Pantomime lets multiple people with VR headsets or laptops share a virtual space.
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Pantomime lets VR headset and smartphone users share a virtual space

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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A startup called Pantomime came up with a nifty system of enabling people to peer into animated virtual worlds without the need to wear virtual reality headsets. And now it is adding support for VR headsets so that multiple people can be in the same VR space more easily.

The new technology is very innovative when it comes to making VR more social, and it’s one more offering that could help fulfill the promise of virtual reality and augmented reality, which are expected to become a $120 billion market by 2020, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.