I take a look at the upcoming Vive Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate, available as a stand-alone upgrade for Cosmos owners and as part of the HTC Vive Cosmos Elite package.Back in 2016, HTC’s Vive VR kit revolutionised consumer virtual reality. Using the Lighthouse base stations, co-created with Valve, the Vive gave users pin-point precision and … Continue Reading ››
D-Link’s Talkbox 2800 provides Aussie and Kiwi Internet users with modem, router and Voice over IP functionality for ADSL, NBN and UFB.Just before their June national deadline, Australia’s much maligned NBN Co. blessed my office with access to the National Broadband Network, effectively bringing my internet connection into the 21st Century. This new connection bought … Continue Reading ››
DCL – The Game attempts to bring the world of competitive drone racing to the masses. It’s the official videogame of the Drone Champions League.Drone racing is an exciting sport that is taking off all over the world. Pilots don VR-style headsets to view their drone’s movements as if they were sitting on board. The … Continue Reading ››
Square Enix continue to mine the JRPG gem that is Final Fantasy VII, with a full-on remake of the classic game.Like Star Wars is my favourite movie, Final Fantasy VII is my favourite game, it’s not the best game that I’ve played, but it holds a very special place in my heart. It was the … Continue Reading ››
Big Ben’s Overpass gives players to chance to try their hand at negotiating extreme terrain on UTV and ATV off-road vehicles.Years ago, I was living in a house where one of my housemates was a huge motorsports fan. But he wasn’t interested in the clinical science of Formula 1, or even touring cars. He would … Continue Reading ››
HTC, once the darling of virtual reality, are now just one of many manufactures in a VR market that still seeks to define itself. Up against their old foe, Oculus, as well their one-time partner, Valve, and countless iterations of Microsoft’s also-ran Windows MR, is HTC still a player in the VR space?Late last year … Continue Reading ››
New Orleans is the setting for The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, a VR game based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman.Similar to Telltale’s Walking Dead games, Saints and Sinners is not a tie-in with The Walking Dead TV show. This is probably fortunate, as The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, the 2013 game based … Continue Reading ››
With all the glitz of the Formula One Championship circus, the FIA’s most curious motorsports competition, the FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships, rolled into Sydney last weekend on the first leg of the 2020 world tour.Sydney’s iconic Luna Park hosted 50 drivers from 18 different countries. The park’s Big Top venue set the stage for … Continue Reading ››
