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Pre-orders for the HTC Vive starts today

February 29, 2016 Robbert

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HTC will take pre-orders for HTC Vive in just a few hours. The first lucky people will receive their Vive in April. The price will be $799 for the Americans, the Europeans will have to sum 899 euros for the device. The Vive will be available in 24 countries around the world. In just a few moments you […]

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Consoles

Soon more info on the PlayStation VR

February 25, 2016 Robbert

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Sony is currently sending out invitations for a press event for the PlayStation VR. On March 15, the Japanese company will announce more about their virtual reality headset, hopefully this will include the price and a launch date. Most people are curious what price the headset will have. According to some reports, the PlayStation VR […]

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General

Steam lists supported virtual reality headsets

February 24, 2016 Robbert

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From today it is possible to filter the games in the Steam Store by the supported VR headsets, play space and input devices that come with VR. There aren’t many games showing up when you enable the filter. There are a lot more games compatible, but the publishers have to select the new option from there distribution page […]

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Hardware

Samsung introduces a spherical 360-degree camera

February 22, 2016 Robbert

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Samsung has announced the Gear 360, a spherical camera that has two fisheye lenses which allow you to record 4K 360-degree videos! Photos have an astonishing resolution capable up to 30 megapixels combined. The Samsung Gear 360 has two integrated 15-megapixel cameras, equipped with fisheye lenses that have a wide viewing angle so it can […]

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Hardware

HTC Vive will cost $ 799 and ships in April

February 21, 2016 Robbert

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On the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2016 HTC announced that the HTC Vive will cost $799. That’s about $200 more than the Oculus Rift. HTC also announced that the VR goggles can be coupled with Android and iOS smartphones, which enables you to read messages while wearing the headset. A price in euro’s is […]

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General

New server is online

February 3, 2016 Robbert

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After working really hard VR Bites is transferred to the new webserver. There are still a lot of things that have to be done, but we’re now in the next stage and we don’t have to worry about bandwidth anymore. The website still is a bit slow, but this is caused by to large images and […]

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General

Building a new server

January 30, 2016 Robbert

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It’s been quiet for a while now on VR Bites. The main reason for this is a bandwidth problem with our webhosting company. VR Bites had so much visitors and the current server isn’t ready for that. The second problem is the webhosting company who can’t offer any extra bandwidth. This week the hosting company […]

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Gear VR

Kickstarter for bespectacled Gear VR owners

January 22, 2016 Robbert

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While the Oculus Rift is designed to work comfortably for people who wear glasses, the Gear VR is less suitable. The headset presses the glasses on your nose, and after a short time playing press the arms of the glasses press so hard you have to stop the fun. The German VR Lens Lab has […]

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