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The New Razer Blade Might Be The Gaming Laptop We’ve Been Waiting For

Wouldn't it be nice if you could have it all: A thin, attractive laptop powerful enough to play any game you throw at it? Razer's Blade laptops keep narrowly missing the mark—but this time may be different. Read why at http://gizmodo.com/the-new-razer-blade-might-be-the-gaming-laptop-weve-bee-1683388000.

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Razer CEO on Real World Applications and Future of OSVR

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan discusses his long term plans for OSVR and it's real world applications with WSJ's Joanna Stern at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show. Click here to watch the interview.

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The ‘Android Of Virtual Reality’ Is Here, And It Could Be Exactly What Virtual Reality Needs

When Google acquired Android back in 2005, Android quickly became the “open” mobile platform of choice, a haven for developers that didn't like all of Apple's rules and the walled garden of iOS. Today, Android is the largest mobile operating system in the world, in both worldwide market share and sales, and smartphones and apps would not be […]

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Best of CES: Forge TV

The Razer Forge TV was selected by Engadget as the “Best Gaming” devicer at CES 2015. Watch their video here to find out why. 

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CES 2015: Razer supports VR and big-screen video games

USA TODAY's Mike Snider interviews Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan and talks about the Forge TV, a high-performance Android TV micro-console that brings Android games from the Google Play store and hard-core PC gaming to the living room. To watch the interview and read the story, click here.  

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Here’s the $200 Competitor Oculus Should Worry About

magine a world in which virtual reality standards weren’t dominated by mega-billions corporations with sometimes controversial agendas. It’s not the world we live in, but PC peripheral-maker Razer wants us nudge us in that direction with something it’s dubbed OSVR, or open-source virtual reality. On paper, OSVR is just what it sounds like: an idea for […]

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Razer’s Open-Source Virtual Reality Platform is Hacker Friendly

It seems like everyone attending the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is lining up to try out virtual reality devices. At the forefront of the field's development is Razer's new open-source virtual reality (OSVR) platform. Razer OSVR is an attempt to standardize hardware and software components of virtual reality. That means that more […]

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Razer’s Google-Powered ‘Forge TV’ Is An Exciting Marriage Of Android And PC Gaming

At CES, Razer continues their methodical push into every corner of gaming with the unveiling of Forge TV, a micro-console featuring Google's Android TV. Don’t worry, given the pedigree of these self-proclaimed “mad scientists of gaming,” Razer’s also packing in a surprise for the hardcore PC gamers in the house. Let’s start at the top, then. We already […]

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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, that device made its public debut. The Razer Forge TV is a micro-console, 4×4 inches and selling for $100, and Razer hopes it will give the company three new routes into your living room: as a […]

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Razer wants to level the playing field for all virtual reality developers

Razer is attempting to bring some order to the Wild West of virtual reality by releasing an open-source VR ecosystem, OSVR, that will tie together several game engines, input methods and competing headsets, the company announced at CES Tuesday morning. OSVR has been in the works at Razer for four and a half years, Razer […]

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