB model has another claim to fame as the first 1TB class NVMe M.2 drive aimed at the consumer space. Although the RD400 is Toshiba's first NVMe drive …

Although Oculus might have been the first company to really get the world thinking about virtual reality as a viable future, it might not be as impactful as you think. In-fact Valve may have overtaken it so much in developing VR gear, that Oculus' Rift CV1 is to some, just a …

Shortly after the official launch of the Oculus Rift, one modder managed to port the Rift's exclusive games and make them playable on the HTC Vive. The project was known as Revive and while it had been working fairly well, until today as the Revive creator has confirmed that a …

At this point, many of you have likely seen our review of the GTX 1080, Nvidia's latest flagship graphics card and those of you with the funds are likely waiting on retail stock to hit UK shores. If you're planning on grabbing a GTX 1080 as soon as possible, then …

Google I/O is taking place this week and alongside various other Chrome OS and Android related announcements, Google spoke a little about its new virtual reality project known as ‘Daydream'. As part of this new project, Google has confirmed that it intends to build a VR headset, which will serve …

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST), the joint venture between the two named firms that manufactures optical drives, is no longer making them according to sources familiar with the matter. This has left some third parties purportedly low on stock and could mean just LG and Liteon are the remaining ODD …

Just as the Vulkan API isn't currently implemented into DOOM (2016) in the public build, SLI support is also missing at the moment. This is unfortunate for those with high-end multi-GPU PCs built to power the latest titles at 4K/UHD resolutions but support is on the way, according to one …

AMD's Zen début is rapidly approaching, with some rumours pointing towards an October launch for the first eight-core chip. However, we still don't know a ton about performance, outside of the fact that it met ‘all internal expectations'. Fortunately, it seems that someone over at AMD has been doing a …

Long gone are the days of sub-Ghz memory frequencies with earlier versions of DDR memory, but G.Skill has taken it to the next level by breaking through the 4GHz barrier with its new Trident Z kit. Offering a frequency of 4,266MHz, the new kit packs Samsung memory chips into 8GB and …

The development of ever smarter artificial intelligences is going to be a major component of high-tier tech firms over the next few years, but Google looks to have the jump on most of them. It's developed its own AI processor, specifically designed for high-operational tasks and it's been testing its …

The reviews are in and Pascal is officially here, making its début with the GTX 1080 which by all accounts, is an excellent graphics card. However, Nvidia has one other Pascal graphics card coming out fairly soon- the GTX 1070 and today, we got confirmation on some of its specifications …

Based on the latest Pascal architecture, Nvidia claim the GTX 1080 is the most advanced graphics card ever made. The GTX 1080 is built on a new 16nm FinFET manufacturing process allowing the chip to incorporate more transistors – subsequently allowing for higher clock speeds and improved power efficiency. The …

Oculus might have become the first to launch a Pixar-esque 360 degree movie with Henry, Lost and Invasion, but Disney isn't going to sit on its laurels. To get its virtual ball rolling, it's released Disney Movies VR, a steam-accessible VR experience that offers a number of different content to enjoy …

It has been quite some time since we first heard that Western Digital would be acquiring SanDisk but now, WD has officially completed its purchase following on from regulator approval last week. This buyout was announced all the way back in October 2015 in a deal worth close to $19 …

DOOM is finally here, complete with a fantastic campaign, Snap Map system and plenty of multiplayer modes to jump in to but is the PC version up to snuff?  When the DOOM open beta came around, the advanced graphics options were locked out so we didn't really know what to …

Securing Valve as a development partner for its Vive headset was one of HTC's biggest coups in recent memory and now StarBreeze is looking to do something similar. Not on the software front though, but with regards to manufacturing and R&D, as it's partnered with Acer to make its higher …

While many tech outlets are currently chipping away at their GTX 1080 reviews before the embargo lifts, AMD is preparing to show off its first Polaris architecture graphics cards this month and it looks like we will be getting our first look quite soon as AMD will be holding an …

With the release of Doom this week, Nvidia has unveiled a newly optimised driver so that owners of its graphics cards can expect the best performance when running it. The new 365.19 WHQL release gives the game a nice boost, and even ups the efficiency for upcoming Homefront: The Revolution and February release, Master …

Cooler Master's MasterCase Maker 5 popped up on the web a couple of days ago, showing us some of the features that it was teasing back at Computex 2015 and CeBit 2016. However it turns out that this was a little ahead of schedule, with Cooler Master confirming that the …