Usens raises $20 million for mobile AR and VR hand-and-head tracking
Usens has raised $20 million to develop natural hand and head tracking for augmented reality and virtual reality applications. The company is built around...
Brandnew IO launches influencer marketing platform
Berlin’s Brandnew IO has a new influencer marketing platform that helps brands chase people who have become big on social media. In an age...
First speakers for DICE Europe’s World Builders event include CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Petursson
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has posted its first speakers for its fourth-annual DICE Europe event. Among the speakers at conference include CCP chief...
Microsoft working with Dell, HP, HTC, Intel to bring Windows Holographic beyond HoloLens
At the Computex industry conference in Taiwan today, Microsoft is showing off new ways that people will be able to collaborate in virtual reality...
AMD’s $200 Radeon RX 480 video card gets gamers ‘VR ready’
AMD is about to come to the next-gen graphics-processing fight with something inexpensive. The microprocessor company announced its Radeon RX 480 graphics card at Computex...
It’s OK to get mad with Overwatch players for ruining your game — but don’t be an ass
I know it’s difficult to believe, but I’ve noticed some Overwatch players getting frustrated with one another. The main point of contention is —...
AMD launches new mobile processors for powerful entertainment laptops
Advanced Micro Devices is unveiling its seventh-generation accelerated processing units — which combine graphics and computing in a single chip — for mobile entertainment...
Nearly 60% of mobile gamers watch an ad or take a survey 10 times a week
More than half of highly engaged mobile games watch video ads, complete surveys, or install apps to earn virtual in-game currency rewards, according to...
Playtech taps Funtactix’s Hollywood know-how for its casual games biz
Getting a movie license is one of the major ways to succeed in the mobile gaming business, and publisher Playtech has brought in some...
Fallout 4’s first console mods now live on Xbox One
Bethesda revealed that it has flipped the switch and made mods live for Fallout 4 on Xbox One. This is the first time that the console version of a game has had full support for add-on modules from the community.