Leap Motion introduces amazing Orion hand-tracking for virtual reality
No one knows the magic of hands like Leap Motion. And that’s why the San Francisco company is introducing a new hand-tracking system so...
Switzerland’s MindMaze raises $100M in funding for VR for stroke victims
Swiss startup MindMaze has raised $100 million in funding to create virtual reality hardware and software to provide clinical treatments for stroke victims. The funding...
After the gold rush, FunPlus is starting a $50M game investment fund
The mobile gaming startup gold rush has ended, and many investors have moved on to virtual reality, augmented reality, and esports deals. But don’t...
Mobile devices will be more powerful than PlayStation 4, Xbox One in 2017, ARM forecasts (update)
AMSTERDAM — That supercomputer in your pocket will soon make Sony’s and Microsoft’s latest home gaming consoles look old and crusty. ARM, the technology design...
Blizzard’s 25 years built bonds and friendships as well as iconic games
Blizzard Entertainment just celebrated a historic milestone — its 25th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a company porting games to the Amiga to developing...
Samsung Sweden got a llama to unbox the Galaxy S7 while Samsung Indonesia leaked the phone on video
We’re in the final week before Samsung unveils the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge on February 21 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona....
Game developers bet mobile virtual reality has mass-market appeal
For the last graph, if I read it as a broad generalization and implication of weakness —————> Finally, many women (in general) hate single-player VR experiences during social events. They feel isolated from the people around them and won’t enjoy their time in VR. But if you give them a multiplayer VR experience, that changes. You can expect that a lot of early VR developers will focus on social experiences as they try to bring in a diverse audience. ————— I'd at least re attribute and throw a claims in there
Industrial Light and Magic is talking VR — and likely Star Wars — at Game Developers Conference
Lucasfilm is bringing some (industrial) magic to virtual reality. Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects arm of Star Wars studio Lucasfilm, announced today...
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s Game Developers Conference honor cements his legacy
The man behind Minecraft can add another “notch” to his list of accolades. The Game Developers Choice Awards, which give out peer-voted honors during...
Fallout 4’s DLC has you building robots, capturing creatures for Pokémon-style pit fights
The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC open-world game was the third best-selling release of 2015, according to market research firm The NPD Group, and additional content like this can encourage everyone who owns it to spend more money and prevent them from trading Fallout 4 for in-store credit at places like GameStop.