PlayStation VR is $399 + $100
You also need a $59 game
The Sony PlayStation VR's price tag of $399 / € 399 sounded too great to be true. It looks like that is going to be the minimum you will have to fork out.
46.4 million systems ready for VR
Jon Peddie research counted
AMD made many announcements at the Games Developers Conference and we wanted to follow up the claim that 83 per cent of the total addressable market for dedicated Virtual Reality HMD, Head Mounted Displays figures would be AMD.
Vernee Apollo has Helio X20 under the bonnet
Newcomer has 5.5 inch, 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM
A new player in China based phone market has appeared called Vernee and it has showcased a working prototype of its Vernee Apollo 5.5 inch phone powered by a Helio X20.
Helio X20 supports DTS Headphone:X
Helio X25 supports it too
MediaTek has just announced that its flagship Helio X20 and Helio X25 will support the DTS's immersive Headphone:X sound technology.
PlayStation VR launches in October
$400 beats competition
The PlayStation VR headset will launch in October 2016 for $400, €400, £350 or ¥44,980 in Japan. This means that the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation VR would be the cheapest way to get a desktop VR experience.
MediaTek confirms Helio X25
Faster iteration of Helio X20
MediaTek has told Fudzilla that the Helio X25 SoC is not only real, but that it is a "turbo" version of the Helio X20.
AMD claims VR lead at GDC 2016
Stock gains 7.94 percent
AMD's Radeon Technology Group had a good day yesterday. It announced a $1499, dual Fiji card, its 2017 and 2018 GPU roadmap and claimed 83 per cent of the total addressable market for dedicated VR HMDs. All this saw a 7.94 per cent jump in share value.
AMD's stonking VR market boost depends on PlayStation VR
Not that AMD is telling anyone
AMD told the Games Developer Conference press event that it had 83 per cent of a market share in VR. The claim appeared to be legit as it quoted Jon Peddie Research, however we had some severe doubts.
Apple announces event on March 21
iPad Pro 9.7 and iPhone 5SE expected
"Let us loop you in" is the name of an Apple event that has been announced for the March 21. It is expected that we will see at least 9.7 inch iPad Pro and the 4 inch iPhone that many call iPhone 5 SE.
Android N preview available for Nexus
Nexus 5X, 6, 6P, 9, Player and Pixel C
It looks like split screens will make a debut with Android N and Google has surprised us all making the new beta software available.