Nvidia wasn't the only company dropping new announcements at SIGGRAPH this year. StarVR was also in attendance, announcing the StarVR One headset, providing an extra-wide field of view and eye tracking. StarVR has been around for years now and has had deals with IMAX and other venues to showcase high-end …
Read More »Starbreeze drops its StarVR investment, Acer will gain majority control
Last year, Starbreeze teamed up with Acer to bring the ambitious StarVR headset to life. Both companies signed on to split a $25 million investment to get things off the ground, but it seems that now, Starbreeze has decided back off a bit, with Acer set to honour the remaining …
Read More »Eye tracking could be coming to all next-gen VR headsets
Eye tracking is something that hasn't been implemented in many games, but it could be common place when the next generation of virtual reality headsets rolls around. When we chatted to Tobii president of business development, Oscar Werner, he suggested that most VR systems would incorporate eye tracking in the future. …
Read More »IMAX will be bringing StarVR pods to a UK cinema this year
Earlier this year, Acer and Starbreeze teamed up to launch a new ‘StarVR' headset, featuring a significantly wider field of view and a bump in resolution compared to the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Due to the increased spec, StarVR is primarily aimed to be shown off in public venues, …
Read More »Acer and Starbreeze announce new company to joint develop StarVR
Much like the deal that HTC struck with Valve to bring the HTC Vive virtual reality headset to market, Starbreeze has announced a partnership with Acer to make the StarVR headset a reality. To help that along, the two companies have even formed a new company: Acer Starbreeze Corporation, with …
Read More »Starbreeze secures Acer as manufacturer for StarVR headset
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 …
Read More »Payday 2 developer set to open VR Arcade with StarVR headsets
Starbreeze studios, the co-developer of Payday 2, has announced that it will be creating a brand new VR Arcade in Los Angeles, utilising its in-house developed Star VR headset as the HMD of choice. Set to open sometime in the Spring or Summer of 2016, the facility will be using …
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