Jadu raises $7M to make hoverboards for the metaverse
Jadu has raised $7 million to make hoverboards for the metaverse and develop an augmented reality world that it calls the Mirrorverse. Los Angeles-based...
Epic Games and Tribeca team up on Unreal Engine films
Tribeca Enterprises and Epic Games have started a “Writing in Unreal” program to train filmmakers to make independent movies with the Unreal game engine....
Roblox unveils electronic music festival in the metaverse
Roblox has partneed with music event promoter Insomniac to create electronic music festivals for its platform. The companies plan to create the “world’s largest...
8BitDo’s media remotes unlock more of the Xbox’s entertainment power
The new generation of consoles are more than just game machines. That is something I emphasized when I reviewed the Xbox Series X and...
The DeanBeat: Riz Virk interview — Do we live in The Simulated Multiverse?
Rizwan “Riz” Virk is a successful entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and indie film producer. We’re also not quite sure if...
Funcom acquires Conan the Barbarian intellectual property and more
Funcom has acquired control of Conan the Barbarian and other popular culture intellectual properties with its acquisition of Cabinet Group. The Oslo, Norway-based Funcom...
A Day Off Twitch gave the platform its lowest viewer hours of 2021
On Wednesday, streamers and viewers boycotted Twitch as part of an organized protest, A Day Off Twitch. Users wanted to highlight the platform’s issues...
Heavy Metal teams up with Crypto.com to create collectible NFTs
Heavy Metal has survived the roller-coaster media industry for 44 years, and now it’s making a move into nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in a partnership...
NEP Group acquires 3 companies as it moves into virtual film production
NEP Group puts cool images up on concert screens and other displays. And today the company is acquiring three companies as part of a...
Genvid raises $113M for massive interactive live events like Project Raven
Genvid Holdings has raised $113 million to fuel massive interactive live events such as the upcoming Project Raven. If you’re wondering what massive interactive...