The DeanBeat: What to expect at GDC 2022
I’m very much looking forward to going in person to the Game Developers Conference 2022 event next week at the Moscone Convention Center in...
HTC unveils its Viverse vision of the metaverse
Cher Wang, chairwoman of virtual reality hardware maker HTC, unveiled her company’s vision of the metaverse, known as Viverse. One the eve of the...
The metaverse needs responsible stewardship
Like many, I spent more and more time in the metaverse this past year. I built a drag racer, (hyper) casually explored city management,...
Downward Spiral: Horus Station is 3rd Eye Studios’ zero-gravity space VR game
Indie game studio 3rd Eye Studios is unveiling Download Spiral: Horus Station, a virtual reality sci-fi adventure game set in the zero gravity of...
The DeanBeat: Great gadgets, moments, and trends at CES 2017
When the leaders of the tech industry get up on the big stages at the Consumer Electronics Show, you can learn a lot. I’m...
Ultrahaptics uses ultrasound so you can feel things in VR
The problem with virtual reality is that it’s never quite immersive enough. While the visuals and sound make you feel like you’re wandering in...
How the game investors at Signia Venture Partners have steered into VR
Rick Thompson has made a lot of good investments over time which have generated around $6 billion in returns, roughly speaking. He is knowledgeable...
AMD’s Roy Taylor on how VR will change entertainment
Roy Taylor works as corporate vice president of alliances at Advanced Micro Devices, a chip maker that creates processors and graphics chips for personal...
AMD fires back at Nvidia with workstation graphics chip for pro designers
Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its new Radeon Pro WX series of graphics cards for professional workstation users. The move came hours after graphics chip...
The eyes have it: Eyefluence may have the answer to navigating AR/VR
A quick five-minute demo of Eyefluence‘s eye-tracking technology made me decide that it was one of the 10 best technologies of the the 2016...