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Khronos Announces an Open VR Standard Initiative

The Khronos Group, an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies, have just announced a call for participation in a new initiative to define a cross-vendor, royalty-free, open standard for access to modern virtual reality (VR) devices. “Virtual Reality’s success is dependent on a large thriving market of hardware where casual and professional consumers alike can take their pick without worry of fragmentation and incompatibility,” said Christopher Mitchell, OSVR business lead, Razer. “This has been OSVR’s vision from day one and we are thrilled to be a part of the Khronos Group in order to push standardization of interfaces across the industry.” The standards body

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Audio/Video, Breaking, Business, Entertainment, Hardware, News, Virtual Reality (VR)

Razer Acquires THX

“The Force is with you, young Skywalker, but… you are not a Jedi yet!” said Darth Vader in “Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi,” known as the third and final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy. This was the first film where sound was mastered using the newly-established THX standards. This movie brought new levels of sound and accented the story, a brainchild of producer George Lucas and a gifted audio engineer and film theorist, Tomlinson M. Holman. The duo founded and developed a new sound quality assurance system which shared the name and was officially presented with the brand THX. THX stands

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Augmented Reality (AR), Breaking, Hardware, Intel, Mobile, News, Virtual Reality (VR), Wearables

Intel Doubles Down on VR and AR, Calls it Merged Reality

Slowly but certainly, Intel is unveiling its “Merged Reality” strategy. About a year and a half ago, Intel invested in Razer bringing the valuation of the said company to north of $1 billion. Exactly a year ago, that investment expanded with the launch of Open Source Virtual Reality or OSVR. Today, Razer is bringing Hacker Development Kit 2.0 to the market, and Intel announced their first lovechild codenamed Project Alloy. Project Alloy is best described as a VR Headset in the class of HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but with the ability to “cut the VR cord”, since it features mobile processing similar to the

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Breaking, E3, Entertainment, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware, News, startups, Virtual Reality (VR)

Did Razer Just Won the VR War? $399 OSVR Hacker Development Kit

Even though E3 opens its doors on June 14th, there are numerous pre-conference activities. Bethesda announced that is bringing the world of Fallout 4 into Virtual Reality and there will be a series of VR experiences and games announced during this ‘media frenzy’ week. Still, what needs to happen for VR is to bring the cost of VR equipment down and one of potential solutions is coming from a company that is starting to challenge Apple with their retail philosophy. Razer is the driving force behind the OSVR, an Open Source Virtual Reality industry initiative. This initiative was one of key reasons why Razer became a unicorn, and

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AMD, Breaking, Game Developer Conference (GDC), Gaming, Hardware, Intel, News, VR World

Intel’s Skull Canyon Micro Gaming PC Supports AMD XConnect

Intel hosted its GDC media conference at The Box meeting venue in San Francisco, and the company demonstrated its commitment to the gaming community. Intel sees gaming market as a leading entertainment revenue driver by 2019-2021 (in alignment with predictions by Jon Peddie Research, Gartner, Gaming Business Review, DBI Intelligence etc.), and is making steps to make gaming pervasive entertainment experience. The company reorganized its desktop division last year and instituted new executive team that focuses on improving the gaming experience. One of results of those moves were focusing on human resources and bringing talented engineers back from mobile and other business divisions. We discussed this newly found focus with key

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3D, AMD, Breaking, Game Developer Conference (GDC), Graphics, Hardware, News

AMD Unveils XConnect Graphics for Laptops

Need for powerful graphics in notebooks is reaching the tipping point, as Virtual Reality and especially Augmented Reality require even more compute power than a hihg-resolution display. Eight years ago, AMD tried to answer the demands of that era by launching the XGP – eXternal Graphics Platform. This short-lived standard was only supported by Fujitsu Siemens AG, and other vendors sadly chickened out. Fast forward to Autumn 2015, with AMD launching R9 Nano. This small card only draws  175 Watts and yet, it achieves about 85% of performance offered by the top-of-the-line R9 Fury X. We mentioned that this card would be an ideal pairing in high-end

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Android, Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software Programs, VR World

Pre-Orders Open For Razer’s Forge TV Micro-Console

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for Razer’s new Android-powered gaming set-top box that’s set to release next month.

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Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, Reviews, Software Programs, VR World

Tt eSports Ventus Gaming Mouse: Cool Down Your Hand

Tt eSports Ventus is a budget gaming mouse that is small on price but big on customization and handling. The vented design works to keep the hand cool.

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Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, VR World

Razer Introduces New Tactical Bag

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Razer, a a gaming peripheral company has just unveiled its newest computer bag, the Razer Tactical Bag is a backpack built from military-grade materials.

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Gaming, Guides, Hardware, Holiday Shopping Guides, VR World

Performance PCs Crazy 75% Off Cyber Monday

The enthusiast PC hardware and cooling website Performance PCs is having a massive 75% off Cyber Monday deal that is sure to please many enthusiast PC users

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VR World

NZXT Rolls Out H440 In Razer Livery

NZXT continues its tradition of excellence in the enthusiast market with the H440.

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VR World

The New HP Omen Conjures Some Voodoo

HP just announced the brand new Omen gaming notebook, and has its sights set squarely on the Razer Blade notebook.

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Audio/Video, VR World

Razer Launches The Leviathan Sound Bar

The gaming peripheral company Razer announced its new sound bar, the Leviathan.

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Gaming, Hardware, Software Programs

Logitech ships one billion rats

In a month that we celebrate the 40th birth of computer mice, Logitech announced that the company shipped its billionth mouse. The company was founded in 1981 in Switzerland, shipped its first product in 1985. 23 years later, the company shipped its one billionth el Raton. More interesting number is just how fast the computer industry developed – between 1985 and 1996, Logitech shipped 100 million mice. In 12 years between 1996 and 2008, Logitech shipped another 900 million. Out of these 900 million, roughly 500 million were shipped in the last five years. This number is also a testament at what rate the company

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