CES 2016: HTC shares details on 2nd-gen developer edition Vive Pre VR system

HTC updates its virtual reality system, the Vive, with a new Vive Pre developer edition. This 2^nd-generation VR headset has a new look to it, which promises a more ergonomic experience, and a new front-facing camera. It comes with new room-scaling technology, too, to help bring in real-life objects and elements into the virtual world. The company sent out an additional 7,000 units to developers to help improve its VR ecosystem before it officially launches in April.

Source: Droid Life

CES 2016: Naughty America banks on VR for the future of adult entertainment

Adult entertainment and the porn industry has always spearheaded technology such as streaming video, high definition video and various web and cloud applications. VR is high on the list of hot technologies at CES this year and the adult entertainment industry is jumping right in for what could be a very profitable game changer.

“Customers want to get as close to reality as they can without reality getting in the way. That’s where technologies like 4K and now VR become so important. VR and adult content make a perfect match,"says Ian Paul, Naughty America’s CIO.

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Oculus Touch controller release delayed to second half of 2016

Finally, the consumer-grade Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be coming first quarter of this year. The bad news is the Oculus Touch controller won’t be arriving with it. The Oculus development team said in a blog post that they needed to finish work on the controller so they had to push it back to “some point” in the second half of the year. Initially, the release of the Touch was set for the second quarter of the year.

Based on the same blog post, Oculus hinted that they were working on additional tweaks to the controller: “On Touch hardware, we’ve made significant advances in ergonomics, and we’re implementing many changes that make Touch even more comfortable, reliable, and natural. We’re also implementing changes that improve hand pose recognition.” Oculus said they will start taking preorders for the controller several months before it hits the market but they still won’t say when this could be. At the moment though, they are said to be releasing more pre-production runs to developers who need it.

Source: Oculus via PCWorld

Lebron James stars in latest VR adventure from Oculus and Samsung

Lebron James is front and centre of Oculus and Samsung's "Striving for Greatness," Samsung VR experience which shows the two-time NBA champion in a downloadable film and Samsung Milk VR app which shows King James training in immersive VR which is the next best thing to being present in the gym. The 12-minute experience makes for a great demo of what's coming to VR in 2016