VR News: Mar 1 - Nvidia's Beastly 1080Ti - Oculus Cuts $$ - LG/Acer VR & More!
Cheers Guys! Nvidia has released their new flagship card, the beastly 1080Ti. We then move on to 'FCAT' which is Nvidia's set of benchmarking tools to benchmark VR more accurately than previously were capable. After this, Oculus makes 2 aggressive price cuts to lower bundle Rift by $200 total. Oculus' Jason Rubin talks about why he doesn't believe Wireless should be a focus and why I disagree. LG allows UploadVR a hands on test run of its new Vive Compatible VR HMD as does Acer with their Windows Holographic VR HMD. Lastly, news that MS will begin shipping the Acer dev kits this month! Headlines/Sources/Timelines: Headline: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Launches for $699 “next week” Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/nvidia-geforce-1080ti-will-launch-for-699-next-week/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIaaxe_HVk4 Timeline: 00:00 to 04:01 Headline: Nvidia Announces ‘FCAT VR’ Frame Analysis Tool to Help Demystify VR Performance Source: http://www.roadtovr.com/nvidias-announces-fcat-vr-release-date-benchmark-tool-aims-to-demystify-vr-performance/ Timeline: 04:02 to 06:47 Headline: Oculus Rift Price Cut: VR Headset, Oculus Touch Controller costs each slashed by $100 Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3175653/virtual-reality/oculus-rift-price-cut-vr-headset-oculus-touch-controller-costs-each-slashed-by-100.html http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-price-drop-touch/ Timeline: 06:48 to 08:40 Headline: Oculus’ Jason Rubin on Wireless VR “the Wrong Direction for Right Now” Source: http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rubin-wireless-vr-wrong-direction-right-now/ Timeline: 08:41 to 12:20 Headline: GDC 2017: Hands –On With LG’s SteamVR Headset Source: https://uploadvr.com/gdc-2017-hands-lgs-steamvr-headset/ Timeline: 12:21 to 14:12 Headline: GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset Source: https://uploadvr.com/gdc-2017-hands-on-with-microsofts-first-windows-holographic-vr-headset/ Timeline: 14:13 to 16:18
Cheers Guys! Nvidia has released their new flagship card, the beastly 1080Ti. We then move on to 'FCAT' which is Nvidia's set of benchmarking tools to benchmark VR more accurately than previously were capable. After this, Oculus makes 2 aggressive price cuts to lower bundle Rift by $200 total. Oculus' Jason Rubin talks about why he doesn't believe Wireless should be a focus and why I disagree. LG allows UploadVR a hands on test run of its new Vive Compatible VR HMD as does Acer with their Windows Holographic VR HMD. Lastly, news that MS will begin shipping the Acer dev kits this month! Headlines/Sources/Timelines: Headline: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Launches for $699 “next week” Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/nvidia-geforce-1080ti-will-launch-for-699-next-week/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIaaxe_HVk4 Timeline: 00:00 to 04:01 Headline: Nvidia Announces ‘FCAT VR’ Frame Analysis Tool to Help Demystify VR Performance Source: http://www.roadtovr.com/nvidias-announces-fcat-vr-release-date-benchmark-tool-aims-to-demystify-vr-performance/ Timeline: 04:02 to 06:47 Headline: Oculus Rift Price Cut: VR Headset, Oculus Touch Controller costs each slashed by $100 Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3175653/virtual-reality/oculus-rift-price-cut-vr-headset-oculus-touch-controller-costs-each-slashed-by-100.html http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-price-drop-touch/ Timeline: 06:48 to 08:40 Headline: Oculus’ Jason Rubin on Wireless VR “the Wrong Direction for Right Now” Source: http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rubin-wireless-vr-wrong-direction-right-now/ Timeline: 08:41 to 12:20 Headline: GDC 2017: Hands –On With LG’s SteamVR Headset Source: https://uploadvr.com/gdc-2017-hands-lgs-steamvr-headset/ Timeline: 12:21 to 14:12 Headline: GDC 2017: Hands-On With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset Source: https://uploadvr.com/gdc-2017-hands-on-with-microsofts-first-windows-holographic-vr-headset/ Timeline: 14:13 to 16:18