January 7, 2015
The Oculus Rift Crescent Bay Prototype Truly Transports You
Oculus is at CES 2015, giving a larger set of people a chance to experience virtual reality with its latest prototype, the Crescent Bay version of the Oculus…
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January 7, 2015
LyteShot Wants To Build A Platform For Live-Action Games
CES Hardware Battlefield participant LyteShot is working on an alternate-reality gaming alternative to playing with traditional NERF guns. Its solution relies on wireless “guns” and sensors — known…
Read articleJanuary 6, 2015
Razer Unveils Its $100 Android-Powered Gaming Console, Razer Forge TV
Earlier this year, high-end gaming tech company Razer announced at Google I/O that it would be soon be making its first foray into Android-based gaming consoles. Today at CES,…
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Razer Announces $199 ‘Open Source’ Virtual Reality Headset
The headset, which the company says will arrive this June, is meant to serve as an alternative hardware test bed for developers looking at the VR space. Read…
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Ozobot’s Tiny Robots Use Squiggly Lines And Google’s Blockly To Teach Kids To Code
One of the bigger evolutions in education has been the push to get kids to become more computer-literate, yet one of the hardest hurdles has been making the process of learning…
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The OBox Is A Console’s Take On Android Gaming
At CES this year, Snail, a Chinese gaming company, demoed a new console it is working to release early this year called the OBox. The device is essentially…
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Reflections On Microconsoles
For a time I believed that microconsoles might change the face of the games industry, but they haven’t really worked out. Thoughts on why. Read More Powered by…
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TC GameCast Episode 3: Open Worlds And Picking A Gaming PC
This week we’ve got a very special, very delayed episode of the TechCrunch GameCast. Darrell Etherington, Ed Zitron, and myself chatted about open-world games, noting the best of…
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The Perfect Gaming Phone
As a recent acquirer of an iPhone 6 Plus I had thought that a bigger phone would have better battery and be easier on my eyes. However what…
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GamerGate Harassment Of Zoe Quinn Stoops To New Low
GamerGate has not bottomed out quite yet. The pent up rage of a group of disenfranchised misogynists has found a new digital outlet for harassing one of their…
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