Oculus Rift – the next VR If you are a gamer and always wanted to play fully immersive games in a true virtual reality environment your prayers just might get answered in the very near future. A new kickstarter project ...

Formula 1 racing done right Think your 50 inch Plasma with Xbox gives you the most immersive gaming experience? think again. Swedish company is offering a whooping a 160-inch, 175-degree curved screen with a unique Formula 1 simulator which might ...

The SFM software – create your own game animations Washington based video game development company Valve Corporation recently announced “The Source Filmmaker” (or SFM for short) – movie-making tool built inside Valve Source game engine. SFM which is currently in ...

The components of a PrimeSense controller. Source: PrimeSense Researchers at PrimeSense in Tel Aviv, Israel are creating new systems that allow television sets and other consumer electronics to interpret body movements as commands. Using cameras, infrared depth sensors, and specialized ...

Researchers from University of Rochester Paragraph have shown that playing action video games increases peoples’ ability to make the right decisions quicker than people who do not play such games. This study stands in contrary to common belief, that video ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Design in Bangalore, India have developed a new Braille telephone for the visually impaired. The telephone includes the ability to store telephone numbers and other basic contact information as well an interface for answering ...

Gigabyte Technology Co. has recently unveiled the GM-M8000, a super powerful mouse designed specially for heavy gamers. According to the company, the new device has the most accurate precision ever seen, no tracking lag, and one of the highest resolutions ...

The Taiwanese company Cideko has recently introduced an innovative wireless keyboard, which combines traditional keyboard with three-dimensional mouse and gamepad. The new gadget is naturally aimed at gamers, who could utilize this unique combination to achieve better gaming experience. The ...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has recently demonstrated the world’s first graphics processor unit (GPU) that fully supports Microsoft DirectX 11. The new chip could enhance the performance of numerous applications, as well as improve gaming experience worldwide. At the demonstration, ...

The globally based company Philips Electronics recently presented research on a new force feedback jacket at the IEEE-sponsored 2009 World Haptics Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The haptics jacket responds to signals either encoded in a DVD or transmitted ...