‘Meta Company is insolvent’ as AR company faces patent infringement lawsuit
Since late last year we’ve been trying to get an update from Meta, the AR company, and its founder Meron Gribetz. A letter filed...
At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward
Ahead of 2019’s Consumer Electronics Show, I hoped to see several key developments with next-generation VR and AR headsets — dramatically higher-resolution PC VR...
Bungie-Activision divorce analysis: Royalties, underperformance, and Destiny 3
Bungie and Activision shocked the gaming world Thursday when the companies announced that they were no longer working together on the Destiny franchise. Activision...
HTC Vive Pro Eye: Why the company added eye-tracking to VR
At CES 2019 this week, HTC continued to push the high end of virtual reality forward. HTC added eye-tracking to its new Vive Pro Eye...
The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2019
I’ve finally finished my trip to CES 2019, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. I walked more than 32.9 miles to scout for...
Unity and Improbable’s beef gets spicy and strange in dueling blog posts
Earlier today, Unity Technologies blocked Improbable’s SpatialOS online-gaming tools from accessing the Unity game-dev engine. This has left developers reeling because many of them...
GameShell DIY handheld is a great way to play retro games
Updated on February 6: I have updated this review after receiving a working GameShell from ClockworkPi. My original device had a broken component, and...
Destiny and Bungie are breaking up with Activision
Bungie is ending its partnership with publisher Activision, according to a report from Kotaku and confirmed by the publisher and the studio. The former Halo...
Esports group Fnatic teams up with blockchain firm WAX on digital collectibles
Esports organization Fnatic has branched out into game hardware, leveraging the fame of its esports athletes. And today, the London-based company is teaming up...
HTC Vive Pro Eye hands-on: Gaze into VR’s future with foveated rendering
Unexpectedly announced at an early CES 2019 media event, HTC’s latest and highest-end VR headset is the Vive Pro Eye — an upgraded version...