#69 Valve & HTC's Vive, GDC, SWVR & more

Frequent listeners to this show may have noticed over the past 60 something episodes that some of us have become as enamored with the business of making games as we are about playing them, so we thought it would be rude not to devote an episode to some of the exciting news that came out of GDC earlier this month. The major highlight would have to be Valve & HTC's new VR system, Vive, which promises to beat Oculus Rift to the consumer marketplace, but there were also some major software announcements, most notably that the latest versions of Unity and Unreal Engine would be going free to... work? Meanwhile at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled their latest range of flagship Galaxy phones with accompanying Gear VR accessories. It looks like VR isn't going away any time soon... all this and more on a special #NOTdeveloping edition of the #NOTplaying Podcast!Valve/HTC VR Headset http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8127445/htc-vive-valve-vr-headsetApple HMD patent http://vrfocus.com/archives/11709/new-patent-reveals-iphone-based-apple-vr-hmd/New Gear VR for S6 & S6 Edge http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/samsung-gear-vr-2/New intel method of rendering for better VR performance http://uploadvr.com/intel-researchers-point-to-new-method-of-smart-rendering-for-virtual-reality-that-will-make-games-run-faster/Nvidia rolling out driver update to fix memory allocation issue when running > 1440p and/or in SLI http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-to-fix-gtx-970-performance-issues-with-a-driver-update/86156.html Lawsuit filed: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nvidia-hit-with-lawsuit-over-misleading-gtx-970-specs/0145576 Nvidia response: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-ceo-addresses-gtx-970-controversy/UE4 now free https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/ue4-is-free Epic giving out $5 million in grants to Devs using UE4: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-19-epic-is-giving-away-usd5m-to-devs-using-unreal-engine-4?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomphUnity 5 out http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/03/unity-5-gdc-2015/SWVR http://southwestvr.com/Rob @bobirokaPatrick @patrickjkayIain @ebowgbContact us on Email at: [email protected] us on Twitter: @notplayingpodYou can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.ukIf you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review!To Check out other shows in the Collection visit:http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com Including the #NOTwatching Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-notwatching-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.