VR

June Steam hardware survey: The Rift-Vive gap shrinks … sort of

Posted in Games, Hardware on 7th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller

The Oculus Rift still leads the charge with 44.12% of the overall VR headset use on Steam. Pairing the 40.76% share that HTC Vive has with the 1.66% share of the Vive Pro, HTC is at 42.42%. That’s a difference of just 1.7% between the two headsets.

How virtual reality can help diagnose early Alzheimer’s disease

Posted in Medicine, Software on 27th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

The idea behind the development of this new VR-based diagnostic tool is that a navigation test could help distinguish which patients are likely to progress into full-blown Alzheimer's disease.

PTN interviews Steve Dann: Chairman of Medical Realities, Founder of Amplified Robot

Posted in Business, Games, Hardware, Interviews on 12th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

An acknowledged leading expert in Augmented & Virtual Reality, Steve is also the founder and organizer of the Augmenting Reality Meetup Group, which meets to discuss, view and demonstrate the latest innovations in both AR and VR.

High-end VR grew 60% in 2018, users have smartwatch-level satisfaction

Posted in Business, Games, Hardware on 12th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

Multi-user VR appears to be a major potential selling point for headsets

65% of American adults play video games

Posted in Business, Featured, Games on 9th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

This is the golden age of video games. They are the leading form of entertainment in American culture.